this town is empty even storm crow won't visit this terribad card
kitsunewarlock
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
A pretty good card. It can't bounce on your turn so you can't use it to mana-ramp yourself without an effect like Sakura Tribe Scout (pretty nice combo though). If your not playing many colors (like an artifact deck), this land basically can't get hit by effects like Wasteland, etc... There are better alternatives though (like Darksteel Citadel). But this card can also bounce to be used to suddenly activate effects that require a discard. Since its a land and can be stacked with your other land without many complaints, it VERY hard to notice and can cause many misplays.
jigglefloyd
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card works well with Horn of Greed since you will always be able to play a land every turn. It also works well to counter a discard spell or ability.
WeAreTheFury
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
it doesn't suck that hard... especially with the new landfall mechanic this might be nice with Eternity Vessel your opponent will have a hard time killing you
not exactly a brilliant card but it's ok I guess
FirstPrime
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is going to be a star in casual landfall decks.
Champion_Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
LANDFALL LANDFALL LANDFALL
doolydooly
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
strip mine was probably a bad example as it's instant speed...
Lateralis0ne
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Seriously?
This card was made because of Strip Mine and other destroy effects.
Almost all land destruction spells are sorceries...thus, you bounce this card to your hand in response to someone trying to fry it.
:edit: yeah, realized that too. But it works wonders against Stone Rain. Though I dunno why it would be targeted, necessarily...though it works well with Armageddon as well. Good to have at least one land in play when everything goes up in smoke.
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not bad. Protection from land destruction, works with landfall, good for a discard (retrace).
@ Kataklyzmik Everything combos with Intruder Alarm. Exaggerating with that, but realistically, there are about 1000 cards that combo with it. If a creature has a tap ability, you can combo with it, and sometimes even if it doesn't.
I can't think of anything exciting with this better than burgeoning.
CaptLando
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This could also be useful if you're playing with Winter Orb. Return it to your hand after you use it. Basically, it would let you untap two lands during each of your untap phases.
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Originally created to ward against armageddon. Better to have some mana after rather than none. Obviously good in landfall decks since you never have to miss a land drop. Also good in Land Tax decks, since you eventually come to a point where you have more land than your opponent. Bounce a few of these back to your hand to wring one more round of life out of land tax and get 3 more lands out of your library. It might also have a home in a High Tide or spellshaper deck, where you could conceivable need cards you don't mind discarding more than you need a land.
CornIsTasty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Kataklizmik
You're thinking about that all wrong. Screw the Baloths. Yeah you'll get a bunch of 4/4s from your Rampaging Baloths and an infinitely huge Baloth Woodcrasher on your opponents turn. Or you could just say who needs baloths and have a Roil Elemental. All your opponents lands are creatures and as long as they don't have shrouded creatures all their creatures and lands are yours. On their turn. Swing with lands to win.
Aside from the ridiculous landfall interactions this can produce, I've found this card is great for keeping your opponents locked down with a Quicksilver Fountain.
Such a weird card with so many random uses. Great Johnny material. A bit limited beyond that though.
Hibron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I bet the original version of this card in R&D did not have the limit that it could only be returned to your hand during your opponent's turn.
TheWrathofShane
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Originally created to ward against armageddon. Better to have some mana after rather than none.
I wonder if this tapped for mana instead of , would it fill the same role? Because mana is strictly better then for any deck, but people would be mislead by the symbol.
Alsebra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Thanato5 - You're right...since 'bond states you can only play the extra lands on your turn, this couldn't be bounced. If you had an instant that was similar, it'd work fine...but you'd need a filter to get any colored mana.
Milun
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Borborygmos Enraged has given this a non-landfall related use, and for that, I love this card.
@ TheWrathofShane I wouldn't say it's strictly better because this card has a nice home in EDH where board wipes and land destruction are rampant. In this case the colorless is a plus because it can be run in any EDH deck.
I'm surprised this card doesn't get many comments about its EDH potential.
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even storm crow won't visit
this terribad card
with Eternity Vessel your opponent will have a hard time killing you
not exactly a brilliant card but it's ok I guess
This card was made because of Strip Mine and other destroy effects.
Almost all land destruction spells are sorceries...thus, you bounce this card to your hand in response to someone trying to fry it.
:edit: yeah, realized that too. But it works wonders against Stone Rain. Though I dunno why it would be targeted, necessarily...though it works well with Armageddon as well. Good to have at least one land in play when everything goes up in smoke.
Everything combos with Intruder Alarm. Exaggerating with that, but realistically, there are about 1000 cards that combo with it. If a creature has a tap ability, you can combo with it, and sometimes even if it doesn't.
I can't think of anything exciting with this better than burgeoning.
Obviously good in landfall decks since you never have to miss a land drop.
Also good in Land Tax decks, since you eventually come to a point where you have more land than your opponent. Bounce a few of these back to your hand to wring one more round of life out of land tax and get 3 more lands out of your library. It might also have a home in a High Tide or spellshaper deck, where you could conceivable need cards you don't mind discarding more than you need a land.
You're thinking about that all wrong. Screw the Baloths. Yeah you'll get a bunch of 4/4s from your Rampaging Baloths and an infinitely huge Baloth Woodcrasher on your opponents turn. Or you could just say who needs baloths and have a Roil Elemental. All your opponents lands are creatures and as long as they don't have shrouded creatures all their creatures and lands are yours. On their turn. Swing with lands to win.
I don't get how that's supposed to work.
Such a weird card with so many random uses. Great Johnny material. A bit limited beyond that though.
I wonder if this tapped for
I wouldn't say it's strictly better because this card has a nice home in EDH where board wipes and land destruction are rampant. In this case the colorless is a plus because it can be run in any EDH deck.
I'm surprised this card doesn't get many comments about its EDH potential.