I can see no use for this unless you're using a bazillion card deck. Is there a worse card out there? Azymyth fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 02:31 PM.
I would use it like this if i had a discard/remove from game thing going on
And there are alot of freaky funky cards out there 
The trick is that it does nothing at all to the cards in your hand or graveyard. If you use this late in the game, and then restore your graveyard into your library after you fail to pay the upkeep, it makes for an interesting way to prevent damage.
Of course, if your opponent manages to keep you from restoring your Library, you're hosed.
Also I haven't played magic for years, but in a combo deck you could try to use one of those cards that uses 'put X on the bottom of your library (Lim-Dûl's Vault is the one I remember)' as a punishment, then prevent 48 imaginary damage (does that still work?) to yourself and grab your combo hand to kill with. Still not really good since it relies on a UU card + another card just for the fetch but it's better than nothing. Mod fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 02:42 PM.
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Mod had this to say about dark elf butts:
It's a weak card, but it has it's theoretical uses, you could use it to absorb the hit from decktypes that rely on big but not infinite damage hits like the old seismic assault for example.Also I haven't played magic for years, but in a combo deck you could try to use one of those cards that uses 'put X on the bottom of your library (Lim-Dûl's Vault is the one I remember)' as a punishment, then prevent 48 imaginary damage (does that still work?) to yourself and grab your combo hand to kill with. Still not really good since it relies on a UU card + another card just for the fetch but it's better than nothing.
With the way the card is worded no. Putting a card into your grave yard is part of the effect and not the cost. Course it is from alliance so they may not have been following the modern conventions.
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Naimah had this to say about Optimus Prime:
With the way the card is worded no. Putting a card into your grave yard is part of the effect and not the cost. Course it is from alliance so they may not have been following the modern conventions.
It could still work, I know there was a way to mess with the old interrupt-era damage prevention step, no idea how it got changed or how it worked.
IIRC old cards had parts of the cost listed as 'to'-clauses, so it may well be counted as cost, you'd have to check in ...Oracle...? or whatever the WotC errata database was named.
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Alt-F4 had this to say about Robocop:
Nevermind, though you mean donate is worse, heh. It still won't do him much good, the opponent can just not pay the cumulative upkeep. Mod fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 03:09 PM.
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Mod smells kinda like pancakes:
Nevermind, though you mean donate is worse, heh. It still won't do him much good, the opponent can just not pay the cumulative upkeep.
Then they lose their library...
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We were all impressed when Kinanik wrote:
Then they lose their library...
Yeah just noticed, the post was too old to edit, misremembered the card, I should probably quit talking about magic with the amount of stuff I'm losing.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Mod was all like:
It could still work, I know there was a way to mess with the old interrupt-era damage prevention step, no idea how it got changed or how it worked.IIRC old cards had parts of the cost listed as 'to'-clauses, so it may well be counted as cost, you'd have to check in ...Oracle...? or whatever the WotC errata database was named.
The current method for that card would read:
0, Remove top card of library from the game: Prevent the next 1 point of damage from any one source.
NullDevice fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 03:23 PM.
And I still say you fuckers have killed the game with stupidity. Mana, Interrupt, Instant/Fast Effect, *edit* sorc ery (FUCKING GAY ASS WORD FILTER), Summoning. 
Also the 5 Wish cards from Judgement by tournament rules can bring cards removed from the game or in your side board back into your hand.
To my knowledge, there's only one creature in the whole game with that ability.
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Sentow, Maybe stopped masturbating to porn to say;
There's some enchantment that stops creatures with the Plainswalking ability from attacking you.To my knowledge, there's only one creature in the whole game with that ability.
2, one isn't legal though.
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Vise the Stompy thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
There was a black enchantment that whenever a creature was cast you lost one life and gained one black mana. Carnival of Souls I think it was called but it is pretty bad.
That's actually pretty good in a black agro deck or a deck where you have those artifacts that are 1T: gain 1life.
Edit: I had sex with Drys? Manticore fucked around with this message on 04-18-2005 at 06:52 PM.
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Manticore thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
That's actually pretty good in a black agro deck or a deck where you have those artifacts that are 1T: gain 1life.Edit: I had sex with Drys?
No, just crap, either you wait to cast it and then start casting 1 mana creatures that replicate themselves that you COULD have been casting on turns 1 and 2 and starting beatdown, or by ritualling it out you just blew two mana you could have used to cast a creature
And then there is the issue of your opponent's creatures causing you to lose 2 life (1 life and 1 mana burn pretty much guarenteed) simply by coming into play.
quote:That's the first card that came to my mind when I saw this thread.
Nobody really understood why Vorago wrote:
Carnival of Souls
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Vorago thought about the meaning of life:
Carnival of SoulsNo, just crap, either you wait to cast it and then start casting 1 mana creatures that replicate themselves that you COULD have been casting on turns 1 and 2 and starting beatdown, or by ritualling it out you just blew two mana you could have used to cast a creature
And then there is the issue of your opponent's creatures causing you to lose 2 life (1 life and 1 mana burn pretty much guarenteed) simply by coming into play.
At least the lore text is kinda funny.
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Rodent King had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Pretty worthless
Invasion Block.
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Rodent King wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Pretty worthless
not if I want to play Dark Banishing on a black creature.
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DrPaintThinner had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
not if I want to play Dark Banishing on a black creature.
Or if your goblins want to laugh at your opponent's CoP:Red
Blue Enchantment U2 I believe...
Whenever a land goes into the graveyard from your library you may pay U1 and draw a card.
I'm very much sure I butchered that part. But I'm trying my best not to get back into MTG as it drained my wallet for the last 2 years.
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Fizodeth had this to say about Pirotess:
I think the worst had to be the common half of the BFG from Unglued.
only 'cuz u r n00b 2 magique.
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Manticore had this to say about dark elf butts:
only 'cuz u r n00b 2 magique.
Heh, every card listed here could at least have one SMALL use, the common half of the BFM was pointless unless you got extermely lucky or spent like 200 bucks on boosters. Even then it was useless because no one would let you play it.
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2, one isn't legal though.
I'm pretty sure there are a few pretty recent ones. I'm positive there was a Gazelle a block or so back.
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Vorago obviously shouldn't have said:
Carnival of Souls
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There was much rejoicing when JooJooFlop said this:
BTW, what was that one card from Legends that could make the game end in a draw?
I'm pretty sure it was remade somewhat in a later set but I can't remember the name.
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Mr. Gainsborough had this to say about Tron:
What aboutthat one bridge card fromFallen Empires? I remember that being particularly shitty.
The only good thing to come from Fallen Empires was the Goblin Grenade. Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 04-19-2005 at 01:26 AM.
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The only good thing to come from Fallen Empires was the Goblin Grenade.
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