Duskmantle Guildm... dammit, ShimmerVoid, you beat me to the punch.
Aside from a lethal combo like this, or in conjunction with Rest in Peace or something similar, its usefulness seems limited.
Posted By:
Curlie-Joe
(1/9/2013 8:10:27 AM)
Duskmantle Guildmage or Bloodchief Ascension
Enuf said.
Posted By:
hedronMatrix
(1/18/2013 12:10:31 AM)
This card and Bloodchief's Ascension are brutal in Archenemy. I run this in a mono-Black deck with multiples of Sign in Blood, Underworld Dreams, Bump in the Night, and a suite of discard spells that work to disrupt my opponents' game plans. It also features Quest for the Nihil Stone and Painful Quandary to add to the pressure. Just don't play it in a free-for-all, you will draw a lot of aggro/hate from the rest of the table.
As for the combo with Duskmantle Guildmage, I have been evaluating it for some time, and I don't see it going off frequently in Modern. Whereas the Ascension takes longer time, it is less prone to removal outside of matches against Green and White. The Guildmage, however, can be targeted by cards like Arrest or otherwise bounced, destroyed, or Pithing Needle'd. The fact that it shares a CMC ... (see all)
Posted By:
2-Bravo
(2/13/2013 10:31:31 AM)
Combos with Shadow Slice and Undercity Plague, not just the guildmage. Can make things like Sign In Blood and Bloodgift Demon become drawbacks for your opponents.
Posted By:
zzxyyzx
(2/23/2013 12:38:09 AM)
If you want an efficient mill combo off of this card simply combine it with duskmantle guildmage. If you want a mill combo for free for all variants throw Consuming Aberration into that.
Posted By:
Un4gvnsoal
(3/6/2013 11:04:31 PM)
you put it with duskmantle guildmage and you win
Posted By:
MockingJ
(4/3/2013 4:48:07 PM)
One card with it Lazav, Dimir Mastermind.
Very fun combo in EDH with Laz as your commander.
Posted By:
RetroGamer3
(6/14/2013 10:31:52 PM)
Consuming Aberration
Wight of Precinct Six
These new toys work well with it; they get huge very fast.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(7/12/2013 11:54:23 PM)
Alt wincon for Extort?
Posted By:
sincleanser
(8/8/2013 2:04:03 PM)
Really, ban this card because of one combo. That is absurd (saying that i must admit i use that combo in an EDH deck) it's not that bad. It's not any worse than Serra Ascendant in an EDH game. If you can't figure out a way to stop that combo TS for you. If you ban this then you might as well ban Time Sieve because you can combo it with Thopter Assembly for infinite turns. Also in a Two-Headed Giant game does this mill both players or do you choose one?
Posted By:
TheDouce
(12/3/2013 8:58:56 AM)