Wizards, what is it with you and uncommonartifacts that have costly abilities? There have been plenty of good uncommon artifacts, but there are also many pieces of junk, most of which are from old sets, but many are recent.
anotherfan321
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It really doesn't compare that poorly to Amber Prison. Sure, just creatures, but this is Theros block. Lock down those bestowed guys in the brig.
SpaceMagic
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The penalty for confusing "desert" with "dessert" is even worse.
"Hey guys, I'm here for the free-- OH MY GODS EVERYTHING IS OVERCOSTED!"
superhawk610
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Really though it's not that overcosted, since it can indefinitely detain an additional creature each turn
SkyknightXi
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Considering the (possibly only existing in myth) execution device this is based on, how does the creature just wind up tapped?
That said, I wonder how this will be seen in comparison to Amber Prison...
Skryble
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
So. I tap down creature #1. They don't untap. My turn, I untap my quarters, and immediately pay 6 and tap down a second creature. The first dude can untap now, but that's 2 creatures removed while my early aggro red / white creatures beat face. I think it has potential, especially because you can continuously remove the biggest creature.
Tribor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The thing I really like about this card is that the torture device depicted actually existed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
I'm sad it's not very playable, because that thing is terrifying!
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Yea, you can't survive a night in a Brazen Bull.
Melubb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really, Wizards, hehehe - too expensive and if it was permanent instead and lower the cost by 4 . :) I would avoid this card at all cost in limited play, and it will never been seen in constructed decks.
hexyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
What were they thinking with this overcosted card? It makes me think of the early days of Magic when card design was in its infancy and thus gave birth to several bad cards. But we are in 2014 now, so it is beyond me as to how such a crappy card made it all the way through development. I can't imagine ever playing this dissapointing piece of cardboard.
Jhyrryl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This thing has exactly one purpose: to be in sideboards as a mirror-match breaker vs. Blood Baron of Vizkopa. So it'll see play, but otherwise yeah, it sucks, because there are already 2 sucky cards in standard that do a better job: Street Sweeper and Volatile Rig.
Gishra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is remarkable in that it embodies Fail on a variety of levels. First of all, it is overcosted jank. Second of all, its flavor makes absolutely zero sense. The Brazen Bull, which is what is depicted here, was used to KILL people. Therefore, merely tapping the creature and calling the card Deserter's Quarters makes no sense. Perhaps they commissioned the art and then backpedaled, deciding the subject matter was too gruesome. Either way, both functionality and flavor could have been done a world of good by having it add a -1/-1 counter to the creature during your upkeep or something.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a brutally disappointing card. Even if you can afford it, it can't stop static abilities, and they get the creature back if they have artifact destruction.
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"Hey guys, I'm here for the free-- OH MY GODS EVERYTHING IS OVERCOSTED!"
That said, I wonder how this will be seen in comparison to Amber Prison...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
I'm sad it's not very playable, because that thing is terrifying!
I would avoid this card at all cost in limited play, and it will never been seen in constructed
decks.
Even if you can afford it, it can't stop static abilities, and they get the creature back if they have artifact destruction.
What was wrong with Brittle Effigy?