Easily the most broken card of all time. Simply amazing...
xion_black
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(13 votes)
It untaps for FREE!!!
evilweevil666
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(10 votes)
Not only does it untap, but it can also block squire!!!
Claov
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(25 votes)
I see the derision, the mocking, directed at this humble creature, and I fear. I fear for your lives. You know not the power of that you deride, the raw DESTRUCTIVE POWER at the hands of this seemingly pitiable imp. Oh ho, you do not believe me? Let me demonstrate.
Don't mock the little 1/2 flyer. You don't know what he'll be at end of turn, what rage he can unleash.
Fear him.
PhageRules1
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(31 votes)
For the sake of those who are reading this discussion without understanding the history behind it, I'll just explain briefly. Chimney Imp is an extremely bad card, because five mana for a 1/2 creature with its abilities is a very poor deal. Cards this bad are not printed frequently, especially at common, so this one generated a great deal of discussion on the Internet. Somewhere along the way someone thought it would be funny to insist that the card was completely overpowered, and this idea spread virally, often justified by silly but true statements like "It untaps for free!" In short, don't take what you read here seriously.
SimicGuildmage
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(22 votes)
Extremely overpowered. Mid-game hand and tempo disruption accompanied with a body well suited to going to the graveyard easily? And it's a common. Constructed staple.
RPJesus
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(9 votes)
Amusingly enough, he may actually be better than chittering rats for my Shirei, Shizo's caretaker deck. If I ever include him, I'll let you know how it goes :D
Yeah, I put two proxies in there. Hilarity is ensuing.
thaviel
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(8 votes)
Best card EVER!
Newbunkle
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(6 votes)
If Chuck Norris were printed on a card, this would be it. Amazing.
onlainari
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(16 votes)
Half the people are voting this card as five stars and the other half are giving it the half a star it deserves.
TheFrostReaper
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
I want a playset, but I bet this card costs more than a Black Lotus. I heard it was up for restriction in vintage for its broken overpoweredness.
Dragon_Whelp
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(20 votes)
They should never have printed powercreep like this.
So cool... And yet so broken... I have four in my Homarid/Brushwagg tribal deck of course, because he is definitely worth splashing red for.
Just think of what they would have said if he had been in Urza Block. No one would have noticed YawgWin, because this is actually strictly better, since it does something that YawgWin never, ever will be able to: IT FREAKIN' UNTAPS FOR FREE!!!
It's even stricly better then Black Lotus. Black Lotus may untap for free as well, but does it have Flying? No!
MaxFAn
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(22 votes)
By combining Chimney Imp with the most broken cards from Kamigawa block and Homelands, I was able to create this amazing deck sure get the Imp and OwN banned even in Vintage.
Creatures (18): 4 x Chimney Imp 4 x Black Carriage 4 x Shinen of Fear's Chill 4 x Skull Collector 2 x Deathtooth Ogre Other Spells (16): 4 x One with Nothing 4 x Death of a Thousand Stings 4 x Footsteps of the Goryo 4 x Scroll of Origins Lands (26): 4 x Castle Sengir 4 x Koskun Keep 4 x Wizard's School 2 x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea 2 x Tomb of Urami 4 x Forbidden Orchard 2 x Hall of the Bandit Lord 4 x Tendo Ice Bridge
TheRedScare
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(18 votes)
I once played this card over Umezawa's Jitte in my Sealed deck. Best choice ever.
DeusExMachina
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(35 votes)
I opened this card in a draft, not only was it a first pick, it was an easy first pick. I kept looking back at it to see if I might have misread it, how could it be so good? I insisted that there must be some errata somewhere, this thing is flawless. Not even a double black mana cost, WTF?
Also, it insists upon itself.
fiska
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(9 votes)
Incredible. Just replaced my Hellkite Overlords and Akroma with 4 Chimney Imps in my reanimation deck. But with a mana cost of only 5, sometimes I just go ahead and play him from my hand instead of my graveyard. The only problem is that my deck is so powerful now, no one will even bother playing against it anymore...
Ko_
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(29 votes)
You people are all retarded
Seriously, this does not make you cool. Just shut up.
EksDee
★★★☆☆ (4.0/5.0)(10 votes)
Ya I know, trolling and taking Chimney Imp's name in vain is simply blasphemy.
If only the words of our society could create a reality in which we can all bask in Chimney Imp's amazing design.
Its a shame that Wizards didn't make it a Legend so it could be my general in Elder Dragon Highlander :(
ElWongo2
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Oh, hell - look at that desk list! Complete crap. I mean, imagine how fast you get Hellbent! And most of the time you even have something to spend your mana on. Playing. Spells. Every. Turn.
Imagine the sort of board control you can have just by your draw engine! One a turn, with no life loss? Better than Phyrexian Arena to begin with.
mrnubnub
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(12 votes)
Dude, this card gets me so psyched. I remember when I was opening packs from the four hundred and ninety-two boxes that I bought, checking just the first card ( if it wasn't the first card, it might of had bad luck and been misprinted... I didn't want to take any chances ). I remember, I was getting shit like artifact lands and cranial plating, throwing them out. LOL. I remember, out of all those boxes, I only got like 2. Maybe there would be a few more in there, but I wasn't taking any chances of a mishap. So I try and go trade.... this card is rare as anything. Some kid wouldn't even accept a Black Lotus for it, and I insisted. Finally, I found one, but the guy wanted me to sacrifice my son. Considering upon sight of this card I had no son anymore ( nananana go away timmy I dont love you ), I happily agreed. Now I have my playset, and god damn it I feel the rush of it every minute. Did you know, you can put Unholy Strength on this to make it 3/3???!?!?!?! That's cheese right there. This card was played against me, and made me wann quit magic, and I did for 3 years. Then I came back.
The_3rd_Try
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(9 votes)
Steps to EPIC WIN:
Step 1: Go to Amazon.com, order Three-Wolf Moon T-Shirt
Step 2: Order Chimney Imp playset on eBay.
Step 3: Wear the shirt while ripping Imps off the top FTW.
(CAUTION: Imps + 3WM may - er - WILL attract babes)
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(15 votes)
So finally Magic the Gathering got its first personal meme as well.
At first i was surprised when seeing how many reviews and ratings this card had, and got quite confused from these high-rated absurd comments praising the imp until i finally realized a horde of trolls took control and wrote that entire stuff for the lulz.
I just laughed my ass of while reading those comments, it's astonishing how creative people can rant about such a piece of junk.
You even get "chimney imp deck" as search proposal in google. LOL! Successful troll was successful.
kroen
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(5 votes)
WTF? How is this card not banned from extended and restricted from vintage? Hell, why isn't this card BANNED from vintage? It's waaaaaaaay too good
Glux
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Hey, I just realized something...
They forgot to ban this in Extended. I know, I know, it sounds absurd, but seriously guys: everyone just assumed it's banned, but it's still legal.
START PLAYING FOUR.
ratchet1215
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(10 votes)
Funny comments, all of these...it's nice that there IS something capable of uniting something as diverse as even the Internet (that thing being sarcasm.)
But in all seriousness, if you're ever stuck in a bathroom with no toilet paper and a box full of Magic cards, I think these are the guys to look for first.
PeterRabit
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(48 votes)
You would not believe the puss I pull in a chimney imp t-shirt
I actually took four Hellkite Overlords and four Progenitus' out of my "Dramatic Entrance" deck so that I can combo him with Painter's servant. When I get a Chimney Imp onto the board third or fourth turn, my opponent usually just scoops.
Volcre
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(6 votes)
This was in Mirroden? The same block with Cranial Plating and friggen Skull Clamp?
Just find a good sacrificing card like Attrition (yes, i'm sure there are plenty of better sac'ing alters out there, i just didn't want to look forever) and your opponent can only draw that card he keeps putting down. Best part! you can do that EVERY turn. The end result being your opponent has a withering hand (much like a discard deck) and can't draw any new cards.
Saha
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Combos with Wake Trasher.
jhimbob
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Opened one of these in a Zendikar pack, and weed myself with excitement.
Monopurpleftw
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(8 votes)
A 1/2 flyer for 5 mana is decent, add an amazing triggered effect to it you have a deal. Very good hand disruption when sent to the grave, thats broken.
This card really isn't that bad. I managed to wipe my A** with it equal to its mana cost.
It was a dark brown with a few nutty corn bits in it.
cadenblade
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I won a game on turn 0 using this with a combo that included dark ritual and black lotus, but i'm not willing to tell anyone what it is because its just not worth sharing. 40 damage on turn 0 tho!!!! doesnt get any better than that!
True_Smog
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I have once manage to kill my opponet with him ! :D
Magic is a pretty cool guy, eh prints retarded cards and doesnt afraid of people raging at them.
Bulhakas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Strictly better than Stormcrow.
green_yawgmoth
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Combine this with Sorrow's Path for an unstoppable combo!
Haomin
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Sigh, at least it's better than Mindless Null...not!
Ajani_is_da_man
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
My deck: 4 Chimney Imp 4 Black Lotus 24 Mox Jet 28 Swamp No one wants to play me because I have 4 Chimney Imps in it (or it might be because I use 24 Mox Jets)
shondeaphid
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(7 votes)
For 2B it would be too expensive to ever use, at 4B it ranks amongst the worst cards I've ever seen, hyperbole aside.
Gear61
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
1/2 Flyer for 5? Amazing. I mean, other cards like Vampire Nighthawk with their double black mana cost do not come close to how good this card is. Start playing with 4 of these if you aren't already.
And did I mention it untaps for FREE?
TheTraitorKing
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(8 votes)
This card is so lethal. It's like a creature with poison 0. IT UNTAPS...FOR FREE!
Greatest card ever! I hope it get reprinted so I can finally get my playset.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(55 votes)
For you crybabies whining about the casting cost, you're completely forgetting that you get to untap those five lands on your VERY NEXT TURN with no drawback whatsoever.
Also, it absolutely obliterates your opponent's pace if it dies - but good luck trying to kill it, because it's immune to deathmark.
If that isnt enough, it has rampage: 0, so you can attack every turn without fear. Chimney Imp LIVES SIDEWAYS.
faisjdas
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(57 votes)
Every once and a while a card comes around that defines the entire metagame of MTG. Skullclamp, Jitte, ect.
Chimney Imp blows any card previously mentioned out of the water, it's so good it completely destroyed the current meatgame and created a new one, which it then proceeded to destroy.
It is said that grinding a chimney imp into a fine powder and snorting it will make the user the ultimate magic player, but no man has been willing to sacrifice a card this wonderful for a skill gain.
This card is a diamond, shining out from the middle of the rough. Life is Chimney Imp.
Cigarette
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This with Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker and Mind Slash makes an excellent, excellent combo.
InfernoTowel
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
BROKEN
Literais
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
My Chimney Imp deck doesn't work very well, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
ArtBell
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(9 votes)
If Liliana had this, her deck could hang with Garruk's.
Absolutely SICK in Vintage, 5/5
Gizzlebubbear
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(20 votes)
This is legal in vintage?
Dr_Pompous
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This card's no fun because you always win on the first turn. Rawr.
Chamale
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
One time, amazingly, I won a game to an opponent who had 4 chimney imps and 56 swamps in his deck. My deck had 4 of each of the Power Nine, as well as some creature destroy effects, but it was incredibly demoralizing when my opponent played a Chimney Imp on his 5th turn. It was immune to my Deathmark, Terror and Dark Banishing, so the fight seemed hopeless. I considered conceding as soon as I read the card, but somehow I managed to take down my opponent with Channel and Banefire, a combo that's probably never worked before.
this card ia just amazing!! it has rampage 0, bands with cards that dont exest, bushido 0, all non creature cards incapable of bloking it must do so if they can, fading 00, protection from pink, and it freekin untapes for free!!! totaly broken, better than all the power nine together! can you beleave i won against a deck with 1 of these and 59 swamps using the 2010 ventege world championship deck with the most of each of the power nine that was alowed in ventige!
Sirsongbird
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(6 votes)
i must say possibly one of the MOST BROKEN CARD EVAR 5/5
MrDressup
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
I used to play control with Baneslayers, but then i saw this card randomly in in the gatherer, i am a changed man. at first i was dumbfounded, disbelievling. when i woke up the next day i had to check if what i saw was just a dream, some sort of cruel paradigm of reality. It was real.
I cut white from my deck and added 4 chimney imps, 5 for cusual play. i knew that with his card i would be game planned against and if i couldnt get it down... unthinkable to assume i couldnt play it. I added 39 swamps and 4 coat of arms for good measure and the rise of my impire began.
Just covying my story to you brings moisture to my eyes... if you have this card DO NOT TRADE IT
redcap04
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(29 votes)
This card should atleast have a drawback
MasterOfEtherium
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(22 votes)
My Drug Dealer Never Heard Of Magic But When I Asked Him If I Could Pay Him In Chimney Imps He Handed Me All The Crack He Had In A Heartbeat
Ragamander
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(10 votes)
If you are unlucky enough to not have it in your hand by turn 5, you can use Explosive Revelation. Not only will you do 5 damage if you reveal the Imp, but your opponent might just concede knowing you can and WILL cast this monstrosity on your VERY NEXT TURN. Even worse, if it's later in the game, you might just cast Disaster Radius, both wiping your opponent's board AND revealing the futility of a continued battle. I mean, how can they hope to fight back against the inevitable Chimney Imp beatdown without the army they had been preparing for the Impocalypse?
Just plain sick. 5/5
Revelation666
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
Strictly better than Baneslayer Angel
WhiteyMcFly
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(13 votes)
guys seriously? worst card EVER. as in worse than Eager Cadet. That's saying something. there comes a time when hilariously bad cards come along (Frazzle, for example). this is THE WORST of them. I have had it with the Chimney Imp and Storm Crow jokes.
MrBarrelRoll
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Want to keep those 5 lands you just untapped dealing damage to your opponent EVERY TURN? Sick combo with Razor Boomerang to do exactly that.
EvilCleavage
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(19 votes)
Isn't this the card that Richard Garfield used to propose to his wife? EPIC
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(9 votes)
Combo chimney imp with sanguine bond and blood tribute, a sure 3 card win combo.
If you sacrifice 4 Eldrazi spawn, you only need 1 swamp to summon it!
CHimney imp is only beaten by 1 card: wood elemental, green's chimney elemental in sacrificed wood form.
Theta67
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(23 votes)
Put a Razor Boomerang on him! Oh gods!
Tinkerermcmuffin
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Chimney Imp has everything: uber card advantage, a humongous body with evasion, awesome CC that lets you abuse any opponents Tempo, art so epic that you can feel a chill in the spine every time you see it even after the hundreth time, a classy tribal creature type so powerful that shows in all metas, etc, etc.
I once was playing a RG deck against an opponent who played Chimney Imp on turn 12. Obviously my first thought was "i'm a goner", but i tried to make a last move before i was completely defeated. I played Summoning Trap only to luckily find my own copy of Chimney Imp staring at me amongst the 7 cards. I put him into play without a second thought. We both decided that the game would be so complicated to play given the current board that we both conceded the game to both Chimney Imps.
vomitron6000
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(18 votes)
should be Mythic
Eved
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(11 votes)
@Literais
The problem with your Chimney Imp deck is that you don't have enough of them.
For it to work properly you need to build it the same way you would build a Relentless Rats deck.
Chimney Imp + Virulent Swipe = a dead Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Never underestimate this beast. I feel like "Islandhome" would have gotten this card on the ban list for sure.
The obvious combo is Dragonstorm + Artificial Evolution to make an Impstorm. Imagine the look on your opponents face when you empty out all of your chimney imps to the field in one turn.
JStoermer
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Undeniably a great card... But Mogg Jailer makes this card look silly.
yesnomu
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(12 votes)
Sure, your Spawnsire of Ulamog/2x Training Grounds combo works pretty well. But how do you do better? Easy. Cast Conspiracy first. That's right, infinity Chimney Imps on your side of the table.
If your friends let you use them, of course--mine have a gentleman's agreement to eschew the Power Tenth, as we call it.
spike_barnett
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(12 votes)
Play with Followed Footsteps for a complete lock.
Jamesb8
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
I thought baneslayer was good and then I realised it had the same CMC as this.
I've never played white since.
ANNNNDD you know what if you block baneslayer with this and then doomblade the baneslayer it dies...
oh wait that would have worked without the imp.
BlackAlbino
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
devastating 5/5
slann01
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(11 votes)
It should have the relentless rats ability to build a deck only of chimney imps.
Gishra
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(14 votes)
Back in the day when Mirrodin was in Standard and wrecking havoc on all that was right and good in the world, one card stood above the brokeness and was even more broken-y than the rest. This card.
We simply called it DA PIMP, in awe of its greatness.
Arcbound Ravager? Back on the top of your deck.
Disciple of the Vault? Back on the top of your deck.
Skullclamp? Back on the top of your deck.
Black Lotus? Back on the top of your deck.
Then he was banned in all formats and 47 states. But he'll be back some day. Oh yes.
Notoriety
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(7 votes)
In a recent column, one of the developers claimed that they occasionally printed bad cards like this on purpose just as a skill test to identify the unskilled players. I don't really believe him though.
Strangely enough you can actually make this card useful by playing Splinter Twin on it. Weird. Wait you can't even do that, the cloned imp gets exiled, not sacced.
Bonediddly
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(7 votes)
Dies to removal.
Nikeyeia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Smack this into your Standard deck, and watch your opponents scream in fear when they thought they played a format, where they were safe from this monster.
SleetFox
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(15 votes)
It's one thing to write silly comments, but please stop giving this card five stars. You're screwing up the ratings.
Banjovial
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(7 votes)
I wish the developers would stop printing cards this broken. I mean, seriously. It freaking UNTAPS FOR FREE!
Your.Chubby.Buddy
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(6 votes)
HOLY CRAP! This is easily the best card I have ever seen, its actually legal?! I mean come on, its a 1/2 for 5, which is severely undercosted! This may just be on par with Baneslayer Angel. Not to mention if they decide the Wrath the board in order to deal with this amazing threat, it has a leaves the battlefield ability that may end the game right then and there. If your opponent has one card left, imagine the look on their face when they finally deal with your Imp and then they are forced to draw a card they already had in their hand! Amazing card, easy 5 stars!
Turn 1:Mountain, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Desperate ritual (spliced desperate ritual), desperate ritual, manamorphose, ancestral recall, chimney imp, lotus petal, manamorphose, dragon storm!
Search for: 4 Blades of Velis Vel, 4 Crib Swaps, and 4 Boggardan Hellkites!
Turn 1 win! This card is insane!
Who could dispute how great this card is!
I've actually never even resolved this card: My opponent always concedes if they don't have a counterspell in hand.
Also, another great combo? First turn, on their upkeep, start with gemstone caverns in play. Then remove a simian spirit guide from your hand, tap the caverns for blue, and cast flash. Put a chimney imp into play. Your opponent will be forced to put a card from their hand on top of their library!
ZombieSnail
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's interesting to see how much people love this card balance out the rating. And yes, it untaps for free. 3/5 because peer pressure
kabal363
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Bonediddly. But if it dies it just completely decimates your opponents pace. hell if you mananage to accidently kill this card by some miracle. you should scoop then and there.
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(22 votes)
Well... he HAS to be good. Why else would they make him so expensive? To balance this obscene gamewinner, they had to make him 5 mana. Tremble in fear.
In fact, wasn't the game originally going to be called Chimney Imp: The Gathering?
Ryvenge
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm so excited! Last night, I won an auction on ebay for a special lot of Magic cards (I won with a final bid of $2674). This was one of the chase cards in the set and I won it!
This card is srs bsns... a relic from the days when Wizards didn't playtest their cards properly so everything was broken. This card will forever sit on the shelf of the other greats, like Wood Elemental, Aven Trooper and Break Open.
The key to this card's greatness is that it's not a legendary. Play it early (turn 5 is still early-game for most of the vintage decks out there), play it often.
LordAlvon
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(6 votes)
I know everyone is going to hate me for pointing this out, but this is strictly worse than Grim Lavamancer. Just look at the ability. You'll see what I mean.
gongshowninja
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(12 votes)
From the Vault: Chimney Imp
asandberge
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
spike_barnett,
that only works if they don't play a card each turn.
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Holy sh*t, I found something ACTUALLY usable about this card... Use it in an Erratic Explosion deck!
Sure, it's not exactly a good combo... But it's a combo that makes Chimney Imp almost usable.
--Nate--
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I just made a really great blue/black control deck using chimney imp and storm crow.
Chimney Imp x30 Storm Crow x30
They really combo nicely. Storm Crow's low CMC and flying prowess allow him to sweep in for early attacks. Then, once you're ready, throw down the Chimney Imp, who essentially puts the opponent in a lock down.
this guy is such an awesome finisher.... he has evasion, he comes out relatively early on turn 5, he provides card advantage if they cast removal on him... I have no idea why this guy isn't a legacy staple.
tcollins
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(13 votes)
Yesss.... just traded in my playset of Jace, The Mind Sculptor for a foil one! This flying fiend even survives top-notch kill spells like Spawning Breath and the mighty Doom Blade. Just stellar card all around, no drawbacks...useful creature type (imp tribal). Like other game-breaking cards they paid tribute to him on other cards such as Mass Polymorph.
blindthrall
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I heard that it's against the Geneva Convention to summon Chimney Imp on the first turn.
Nighthawk42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card plus Enduring Renewal plus Ashnod's Altar and your opponent just keeps taking a look at the top card of his deck then putting it back while he sits there with no hand. Requires 1 less card and much more amusing than blowing him up with an Ornithopter and a Fireball.
the only card that can stand up to storm crow and survive.
Tukall
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
1st turn: Telepathy 9th turn: Chimney imp! - Target chimney imp with Stabbing pain - Target chimney imp with Assassinate - Profit! This way you can use chimney imp successfully in one turn and will also know which card the opponent puts on top of his/her library.
Hard to get a hold of since he became a legacy staple. So easy to break this thing.
tankyninja
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
IMMUNE TO DOOMBLADE AND TERROR OMYGOSH!!!!
angelheartvial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"If one gets in your chimney, you're going to need a long wick and a barrel of bangstuff to get it out."
—Hob Heddil on Soot Imp
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actually when you think about it this plus splinter twin or like mimic vat is really not a bad combo at all
dragonking987
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(14 votes)
the Eldrazi are nothing two old friends cant handle. -storm crow.
LTJZamboni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Necropotence sees the Chimney Imp and feels the need to reevaluate its life.
switchblade44
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
WHY does wizards feel the need to print cards like this!!!?? As soon as it was released it was an immediate 4 of in any deck that could produce black mana, and most that couldn't. At easily over $100 a playset it makes it hard for casual players to keep up.
People always talk about Chimeny Imp's stats and play value. I wanted to point out that he has another quality of note: his artwork. That picture is every bit amazing as his abilities.
Duskdale_Wurm
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Going through my collection of cards and HEY! Chimney Imp and Storm Crow, the best flyers of all time!
And 400 votes calls for a celebration.
Sutebe
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(105 votes)
I want to see Duel Decks: Chimney Imp versus Storm Crow.
DellamorteDellamore0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
5 star this card til it has a better rating than Jace The Mind Sculpter.
TDL
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
That is some unbelievably epic art. Thanks for pointing it out, guy whose name gets blocked by the filter!
HuntedWumpusMustDie
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(12 votes)
Hopefully Wizard's harkens back to this guy in the Scars of Mirrodin block! I can see it now, "Son of Chimney Imp"... or "Bruce, the last Chimney Imp"
Ales
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Why is this card rated so low??
divine_exodus
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(22 votes)
I want them to make a card called "Imney Chimp".
Zoltantf
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(31 votes)
I once pulled this card out to an officer, instead of my license. He immediately apologized for pulling me over, and let me go.
While most people focus on the stats, few actually appreciate the card for what it is; a work of art. You can actually hear the haunting laughter of the imp in your mind. You can feel the smooth skin of the imp. You can taste the papery wings. But the smell is the most horrible. The odor had me not sleeping for 4 years. That's a long time to go without sleeping.
TheWallinator74
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Sutebe
Win.
BiOhyBr
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
THIS CARD ACTUALLY HAS SOME USE! With one of these in play, a Sheoldred, Whispering One, and a reliable sacrifice out let, say Carrion Feeder, you can prevent an opponent from drawing a new card every turn, which in my mind is pretty powerful.
Pillow676
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
@Sutebe Here you go: http://forum.tcgplayer.com/showthread.php?271570-New-Duel-Decks!-(not-Graveborn)
MasterOfBearLore
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
Man, all these new cards are overpowered. What were they thinking?
Henrietta
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(9 votes)
Chimney Imp (along with Storm Crow) is the least funny fad to ever plague Magic, and I look forward to a day where people stop thinking the same joke is funny when told every day for years.
OmegaSerris
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
The imp just got Errata'ed. I say it's about time. Clearly mentioning a graveyard on a imp card is too freaking OP! I mean how did R&D let that slip by?! Now his wording is much more fair.
badmalloc
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Great for using as a proxy.
Concerned_Bystander
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(5 votes)
@ henrietta
I agree with you entirely, these fads are becoming beyond a joke, how dare they try to inject humour into our hobby, truly these hooligans must be stopped. Perhaps we could petition wizards to ban from the community those unmutual elements who insist on making jokes in our sacred forums.
I could rant on forever about this but i'm far too busy, i've found that arranging my cards by collectors number isn't working out for me so i'm off to arrange them alphabetically by artists surname instead.
JFM2796
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
People don't rate the card down just because you don't like it. Rate it according to how good it is. This is obviously a 5 star card any competitive Vintage player knows that. Don't rate it down just because you don't like how expensive it is or how much it owns you.
In Vintage you normally see this gem being played alongside Yawgmoth's Will. They sacrifice the Imp, opponent gets mauled by its devastating leaves the battlefield ability, cast the Will and play Chimney Imp from your graveyard, sacrifice it again. That is only to make them put two entire cards from their hand on top of their library! Unfortunately, this beautiful creature will be exiled as a result. Easy 5 stars!
@Badmalloc Thats a great idea! Make a proxy and you wont have to pay a ton for it. I''m going to do that right now.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
"when chimney imp dies"
WUT! CHIMNEY IMP NEVER DIES!
ICEFANG13
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I agree with these cards being beyond jokes, its pathetic, I mean look at it, ITS NOT A JOKE!
Chimney Imp makes you opponents cry, for 5, you get a 1/2 mostly unblockable beast, that if they manage to remove, will take a card with them?! WHAT are they going to do?
A 20 turn clock that starts turn 6, maybe earlier with Black Lotus or Dark Ritual OR they lose a card, like a discard, and then waste a kill spell, and set them back a draw?
OP, I can't believe it saw print, lucky affinity was there to kinda level the game. 5/5
Alienspider1
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
After months of searching, I could find literally only two things wrong with this card: it dies to removal and can't kill Storm Crow. If this ever becomes reprinted, I'll have to sell my house to be able to afford a playset.
high_tide_niv
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
in my chimney deck i cast rite of replication on chimney imp using djinn illuminatus 5 billion times while having opalescence and 80 billion doubling seasons. then i use rhys, the redeemed. and for a finale twilight drover sac all imps to phryexian altar with training grounds in play. may the imps spirits smash your opponents face in. plus they have no answer to the spirits. but seriously this card is as likely to win a game as the nonsense i just wrote
Once I had a dream where I had a foil Chimney Imp. It was beautiful.
non1337
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(14 votes)
Combo two Chimney Imps with Hell's Caretaker to stall your opponent forever.
Use Mask of the Mimic to get another Hell's Caretaker and use Village Bell-Ringer for infinite combo that sends unlimited number of cards in all opponents hands on top of their library during your upkeep. Sacrifice your Chimney Imp at the opponent draw phase using cards like Mask of the Mimic, High Market, Viscera Seer, Altar's Reap or whatever to lock opponent hand at 0 cards. With that infinite combo you can add Pawn of Ulamog or Dread Drone to spawn unlimited number of fodders to sacrifice and pull all creatures from your graveyard into the battlefield.
Vorpalwins
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(8 votes)
this is like the best card i ever seed
whiteforthewin
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Storm Crow
mc8bit
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(21 votes)
I carry a chimney imp in my wallet instead of a condom. I'm not saying the chimney imp will protect me from getting a girl pregnant or STDs but I am confident that if a girl sees my chimney imp I will get the chance to get a girl pregnant and get a std.
Toes_of_Krosa
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@DeusExMachina:
Errata: You win the game.
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(8 votes)
@001010011100101110: I don't think it survives Needle Drop. To target it with Drop it has to have already been dealt at least 1 damage, so the another 1 form Drop would kill it dead. Now I'm packing 4 of it in every deck I run, lest I encounter this monstrosity in a game.
Anyway, it's still OP'd as hell. However its 2nd ability is completely useless. Srsly, this being put into a graveyard from play? How often does that happen? It has superb evasion, enough thoughness to survive fighting Storm Crow and is immune to 99.99% of all removal (on you face, Doom Blade! Oh yeah, and that applies to you too, Terror). That if your opponent doesn't concede immediately after you cast it.
omni8000
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(3 votes)
It couldnt have costed 4 mana?
justinianwtf
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(28 votes)
I once dropped Chimney Imp at a blackjack table in Vegas. The dealer just bowed his head and scooped
Edword23
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
So good.
Radagast
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
The jokes are all great, but you know there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth if WotC reprints this to reward its "fans."
Shadoflaam
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Hehehe... got a great deal for this... gave this guy a stupid mana gain card (Black Flower, Black Tulip, some piece of crap) and this 'plains walking' card called Jake the Brain Melder or something for 4 of these... he's probably still crying. BTW Baneslayer dies to doom blade, Primeval Titan dies to doom blade, Moltentail Masticore dies to doom blade, even STORM CROW will die to doom blade once every 9000 years. This thing? Nothing. Third best card ever (TOP 10: Storm Crow Bottle Gnomes Chimney Imp Snow-Covered Forest Lagac Lizard Pillarfield Ox Vizzerdrix Mindless Null Mogg Jailer Scathe Zombies)
OneFishTwoFish
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(43 votes)
A while ago, a friend of mine was playing some sort of wacky deck against my control deck. At some point in the game, he cast Chimney Imp. I wasn't very good at Magic back then, so I thought to myself, "Meh, I've seen better." He then enchanted it with Splinter Twin and Pemmin's Aura. Like an amateur, I wasn't impressed; I still thought it was a mediocre card, enchanted with two mediocre auras. Then he dropped Phyrexian Altar.
Suddenly realizing what was happening, I looked at my hand. Vendetta, Terror, Radiant's Judgment...all useless. In desperation, I equipped a Skullclamp to my Solemn Simulacrum and then Annihilated it, hoping to draw an answer. Luckily, my third card was Path to Exile, although I didn't draw anything else useful. So I tried to exile his Imp, but he just payed to make it untargetable! So my spell fizzled.
I had no cards in hand for the rest of the game, which wasn't a very long time, since he used Pemmin's Aura to give his Chimney Imp +1/-1. This turned it into a horrifically strong 2/1 with flying, rivaling the overwhelming game-winning speed of Coral Eel and Millstone, only with the ability to lock its opponents down while still proceeding to win the game!
Absurdly powerful card. 5/5
UsagiYojimbo
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I am literally not even kidding when I say that Chimney Imp is an absolute house in my Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker EDH deck. Well, it was anyway. During my second game, I used Chimney Imp to place an opponent's entire hand on top of their library over a round of 3 to 5 turns, once I did that, I had painted a huge target on my head, so I used the Imp to nullify every other player's draws until I had enough fuel to plow through them all at once.
After I did that, while everyone was picking their cards up, there was a bright flash of light and the entire play group blacked out. When we woke up, we were in an alleyway in Atlanta Georgia. Naturally, I had to replace it with Chittering Rats, but it's just not the same. Some days I think about embracing the Imp's dark power again...
Some day I won't be strong enough to resist...
Some day I'll have to feed the Imp again.
We play next Friday...
troji2
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Well, you can always wipe your ass with it if you are out of toilet paper.
Axelle
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Thankfully the Chimney Imp joke isn't as stupidly common as the Storm Crow joke.
StephenKukuchek
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
To impfinity and beyond!
GlassJoetheChamp
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
I used to think Mirrodin block was a bit overpowered.
Now, I think it's the strongest block ever created.
If I had three wishes I would wish for one chimney imp with each. I think a wish could only handle one of these monsters at a time.
steev
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(15 votes)
Chimney Imp breaks the new Miracle mechanic and needs to be banned. It will be the herald of dozens of degenerate combo decks in the new Vintage. Watch as the broken combo unfolds:
Give Donate flashback with Recoup, then cast it targeting Chimney Imp. In response, use Goblin Welder's ability saccing the Orrery to get back Culling Dais. After the exchange, respond with Twincast on Donate to finally donate the Imp and the Dais to your opponent. Make your opponent sac Chimney Imp to the Dais, forcing you to put Temporal Mastery from your hand on top of your library. Tap all your opponent's lands to prevent them from using instant-speed removal (note: Slaughter Pact can destroy this combo) and pass opponent's turn.
On your turn, draw Temporal Mastery. Cast it, pass turn immediately and take your extra turn; draw your imaginary card (emptied from Grindstone), winning automatically thanks to Laboratory Maniac.
And it's all because of Chimney Imp at the low cost of + the next turn.
May God have mercy on us all.
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
This card. This card this card this card. When they replace you the very next set (Chittering Rats) you just know that you were a mistake. This card is the game design equivalent of that kid you see at the trailer park picking his nose in a mud puddle.
Subtle_Kay
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Why on earth does this terrible card have more than 1/5?
When the USA went into Iraq the WMD's they were looking for were Chimney Imps! This card starts illegitemate wars and threatens the balance of the world!!
Last I heard north Korea is trying to develop their OWN Chimney Imps!!
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a little known fact, but Chimney Imp was originally supposed to be Mythic Rare.
However, on the day of the printing, it turned out that the printer at Wizards had run out of both golden and silver paint. (Rumors have it that this was due to sabotage by a secret society called the Implumminati, consisting of the wealthiest Magic players around the world.) Therefore, Wizards couldn't make it Mythic Rare, nor even Uncommon. Faced with this roadblock, the company had no choice but to make Chimney Imp common, despite knowing how powerful it is. And that's why Mirrodin is broken.
Honestly, did you REALLY believe a card THIS powerful could ever have been intended to be a simple common? Come on, all around the world people sing the praises of Chimney Imp. You think this is just a figure of speech? They literally sing them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVSahgCegk
Hermeezey
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The real game-breaking part is that he has flying. Even Chittering Rats doesn't have that and all for just 2 extra mana. Too broken, I say.
Also survives spark spray, can block fear and flying, can fight off turn-1 Champion of the Parish and Birds of Paradise and un-buffed Tarmogoyf, fizzles doomblade and terror, can't be blocked by darksteel colossus, and forces your opponent to potentially waste a wrath of god. Even then, he still trolls you after dying by slowing down your tempo so you can't top deck something to save yourself. Even black lotus dies to naturalize, ancestrall recal and time walk can be countered with negate Negate. Not Chimney Imp though.
Oh my god, I can't believe it! This card actually got WORSE with miracle
Blitzkrieg54
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Costs 2-7 Cents on most sites. Great Battle of Wits Deckpadding. Also, it's FRICKIN' CHIMNEY IMP.
potato87
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
i have secret info that the duel deck chimney imp versus storm crow is actually in the making.
i have the secret deckllist
chimney imp deck chimney imp x36 swamp 24
storm crow deck storm crow x36 island x24
oh and another secret they dont want me to say is that chimney imp and storm crow are going to be reprinted as basic creatures, you thinking "so what" their also making a rules change so that anything with the type basic can be any number in the deck.
im so stoked, but at a MSRP of 250$ i think im gonna have to start saving now and i might be able to preorder four of them at christmas time.
surtysurt
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(10 votes)
I just read the saddest all week... "If I had three wishes I would wish for one chimney imp with each. I think a wish could only handle one of these monsters at a time. " - Goatllama Because he would wouldn't of a full playset :(
MarlinFlake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only disadvantage to this card is that you lose it if you use Sorrow's Path. Even so, it's an auto-include in every Sivitri Scarzam EDH deck.
pedrodyl
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
Most brutal combo ever, and on Turn 0! Hand: Gemstone Caverns, Flash, Chimney Imp, Simian Spirit Guide, Geist of Saint Traft, two other cards Start out with the Caverns in play, discarding the Geist of Saint Traft, exile the Spirit guide, and flash in Chimney Imp. Refuse to pay its cost and sacrifice. BAM, one card from their hand on top of their library. They're not coming back from that. But Chimney Imp is, because it is immortal.
Hunter06
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Bottem of the Barrel bad, Id take the basic land In my pack of this any day in limited
.5/5 stars
Goldbach
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card should be read as: "Opponent player never draws cards again"
Of course, now, that's incorrect but for many decks it holds true.
Seriously, this is ridiculous. I can't believe how many trolls there are on this card's page. Why don't you guys just go back under the bridge. I can't believe you guys even bothered to show your faces here on these forums. Honestly.
I mean, come on, how hard is it to hack into the gatherer servers and modify the *** so you can rate cards higher than 5? That way you could give cards like this the rating that they deserve. Just a 5? How about 10, or 10,000, or 10,000,000? I think that a rating of such magnitude would be appropriate given the circumstances. Have you guys even read the card? Aside from the absurdity in just the body, a 1/2 for 5, he has flying!!! As if the body alone wasn't enough. And then, just to add insult to injury, if your opponent finally does manage to find some way to kill him, which is near impossible given his immunity to doom blade, they basically become screwed for the rest of the game. You don't even need to combo this card, because the game is over the moment you put this card in your deck. You don't even have to play it because most opponents can sense the raw power emanating from your library, and will immediately scoop. Twice.
I don't even know if I should rate this card because scientists haven't discovered a number that can represent the sheer power. I guess i'll have to make a new number. It will be represented by "CI", the initials of chimney imp. Maybe I can finally do it some justice after it's having been so shamed by you trolls.
blurrymadness
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I thought it was an enter's play effect when I was remembering it thinking "I could put that in my {B}{U} flicker deck and troll people!" but.. arg..
it's hideous.
yousquiddinme
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
No matter which card I start with, following links in comments always leads me to Storm Crow, which always leads me to Chimney Imp.
BDragon123
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Ladies and gentleman, I bring to you, the Chimney Imp deck.
I'll give you a minute to allow just what this deck does to sink in.
Lifegainwithbite
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Duel Decks: Storm Crow vs Chimney Imp. The only land is 4x Sorrow's Path and the other 52 cards are all One with Nothings.
Go, my winged pretties. Fly!
wideyes
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
When Chuck Norris encountered a Chimney Imp, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Woah!"
Cheese_Particle
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is so good, at CCGHouse it's a manly 14 cents, where most baby cards are crying in the 9 cent section.
Ferlord
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(29 votes)
Chimney Imp casting, opponents are laughing. Chimney Imp dying, opponents are crying.
azureHaights
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
True story.
So, I went to Tropes to add discussion on comments (like Laguz's) about cards (like The Imp) to the page for Asbestos-Free Cereal. Far as I know, I had the syntax all correct, the preview showed up correctly, links were working fine. Then I hit submit. The page was GONE. Empty. The source is still fine, but the page won't display.
Say what you will about its raw power, but I'm staying clear of any card capable of BREAKING TV TROPES.
Aremath
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
For what it's worth, it's playable in Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker EDH. With the relevant sac. engines, it shuts down an opponent HARD. Not to mention all of the value you get by saccing it. While there are better options, I'm thinking of including it just because such a terrible card can become so powerful.
CogMonocle
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
the second deck I ever built was based on reanimating and saccing chimney imp to lock out an opponent. it worked.
This card is absolutely amazing! No drawbacks, because next turn you get to untap the lands, and this guy won't even die to powerful removal, such as Doomblade! A real game ender!
The next from the vault should feature Chimney Imp, although I bet they know that that would be just to powerful.
FlingIt
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Broken 5/5. Should have costed . This will be a vintage staple, just wait.
Potato_no_Hana
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
first
delta474
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
A black Storm Crow. You trade 1 power and a high converted mana cost for insane card advantage. Simply fantastic.
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
-_- seriously? who rated more than 0?
Swag_Crow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Pro combo: Turn one two Black Lotuses and drop this on your enemies. Follow up with a 0ne with Nothing to freak them out even more.
-Swag_Crow
MichaelJHuman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's hard to evaluate the worst cards in magic based on rating due to the phony ratings on this card. If not for the joke ratings, this might be in the bottom ratings of all cards.
SeriouslyFacetious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@azureHaights: Great comment! Love Tropes...
Anyway I just wanted to say that its been over a year since I first read Laguz's comment, and I still randomly chuckle to myself over "CHIMNEY IMP LIVES SIDEWAYS"
casualhorror
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
One of my decks is a 60 card Chimney Imp decks, with a 15 card sideboard of Chimney Imps. My friends told me that this deck is illegal and I know the true reason. Chimney Imp is just too strong. As I hold this deck in my hands I can feel its power coursing through my veins. I can almost taste the confusion, fear and fright that my opponents feel when I play this deck. Yes, when I come to after the game they tell me I'm crazy and that cutting people with the cardboard doesn't count as paying the mana cost but I know who is crazy! Itis them! they are crazy they are crazy hail to the imp let their heathen blood flow hail chimney imp hail the end let the blood soak the fibers of darkness H̘̬̬̠̬͉̀̂ͅa̘̟̲̦͕̟̽i̠͖̟̰̜̞l̶̪͖͈̹͓ ͖̗̗̲͍̠̹̚͠C̝̯̱͚̘̎h̦̪̱͍̰̪͊͡i̦̥̩͙̠͜m̢̰̰̝̩n͙̍͋͊̋̌̓eͫ͑̐͝y͙̝͉͇͓̦̯̓̓ ͌̃͛̑̾̄͟I̶̼̦͉̝ͮͮͦ̿m̗̻̠̱̼̺̂̒͌̈ͣ̃͂͘p̥͈̏ͥ̄͗̊̚͢!̯͙̜̥̘͖ͪ͋͐̚ ͔̗̱͐̎̈́̒͆Ḧ̳̜̗͇̲̤̥̊̏̔ͧ̇ͤa͕̤̗̱̮̠͈ͩ͊̉ͨi͉l̲ ͔̺͕̱̙̐ͬͮ̀͒Cͨ̇̂̔̓̓͏̪͓h̢̳̞̔͆i̗̯͔̝͠m̗̥̜̰͇̫ͯͬ̇ń͇̮̼͇̼͖ę̮̰̻̙̤̈́̿̀ͫ̊ͥ̊y̛̠͊ͮͮ̓̅̐̽ ̛̹̗̪̺̮̰̜́ͫ̓͒ͣͨI̢ͮ̾̂͛m̵̱̠̣̂̈́ͬͥ̽p̖̩̣̾ͧ̽͗̃ͨ͠ͅ!̩ͤ ̗͚̹͇ͮḢ̞̖̖̯̋̎̄a͒̐̿́͏̙̼̩̹̖͖i̦̖̾̇̀͆̒l̩̰͍̜̦̈ͨͩͩ ̯̪͍̝͆̌͐̿̓̉C̷̭̹̖͓̲̓́̇͊̊̾͌hͫ̏͏̱͉͙̟̦͖i̇̎ͮ́m̛͎̖̂ñ̠̹̦͚͕̫̖͘e̴̱ͯ̿̏y̳̩͈̿͊͘ ̶̬̟͙̟̮̮͖̂̾I̻͈m̢͍̠̦̞̬̤̄p̲͎̫͎̖̤ͩ͂̾̍͆̍!̬̰̖̒̽͂ ͊H͎̩͓̜̺̘̋a̛͉̩̯̟̬ͯ͆ͤ̒̚ͅi͕̤̰̦l͙̑ͩ ̶͓̠̋ͯͥ̈́ͮC͈͍̭̗ͯ̉͡ḫ̌ͥͫͯ̅̏̾im̴̰͕̟̟͎͛̊n̴͓̣̞͚ͮę̼̘̯͈̜͗ͥ̅ͪy͔͌͌͐̃ ̮̮̹̱̹̦͠Ḯ̧̘̬͎̥̲̺͙ͬ͆ͫ́m̷̠̥͓̽̄̅̽́͌p̳͓̯͗̒ͨ̕!̗̭͚͈͚̙ͯ͒͞ͅ ̘̘̗̫̏̍̀H̤͍̹̘̭͍͈͊ͫͤ̈͝a̵̬̬͓͔͊̽̑̆ͧ̿͋ī̱̖̽l̦͉̂̾́̎͗ͬ͛͞ ̛̏̇̂ͬ̚̚C̢̘̈́̂͒ͨͨh̺̱͈̲ͫi̢̩͔͈͓̩̣̩̅́ͦͭ͗͑ͧm̡̫̳̞̝̠̟̉͂͋̓̌ͦͪǹ̶̬̻̺̰ͦ͌ͪͅe͌̊̃ͩ́͂҉̠̥͚̙̱̼̪y͚̻̺͇̖͙ͦ̕ ̹I̙͉͓͓̪̰̰͛́m͊̎ͭ͑p̴͍͈̖ͯ̔͌͊̚!̯̥͖̞͇̂̊ͪ̾͑ͯ̔ ̞̘̪͕̿ͥ͜Ḥ̖̖̳͌ͫa͛̑ͫ̉ͨ̚҉̹̤̪̟̪͎̙i̅͏̥̺l̿͆ͤͧ̇ͭ͛͠ ͍͖̄̈͗͋C̝̪̟͖̤̼͉͛͗̉̍̔͐̚͡h̏i̸̟̹̯͉̜̖ͨͯͭͣ̂̍͑mͮ̃͂ͮn̛ͦ̌e̶̤͙̺̯͈̲̝yͬ̔̂́ I̸̺̬͓̠̻̜̜͂̄́m̴̋ͬͮ̃̚p̣̟̳̦̜͙̲ͤ!̜̖̣͛̇͆̌͊ͅ ̗H̨̠̠͔͎ͣͥ̄ͦͬ̌̈ą͍̳͇͚̗͈̰̒̏̑͊̚i̼̞̳̞̥l̩̰͙̤ͦ̈ ̔̑ͥ͒҉̰͔̭͓͎͓Ć͈͈͎̜͚̫h̪̰̙̘̭̘̹̃i̛͖̠ḿ̱̞͍̜̎ͅn͗̃̉̾e̞͙̽ͧ̈́ͪͫͤÿ̼̮̩̋ͥͤ́ ͆ͫ̈́̑I̜̯̺̺ͯ͂͗͒m͕̱ͬ̿̐̅p̬̟̀!͈̮̰̎͊͌ͯ̾ͅ ̺̞̋̎ͬH̦͋͌ͧâ͉̙̔̽ͬ̂̍i̘͙̫ͯ͑͂͐́͋l͈̮͍̱̆ͩ̏̈̃̓ͩ͘ ̤̜̐̍̀̋͒̚͝C̛̼̰͓͛͆̚h̤̺̭̦͉ͤĩ̈̅ͩ̓̚m̤̟͇̺͒ͤ͐ͮn͚̮̻̠̫̭̭͗̎͗ͧ͞e̓̂y̩̐͛̃͋͋͜ ̻̠̥̳̥̣͗͐̓̈́ͬI̡̮̻̖͖͔̞̓̓̒ͣͮ́m̤̰̫̍ͤ͊̇͘p̯̘̖̳͇̼!̙̀ͩ̌ͪ̚ ̀ͯ̚͡H͎̥̲͕͍̟́͑̿ͅaͨ̀̀͂iͪ̂̈́̃l̒̇̄ ̐͗ͨ͋C̮̙̥̩͑ḩ̤̘̪̟̤̼̿͂̿̋ḭ̙̠ͧ̆ͬ͌mͫn̺̮͙̝̭̣̗ͫͣ̐͊͠e̍͘ÿ̢̮̲̩̠̖͚̬̅̽͗̾͗́ ̹̙̮̲͙̱͐ͨ̾I͊̊ͯͥ̋ͫmͤ̃͗ͮ̍p͕͔ͪͮ̔̍ͥ͑̈!̡̭̗̲̣̣̒̾̈́ͤ ̣̖̝̭͉̮Hͫͮͮa͔͇̣̝̮̝̿͛̇̈̀i̗̦̗̮̬̙͒l̎ͤͩͪ̑̉͂͡ ̢̝͇̗͕̯͖̙ͥ̐̊̐ͥC̡̍̉̃h̥̮͔̝̤͕ͧi̹͕̙̯͉͛m̤̰̂ͥͯͯ̚͝n̳̐̈̋ͨ͑è̻̄̒̿͗ȳ͓͕̙ͪ͋͐̄ ̡̮̤̹̮͖̹͇̆̎I̩̗̯̿̿ͧ̐͘ṃ̟͈̞̱͈p̞͎̲!̝̮̮͚̻ͨ ̠͚͕̌̊̄ͦ͋H̦͇͙ͤ͆̌ͧͣ̄͝a̠͂ͪ̉̾ͩî͓̉͗ͫ͋͘ľ̮͓̙̿͂͑ͤ̽ ͕̪͈͎̟́͑͞C̦̩̟̠̿hi̺̳̱̣̰̥ͯͤ̈́ͣͯ͆m̙̪͇̩̒̉ṉ͂̓͋͢ͅe̒̌ỵ̧̻̞͐̎ͤ́ͅ ̭͇͇͎̠̪̪͐̎ͭͮI̠̱̪̙̹̜̫͛ͬm͙͑ͨp̟̥̥̦̬̠̾̅!͂ͬ̇ͮͪ҉̰͖ ̻̪̫̠̯̙͆͊̔͒ͨ͛̈́
shotoku64
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I took Chimney Imp to a Grand Prix and lost every round. Clearly Chimney Imp refuses to be used for such selfish purposes as winning
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In all seriousness, in a limited environment this guy did something black normally didn't do, disrupt draws. Mirrodin had scry, so near the endgame this guy could really save you. Of course it was the endgame, so everyone forgot about poor chimney imp and now people look down at it. As bad as he might seem, nobody will ever want to kill this card unless they absolutely have to. Respect the imp.
Rifts980
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Top tier mimeoplasm target.
observant1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Drop this in a serious vintage tournament and watch your opponent instantly scoop. Moxes, black lotus, whatever, his hands will simply shoot out and pick everything up, his eyes will stay downcast as he silently acknowledges his total defeat. Even if he has Force of Will for Chimney Imp it's not like hes going to waste everyones time casting it, because the mere fact that you just cast a Chimney Imp goes to show that you're obviously playing 3 more.
i always play green, all green only green. but i knew that Chimney Imp was just to good so a splashed black i soon understood its not a good idea to splash green in a mono Chimney Imp deck
Comments (225)
Darksteel Colossus is Ovinized, Leaped, and given +1/+1 by Warrior's Honor, and it is STILL not as good as the Imp.
Don't mock the little 1/2 flyer. You don't know what he'll be at end of turn, what rage he can unleash.
Fear him.
Yeah, I put two proxies in there. Hilarity is ensuing.
So cool... And yet so broken... I have four in my Homarid/Brushwagg tribal deck of course, because he is definitely worth splashing red for.
Just think of what they would have said if he had been in Urza Block. No one would have noticed YawgWin, because this is actually strictly better, since it does something that YawgWin never, ever will be able to: IT FREAKIN' UNTAPS FOR FREE!!!
It's even stricly better then Black Lotus. Black Lotus may untap for free as well, but does it have Flying? No!
Creatures (18):
4 x Chimney Imp
4 x Black Carriage
4 x Shinen of Fear's Chill
4 x Skull Collector
2 x Deathtooth Ogre
Other Spells (16):
4 x One with Nothing
4 x Death of a Thousand Stings
4 x Footsteps of the Goryo
4 x Scroll of Origins
Lands (26):
4 x Castle Sengir
4 x Koskun Keep
4 x Wizard's School
2 x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
2 x Tomb of Urami
4 x Forbidden Orchard
2 x Hall of the Bandit Lord
4 x Tendo Ice Bridge
Also, it insists upon itself.
The only problem is that my deck is so powerful now, no one will even bother playing against it anymore...
Seriously, this does not make you cool. Just shut up.
If only the words of our society could create a reality in which we can all bask in Chimney Imp's amazing design.
Its a shame that Wizards didn't make it a Legend so it could be my general in Elder Dragon Highlander :(
I mean, imagine how fast you get Hellbent! And most of the time you even have something to spend your mana on.
Playing. Spells. Every. Turn.
Imagine the sort of board control you can have just by your draw engine! One a turn, with no life loss? Better than Phyrexian Arena to begin with.
Step 1: Go to Amazon.com, order Three-Wolf Moon T-Shirt
Step 2: Order Chimney Imp playset on eBay.
Step 3: Wear the shirt while ripping Imps off the top FTW.
(CAUTION: Imps + 3WM may - er - WILL attract babes)
At first i was surprised when seeing how many reviews and ratings this card had, and got quite confused from these high-rated absurd comments praising the imp until i finally realized a horde of trolls took control and wrote that entire stuff for the lulz.
I just laughed my ass of while reading those comments, it's astonishing how creative people can rant about such a piece of junk.
You even get "chimney imp deck" as search proposal in google. LOL!
Successful troll was successful.
They forgot to ban this in Extended. I know, I know, it sounds absurd, but seriously guys: everyone just assumed it's banned, but it's still legal.
START PLAYING FOUR.
But in all seriousness, if you're ever stuck in a bathroom with no toilet paper and a box full of Magic cards, I think these are the guys to look for first.
COMBO SEXY TIME!
Chimney Imp
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Just find a good sacrificing card like Attrition (yes, i'm sure there are plenty of better sac'ing alters out there, i just didn't want to look forever) and your opponent can only draw that card he keeps putting down. Best part! you can do that EVERY turn. The end result being your opponent has a withering hand (much like a discard deck) and can't draw any new cards.
This card really isn't that bad. I managed to wipe my A** with it equal to its mana cost.
It was a dark brown with a few nutty corn bits in it.
Anyway, i always prefer to run a playset of both Zombie Goliath and Dreg Reaver.
Magic is a pretty cool guy, eh prints retarded cards and doesnt afraid of people raging at them.
4 Chimney Imp
4 Black Lotus
24 Mox Jet
28 Swamp
No one wants to play me because I have 4 Chimney Imps in it (or it might be because I use 24 Mox Jets)
And did I mention it untaps for FREE?
I hope it get reprinted so I can finally get my playset.
Also, it absolutely obliterates your opponent's pace if it dies - but good luck trying to kill it, because it's immune to deathmark.
If that isnt enough, it has rampage: 0, so you can attack every turn without fear. Chimney Imp LIVES SIDEWAYS.
Chimney Imp blows any card previously mentioned out of the water, it's so good it completely destroyed the current meatgame and created a new one, which it then proceeded to destroy.
It is said that grinding a chimney imp into a fine powder and snorting it will make the user the ultimate magic player, but no man has been willing to sacrifice a card this wonderful for a skill gain.
This card is a diamond, shining out from the middle of the rough. Life is Chimney Imp.
Absolutely SICK in Vintage, 5/5
I cut white from my deck and added 4 chimney imps, 5 for cusual play. i knew that with his card i would be game planned against and if i couldnt get it down... unthinkable to assume i couldnt play it. I added 39 swamps and 4 coat of arms for good measure and the rise of my impire began.
Just covying my story to you brings moisture to my eyes... if you have this card DO NOT TRADE IT
Just plain sick. 5/5
If you sacrifice 4 Eldrazi spawn, you only need 1 swamp to summon it!
CHimney imp is only beaten by 1 card: wood elemental, green's chimney elemental in sacrificed wood form.
I once was playing a RG deck against an opponent who played Chimney Imp on turn 12. Obviously my first thought was "i'm a goner", but i tried to make a last move before i was completely defeated. I played Summoning Trap only to luckily find my own copy of Chimney Imp staring at me amongst the 7 cards. I put him into play without a second thought. We both decided that the game would be so complicated to play given the current board that we both conceded the game to both Chimney Imps.
The problem with your Chimney Imp deck is that you don't have enough of them.
For it to work properly you need to build it the same way you would build a Relentless Rats deck.
@bijart_dauth
Close, but no. Water Gun Balloon Game. He does however have protection from criticism. Enforced by Sea Eagle weilding a Razor Boomerang.
Chimney Imp + Virulent Swipe = a dead Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Never underestimate this beast. I feel like "Islandhome" would have gotten this card on the ban list for sure.
See Manta Ray to learn what Islandhome is.
If your friends let you use them, of course--mine have a gentleman's agreement to eschew the Power Tenth, as we call it.
I've never played white since.
ANNNNDD you know what if you block baneslayer with this and then doomblade the baneslayer it dies...
oh wait that would have worked without the imp.
We simply called it DA PIMP, in awe of its greatness.
Arcbound Ravager? Back on the top of your deck.
Disciple of the Vault? Back on the top of your deck.
Skullclamp? Back on the top of your deck.
Black Lotus? Back on the top of your deck.
Then he was banned in all formats and 47 states. But he'll be back some day. Oh yes.
http://www.youtube.com/user/EmpyreanAria#p/u/16/wEVSahgCegk
Turn 1:Mountain, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Rite of flame, Desperate ritual (spliced desperate ritual), desperate ritual, manamorphose, ancestral recall, chimney imp, lotus petal, manamorphose, dragon storm!
Search for: 4 Blades of Velis Vel, 4 Crib Swaps, and 4 Boggardan Hellkites!
Turn 1 win! This card is insane!
Who could dispute how great this card is!
I've actually never even resolved this card: My opponent always concedes if they don't have a counterspell in hand.
Also, another great combo? First turn, on their upkeep, start with gemstone caverns in play. Then remove a simian spirit guide from your hand, tap the caverns for blue, and cast flash. Put a chimney imp into play. Your opponent will be forced to put a card from their hand on top of their library!
3/5 because peer pressure
In fact, wasn't the game originally going to be called Chimney Imp: The Gathering?
This card is srs bsns... a relic from the days when Wizards didn't playtest their cards properly so everything was broken. This card will forever sit on the shelf of the other greats, like Wood Elemental, Aven Trooper and Break Open.
The key to this card's greatness is that it's not a legendary. Play it early (turn 5 is still early-game for most of the vintage decks out there), play it often.
Just look at the ability. You'll see what I mean.
that only works if they don't play a card each turn.
Let's say you draw up Volley of Boulders, Plague Wind, Blinkmoth Infusion or Draco or something. By donating our buddy Chimney and bolting it, you can put that back on your deck, then Erratic Explosion and deal the damage you need.
Sure, it's not exactly a good combo... But it's a combo that makes Chimney Imp almost usable.
Chimney Imp x30
Storm Crow x30
They really combo nicely. Storm Crow's low CMC and flying prowess allow him to sweep in for early attacks. Then, once you're ready, throw down the Chimney Imp, who essentially puts the opponent in a lock down.
Mindless Null might actually be better though.
9th turn: Chimney imp! - Target chimney imp with Stabbing pain - Target chimney imp with Assassinate - Profit!
This way you can use chimney imp successfully in one turn and will also know which card the opponent puts on top of his/her library.
—Hob Heddil on Soot Imp
-storm crow.
And 400 votes calls for a celebration.
Cadaver Imp x4
Skyshroud Elf x4
Ashnod's Altar x4
Adun Oakenshield x4
Forest x8
Mountains x8
Swamp x12
Elvish Piper x2
Keeper of Progenitus x2
White Sun's Zenith x4
Plains x1
Fog x3
Best. Deck. It looks pretty impressive right? Surely it will win 500% of the games it plays. Surely. Ever.
It IS that broken.
"Chimney Imp risin', your foe is sighin' "
"Chimney Imp tumblin', strategies crumblin' "
Win.
http://forum.tcgplayer.com/showthread.php?271570-New-Duel-Decks!-(not-Graveborn)
I agree with you entirely, these fads are becoming beyond a joke, how dare they try to inject humour into our hobby, truly these hooligans must be stopped. Perhaps we could petition wizards to ban from the community those unmutual elements who insist on making jokes in our sacred forums.
I could rant on forever about this but i'm far too busy, i've found that arranging my cards by collectors number isn't working out for me so i'm off to arrange them alphabetically by artists surname instead.
In Vintage you normally see this gem being played alongside Yawgmoth's Will. They sacrifice the Imp, opponent gets mauled by its devastating leaves the battlefield ability, cast the Will and play Chimney Imp from your graveyard, sacrifice it again. That is only
@Badmalloc Thats a great idea! Make a proxy and you wont have to pay a ton for it. I''m going to do that right now.
WUT! CHIMNEY IMP NEVER DIES!
Chimney Imp makes you opponents cry, for 5, you get a 1/2 mostly unblockable beast, that if they manage to remove, will take a card with them?! WHAT are they going to do?
A 20 turn clock that starts turn 6, maybe earlier with Black Lotus or Dark Ritual OR they lose a card, like a discard, and then waste a kill spell, and set them back a draw?
OP, I can't believe it saw print, lucky affinity was there to kinda level the game.
5/5
Use Mask of the Mimic to get another Hell's Caretaker and use Village Bell-Ringer for infinite combo that sends unlimited number of cards in all opponents hands on top of their library during your upkeep. Sacrifice your Chimney Imp at the opponent draw phase using cards like Mask of the Mimic, High Market, Viscera Seer, Altar's Reap or whatever to lock opponent hand at 0 cards. With that infinite combo you can add Pawn of Ulamog or Dread Drone to spawn unlimited number of fodders to sacrifice and pull all creatures from your graveyard into the battlefield.
Errata: You win the game.
Anyway, it's still OP'd as hell. However its 2nd ability is completely useless. Srsly, this being put into a graveyard from play? How often does that happen? It has superb evasion, enough thoughness to survive fighting Storm Crow and is immune to 99.99% of all removal (on you face, Doom Blade! Oh yeah, and that applies to you too, Terror). That if your opponent doesn't concede immediately after you cast it.
BTW Baneslayer dies to doom blade, Primeval Titan dies to doom blade, Moltentail Masticore dies to doom blade, even STORM CROW will die to doom blade once every 9000 years.
This thing? Nothing.
Third best card ever
(TOP 10:
Storm Crow
Bottle Gnomes
Chimney Imp
Snow-Covered Forest
Lagac Lizard
Pillarfield Ox
Vizzerdrix
Mindless Null
Mogg Jailer
Scathe Zombies)
Suddenly realizing what was happening, I looked at my hand. Vendetta, Terror, Radiant's Judgment...all useless. In desperation, I equipped a Skullclamp to my Solemn Simulacrum and then Annihilated it, hoping to draw an answer. Luckily, my third card was Path to Exile, although I didn't draw anything else useful. So I tried to exile his Imp, but he just payed
I had no cards in hand for the rest of the game, which wasn't a very long time, since he used Pemmin's Aura to give his Chimney Imp +1/-1. This turned it into a horrifically strong 2/1 with flying, rivaling the overwhelming game-winning speed of Coral Eel and Millstone, only with the ability to lock its opponents down while still proceeding to win the game!
Absurdly powerful card. 5/5
After I did that, while everyone was picking their cards up, there was a bright flash of light and the entire play group blacked out. When we woke up, we were in an alleyway in Atlanta Georgia. Naturally, I had to replace it with Chittering Rats, but it's just not the same. Some days I think about embracing the Imp's dark power again...
Some day I won't be strong enough to resist...
Some day I'll have to feed the Imp again.
We play next Friday...
Now, I think it's the strongest block ever created.
5/5
Get Vedalken Orrery, Laboratory Maniac, and Goblin Welder onto the battlefield by any means necessary.
Use Demonic Tutor or another tutor to get the new card Temporal Mastery into your hand.
Cast Painter's Servant naming any color, Mindslaver, and Grindstone. Your combo is ready.
On the combo turn, mill yourself with Grindstone naming the chosen color to get your library into your graveyard, including Recoup, Donate, Chimney Imp, Dread Return, and an artifact-based sac outlet such as Culling Dais. Your milling will also drop all your copies of Narcomoeba into play.
Activate Mindslaver's ability. Flashback Dread Return saccing your Narcomoebas to get back sweet, sweet Chimney Imp. Pass turn. Now here's where the combo happens:
Give Donate flashback with Recoup, then cast it targeting Chimney Imp.
In response, use Goblin Welder's ability saccing the Orrery to get back Culling Dais.
After the exchange, respond with Twincast on Donate to finally donate the Imp and the Dais to your opponent.
Make your opponent sac Chimney Imp to the Dais, forcing you to put Temporal Mastery from your hand on top of your library. Tap all your opponent's lands to prevent them from using instant-speed removal (note: Slaughter Pact can destroy this combo) and pass opponent's turn.
On your turn, draw Temporal Mastery. Cast it, pass turn immediately and take your extra turn; draw your imaginary card (emptied from Grindstone), winning automatically thanks to Laboratory Maniac.
And it's all because of Chimney Imp at the low cost of
May God have mercy on us all.
Last I heard north Korea is trying to develop their OWN Chimney Imps!!
However, on the day of the printing, it turned out that the printer at Wizards had run out of both golden and silver paint. (Rumors have it that this was due to sabotage by a secret society called the Implumminati, consisting of the wealthiest Magic players around the world.) Therefore, Wizards couldn't make it Mythic Rare, nor even Uncommon. Faced with this roadblock, the company had no choice but to make Chimney Imp common, despite knowing how powerful it is. And that's why Mirrodin is broken.
Honestly, did you REALLY believe a card THIS powerful could ever have been intended to be a simple common? Come on, all around the world people sing the praises of Chimney Imp. You think this is just a figure of speech? They literally sing them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVSahgCegk
Also survives spark spray, can block fear and flying, can fight off turn-1 Champion of the Parish and Birds of Paradise and un-buffed Tarmogoyf, fizzles doomblade and terror, can't be blocked by darksteel colossus, and forces your opponent to potentially waste a wrath of god. Even then, he still trolls you after dying by slowing down your tempo so you can't top deck something to save yourself. Even black lotus dies to naturalize, ancestrall recal and time walk can be countered with negate Negate. Not Chimney Imp though.
Swamp + Dark Ritual + Dark Ritual
i can win the game in 21 turn
i have the secret deckllist
chimney imp deck
chimney imp x36
swamp 24
storm crow deck
storm crow x36
island x24
oh and another secret they dont want me to say is that chimney imp and storm crow are going to be reprinted as basic creatures, you thinking "so what" their also making a rules change so that anything with the type basic can be any number in the deck.
im so stoked, but at a MSRP of 250$ i think im gonna have to start saving now and i might be able to preorder four of them at christmas time.
"If I had three wishes I would wish for one chimney imp with each. I think a wish could only handle one of these monsters at a time. " - Goatllama
Because he would wouldn't of a full playset :(
Hand: Gemstone Caverns, Flash, Chimney Imp, Simian Spirit Guide, Geist of Saint Traft, two other cards
Start out with the Caverns in play, discarding the Geist of Saint Traft, exile the Spirit guide, and flash in Chimney Imp. Refuse to pay its cost and sacrifice. BAM, one card from their hand on top of their library.
They're not coming back from that.
But Chimney Imp is, because it is immortal.
.5/5 stars
Of course, now, that's incorrect but for many decks it holds true.
Makes this guy a win condition.
I mean, come on, how hard is it to hack into the gatherer servers and modify the *** so you can rate cards higher than 5? That way you could give cards like this the rating that they deserve. Just a 5? How about 10, or 10,000, or 10,000,000? I think that a rating of such magnitude would be appropriate given the circumstances. Have you guys even read the card? Aside from the absurdity in just the body, a 1/2 for 5, he has flying!!! As if the body alone wasn't enough. And then, just to add insult to injury, if your opponent finally does manage to find some way to kill him, which is near impossible given his immunity to doom blade, they basically become screwed for the rest of the game. You don't even need to combo this card, because the game is over the moment you put this card in your deck. You don't even have to play it because most opponents can sense the raw power emanating from your library, and will immediately scoop. Twice.
I don't even know if I should rate this card because scientists haven't discovered a number that can represent the sheer power. I guess i'll have to make a new number. It will be represented by "CI", the initials of chimney imp. Maybe I can finally do it some justice after it's having been so shamed by you trolls.
it's hideous.
3 Chimney Imp
3 Hell's Caretaker
2 Magewright's Stone
2 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Coffers
3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Doubling Cube
3 Watery Grave
3 Underground Sea
3 Mask of the Mimic
3 Capsize
4 Diabolic Intent
3 Unburden
4 Sunken Ruins
3 Village Bell-Ringer
2 Hallowed Fountain
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Mortician Beetle
4 Perilous Research
I'll give you a minute to allow just what this deck does to sink in.
Go, my winged pretties. Fly!
So, I went to Tropes to add discussion on comments (like Laguz's) about cards (like The Imp) to the page for Asbestos-Free Cereal. Far as I know, I had the syntax all correct, the preview showed up correctly, links were working fine. Then I hit submit. The page was GONE. Empty. The source is still fine, but the page won't display.
Say what you will about its raw power, but I'm staying clear of any card capable of BREAKING TV TROPES.
I'd want to target it with Mercurial Chemister and break its face with Enter the Infinite
5/5
This card is absolutely amazing! No drawbacks, because next turn you get to untap the lands, and this guy won't even die to powerful removal, such as Doomblade! A real game ender!
The next from the vault should feature Chimney Imp, although I bet they know that that would be just to powerful.
seriously? who rated more than 0?
-Swag_Crow
Anyway I just wanted to say that its been over a year since I first read Laguz's comment, and I still randomly chuckle to myself over "CHIMNEY IMP LIVES SIDEWAYS"
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