Sharing name with one of the most funny decks evah... SHAME ON YOU!
Posted By:
Dregrage
(3/19/2010 6:54:05 AM)
There are uses for this card. Mostly as a way of sacing one of your creatures if you need to get rid of it.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(3/6/2010 7:57:06 AM)
I HAVE A USE FOR THIS!
in my child of alara edh deck. pretty tech, imho. i mean, we're talking about the card dredge here.
Posted By:
metalevolence
(5/27/2010 8:28:02 PM)
But it is an instant, you could use it in response to a kill spell to get some extra use out of your critters.
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(7/31/2010 10:51:07 PM)
Since nobody has said it, if you're willing to sac creatures it actually thins your deck out. It is certainly not worth less than nothing, it's just very circumstantial.
Posted By:
InternetNinjacy
(8/3/2010 1:10:18 PM)
First of all, you would never use this is constructed. If your deck was based around saccing creatures/permanents, say using carrion feeders and whatnot with rotlung reanimator to trigger bridge from below or grave pact, this card is redundant, as well as being worse than filler. As others have mentioned it can be used situationally as a cantrip while blocking a creature, but then again why not use other cards like carrion feeder, bloodthrone vampire or nantuko husk/vampire aristocrat, all cheap permanents which fulfil the same purpose while actually incurring a bonus.
2.5/5 for this card.
Posted By:
wxnbvq1
(9/25/2010 10:37:26 PM)
Awesome with Alabaster Leech
Posted By:
nimzo
(10/21/2010 6:29:35 PM)
ehh, there are better sacificial outlets and better uses for one mana.
Posted By:
luca_barelli
(9/23/2011 8:39:29 PM)
I find it strange that this is rated so low (1.610) yet Altar's Reap is currently rated just above 4. Yes, one extra mana/card makes them quite different, but still similar enough that I wouldn't expect such a discrepancy.
Posted By:
nemokara
(2/28/2012 12:35:17 PM)
@nemokara Normally cards such as this are what are called cantrips; you get some effect and then draw a card, thus maintaining card advantage. With Dredge however, all you get is sac a creature or land and then replace this card, thus all you get is a card that replaces Dredge in your hand, one less mana, and whatever you sac'ed. While there are times when you would want to sac something, there are better ways to do so than this. Altar's Reap on the other hand gives you card advantage with the sac option, which can be an extra good effect in the right deck. So whereas Dredge is a cantrip that doesn't necessarily have a real advantage, Altar's Reap at least gives you one more card than you had before you played it. Thus the huge ratings difference.
Posted By:
doombladez
(3/21/2012 10:57:16 PM)