Crypt Ghast
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The best extort enabler, allow you extra mana to add that effect, although I might argue that there are more powerful effects to spend the extra mana on. Extort requires consistent casting of spells and would run out of steam without additional card draw, so X spells like Skeletal Scrying suits this card very nicely, you have double mana to invest, extort gain life to compensate the life loss, and you draw cards to do more extort.
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Posted By: Cyberium (1/23/2013 11:31:11 AM)
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So: Realmwright + Cryptghast = MANAAANANANA

Also, once it's on the field -> Stolen Identity
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Posted By: lethal_coffee (1/22/2013 8:09:49 PM)
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Look, Liliana of the Dark Realms just got a new best friend.
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Posted By: Gcrudaplaneswalker (1/23/2013 6:29:42 AM)
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Behold - FACES.
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Posted By: 001010011100101110 (6/15/2013 11:22:07 PM)
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@L00fah - (Continued) Now, if you were to play Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, all lands are Swamps in addition to their regular types. Therefore, you can tap any land and receive BlackBlack, in addition to whatever other mana or abilities it can do for you. In the example of Caves of Koilos, it would retain the 2 typical abilities, and gain a third from the Tomb of Yawgmoth. The third ability would be "Tap: Add {B} to your mana pool", because that's what a Swamp does. This card would then turn that Black into BlackBlack.
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Posted By: MagicBrad (4/18/2013 3:38:03 PM)
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Blood Crypt, Watery Grave, and this say Nicol Bolas is coming a few turns early.
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Posted By: Purplerooster (1/23/2013 1:16:38 PM)
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Incorrect, this cards color identity is black-white. Mark Rosewater weighed in on this himself, quoted below:

"Maybe it will get the Commander people to rethink their color identity rules concerning hybrid which (as I've gone on record as saying) I believe are flawed." (Source: http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/39498314157/its-unfortunate-that-extort-cant-be-played-in#notes )

A keyword is just a stand-in for written out rules for the sake of space efficiency; since the black-white hybrid mana is effectively a part of the rules for extort, it is treated as a part of this card's rules text. The reminder text quotes the rules for extort verbatim since it's an unfamiliar mechanic.

We'll be waiting on a ruling on this. Maybe the commander guys will make an explicit exception for extort, but I'm personally hoping for a total rework of the color identity rules (which are awful).

tl;dr: Yes, the hybrid mana symbol is in the reminder text, but it's also in the extort rules, making Crypt... (see all)
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Posted By: RickyBo (1/23/2013 1:43:15 PM)
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Looks like Nirkana Revenant had her baby finally.
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Posted By: Xineombine (5/8/2013 3:53:37 AM)
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This card showed up in Ep. 8 of Watamote!

Remember kids. Cheating is wrong. But Crypt Ghast is just so right.
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Posted By: EnigmaAlpha (8/28/2013 7:01:26 AM)
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Good in slow and weak formats.
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Posted By: DwightHoward (2/3/2013 1:52:18 AM)
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