Acolyte of Xathrid
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1 extra star for the art and the other one for being a bad card.
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Posted By: Destruction3402 (12/1/2010 5:09:33 PM)
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Synergy with Xathrid Demon 0/5. We get it; for B, black can't even get a good chump blocker. This is a terrible activated ability, it may have been playable as B,T
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Posted By: Rasel (7/10/2009 5:05:00 PM)
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While I like 0/1s, I'm not really a big fan of this card. Several colors get evasive 1/1s for just one mana, and while this can help pull out stalled out games, so can Suntail Hawk.
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Posted By: Titanium_Dragon (8/30/2009 4:48:46 AM)
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Onyx Goblet costs {2} more, but it can do the same thing for just a {T}. Plus you don't have to worry about someone using a pinger or weak spell to kill it off; just artifact destroying spells/abilities. And even then you don't have to worry nearly as much if you have Darksteel Forge or something like Leonin Abunas.
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Posted By: Diachronos (3/2/2010 5:23:15 AM)
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If her ability hit all opponents it'd be a bit easier to understand why she was printed...but...

As for pseudointellectual's comment I don't see how this could be viewed as "pressure" - especially late game. By that time you could have a large creature (Demons come to mind) out with evasion (Fear, or Flying) that could keep them busy. This would only chip away at their Health, and unlike the Red and Blue versions of pingers - could also remove their creatures. Furthermore, she's useless combo'd with equipment such as Basilisk Collar that makes other pingers so formidable. This card isn't letting you "sneak the win early", getting that big creature out early did.
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Posted By: CeremonialBathory (8/9/2010 6:16:50 PM)
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I think wizards did not allow her to damage creatures with her ability as well (aside from getting red flavor this way), since this would lead to her own death, at least according to the flavor text:
"Like all priests, she gives her blessings only to those truly worthy of them."
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Posted By: Mode (10/15/2009 9:48:40 AM)
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swamp>dark ritual>3xacolyte of xathrid>demon of death's gate

first turn
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Posted By: KingXerxes (11/13/2010 8:29:14 PM)
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Terrible. I would never consider playing this in any format.
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Posted By: True_Mumin (7/12/2009 12:59:45 PM)
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I haven't found this card to be entirely useless. Late-game I can sometimes drop one or two on the table and use it to keep the pressure on my opponents. Acolyte of Xathrid also tend to get ignored, and if I can get a heavy hitter on the table the Acolyte will let me sneak in a win early. That said, I'll likely toss them out of my deck as soon as I get anything else.
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Posted By: pseudointellectual (10/7/2009 5:52:47 AM)
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strange that an acolyte of xathrid, if sacrificed for a xathrid demon, would do 0 damage...
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Posted By: Uhhsam (3/4/2010 10:26:09 PM)
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