I have a Chinese playset of these in my other uni bag.
DaaNz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
are they foil?
GangrenousKhan
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Awesome artifact in a mono blue deck
Eggroll
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
ummm...this is amazing. 5/5
derrick_nation
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Talk about control. This is one of the best control spells I know of. If you get tired of the creature you control you can untap it and gain control of an even better one, now thats control. You gotta respect this card hands down.
Catmurderer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Known lovingly among friends as the "Invisible Racecar Driver."
Other than that, its a sick card. I like using it with Synod Sanctum.
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Fantastic card, gives you a Control Magic that can be re-used to your heart's content.
Why give the creature back? Before you grab a different one, sacrifice him on the Carnage Altar... that way the creature is out of the way AND you get a card.
5/5
markarmor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my play circle, this is the most hated card next to stasis decks. My friends just hate it. It's really broken.
reapersaurus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Why would wizards make a low-casting-cost artifact that allows blue to repeatedly steal creatures? Does that sound like a card that is a good idea for magic?
@reapersaurus Wizards printed a 5-cost artifact creature that hijacks players. Sen Triplets, anyone?
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is too good.
Rumblin-Slumm
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One question. If I Snakeformed a creature, could I continuously control it after its' power went back to normal? It seems like you could, since it doesn't check the power each turn...
vadaaaa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
gain control the creature find a way to sacrife it , and jump to another
gongshowninja
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
I wonder if the whole design team for the Mirrodin block just sat around, got high, made cards, and printed them before they came down.
dberry02
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Gentlemen: You have been given the gift of Prototype Portal. Use it wisely.
Mitch_360
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Best artifact available for U. Why cast Mind Control for 3UU when you can cast it indefinitely for 3?
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think it's funny that the block that introduced equipment still has a tap-for-effect style proto-equipment, in the manner of Tawnos's Weaponry. They had a newer, better way of doing it, and it's unlikely that equipment targeting opponent's creatures didn't come up as an idea before Mirrodin came out. For example, the unprinted "straight jacket" equipment that MaRo referred to in a "Making Magic" article. I think it says a lot about R&D's concern about the unbalancing effect of letting equip effects target an opponent's creature that they made the deliberate choice to sidestep equip altogether for this card.
Toes_of_Krosa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love the flavor!
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I always liked how this guy looks so sad, his horns are literally drooping. Also, they use these in Morrowind on their slaves.
Nermon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What happens with man lands?
dcole
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Mono blue control and a win condition all wrapped in one. 5/5
Arachnos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Read the rulings, guys. Yes, you DO keep control of a Shakeformed creature when the Snakeform is over. And yes, you keep control of man lands as well ("even if it stops being a creature").
Lueseto
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm SO glad they printed Abrupt Decay... Playing against this card is one of the most frustrating experiences one can have, specially when it is paired with Miren, the Moaning Well
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Returning in Modern Masters. At mythic. With new art.
Earthdawn
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Run this with Sorceress Queen or Singing Tree for the lulz :)
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Broken card is broken. What were they high and forgot about sacrifice effects? Did they think shatter balanced this card out or something?
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Other than that, its a sick card. I like using it with Synod Sanctum.
Why give the creature back? Before you grab a different one, sacrifice him on the Carnage Altar... that way the creature is out of the way AND you get a card.
5/5
Does that sound like a card that is a good idea for magic?
@reapersaurus
Wizards printed a 5-cost artifact creature that hijacks players. Sen Triplets, anyone?
Also, they use these in Morrowind on their slaves.