I love the artistic quality of this card, its blue feeling (in more then one meaning of the word). Nice, unique card, though I'm not sure about its power.
Waldo420
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(9 votes)
Howling butt crack, as I call it.
Donovan_Fabian
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(4 votes)
The card in and of itself doesn't look to amazing, but its the 2 mana cost that is awesome. In a blue deck, especially splash black with underworld dreams, this is great. Its a somewhat weaker mana reflection, but since your getting it for only 2 mana it doesn't matter. In other decks there's no point though, red or green particularly, probably can't get much use of out of a 1/3 creature who draws extra cards.
Terminum
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(5 votes)
I don't understand this card. Does it mean you draw a card in addition to the card you would normally draw during your draw step? The definition of the draw step is "You draw a card from your library." WOTC needs to hire some people who speak English because this just isn't clear.
Lesan
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
It means "an additional card". So, at your draw step, you draw 2 cards. At opponent's draw step, he draws 2 cards.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
I like the card both regarding playability and art, i guess the ambiguity of the moon looking like horns of that spirit was intended by Darrell Riche. Sadly it requires two blue mana which makes playing it with Underworld Dreams (and Kederekt Parasite) quite problematic. Your opponent can get rid of it easier than of Howling Mine, too. This guy would be pretty mean if its ability would only trigger while untapped, such as the artifact it's based on.
hid@n
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(14 votes)
This guy is Jace Beleren before he joined weight watchers.
Bigboss1967
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
hmm, a living howling mine? not bad, lol
Atali
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
@Donovan
Have you read Mana Reflection? This card is nothing at all like Mana Reflection, it is in fact a Howling Mine on legs. Also, are you insane!?! A red or green creature with this ability would be phenomenal, game-breaking even (especially if it were an elf or goblin) those colors have the hardest time drawing cards, AND you can't splash for Underworld Dreams, that's 3 black casting cost, if you're running that and hoping to play it early enough to matter you're diving all-in black.
channelblaze
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
That is one ugly blob of fat =P
But seriously, howling mine on a stick is fine. Idk if it's better than mine tho, u can't bolt a mine after getting ur free draw.
__Silence__
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
spiteful visions + this = each player loses 3 life every turn... and you can use cards that skip your draw step such as null profusion which makes you lose a smaller amount of life (unless you have a deck full of cards you are constantly playing in which case you might want to use symbiotic deployment) this makes you lose roughly 1 life per turn and your opponents lose 3 of course if you have Arboria on the field you most likely just won xD
Fanaticmogg
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Unfortenately, you can't tap this guy down to prevent your opponent from drawing, you can't play him in nonblue, you can't play multiples, he can get bolted... All in all, it seems this guy is not that much better than the Mine. However, he'd make a cool General.
jazzman20
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
The beauty of a howling mine-type card is that your opponent doesn't realize why it's hurting her or him. By the way that it works, the opponent will always get more card advantage than you. However, if your cards are generally cheaper than theirs, you will always be able to do more during your turns than they will.
scumbling1
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Don't they have gyms in Kamigawa?
Ohms89
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Don't understand why this is rated so low. A blue Howling Mine for UU with a 1/3 body. Only drawback is that it's legendary...
*and dies to removal.
jsttu
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This unassuming guy's name is Mochi, and he is the mastermind behind the entire Kamigawa plot. He inspired and helped Lord Konda steal from O-Kagachi, sparking the Kami war and devastating the populace. He is only defeated when Hidetsugu captures him and feeds him to the all consuming oni of chaos.
Mechanics wise, probably nice as card draw but his status as a creature and legendary both severely impair his usefulness. Temple Bell is probably better, although it would probably be a good EDH general for politics as everyone likes more cards and thus more options.
tommyb38
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
one of my favorite edh generals ever! probably the only general that's so non-threatening it never dies from spot removal too. i made him my general as a joke and put him in a mill style deck. the deck actually works most of the time and has a high win percentage. i highly recommend this guy as a general to anyone who's tired of losing a lot of edh games because players keep saying that their generals/decks are too good to play against so everyone gangs up on them first. you play something like this guy and players begin to overlook you and focus on bigger threats. this guy is very political in multiplayer games just like howling mine.
ParishInquisitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a decent creature with a nice ability; Howling Mine on a non-threatening body is great for negotiating in EDH. Nobody wants to kill the this guy, and having multiple "everyone draws" effects ensures that you make it to the late game. Of course, when you have a mana-screwed opponent who doesn't appreciate having to discard all those extra cards, the kami becomes public enemy number one. Still, a nice source for card draw.
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Sadly it requires two blue mana which makes playing it with Underworld Dreams (and Kederekt Parasite) quite problematic. Your opponent can get rid of it easier than of Howling Mine, too.
This guy would be pretty mean if its ability would only trigger while untapped, such as the artifact it's based on.
Have you read Mana Reflection? This card is nothing at all like Mana Reflection, it is in fact a Howling Mine on legs. Also, are you insane!?! A red or green creature with this ability would be phenomenal, game-breaking even (especially if it were an elf or goblin) those colors have the hardest time drawing cards, AND you can't splash for Underworld Dreams, that's 3 black casting cost, if you're running that and hoping to play it early enough to matter you're diving all-in black.
But seriously, howling mine on a stick is fine. Idk if it's better than mine tho, u can't bolt a mine after getting ur free draw.
*and dies to removal.
Mechanics wise, probably nice as card draw but his status as a creature and legendary both severely impair his usefulness. Temple Bell is probably better, although it would probably be a good EDH general for politics as everyone likes more cards and thus more options.
Of course, when you have a mana-screwed opponent who doesn't appreciate having to discard all those extra cards, the kami becomes public enemy number one.
Still, a nice source for card draw.
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