Cruel Revival
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I agree accept the mana cost can be a little much, especialy for a zombie deck with millions of ways to get zombies back.
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Posted By: pibblz (4/3/2009 9:57:40 PM)
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@UltimateSquirrel: No. This card predates tribal spells.
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Posted By: Test-Subject_217601 (2/24/2011 12:20:12 PM)
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Great flavor, but I wish the "revival" on the card referred to bringing the creature back to play. Guess not.
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Posted By: ObsessedAddict (7/9/2011 12:15:17 PM)
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Great combination to put on cards. Adds great flavor.
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Posted By: sweetestsadist (11/29/2008 6:17:37 PM)
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is this considered as a zombie spell?
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Posted By: UltimateSquirrel (12/27/2009 8:18:48 AM)
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Cost is too high to be viable in any competitive play. There are more efficient ways of getting creatures back.
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Posted By: hippononymous (10/1/2011 4:13:57 PM)
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That fellow on the right looks pretty pleased with himself.
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Posted By: Kirbster (12/21/2012 2:16:54 PM)
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now that is the kind of sorcery that I like in EDH..
oh, wait...
instant?
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Posted By: PastProphet (5/5/2013 12:37:25 AM)
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Ok, so I'm reading these comments about how high the CMC on this is. First off its 4B, very splashable. Secondly, its an instant. Third, it is REMOVAL first of all, and recusion tacked on. considering disentomb/raise dead is a B sorc, and most instant black kill is 1B, this is very well-costed, imo.

Also, it can kill black creatures, as long as they arent zombies, which is something that many other black kill spells cannot do. For 2 more colorless mana (and being able to only spend B and not BB), i think getting both effects on 1 card is some real good value.

IF it were to return the creature to play, then we are talking zombify which is a 3B sorc. So What do you people want? A 5cmc INSTANT, that returns a zombie to play AND kills a non zombie would probably cost 7 or 8 CMC (4cmc zombify, lets even say 3cmc murder, maybe an extra mana for it to be on 1 card and not 2?)

Highly doubt it would ever be used in vintage, very good in EDH if you have zombies to bring back, obviously... (see all)
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Posted By: Bbone37 (2/23/2014 1:12:52 PM)
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