Give it infect and go to town.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(7/25/2013 5:09:53 AM)
I just played this card in my WBR midrange deck, and I was so impressed that I replaced a second Desecration Demon with this. Where D. Demon occasionally fails you because he enjoys his meal too much, this beast absorbs all damage and survives (or at least trades with) any creature from an aggro deck short of a Wurm token pumped with Ghor-Clan Rampager. The lifelink drawback doesn't matter in 95% of games I played, even though my deck wins through damage. In a true control deck it would not matter at all.
The only thing to watch out for is Boros Reckoner + Boros Charm + your Alms Beast, the infinite life combo.
Posted By:
sweetgab
(8/5/2013 6:34:03 PM)
Lol.
Posted By:
Beyond.Malachi
(8/10/2013 7:20:42 AM)
Punishing fire and needlebite trap
Posted By:
DeadLeeCoC
(8/12/2013 10:45:56 PM)
When fighting multiple opponents I always attack one person with this fatty, then I just bleed 'em dry!
"More life for me!" The Orshov way.
Posted By:
AirborneLemming
(8/20/2013 8:20:12 AM)
I've been having a lot of fun with this card in a casual deck. Throw in some instants to give it firs strike or prevent damage to it and it runs wild over the table.
Posted By:
pmalleable
(9/6/2013 7:46:52 AM)
Type your comment here.
Posted By:
Atali
(9/7/2013 4:34:37 PM)
People laughed at me for using him. that was until i broke their metaphorical in-game jaws with my alms beast s . Now they know fear. Also i am an advocate for him. his mana cost is easier to cope with in my 3 color deck and they can't use tokens to keep him tapped, unlike a certain demon
Posted By:
moonmist103
(9/29/2013 2:11:52 PM)
This is a great target for Fling or Soul's Fire. Basically you want a strong monster that you can get out cheap with little difficulty - Desecration Demon and Vexing Devil are also good choices, as is Wooly Thoctar and Leatherback Baloth.
But I digress, the main idea is not to attack with it, but rather use it for other means. If you must attack with it, use Golgari Decoy to get rid of any lifegain the opponent might try to get with blocking.
Posted By:
MechaKraken
(9/30/2013 12:29:41 AM)
I love the flavor. The higher up people in the church do their brown-nosing good deeds by paying alms to the poor, but of course the poor have to use those same alms coins at Orzhov shops. Win-win, they get karma and they keep their money. Except in the case of this card, life=money.
Posted By:
Black_Sun28
(9/30/2013 8:05:17 PM)