I'm not really sure what to think of this card.
On the one hand, it's a decent sized creature
and it gives you some neat options of turning
your little creatures like Birds of Paradise
into real fighters when blocking. However, you
do still have to tap Omnibian for the ability.
Interestingly though, it doesn't specify that
you have to control the target creature. This
can keep some of your opponent's big guys at
bay. It could become and interesting sideboard
card.
Omnibian - We
finish out this week with a rare from my
favorite guild - the Simic Combine. I need to
take a moment to say how happy I am that the
Simic brought us a couple of frogs. Everybody
likes frogs, right? Omnibian is the kind of
thing nobody takes too seriously. And with good
reason. It's a hill giant that turns other
things into hill giants. That's neither
offensively incredible nor particularly
defensively amazing either. But the point is
that it's funny. It's not without it's useful
moments, either. Turning your 1/1s into 3/3s is
always a good thing. And turning your opponent's
huge monsters into frogs that can be easily
stepped on is a nice trick as well. It will be a
favorite of a lot of casual players, and that's
just fine with me.
An interesting creature. For 4 mana (though
a bit color intensive), you get a 3/3, so
not horrible. But the good part about him is
his ability to make other creatures into 3/3
frogs. It could be a lowly 1/1 token you
control that you could make bigger, or it
could be some giant badass your opponent
controls that you could make smaller. This
would definitely be frustrating to play
against in limited or casual play.
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Omnibian
Let me first remind you that Omnibian's ability
overwrites power, toughness, and creature type,
but not abilities. Having said that, this Frog
is combo gold. One, it puts any creature within
Last Gasp range. Or Volcanic Hammer, Galvanic
Arc, or Lightning Helix range. Two, it turns
your Dimir Infiltrator into an unblockable 3/3
each turn. Three, it does terrible things to
regular old combat math. And four, if your
opponent is using a tribal deck, suddenly there
are only three Wizards in play instead of four.
Outside of its ability, a 3/3 for 1GGU is fairly
bad. I don't advise attacking with it, but it
certainly does have its uses. If all else fails,
it can block a creature and then make that
creature 3/3 to ensure at least an even trade.
