Between him and the Gatekeeper I can't see why you'd ever want to live in Malakir. The legal system is terrible...seems like all legislative proceeding result in you being dead.
Posted By:
spectermonger
(5/6/2010 5:31:09 PM)
If you guys aren't casting him turn 4 or 5, you're doing it wrong. Brood Birthing makes this guy an MVP. So easy to splash into my Dragon Appeasement deck vs. Grave Pact.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(5/25/2011 10:30:35 AM)
It works great with tokens (eldrazi spawn), which is why I put it in my sacrifice deck.
Sac some spawns to get him out earlier, very easy to do in a B/G sac spawn deck, sac the rest of the spawns to your blood throne (possibly after tapping them fo fuel your bramblesnap), watch as the opponent sacs his entire board position due to the butcher's verdict, and make a clean swing with your pumped up blood throne vamp (and possibly your pumped bramblesnap). ROE suddenly made this guy playable in the right deck, ramp to him with nest invader, kozilek's predator, awakening zone, growth spasm, black green sacrifice is just so much fun.
Regarding his flavour, it should read "His verdict is always guilty, his sentence is always death. The citizens of malakir are very happy that he is not a judge, he is a butcher".
Or:
"Progenitus stood in all it's invulnerable glor... (see all)
Posted By:
Sironos
(12/16/2010 5:55:06 PM)
Hm, the card is ok but gravepact is still better.
Posted By:
majinara
(2/1/2010 3:18:35 AM)
too expensive... which sucks because it's actually a pretty cool card.
Posted By:
HuntedWumpusMustDie
(2/7/2010 12:55:30 PM)
Absolutely love this in Vampire Control. Cryptic Gateway makes this guy free to drop, then i get more with Mitotic Manipulation, copy it with Clone, etc.
Posted By:
Megapossum
(7/17/2011 6:06:19 PM)
Absolutely devastating in EDH, this plus Drana got Akroma killed ;P
"Swing with Drana"
"Duh, Block with Akroma"
"Well, I'll pay 3 and use Drana's ability on my own Royal Assassin."
"Hang on, does that mean?"
"Yes. And you took 5 from Drana."
Posted By:
Necropsy
(9/16/2011 5:43:53 AM)
So... If you kill any of my creatures, or, if I sacrifice one of my creatures, its a automatic, free Diabolic Edict? DAMN. This could kill Progenitus... 5/5
Posted By:
Ozmahunter
(1/29/2010 9:57:50 AM)
Amazing, deadly, game-winning card. If you think it's too expensive, then you ain't ramping enough. Trust me, I've seen it work over and over and over. Definite 5/5, almost too powerful.
Posted By:
Long_Con
(9/6/2011 6:44:07 AM)
I'm not a fan, mainly cuz of the mana cost. Seven is a lot. Too much for a fiddly incremental value guy like this. I've played him before, and there were too many games where I frowned at him sitting in my hand.
Posted By:
mutantman
(12/6/2011 4:07:41 PM)