I think for his mana cst, he's a bit weak. Then again who CASTS big creature spells anyway???? RECURSION!!!!
Honestly, in the right deck this guy can work wonders; Combine with Recurring Nightmare and they won't be able to keep anything on the board (especially if you already have Sheoldred, Whispering One in play); add in It That Betrays/Prince of Thralls and Thraximunder for even more abusive fun :).
On his own I rate him 3.0 - He's too costly to be effective in just any deck, and he's not powerful enough to build a deck around.
Throw him in a Recurring deck? 4.0/5; he'll keep the board clean. Especially useful in MP.
So overall - 3.5.
Posted By:
RecurringMemories
(2/2/2013 11:05:32 PM)
Grave Pact turned into a beat stick for 3 extra mana! This guy is going to be good with the Bloodghast & Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet combo.
Posted By:
Demonic_Angel13
(1/29/2010 2:55:04 PM)
Gonna be fun in my Ghave EDH deck. Cheap spot removal.
Posted By:
somegeek
(4/13/2013 9:35:53 PM)
7 for a 5/4 flying that does absolutely nothing until something else dies.
I'd venture to guess what will die first; your other creatures or it.
Simply put, it's something that requires an advantage and mana investment with little payoff. Besides, if you're running Vamps and haven't won (or lost) by the time you have the mana to cast this thing (Crypt of Agadeem withstanding), shame on you.
Kalastria Highborn has a better "stuff dies so cool stuff happens" effect anyway.
Posted By:
DonRoyale
(1/29/2010 12:47:21 PM)
I think wizards puts rares like this in packs so you lose money when you buy a booster.
Posted By:
Khias
(1/29/2010 11:20:53 PM)
great in multiplayer,not so great otherwise...
Posted By:
superstalker75
(1/29/2010 3:56:45 PM)
Yo dawg we heard you liked grave pact . . .
Posted By:
faisjdas
(5/16/2010 11:27:59 AM)
Now it the Eldrazis he´s pretty good.
Just imagine you sacrificing your Spawns and making the opponent sacrificing is creatures at the same time.
:O:O
Overpowered.
Ok the cost is to high, but everything that´s good come it a price.
Just sacrifice your eldrazi spawns and put him early.
Posted By:
TheNUUB
(5/29/2010 7:37:07 AM)
Personally I think the card is a little too strong... With the eldrazi tokens sacrifice ability, my friend can get this thing out rather quickly, then just start sacrificing tokens and clear the entire battlefield. Another unfair advantage for the zendikar vampires...
But that being said, it does play very well in a deck that utilizes eldrazi tokens. My friend just figured that out before I did.
Posted By:
IshubarashI
(6/19/2010 1:52:24 PM)
@Sironos
it does not specify "token" so i think token creature's will work on this one, but try this logic
Bloodthrone Vampire + Reassembling Skeleton
if it doesn't.
Posted By:
Vampire96
(8/15/2010 3:42:51 PM)