love the artwork its a good card in a plain black deck but not in a multicolored
Posted By:
megakiller555
(4/20/2010 4:31:41 PM)
if this had Dredge...
Posted By:
Kindulas
(11/4/2010 9:18:13 PM)
Play him in a dredge deck with a certain cycle of auras from Scourge. You want him to have evasion? What about dragon shadow, dragon fangs or dragon wings? And why not throw some dragon breath as well?
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(6/2/2012 10:07:18 AM)
Of all the creatures that should have a cost made completely of black mana, this is the one. Also needs fear or something, as many people have noted.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(7/25/2012 1:05:59 PM)
Anti-combo with Demigod of Revenge, amusingly.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(8/16/2012 9:29:42 PM)
Devotion is the reincarnation of Chroma and Grey Merchant is the reincarnation of this card (oddly enough.) I feel that they've done a very good job evolving this into something that not only feels more black but is actually usable, both in casual and competitive circles.
This guy was a sad attempt thrown together I'm afraid. Where Sanity Grinding is innovative and worth a "build around me" deck (you can easily mill 20-40 cards with it) this guy is merely comparable with Mortivore (especially in multiplayer; where you'll get the time to reach 7 mana.) He's not interesting in reanimator or ramp (you need a lot in your grave, there are better targets), he's not that fun (he's just fat) and other cards use his weakness (grave hate) and his benefit (getting absurdly huge) much better; such as Consuming Aberration; and again, are much more fun for "build around" IMO.
I hope they do another attempt with Chr... (see all)
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(1/2/2014 12:50:35 PM)
Beside a mono-black deck this thing is way too expensive, even worse, once on the battlefield it has no abilities... seriously this is a no-go.
Posted By:
WER386
(12/8/2009 5:06:57 PM)
Lord of the Pit starts the conversation about Black Chroma/Devotion. Demons are an EXCELLENT resource to mine for Black Mana Symbols, but I also wouldn't want to use too many of them. Very few are truly worth it, but at the same time, a high percentage of 'Black Mana Symbol Creatures' that are worth it, are demons. Reiver Demon seems like an outstanding choice, but Griselbrand feels pretty hardcore and possibly more heat than you want to pack, depending on your format, metagame, #ofplayers, and the hate you could expect to be boarded in against you either next game or next week.
Buried Alive is clearly far more important than Entomb in this deck's instance, because the most # Black Symbols Entomb can net is either 3 or 4, but Buried Alive can get 6 without hardly trying.
Knights are also a great option. There aren't an overwhelmingly huge # of black Knights, but there are enough... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(12/3/2013 9:55:30 AM)
I think Primalcrux was the best of this type of creature. With the stalker, one Tormod's Crypt and he's a gonner.
Posted By:
endersblade
(10/18/2011 3:48:39 PM)
Hello, Phyrexian Obliterator
Posted By:
steinburger1109
(3/29/2013 5:44:56 PM)