How could this be rated as low as it is? I mean of course it's ability sucks but it has NO drawbacks and is ALWAYS better than a plains (ok not always but you get my point). I wouldn't put 4 in my deck and risk the legend rule but I don't see why I wouldn't put just one!
Pinsir52
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
The ability is only OK, but but it has no drawbacks besides being legendary. If you have legends in a white deck, this is at least a one-of.
Kurraga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This is a perfect cards for edh! Prevent 2 damage from your general? Sure, why not.
Digit
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's useful in white weenie if you're running creatures like isamaru and 8.5 tails which is, of course, the deck that ran this back in the day.
International
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Any deck with White and at least 1 Legendary creature should run one of these
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Without the mana cost, it would be epic. As it is, perfectly useful in the right deck.
@tavaritz: According to the Kamigawa novels, Eiganjo is not inherently indestructible - but the Kami won't attack it because it houses That Which Was Taken.
And... aye... as others have said, pretty good card. The ability isn't anything special but it hardly hurts. In any deck running white legends you're unlikely to lose much by playing one copy. Nonbasic hate isn't seen that much these days.
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
"How could this be rated as low as it is? I mean of course it's ability sucks but it has NO drawbacks"
One drawback is susceptibility to Wasteland, Back to Basics, and other nonbasic hate (Feast of Worms -- oh my!). Even if such cards are scarce in your neighborhood, it still has to be weighed with the fact that the ability just isn't that strong to begin with.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Tsabo's Web Still think that its always better than plains?
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(6 votes)
My question is: Why isn't this indestructible?
Check the flavor text of Champions of Kamigawa Stone Rain.
@stygimoloch: I don't care about the novels, but the CoK Stone Rain's flavor text clearly says that the stone rain couldn't destroy Eiganjo Castle, so how come you can destroy this with a Stone Rain.
@tavaritz: The kami intentionally avoided hitting Eiganjo. Stone Rain's flavor text doesn't exclude that possibility.
sarroth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@tavaritz: You seem to have misread Stone Rain's flavortext It clearing states Eiganjo Castle was still standing, but does not state it was ever hit by the fire, rock, and rage of the spirits described in the text; just that it remained. You are assuming that means it was hit and survived the destruction, but it could also mean it was never the target, that the targets were everything else.
I'm not a fan of legendary lands. Some like this have good abilities, but I don't like accidental land destruction when someone else plays this forgetting I had one of my own in play. This is why Wizards now prints cards like Emeria, the Sky Ruin, which would otherwise have been legendary, without the legendary supertype.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Excluding nonbasic land hate, which can be prevalent in some metas, there arn't a whole lot of reasons not to run at least 1 of this card. Running any more could cause problems regarding the legendary rule, but a single copy doesn't hurt at all. And even though damage prevention isn't normally so significant, efficient reusable damage prevention can actually have an impact on a game. Especially if it's an important enough legendary creature you're protecting.
Stinga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Everyone wondering why this could not be stone rained. Eiganjo Castle held That Which Was Taken, the whole reason for the mortal/kami war. Guess what That Which Was Taken does. It makes things indestructible. It all makes perfect sense!
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
scumbling1 makes a good point. Competitive mono-white decks generally prefer straight up Plains, since basic lands dodge Wasteland. This is actually much better in a multicolor deck running other powerful nonbasic lands, so that your opponent has to choose between bopping Eiganjo or your Tundra, for example. (Not to mention, splashing colors makes it easier to make a coherent, effective deck with lots of legendary creatures.)
Why do people keep saying it's ability sucks? It's ability can save creatures from lots of situations (Lightning Bolt?) and it has no drawback except it can be targetted by Wasteland.
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And... aye... as others have said, pretty good card. The ability isn't anything special but it hardly hurts. In any deck running white legends you're unlikely to lose much by playing one copy. Nonbasic hate isn't seen that much these days.
One drawback is susceptibility to Wasteland, Back to Basics, and other nonbasic hate (Feast of Worms -- oh my!). Even if such cards are scarce in your neighborhood, it still has to be weighed with the fact that the ability just isn't that strong to begin with.
Still think that its always better than plains?
Check the flavor text of Champions of Kamigawa Stone Rain.
@stygimoloch: I don't care about the novels, but the CoK Stone Rain's flavor text clearly says that the stone rain couldn't destroy Eiganjo Castle, so how come you can destroy this with a Stone Rain.
I'm not a fan of legendary lands. Some like this have good abilities, but I don't like accidental land destruction when someone else plays this forgetting I had one of my own in play. This is why Wizards now prints cards like Emeria, the Sky Ruin, which would otherwise have been legendary, without the legendary supertype.