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Instill Energy

Multiverse ID: 3987

Instill Energy

Comments (15)

Block-Bastard
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (5 votes)
Amazing card that works really well in all control or shooter decks
GradiustheFox
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
A pretty massive boon for just one mana. And delightfully worded so as to remain open ended in use, rather than just flat giving it Vig. I'm sure there are plennnty of Tap effects that are more than worth 1 Mana to use twice as often. Intrepid Hero perhaps?
Ryney
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Oh man, if you get your Harabaz Druid out third turn, then attach this, well it's pretty cool.
MoeRapples
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Slap it on an Eldrazi.
ubii
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
I use it on my elf deck... xD
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I need it for ze Experiment!
divine_exodus
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Great card for only 1 mana.
aPimpNamedEmrakul
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Godsire & Instill Energy & Doubling Season. Add a dash of Concordant Crossroads, and mix violently.

The original said "can attack the turn it comes into play" and not "can attack or use abilities requiring tapping the turn it comes into play". Hence, it can't just say "Enchanted creature has haste. (0): Untap..."
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Great card. Haste and Vigilance for 1 mana, basically, and also good on things like your run of the mill mana elf.
Edit- Usually they leave things the way they were in their last printing, like they have with Castle, right? so why did they change this back to the original? Makes no sense.
Pontiac
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
slap on an Arcanis for a new hand ever turn.
Iasonas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I just saw the change they did on the card today and I'm hating it! Attack as though they had haste? WTH? OK, granting that this is indeed closer to the original wording of the card, then they should also do the same with the older "haste" cards like Ball Lightning, Ambush Party, etc...
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The printed on this version proves that it should give haste, not just the attacking part. This was the most recent printing of the card and its clearly giving haste.

Terrible errata that changed this cards functionality.
DaJoshMaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@aPimpNamedEmrakul - They normally use the most recent printing of a card to decide how it should be errated. (See Howling Mine)
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Shouldn't the Oracle just give it haste in general according to this printing, which is the most recent one?
As it is, it only allows attacking, but not using Tap abilities. I know the original printing didn't allow this either, but they usually keep the Oracle to the card text of the most recent printing.