Pointed Discussion

A 4/4 for 3 that dies to Giant Growth. Do note that it has the ability regardless of whether it's a creature or an Aura!

I don't care what they say nautilus because you are beautiful and a nautilus and a 4/4 for 3 in blue.

This seems like a really potent Limited card to me. Obviously you need to be prepared for it to die after a turn or two if you didn't Bestow it, but that should still be good for an attack or two plus a curve interruption while they spend mana targeting it. There's also the slightly-less-obvious play of slapping it on your opponent's guy and then targeting it to give yourself the 4/4. I think as the game wears on this becomes a pretty insane topdeck if your opponent has no repeatable way to target on board, because even if they can target the thing you Bestow this on to make a monster you keep a 4/4 after the fact. What I think this will do most of the time is just get strapped to a flier on turn 5 and kill the opponent in about two swings.

Overall this is a powerful inclusion to the Limited format that will give the format more depth and richness when it's not just wailing on the face of the poor sap who can't interact with it.

Second Nautilus in the gaaaame. The first being Chambered Nautilus. Who wasn't even one at the time it was printed.

Damn, now it's officially too late to go back on Nautilus as a creature type (but there's still hope for Magic's three Squids!).

I love the card, but its typing seems like poor form in a block with Octopus tribal.

A surprisingly versatile card, though in each job it can perform it has drawbacks.

1) Attacking on its own as a 4/4 attacker for 3, which as any blue mage will tell you is relatively violent. And yet, like an Illusory Demon it also happens to be as fragile as tin foil and in this format, even more so.

2) Bestowing your own creature to make it a monster. Said creature becomes vulnerable, but getting a 4/4 back out of the deal is a very. I think this will shine when put on something relatively small, like Spiteful Returned or Vaporkin.

3) Bestowing onto enemy creature in order to kill them with a spell or ability. This is a way to kill something particularly nettlesome, but could cost you card advantage when dealing with the 4/4 coming to kill you, AND the fact you expended the Nautilus form your hand in the first place. And in a pinch, even a card in taking out the bestowed creature!

thing to note: if you bestow this on an opponent's creature and target it to make them sacrifice, YOU get to keep the 4/4 nautilus, not them.

Speaking of which, such a trait seems fun with Riptide Chimera and Whitewater naiad. mono blue creature destruction once per turn.... sure, not the most efficient...but why not?

Interesting card. If you have the right board position, you can slap this on an opponents creature to exploit the drawback and kill it. Don't build a deck around it, but it's a strategy worth considering if you're set up for it.

@Splizer: Even if you enchant a creature an opponent controls you still control the enchantment, so the Nautilus would actually stay on your side of the board. It's like an expensive, convoluted Shriekmaw in blue, which frankly suits the color.

Hey, that's a neat giant monster creature you're building. I'm just going to send my pal Zoidberg over to join in, all right?

"Hooray, I'm helping!"

Look, if you have something that taps to target, he's five mana for a blue removal spell that causes the opponent to sacrifice (Reality Acid is the only other one that comes to mind, and it's kinda clunky) and gives you a 4/4 with the illusion drawback. That's really not bad.

Limited tip: Because you can put your own bestow cards on your opponent's creatures, if an opponent has one of these you can bestow something on it to kill it. I killed this twice at the prerelease by putting a Leafcrown Dryad on it. I love cards like this that reward you for thinking outside the box :P

"Let's be forever, live for-ever be free..."

Had an issue recently where this was bestowed on a Prognostic Sphinx. An opponent targets the sphinx with a spell and in response the sphinx's owner activates its Hexproof ability. Does the creature Crystalline Nautilus is bestowing still get sacrificed, or does the spell trying to target it just fizzle?

Cast on Lord of the Unreal in an illusion deck. After all, it's not like he doesn't already have a huge target painted on him, and it's not like he wouldn't die to absolutely anything anyways =D

NO LORD, YOU ARE THE ILLUSIONS

@Separatist: The creature was still targeted, and would therefore need to be sacrificed. Unless he's giving it hexproof before you even cast the spell (which I wouldn't mind; he's tapping down a creature of his own and losing card advantage), the trigger still hits the stack.

I am glad that Magic finally has an Enchantment Creature: Nautilus. :,)

1) If I have a DARING THIEF that untaps (inspired trigger) and target MY Crystalline Nautilus, an effect will go on the stack to sac the Nautilus, but then the inspired trigger would resolve from the thief, so would I get to steal my opponents creature / aura / enchantment creature, while they get nothing in return?

2) Also... if the Nautilus is in play as a creature, what exactly can I trade him for, same question if he is in play bestowed.

Thanks!

(My understanding is I could steal a creature, while they get nothing, - you're welcome =).... (but unfortunately I am a tad confused at the legal targets I have (part 2))



For the guy above me; whether or not the spell on it resolves, the effect of targeting goes on the stack, thus you would have to sacrifice it. The only way to stop it, would be to use the discard ability during each upkeep step, to prevent anything but instants and activated creature abilities that target, from being cast on the Nautilus'd Sphinx, however it would still be susceptible those instant speed effects.