If you want this guy in a reanimation deck, you can use Coffin Queen to pull out other monsters for him to eat and gain ~8 life per turn, instead of 1 per turn from tokens.
Diabolic servitude sorta works, but removes the creatures from the game each turn.
Posted By:
ThatStunna
(1/26/2013 3:05:48 PM)
My friend has this card, and plays it like an idiot.
Theres two ways to play it. You can either play it for life gain and card shennanigans, or you use it as a creature suicide beatstick.
just make sure you can keep the upkeep cost going, and you'll be fine. If you have a token deck, this should be no sweat.
Posted By:
Pigfish99
(4/1/2013 10:55:46 PM)
Its surprisingly useful that this thing cares about the toughness of what it eats, not the power. Most creature ramp spells (Overgrown Battlement, Birds of Paradise, Sylvan Caryatid, etc.) have a higher toughness than power. Of course, when you're getting a 10/10 trample out turn 4 or so, you probably don't need much lifegain.
Posted By:
EvilDarkVoid
(11/18/2013 5:07:33 PM)
This + Angel of Jubilation? Not sure if that would work.
Posted By:
tpkatsa
(12/23/2013 3:12:49 AM)
This guy is begging to be put on the battlefield with Varolz, the Scar-Striped. Take any green fatty you can imagine, sac him, gain the life. Scavenge him onto another green fatty. Nylea, God of the Hunt, Primal Rage, Rancor, etc for trample. Swing, repeat process. Even better with Corpsejack Menace. Or if you're not going for scavenge, Gleancrawler can make this guy endless life gain fun.
Posted By:
bertuccia32
(1/23/2014 12:46:09 PM)
Definitely one of my favourite cards: hybrid mana, flavourful, great art, and appeals to my Timmy side. Fun fact: looks like it was inspired by a D&D creature: http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Doomgape_(4e_Creature)
Posted By:
Golgarimic
(2/17/2014 7:40:23 PM)