It's not a bad card, but it's no Stoneforge Mystic.
Yes, yes, not Stoneforge Mystic broken.
I'm just thinking that it'd be easy to make a deck around that one card. With Dark Ritual and zero-cost artifacts, you could have that thing out on the first turn.
Then again, that could be said of a lot of cards.
I think what I should be saying is that I probably would have pegged it as a Mythic Rare rather than just rare. Or at least, I would have upped the mana cost.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
@Friday: aw yeah, sac him with Disciple of Bolas for 5 cards or Jared, Subway Lich Lord for 5 damage to each opponent, get him in the graveyard and just go nuts.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
^ :P
Oh and Path can only target creatures, not artifacts, so it becomes useless if the lich swinging his own phylactery at you wears something like Lightning Greaves.
I'm just thinking that it'd be easy to make a deck around that one card. With Dark Ritual and zero-cost artifacts, you could have that thing out on the first turn.
I would argue that's more because Dark Ritual is insanely broken rather than it being the Lich's property in and of itself to do that.
7 power on an indestructible shrouded creature sure isn't anything to sneeze at, but using three cards to get it isn't the most efficient thing you can do, especially if it can get chumped.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Yeah, even with an equip cost of 0, there's that pesky instantness.
Better idea: his phylactery is a Darksteel Citadel. "The only way to stop him is to make land vanish into thin air."
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Also, Gruul War Plow gives all your creatures trample. Suddenly chumping would be no issue.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
^ While I made a deck with Phylactery Liches, Ornithopters, Dark Rituals, and assorted equipment that came out less "Lich on turn 1" and more "aircraft dual-wielding axes."
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
A double sword held in each foot? Nice.
I'm really disappointed that there's a Sword of War and Peace but no Sword of Crime and Punishment. Not to mention Sword of the Brothers Karamazov, which would have three blades on the hilt.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
So one day picked up and flying let her wield and in her feet. Cats came to look. used to look up at her, which made the other cats twice as strong and fast for some reason.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
How bad is a single copy of Stoneforge Mystic?
Play green with some green/white lands, 8 mana dorks, and 8 3-drops with trample. Turn 1: Land, mana dork. Turn 2: Land, or whatever. Turn 3: Land, tap two lands and the dork to play , paying 2 life. Sac the dork, tap the third land and pay 2 life to put out Stoneforge Mystic. When the tutor ability triggers, search your library for this. Turn 4: Land, spend 2W to put Elbrus out and on your trampler. Swing. You now have a 13/13 flying intimidating trampler whose power and toughness multiply in multiplayer games. For extra hilarity, pay your last mana and 2 life to sac the original trampler for . Insist on calling them "Pazuzu" and "Regan."
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
@Friday: What's the fastest combo a Stoneforge Mystic can do?
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
So anyway:
Sword of the Brothers Karamazov Artifact - Equipment, 5 Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from red, from blue, and from white. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player may search their library for a card named Wrath of God and play it without paying its mana cost. Then creature's controller may search any player's library for a card and put it into their hand. Equip {3}
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
the batterskull is charging at three creatures, one on either side has been knocked over and the one in the middle is attempting to fend it off with a spear.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
It took me a while to notice it, but the black curvy things on the skull appear to be tusks. That helped me visualize it better, but I can't speak for anyone else.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
@Yarrun: Just to make it a freakin' matryoshka doll.
A more serious move would be to use the paladin's ability to make a simple Kor Duelist dual-wield Sword of Kaldra and a Loxodon Warhammer. While carrying Shield of Kaldra... uh, on his back.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Perhaps not a great card (ignoring the fact that it's a "Nightmare Crab"), I always thought the idea of equiping this with something was pretty hilarious.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
Good thing entering the game from exile doesn't count as "comes into play", or an opponent could force a draw by choosing Wormfang Crab infinite times. :)
"Wormfang Crab, I choose you! Wormfang Crab, I choose you!"
It's been errata'd to say "another permanent" now. A lot of the Nightmare Crabs had terrible templating problems like that initially. There was one you could use to get infinite turns, but then the rules for that changed.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
seems like a hilariously unflavored way to win.
<white planeswalker> I have a horny cat, your argument is irrelevant. <other planeswalkers> We find this convincing because you have so much life.
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guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
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I'm just thinking that it'd be easy to make a deck around that one card. With Dark Ritual and zero-cost artifacts, you could have that thing out on the first turn.
Then again, that could be said of a lot of cards.
I think what I should be saying is that I probably would have pegged it as a Mythic Rare rather than just rare. Or at least, I would have upped the mana cost.
Though I'm probably saying that because I find the idea of a lich with a battle axe really, really cool, so
Oh and Path can only target creatures, not artifacts, so it becomes useless if the lich swinging his own phylactery at you wears something like Lightning Greaves.
Better idea: his phylactery is a Darksteel Citadel. "The only way to stop him is to make land vanish into thin air."
Are there any cards that can turn a creature into an artifact? You could make him his own Phylactery.
Paradox! :D
Well shit, now I wanna get back into MtG just so I can do this.
Also, y'all should play Elements TCG, on a side note. It's an MtG ripoff that is so hilariously broken that it's fun to play.
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Personally my favored broken combination is uh, Painter's Servant + Grindstone if I'm rememberin' my card names right.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I'm really disappointed that there's a Sword of War and Peace but no Sword of Crime and Punishment. Not to mention Sword of the Brothers Karamazov, which would have three blades on the hilt.
Play green with some green/white lands, 8 mana dorks, and 8 3-drops with trample.
Turn 1: Land, mana dork.
Turn 2: Land,
Turn 3: Land, tap two lands and the dork to play
Turn 4: Land, spend 2W to put Elbrus out and on your trampler. Swing. You now have a 13/13 flying intimidating trampler whose power and toughness multiply in multiplayer games. For extra hilarity, pay your last mana and 2 life to sac the original trampler for
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Oh, I'm sorry, you wanted to block my 5/5 infect monster? Too bad. My Taunting Elf's on a horse.
Sword of the Brothers Karamazov
Artifact - Equipment, 5
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from red, from blue, and from white.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player may search their library for a card named Wrath of God and play it without paying its mana cost. Then creature's controller may search any player's library for a card and put it into their hand.
Equip {3}
"If there is no God, anything is permitted."
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
A more serious move would be to use the paladin's ability to make a simple Kor Duelist dual-wield Sword of Kaldra and a Loxodon Warhammer. While carrying Shield of Kaldra... uh, on his back.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
"Wormfang Crab, I choose you! Wormfang Crab, I choose you!"
<white planeswalker> I have a horny cat, your argument is irrelevant.
<other planeswalkers> We find this convincing because you have so much life.