I found this by hitting random card repeatedly, but it's still pretty cool. Also, I like the word "Spite". It's just fun to say.
Posted By:
Claov
(11/12/2008 2:45:34 AM)
I love how people poo-poo the 1 and 2 life they spend when playing a LAND (sac and CiP-tapped lands), or the multiple lives they spend when drawing a card (Dark Confidant, Sign in Blood), yet they blanche at the thought of investing 5 of it to 2-for-1 the biggest threats on the table.... *shakes head*
Posted By:
reapersaurus
(3/2/2011 12:42:26 PM)
At the beginning, five life is an effective ONE QUARTER of your life total. Too much.
Posted By:
divine_exodus
(11/17/2010 3:05:56 PM)
Dismember? Who needs that? lol, SO glad I discovered this.
Dismember in a non-black deck costs the same life, for half the effect- with the upshot being it kills a small number more kinds of creatures, but targeting a whole less creature in the first place is a big deal.
In a black deck, I could almost see running Dismember anyway, because it can cost 1B and 2 life to kill one creature, and this is 1BB and 5 life to kill 2 creatures, and both of those deals sound the same to me. (to accurately double a spell, the cost should be just a little less than double, but with noticeably more color intensity- this makes cards that are both fair and fun)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/23/2012 11:37:18 AM)
@tcollins: You are a bit optimistic. If someone has an Iona, why would they have not said black, the color with the most removal (and many of MTG's most broken cards).
Posted By:
BuffJittePLZ
(8/7/2012 7:44:14 AM)
Interesting, but I prefer Ashes to Ashes over this for the same reason I prefer Go For The Throat to Doom Blade. Roughly 1/5 of creatures are black, while much less are artifact creatures.
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(10/18/2012 1:16:12 PM)
@artwork Now kiss.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(11/3/2012 8:02:46 AM)
i personally find this card to be hugely powerful. 5 life may at first SEEM like a lot, but considering you potentially destroy your opponent's entire game with a simple spell... This is great. In addition, you can make up that life with ease, whether it is with Lifelink, Platinum Angel spells like corrupt Phrexyian Unlife or any of the other hundreds of life-gain based abilities.
The greatest part is that it is instant; you can use it to shut down your opponent's threatening attack, or tip the odds in your favor on your attack
Posted By:
Burningsickle
(3/25/2013 7:02:24 PM)
Considering some of these and ashes to ashes as sideboard against Zoo and similar. I like the instant speed a bit more because you can really screw someone's attack up, keep a whispersilk cloak or lightning greaves from attaching, or similar.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(4/28/2013 8:26:59 PM)