Lost one of its best uses due to the Magic 2010 rules change. Oh well.
Malachorn
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(9 votes)
Yeah, this card pretty much sucks with the Magic 2010 rules change.
I'm sure there will be people playing soon that aren't familiar with the fact that tokens used to be "owned" by the person that owned the effect that created them and have no idea that this card here used to be the centerpiece of a lot of really fun multiplayer decks that people had.
But, alas, you can no longer follow a turn of casting Hunted Troll with a turn of casting Hunted Dragon (maybe even using a Forbidden Orchard or two to help you cast) and then smile ear-to-ear as you cast a Brand to claim all those tokens as your own.
So yeah, Brand is not even close to the card that it was pre-2010.
This has always had some great uses, but I personally think now it is better. Of course Sky Swallower, but man is it good defense against blue. Especially a pesky Roil Elemental.
Rushdown
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Reins of Power. Gain control of all stuff!
FelixtheWary
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(5 votes)
And why oh why has no one said Insurrection? I'm totally serious. that is the end all be all. Just until they WoG...but still...
@ FelixtheWary - rule: 110.2. A permanent's owner is the same as the owner of the card that represents it (unless it's a token; see rule 110.5a). A permanent's controller is, by default, the player under whose control it entered the battlefield. Every permanent has a controller.
Thats why no one is using it in combo with Insurrection.
SoulShatterer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
So hey...could a tournament have legally been won with this thing if in the finals was you and your friend, and you had lent him a deck for the tournement? And would it be entirely useless if you didn't own the deck you were using?
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I'm sure there will be people playing soon that aren't familiar with the fact that tokens used to be "owned" by the person that owned the effect that created them and have no idea that this card here used to be the centerpiece of a lot of really fun multiplayer decks that people had.
But, alas, you can no longer follow a turn of casting Hunted Troll with a turn of casting Hunted Dragon (maybe even using a Forbidden Orchard or two to help you cast) and then smile ear-to-ear as you cast a Brand to claim all those tokens as your own.
So yeah, Brand is not even close to the card that it was pre-2010.
Not Karn, the Released. Karn, Silver Golem.
Thats why no one is using it in combo with Insurrection.
I don't think the ownership rule works that way, though. Ah well. Use R&D's Secret Lair.
It's what I never thought I'd need... but now really want.