Pontiff has haunt and being a creature in a black/white deck you got more ways to reuse Pontiff than Zealous Persecution.
Posted By:
Cyberium
(7/17/2010 6:44:55 AM)
The main reason this would be better than Zealous Persecution is probably the fact that it's a creature. You can't Chord of Calling for Zealous Persecution like you can with this.
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(6/25/2010 6:19:30 PM)
A wel-designed card. Either buff your side or weaken your opponent's. Twice.
If you manage to haunt a creature that has just 1 toughness (left), it can become a one-sided Infest.
Just not that advisable in multiplayer...unless you want to troll your teammate.
Posted By:
Mode
(8/8/2011 10:10:11 AM)
Don't really like this guy's function all that much, but I really like the art.
He no doubt would work wonders with Graven Dominator and Godhead of Awe, but a situational mechanic like Haunt makes a combo like that harder to pull off than with an instant-speed card like Zealous Persecution. And while you can get his effect twice (in the same turn if you're cleaver), it's an either/or effect. Finally, while haunt is a good mechanic for getting good effects twice, it's actually quite detrimental to another powerful mechanic easily performable by 
; recursion, notably if you have a 'I-hope-you-(my opponent)-have-a-Naturalize/Disenchant-to-deal-with-this' Debtor's Knell, as Haunt will exile the creature, making it nigh impossible to get back. At least with cards like Zealous Persecution, there's a chance you'll be able to see them again a... (see all)
Posted By:
DaMaster012
(12/17/2011 2:59:52 PM)
If you have this guy and Graven Dominator haunting the same creature, then destroy that creature (or sacrifice it). You destroy each creature your opponents control for cheap-ish. Seems powerful.
Posted By:
Leonidus78
(7/6/2011 12:23:01 PM)
I like to keep one or two of these guy's in my Side Deck. Never know when you'll be seeing a field of 1/1 weenie's.
Posted By:
John-Bender
(11/23/2009 9:47:45 PM)
Cheap and flexiable. Good in a white/black deck, also great to get rid of tokens.
Posted By:
Silverware
(8/22/2009 9:14:57 PM)
Can be Chord of Calling'd into play in an elf deck for some mirror match hate.
Posted By:
Ichorix
(2/12/2010 2:37:25 PM)
and then Zealous Persecution made this obsolete
Posted By:
Gezus82
(11/30/2009 9:39:39 PM)
VEGEEEETA.
Posted By:
nibelheim_valesti
(6/20/2010 6:57:44 AM)