This card is situational, it can pump mana into helix pinnacle.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
You could possibly try this in combination with Quicksilver Fountain or other landtype-changing effects...preferable if you have further advantages from doing so, e.g. through landwalkers.
Sooku
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
Now that mana burn is gone, this is basically extreme mana acceleration against any blue deck.
tomjulioo
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
play it on your precombat mainphase... use it on the postcombat mainphase. great card against blue decks
Now that mana burn is gone... Green players need to have this in their sideboard for vs. blue.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
When I first saw this, I read "island" as "land".
Phooey.
yyukichigai
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Green color-hate has always been where the most abuseable cards come from. Case in point: this card and Seedtime.
After using something like Stormtide Leviathan or Quicksilver Fountain, this can handily pay for an Inkwell Leviathan that will almost certainly be unblockable since, in a bit of odd coincidence, your opponents will have at least a few Islands on the board.
Note it says "up to X" not simply "X" so at the time, with the mana burn rule still in play, you could add only what you could use to your pool.
I like the idea of splashing this in a blue merfolk deck with Lord of Atlantis and Stormtide Leviathan. Not too hard to get one green mana. Prophetic Prism can do it without giving up card advantage. Magical Hack can also change it from "islands" to whatever is most expedient for you at the time.
It's pretty astounding that this produces mana of any color, not just colorless .
CarlosLiberated
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love this in multiplayer - someone's always playing blue. I know I'm going to have a good time when I draw this in my opening hand of my Captain Sisay EDH deck featuring Omnath, Locus of Mana.
SemperNemo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very nice in a Edrric, the Spymaster of Trest EDH deck
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think everyone who plays Magic goes through a phase of hating Blue with all of their being. Some don't come out of it. This card is powerful against a blue opponent for sure, providing more output than a Sol Ring could.
TruthElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There are instants like Vision Charm which can be played during upkeep.
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great card against blue decks
Phooey.
After using something like Stormtide Leviathan or Quicksilver Fountain, this can handily pay for an Inkwell Leviathan that will almost certainly be unblockable since, in a bit of odd coincidence, your opponents will have at least a few Islands on the board.
@ttian: Helix Pinnacle is a really good way to use up any mana left over from this, and probably the easiest. Lots of other options, too: Dark Depths, Clockwork Dragon, Fungal Bloom (if you were given green mana), Gemstone Array, Magma Mine (my fav), Iceberg, or just about anything that levels.
I like the idea of splashing this in a blue merfolk deck with Lord of Atlantis and Stormtide Leviathan. Not too hard to get one green mana. Prophetic Prism can do it without giving up card advantage. Magical Hack can also change it from "islands" to whatever is most expedient for you at the time.
It's pretty astounding that this produces mana of any color, not just colorless