I think this was given away when you purchased one of the first novels.
Silverware
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
No, it's not just on gather. I have one. I just don't know where it originaly came from.
Theostratus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
The first few novels had functional, and decent, cards if you filled out a little form and sent it in before a certain date.
Thrull_Champion
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I comboed it once with Phage :).
Omenchild
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
They should put this is a set someday. Woulda been cool if it was future shifted
MadMageQc
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
2010/01/16: Gatherer wrongly lists this card as not playable in any tournament format. It is actually fully legal in Legacy and Vintage. From the Magic tournament rules :
3.3 Authorized Cards Players may use any cards from special sets, supplements, and promotional printings that, unaltered, meet the following conditions: • The card is published by Wizards of the Coast • The card has a standard Magic back • The card does not have squared corners • The card has black or white borders • The card is not damaged or modified in a way that might make it marked • The card is otherwise legal for the tournament as defined by the format
Sewers of Estark, as well as Nalathni Dragon and Windseeker Centaur, are tournament-legal Magic cards, because they are published by WotC, they have Magic card backs, they do not have squared corners and they have black borders. They are legal in the Legacy and Vintage formats because all tournament-legal Magic cards are legal in those (unless they appear on the Banned and Restricted lists of course, and these three cards don't). Their sister card Mana Crypt is correctly classified as restricted in Vintage only because it is a more high-profile card that sees extensive play in that format.
brunsbr103
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I don't exactly understand how sewers are an instant. Perhaps you are teleporting the creatures there...
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This is one of five cards that came through an offer with the first four or five books. IIRC, the first book, Arena, came with Arena and this card. The second book, Whispering Woods came with Windseeker Centaur. The third book, Shattered Chains , came with Giant Badger. The fourth book, Final Sacrifice, came with Mana Crypt.
Also, I find it odd that they can update the old expansion symbols to silver and gold, and keep track of the boxed set expansion symbols as for beatdown, but they don't bother at all with the pen for the novel promos.
qaq456
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
this card would make more sense if it was a land that tapped for its ability(i checked its now legal for legacy etc)
Lavrant
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I like how Melissa Benson incorporated her logo into the art here.
bandswithgoats
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Friends and I called it "Sewers of It's Dark." (That's why the guy's unblockable.)
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Rated way too high! Certainly as bad as Barreling Attack. The only cool thing about it is that it's a promo card that wasn't ever reprinted.
Burgertog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card text says "target," but Oracle says "choose," and the rulings still say "target."
We all know the difference between choose, and target. Which one is it?
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Theostratus: Calling Mana Crypt "decent and functional" is like calling Yawgmoth's Will "usable graveyard recursion."
It's certainly functional, but I'd say using it is pretty indecent, at least in casual play!
...as for this card, it sucks. Is it one of the first modal cards, though?
SeriouslyFacetious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Card is kinda meh... I'm sure if you run it eventually it will win or save the game for you...
All I ever did was sell this card in Shandalar for cash monaaaayyyy!
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3.3 Authorized Cards
Players may use any cards from special sets, supplements, and promotional printings that, unaltered, meet the following conditions:
• The card is published by Wizards of the Coast
• The card has a standard Magic back
• The card does not have squared corners
• The card has black or white borders
• The card is not damaged or modified in a way that might make it marked
• The card is otherwise legal for the tournament as defined by the format
Sewers of Estark, as well as Nalathni Dragon and Windseeker Centaur, are tournament-legal Magic cards, because they are published by WotC, they have Magic card backs, they do not have squared corners and they have black borders. They are legal in the Legacy and Vintage formats because all tournament-legal Magic cards are legal in those (unless they appear on the Banned and Restricted lists of course, and these three cards don't). Their sister card Mana Crypt is correctly classified as restricted in Vintage only because it is a more high-profile card that sees extensive play in that format.
Also, I find it odd that they can update the old expansion symbols to silver and gold, and keep track of the boxed set expansion symbols as for beatdown, but they don't bother at all with the pen for the novel promos.
The only cool thing about it is that it's a promo card that wasn't ever reprinted.
We all know the difference between choose, and target. Which one is it?
It's certainly functional, but I'd say using it is pretty indecent, at least in casual play!
...as for this card, it sucks. Is it one of the first modal cards, though?
All I ever did was sell this card in Shandalar for cash monaaaayyyy!