Worst cards ever? Challenge accepted.
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Posted on Aug. 4, 2016, 10:33 p.m. by N0L1M1TS
I saw an article of the 10 crappiest cards ever, and I decided to challenge my friends to find a way to make these crappy cards playable. So, we held a lottery where each of us was assigned one of the cards from the list to incorporate into our decks. The catch? You couldn't just build a deck that won despite the inclusion of the card--the card had to be the star of the deck.
Because of the amount of set-up required, these would be best attempted in a multiplayer game where you might be able to delay long enough to pull them off. And, they are janky. However, should you pull it off, it is funny because it is totally unexpected. At any rate, here are some of the combos that I came up with:
1: Cast Erayo's Essence and then a series of Ornithopters (for free) to flip it. On the next turn, drop Rule of Law. Result? No one else can cast spells.
2: Cast Birthing Pod ahead of Scornful Egotist. Sacrifice the Pod to put Blazing Archon into play. Result? No one's creatures can attack you.
3: Cast Moonlace on your favorite fatty, then cast All Is Dust to wipe the battlefield. Result? You get to swing away at your defenseless opponents.
4: Cast Echo Mage and Jace, Memory Adept, and proceed to level them up. Once they are fully leveled, use Jace's ultimate to force 2 of your opponents to draw 20 cards. Cast One with Nothing to discard your hand, then use the Mage's ability to copy it twice--targeting your 2 opponents. Result? You have just successfully milled 2 opponents simultaneously for at least a third of their libraries--the 20 cards you just had them draw, plus whatever they had in their hands in the first place.
5: Cast Wood Elemental (sacrificing as much of your land as possible) followed by Balance. Have as few (or better yet, none) creatures on the battlefield as possible. Result? Your opponents have no more land than you do, and (hopefully) no more than creatures than you do. With any luck, yours will be the biggest fatty in play, too.
6: Cast Tundra Kavu, followed by Aysen Highway. Use Kavu's ability to turn one of your opponent's lands into a Plains long enough for you to send your creatures. Result? Your creatures are now unblockable.
7: Play a red/blue deck that is primarily burn spells. Drop Elixir of Immortality, and once you have sufficient mana available and spells in your graveyard, cast Mudhole to exile any lands that may have been milled, then activate the Elixir. Result? You now have your burn spells available again and an increased chance of drawing one since the excess lands were exiled.
8: This requires a lot of preparation. Cast Long-Term Plans to move Phage the Untouchable to third card down from the top of your library. Wait a turn. Cast Write into Being to manifest Phage as a face-down 2/2 creature. Donate Phage to an opponent, and then cast Break Open to flip him. Result? Your donee loses automatically.
9: Cast Icy Manipulator ahead of Sorrow's Path, and Donate the Path to one of your opponents. Then, use the Manipulator to repeatedly tap Path. Result? Your opponent (and each of his creatures) gets pinged for 2 each time to activiate the Manipulator.
I could not, despite my best efforts, find a way to make the Great Wall a useful card.
Randomdeath says... #3
I liked this it was very entertaining and insightful
August 4, 2016 11:07 p.m.
What exactly is the crappy card involved in combo number 1? Erayo's Essence is by no means one of the worst cards ever, nor is Rule of Law. And you don't need to cast another Ornithopter after you flip Erayo, because it counters only the first spell cast by an opponent.
Oh, and it's probably easier to just use Curse of Exhaustion and Knowledge Pool anyway. But I know that's not the point of this thread.
August 4, 2016 11:44 p.m.
Phage the Untouchable and Endless Whispers. Also, the unmorphing bit doesn't work because phage has to enter the battlefield under an opponent's control. This is the only way I know of that can do that.
Erayo's Essence only counters opponent spells, so I don't think it classifies as a bad card to build around.
August 4, 2016 11:45 p.m.
First, you should link the article.
Now, you should be a little critical towards the article. Ornithopter is nowhere near a "worst card". It is very good, at heavely played in
Besides the few rules misunderstanding, I like the idea!
August 5, 2016 6:46 a.m.
I attempted to link the article in the original post; I'm not sure why the hyperlink didn't work.
My apologies for the misunderstanding of a couple of points. I am by no means an expert. There are a lot of nuances to remember. Ornithopter isn't a horrible card, in my opinion, either; however, I didn't create the list of the supposedly "crappy" cards in the first place. I was only trying to make the cards actually playable. By and large, I think I was successful, even if I did have a couple of "misses."
August 5, 2016 10:16 a.m.
As an alternative working combo for One with Nothing, pair it with either Anger or Brawn to give your creatures either haste or trample, respectively, depending upon your choice of mana.
August 5, 2016 10:35 a.m.
As for the Break Open combo, you could always give a Gargantuan Gorilla to an opponent who has no Forests to sacrifice, resulting in a hit for 7 damage.
August 5, 2016 10:44 a.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #12
I'm confused, what dummy said Phage the Untouchable and Ornithopter were some of the worst cards ever?
I mean, off the top of my head there's Zephyr Spirit and Razor Boomerang to replace them.
August 5, 2016 12:33 p.m. Edited.
The article writer did not say that Phage the Untouchable was the second worst card ever. He said, that Break Open was the second worst card. Why he said Ornithopter was a bad card is a mystery to me.
August 5, 2016 1:03 p.m.
I'm pretty sure you don't exile a creature as part of flipping it over. Which means that the Break Open on Phage wouldn't work...
Do Wherewolves and flip walkers go into exile when the flip over?
August 5, 2016 1:16 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #15
only the walkers exile, and that's because they say so. flipped creatures keep all attachments because they stay on the field.
now, Endless Whispers and phage works.
Necrohellion says... #2
Both your Phage and One with Nothing combos don't actually work. One with Nothing doesn't target so no matter how times you copy and choose new targets you will still discard your own hand. A manifested card that is flipped does not enter the battlefield as it was already there you are just changing the active side of the card, therefore Phage will not kill your opponent, instead you give them a powerful creature for free.
August 4, 2016 10:49 p.m.