This card is ridiculous in an Infect deck. In a practice game with a friend I won on third turn easy.
1st turn: Forest
2nd turn: Swamp, Plague Stinger
3rd turn: Swamp, Ichor Rats, attack with Stinger, alt cast 2 Invigorate, win
Posted By:
Bishop084
(9/25/2010 12:40:48 PM)
turn 1: Forest
turn 2: Land, Kavu Predator
turn 3: land, this, attack for 9 trample
Posted By:
darkfury
(2/6/2010 6:56:18 PM)
it's good because it's a combat trick. You can use it while tapped out so that your small creature can eat a bigger one, giving you board advantage. which is more important than a measly 3 life.
Posted By:
Gezus82
(6/11/2010 6:50:19 PM)
Not only insane in infect, legal for Pauper format too.
Posted By:
tcollins
(4/19/2011 6:54:02 PM)
I have actually seen this happen in a bunch of Pauper games:
Turn 1: Forest/Glistner Elf
Turn 2: Forest/Rancor/Groundswell/Invigorate attack for 11 poison counters.
Ridiculous, and ridiculously hard to get on MTGO, 5 stars.
Posted By:
deth2munkies
(6/3/2011 4:50:39 PM)
Skyshroud Cutter and Reverent Silence are in the same boat as this: free if you let an opponent gain life. That's why you play False Cure and (as mentioned) Kavu Predator. Also, keep Laquatus's Champion in mind.
Posted By:
KikiJikiTiki
(9/20/2010 7:24:51 AM)
Pretty good with infect creatures. Attack with a two power infect creature while having two of these on hand, give your opponent six life and your infector +8/+8.
Posted By:
majinara
(1/16/2011 12:12:06 AM)
insane in a poison deck
Posted By:
tantallum99
(4/9/2011 2:05:01 PM)
Turn one forest glistener elf
turn 2 alternate cost cast 3 invigorates FTW
Posted By:
iHeartMtg
(5/29/2011 11:56:00 AM)
Wow. Infect shenanigans.
Turn 1: Forest, Glistener Elf
Turn 2: Mountain, Assault Strobe, this. Swing for 10!
Great, great card for infect decks. 5/5
Posted By:
SnackyNorph
(10/10/2012 9:35:32 PM)