WOAH! What a powerhouse!!!
Okay, 
burn. I choose 10 to start.
Draw 10 bolts for 2B? GG. You take 10+ damage from 2B spell? GG.
Also, broken in EDH. 20 cards for 20 life? Unless someone has the balls to outbid you and kill themselves.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(3/1/2013 2:16:41 AM)
would this work with purity? like, if you bid 80,000 would you gain 80,000 life?
Posted By:
Haxor395
(2/20/2011 5:02:55 PM)
For those of you who have read my similar comments on cards like these, I'm sorry but I'll say it again.
Step 1: Control Phyrexian Unlife.
Step 2: Play this.
Step 4: Bid trillions of however much you would care to bid life.
Step 5: Play a 1,000,000,000,013/1,000,000,000,013 (if you bid a trillion) Death's Shadow.
Step 6: Offer to buy your opponent(s) coffee so they don't sue you or something.
EDIT: It ain't no creature, but it dies to Mindslaver. Still, I love it.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(2/7/2012 4:19:14 PM)
@DacenOctavio: Players don't bid until the spell starts to resolve. By that point, there's no spot between bidding life and losing life for players to gain priority. So, if you've reached bidding life and your Platinum Emperion is still alive, you're safe.
Posted By:
Blind_Piper
(12/8/2011 2:06:25 PM)
Runs excellently in any drawburn using black...it's easy to trap opponents so that if they let you win you use the cards to burn their face off, and if they pay life to stop you you burn their face off.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(12/16/2011 2:43:34 AM)
@Haxor395
No, Purity would not work with this, as it prevents damage. Pain's Reward says you lose life, which is strictly different from taking damage. When you take damage you lose life, but when you lose life you don't always do so because you took damage.
Posted By:
C1mpl0c1ty
(9/16/2012 7:06:16 PM)
As much as Saviours sucked incredibly hard, it did have some beautifully elegant rares. This along with Choice of Damnations always makes me grin with diabolic glee.
Posted By:
psychichobo
(12/12/2012 4:00:37 PM)
T1: Mass Hysteria
T2: Dark ritual, this, bid 15.
"Just have your cards.. sheesh." Plop out some Death's Shadows and attack for a billion (or.. 8 each.)
Or instead, fill your deck with rituals, ramp, etc... then use this as a Tendrils of Agony fueler. Fantastic with Tainted Sigil and the like.
Start the bidding high and either you get 4 cards for 3 mana, or your opponent gets 4 cards, losing most of his life, and you just burn him to death after netting yourself a bunch of life.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(3/15/2013 12:39:31 PM)
@TheWrathofShane: You can't read, can you? It says draw 4 cards. Not how much you bid. 4.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(4/9/2013 7:40:20 AM)