it says as an additinal cost, not x as mana other wise it would just say
Each other player loses X life. becuse you payed x in the casting cost. but in fact it says
"As an additional cost to cast Bond of Agony, pay X life.
Each other player loses X life."
your paying life not mana.
Posted By:
BladeAce
(10/5/2009 11:13:35 PM)
TURN 1 WINswamp>dark ritual>demon's horn>dark ritual>bond of agony+20 life
Posted By:
KingXerxes
(11/13/2010 10:01:35 PM)
Worst designed MTG card I have ever come across. It ruins games.
Posted By:
Professor_D
(4/25/2009 8:08:04 AM)
I play this on emperor as a general and take out myself along with everyone else. Good thing my emperor played a lifegain deck so we actually won :P
Posted By:
TasPap
(9/14/2010 5:08:22 AM)
A bad card made utterly obsolete with the addition of Exsanguinate
This card should have been designed like Hatred, a moderately expensive but fixed cost with a life payment defining X. costing B would be excessively overpowered, costing 4BB would be right on target.
Posted By:
Atali
(4/18/2011 1:41:09 PM)
I love the flavour for this card. That is just so utterly like Rakdos cultists, I love it!
Posted By:
Kodanshi
(5/18/2013 1:06:52 PM)
For one more mana you get exsanguinate..
I think a "hatred" variant would be fine at 5 mana. It'd result in plenty of short T3 "dark ritual" games, but just as many "dark ritual. Bond of agony." "In response, Lightning Bolt" games; making the decks essentially a weak combo deck; and thus benefitting a standard aggro deck more.
I honestly think "hatred" should be a keyword; such as on Toxic Deluge, and be a common black mechanic.
Either way, this is absurdly weak compared to it's predecessor's as well as it's later brethren.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(12/30/2013 3:51:23 PM)
Fun with Hidetsugo's Second Rite.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(3/9/2014 10:07:37 AM)
"Each player loses twice X life." would have been a lot more insteresting. (Albeit potentially too strong.)
It has some appeal in multiplayer, but again, it also has less of an impact because players have more life.
As it is, you'll want Drain Life/Consume Spirit instead in 19/20 times.
Posted By:
Mode
(3/18/2014 10:08:03 AM)