fate transfer gets rid of the age counters and -1/-1 counters. that's quite relevant
Opant1
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Okay for Fling-ing, otherwise not worth it. There are plenty of better green beasts out there than this elemental.
liir007
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Card of the Day - Tuesday, April 15, 2008
AborothWeatherlight rare. When Weatherlight was released, there was no formal system for tracking cumulative upkeep from turn to turn. Aboroth's -1/-1 counters thus made it one of the cleaner cumulative upkeep cards from a bookkeeping perspective. When the rules were updated for Sixth Edition, age counters were added as a means of cleanly tracking how many times a cumulative upkeep cost had been paid, somewhat ironically making Aboroth—with two types of counters almost guaranteed—one of the messier cumulative upkeep cards to keep track of.
Lestat13
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(13 votes)
Nobody would play a 9/9 vanilla for 6 to begin with.
Ajani_is_da_man
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
what is a Aboroth anyway?
Neutralion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Interesting.. combine with Woeleecher and you will have powerful aged creature
Aradimar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
works well with vigor id think, even if you cant do anything about upkeep it isnt a bad card, can do alot with it for the turns you have it
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(11 votes)
I like how the aboroth attack played out in the story line. It was attacking Llanowar right around the time Gerrard showed up to find Mirri. He managed to kill it using some random artifacts on the Weatherlight; a Thran Forge and a touchstone so it slowly died from its own upkeep. /rant I love that about the older sets, the cards matched the story. Nothing like that in new stuff now with there fancy planeswalkers that don't appear on any other card and "legends" that exist in flavor text alone. /rant old fogey
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
He was pretty solid in drafts, but it's a shame he is without trample. Anyway, Eon Hub might make him somewhat playable.
And yes, it was brilliant how cards used to match the entirety of the story. Ah, the good ol' days....
Fitchen_Kinks
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
aboroth looks scared lol
metalevolence
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
tom swiftie flavor text. eh? eh?
IndianaWalsh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ooze Garden for 9/9 for 5GGG Which is okay I guess
garabor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i think this goes without saying but uhh... quillspike? cmon. its even in color.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(22 votes)
Dam Brom Killed It On This One Art Is Wicked. Plus Big Aggro Body. Love Powercreep!
Madrai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Brom, oh how we love you. From your art of Athas (Old school Dark Sun), to your wicked elementals.
Melira would just prevent you from paying the cumulative upkeep, forcing you to sacrifice it.
kiriyama9000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So wait... My Aboroth doesn't have a gold Weatherlight sybol. Is it just common? I am confuse.
BTW: This was one of my first MTG cards. I love this thing, despite how clunky it is to use it nowadays.
Wyldblayde
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Power Conduit makes this very playable. Remove the age counter each turn to put a +1/+1 counter on him, which automatically negates the -1/-1 counter. A steady 9/9 body for 6 mana, I know it's not great, but it is decent. Just throw trample or something crazy on it and you're good to go.
Bowshewicz
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@kiriyama9000: Sets before Exodus didn't color code the rarity.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I've always felt sorry for this guy. He looks so sad and scared. He knows what's coming to him.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this card reminds me of the movie Galaxy Quest- remember that scene where Tim Allen's completely screwed because of the big giant rock?
Guy on the Ship: Hit its vulnerable spot! Tim Allen: It's a giant rock, it doesn't have any vulnerable spots! Alan Rickman: Listen to me! You need to know what it wants. What drives it. What is its motivation?
Alan Rickman was so badass in that movie :) It's on YouTube now and all the comments are 'OMG SNAPE!!!'
lightningrod14
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i gave that bitc h undying. bitches love undying.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If this card had trample, it would've seen a lot more play than it did. Still, I like this card and I think it's a unique use of a cumulative upkeep cost. Unfortunately, this card is all but obsoleted by Terra Stomper.
mirosith
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my Timmy days, my friend played this against me and won every single time if he played Aboroth. Not only could I usually not kill it with my crappy creatures, but we didn't understand how cumulative upkeeps worked and it only went down by a -1/-1 counter a turn rather that -1/-1, -2/-2, etc. Damn, all those games lost to a 7/7 Aboroth.
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
9/9, then 8/8, then 6/6, then 3/3, then dead.
Burnwright
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This would be fun with a couple Fate Transfers.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really shines when given haste, which is unfortunately kinda tricky for green. Can be an absolute terror with Lightning Greaves, which lets it swing in before shrinking AND makes it harder to get rid of.
Comments (28)
AborothWeatherlight rare. When Weatherlight was released, there was no formal system for tracking cumulative upkeep from turn to turn. Aboroth's -1/-1 counters thus made it one of the cleaner cumulative upkeep cards from a bookkeeping perspective. When the rules were updated for Sixth Edition, age counters were added as a means of cleanly tracking how many times a cumulative upkeep cost had been paid, somewhat ironically making Aboroth—with two types of counters almost guaranteed—one of the messier cumulative upkeep cards to keep track of.
/rant
I love that about the older sets, the cards matched the story. Nothing like that in new stuff now with there fancy planeswalkers that don't appear on any other card and "legends" that exist in flavor text alone.
/rant old fogey
And yes, it was brilliant how cards used to match the entirety of the story. Ah, the good ol' days....
Which is okay I guess
My Aboroth doesn't have a gold Weatherlight sybol. Is it just common?
I am confuse.
BTW: This was one of my first MTG cards. I love this thing, despite how clunky it is to use it nowadays.
Guy on the Ship: Hit its vulnerable spot!
Tim Allen: It's a giant rock, it doesn't have any vulnerable spots!
Alan Rickman: Listen to me! You need to know what it wants. What drives it. What is its motivation?
Alan Rickman was so badass in that movie :) It's on YouTube now and all the comments are 'OMG SNAPE!!!'
Damn, all those games lost to a 7/7 Aboroth.