I never faced it, but I saw a guy's EDH deck in which is main combo was having Debtors Knell in play and sacking Angel of Despair to him.
Posted By:
tdogg46142
(7/4/2012 8:14:48 PM)
Character Bio:
The ancient vampire Vish Kal feeds on the wicked, and he judges wickedness by his own personal code of ethics. Those who are exonerated in the eyes of Vish Kal are untouchable, stainless. But for the guilty he acts as both judge and executioner, personally carrying out the blood sentence for his own verdicts.
Posted By:
Feralsymphony
(7/7/2011 11:29:13 AM)
Preacher!
Posted By:
KokoshoForPresident
(3/29/2012 5:19:16 AM)
If he wasn't so expensive he would be bonkers, but he's still awesome.
Posted By:
BlackTranquility
(5/2/2013 1:14:18 PM)
Definitely a vicious general. Sure the cost is high, but he can prove useful the moment he comes out.
Posted By:
Mekh
(6/16/2011 2:59:21 PM)
Woah cool card.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(8/2/2012 10:35:10 AM)
I hate this guy; he's the perfect example of how Wizards didn't know what they were doing when it came to EDH/Commander. Anything, ANYTHING could have made him more balanced and less broken; pay 1-2 life to sac, say "sac another creature", tap to use his second ability, ANYTHING. As it stands, he's a Novablast Wurm that never has to worry about being targeted, with flying and lifelink - like they were necessary. I've seen huge cards rendered useless simply because he can just sac around them and then come back the next turn with all the B/W(/G) recursion.
You simply throw away your creatures, tokens, and all the stuff that you know you can get back, kill their flyers, and then pump him up to 21 and swing for the win. They try and even TOUCH him? You sac him to his own ability, and bring him back with Unburial Rights. The deck makes itself, and that is NOT the intention/goal of EDH AT ALL.
One note though, I'm not sure where people are getting the idea of -1/-1 counters. He gives them ... (see all)
Posted By:
Dr.Pingas
(2/5/2012 1:55:33 PM)
I've got a messed up combo involving him, Rune-Scarred Demon , and Karador, Ghost Chieftain . Sac the demon, put 6 +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, then bring the demon back with Karador and tutor any card out. Expensive, but it basically lets me spend one turn getting the card I need sooner instead of later, and it helps pump Vish for damage & life gain, plus a potential kill with it.
@Dr.Pingas
I wouldn't call Vish Kal broken or unbalanced. For one thing, while he CAN sac himself to his own ability, what real gain do you get out of it? You get to avoid certain exile spells, yay? If you use him as the general, sac'ing himself does you NO good since he'd go straight to the command zone again, even if you did want to avoid a Path or a Journey or O-ring. If you try to combo him with dead Mikaeus, the opponent is going to realize it very quickly and then just get rid of Mikaeus. Heck, his first ability is disadvantageous if the opponent has a kill spe... (see all)
Posted By:
Zielheim
(3/13/2012 7:37:23 PM)
Huh, I could have sword Albert Wesker was a zombie...but this works too.
Posted By:
ImPico
(3/22/2012 2:32:33 PM)
I'm all for more 
generals, the game needs them. But I have no idea what's keeping this guy from being mono black. It's not like lifelink isn't a black thing cause its not uncommon for vampires to have it. So what makes this guy white?
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(4/9/2013 6:32:37 PM)