This card sucks, but it is REALLY funny. Mad props to anyone who runs Camel in thier deck.
stygimoloch
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(7 votes)
Banding ftw, and people actually play Desert again after god knows how many years of not, but I still would be surprised for this to actually turn up in a modern deck. Agree with ShoeZ though, I'd love to see it! XD
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(8 votes)
yeah, it's weak, but you just gotta love this one! this cards functionality was made with passion for detail. :D
Guest57443454
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
This card is quite flavorful, however I wouldn't run it unless I know that Deserts would be played...
Rainyday2012
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Got your camel? Then let's cross this desert!
Lovely card, but not anywhere near powerful. Who cares?
holgir
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Hey, this is a partial Defensive Formation on a stick! Hm, Benalish Hero is better in most situations but I can't beat all your flavour considerations on this one anyway.
mrredhatter
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Why was it not updated to become a beast?
BambooNickel
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(6 votes)
ummm, because camel is a badass creature type
Weretarrasque
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(15 votes)
I wish and hope every night that they will make a Snow land equivalent of this and call it "Taun-taun."
McThor
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
5 stars for lolitude.
aeiben77
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
if i had this card it would DEFINANTLY be in my deck. obviously not the best card, but i, and along with everyone i play, would love to summon something as simple and plain as a camel
Zefaris
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
purple win
scumbling1
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
I will say one thing: this is the best card named Camel in Magic.
land_comment
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
This card is so flavorful!
And it's the second best camel card in magic!!!!
Hint: Do a search for camels on gatherer.
steez4days
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Looks like storm crow has met his match.
Nate_Prawdzik
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Sadly, if it attacks by itself a Desert will kill it.
That said, this is part of a combo that the state of California recently banned: Smoke Camels.
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
If one of your attackers refuses to band with Camel, they deserve their just Deserts.
I look forward to the day when Wizards prints a card that lets you change the name of target permanent to a name of your choosing.
Somewhere in the universe, a guy named Walid enchanted this with Followed Footsteps.
Opeth2010
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
This can protect your other white one-drops, such as Mother of Runes, from an untimely demise at the hands of mother nature.
@bandswithgoats: Dude, Walid would walk a mile for one of these (through the desert no less). Don't think he wouldn't!!! Ironically, you could probably get one of these at a card shop for less than the individual price of one said smoke! If only you could roll one of these up and smoke it...
"I wish and hope every night that they will make a Snow land equivalent of this and call it "Taun-taun."
-Weretarrasque
@Weretarrasque: Brilliant! And it should say "Sacrifice Taun-Taun: regenerate Luke Skywalker"
Deathknight32
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I need to pick myself up one of those...
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The wonderful, flavorful silliness of this card is what defines it! Has there ever been so much text on a 0/1 creature that doesn't really do much of anything?
I don't know why this has a power of 0. Camels can be nasty buggers if you *** them off.
DarthParallax
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
You know, if only they had thought of making Man-lands by the time this card had been printed, it could have said:
Bands with deserts
woah. o.O :D
Zetan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Okay, I've got it. First, Mindslaver your opponent. During his turn, use Cytoshape to turn his best creature into _____. Then, activate it's ability to change it's name to "Desert." Now it can't hurt your Camel, or anything banded with your Camel! I'm pretty sure the name-change effect will remain on the creature even after it reverts (though I'm not positive).
For those claiming that you can probably find better things to do if you're holding a Cytoshape with Mindslaver in play... you're probably right!
pzbw7z
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This was a favorite card of mine back in the day. I played them with Abu Ja'far, Moorish Calvary and a bunch of other Arabian Nights cards.
One game in particular I remember; I attacked with a band of Camels and Abu Ja'far and the kid looked at me like I was absolutely insane.
"I'm not blocking that", he said, still looking at me as if I'd gone nuts.
Lol funny, I guess if someone was running x4 desert you would need to have a camel so your army could attack.
adrian.malacoda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
____ wont work with this. Deserts means the land type desert, not card named desert.
omni8000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
turn 1: camel turn 2: Bazaar Trader turn 3: desert nomad, then donate the desert you played this turn turn 4: ???????????? turn 5: profit
thisisthedave1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
chuck norris uses one of these in a 60 cards deck , the rest is plains... and wins,
Zinquox
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Need more Camels...and a legendary one for Camel tribal commander.
MightyWhitey
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Too bad this card isn't 0 to cast like a Kobold, then we could have some real fun with this thing. The sad fact of the matter is that I've owned him for 19 years now and he's seen play maybe twice for sympathy. Poor camel. If it was not for the warm and fuzzy trip down memory lane he gives me, I'd throw him one star.....but ummmm, two stars!
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
No joke, my stomach just made an angry camel noise. I need to see a doctor....... Also: http://youtu.be/VWQvFmtmXc8
AzureLazuline
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Ruling: "It does prevent damage from animated Deserts in combat." It makes me concerned that it was asked/happened often enough for them to add it to the official rulings... but it leads to some pretty badass mental imagery.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Camels typically aren't this cute. Ugly, nasty, spitting beasts they are.
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Lovely card, but not anywhere near powerful. Who cares?
And it's the second best camel card in magic!!!!
Hint: Do a search for camels on gatherer.
That said, this is part of a combo that the state of California recently banned:
Smoke Camels.
I look forward to the day when Wizards prints a card that lets you change the name of target permanent to a name of your choosing.
Somewhere in the universe, a guy named Walid enchanted this with Followed Footsteps.
@bandswithgoats: Dude, Walid would walk a mile for one of these (through the desert no less). Don't think he wouldn't!!! Ironically, you could probably get one of these at a card shop for less than the individual price of one said smoke! If only you could roll one of these up and smoke it...
"I wish and hope every night that they will make a Snow land equivalent of this and call it "Taun-taun."
-Weretarrasque
@Weretarrasque: Brilliant! And it should say "Sacrifice Taun-Taun: regenerate Luke Skywalker"
That should stop most anything. Even a Blightsteel Colossus
Bands with deserts
woah. o.O :D
For those claiming that you can probably find better things to do if you're holding a Cytoshape with Mindslaver in play... you're probably right!
One game in particular I remember; I attacked with a band of Camels and Abu Ja'far and the kid looked at me like I was absolutely insane.
"I'm not blocking that", he said, still looking at me as if I'd gone nuts.
Then I played Army of Allah.
They laughed at my Camels. . . Once.
turn 2: Bazaar Trader
turn 3: desert nomad, then donate the desert you played this turn
turn 4: ????????????
turn 5: profit
Also: http://youtu.be/VWQvFmtmXc8
It makes me concerned that it was asked/happened often enough for them to add it to the official rulings... but it leads to some pretty badass mental imagery.
-Swag_Crow