If you actually use the sacrifice part instead of seeing it as a cost this could be a nice card.
E.g. getting rid of Abyssal Persecutor or just turning eot stealing effects into removal (-2 from Sarkhan Vol, Act of Treason).
From a flavor point of view it fits very well into blue phyrexian "science" specialisation.
Posted By:
Vividice
(1/28/2011 10:51:34 AM)
Oh c'mon this isn't so bad. Really!
Have Psychosis Crawler and Oculus out when you play this and take a 4 card lead all while dealing 4 points of damage to your opponents. Not to mention if you're playing Psychosis Crawler as it is, you probably have a lot more cards allowing you to draw cards so you can deal damage (Consecrated Sphinx anyone?). So drawing 4 cards only means you're probably drawing a card that allows you to draw even more cards!!
Posted By:
Smauls
(2/4/2011 12:01:24 PM)
What's with the hate for this card? In drafts you just include a few wimpy 1/1s for sacrificing if you play this card. I played this along with Myr Sire and Oculus the other day and it devastated the opposition.
In constructed imagine this in a Arcbound deck alongside Skeleton Shard and Grave Pact.
"I'll play Vivisection, sacrifice my Arcbound Worker, move the counters to another artifact creature, you lose a creature due to Grave Pact. I'll draw my 3 cards and then I'll pay B and return the Worker to my hand with Skeleton Shard, then play it out again."
Great possibilities for this card.
Posted By:
shmewdog
(2/8/2011 11:12:57 AM)
@Tommy9898 I totally agree with you. This card is amazing, i haven't exactly played with it yet, but this entire block, and shoot, even zendikar if you go back to rise have cards that when they go to the graveyard, they do things. This card makes me want to turn my red/black sacrifice deck into a grixis colors. why? because this card has many useful aspects, i can turn my perillous myr into a bomb with Furnace Celebration and get three cards for only 6 mana. and even better, turn my magma phoenix into something worth wild too, and I can turn blister grub into some fun :D. you guys who are hating it don't see the potential in the right deck its not a weakness more a theme.
Posted By:
LordTaco
(2/11/2011 8:15:49 AM)
If you use this in the right deck it's awesome. You have to think like blue. Manipulate the "drawback" into an advantage.
Posted By:
Rikiaz
(2/14/2011 10:13:13 AM)
Stirring words, Tommy.
Posted By:
Long_Con
(2/16/2011 10:15:50 AM)
This is from the same set with living weapons, people. Sacrifice the germ, go up 2 cards in card advantage (-1 from Vivisection, but the germ was free since it came with the equipment.)
Posted By:
Saikuba
(3/7/2011 9:57:52 PM)
Plays nicely with Myr Sire and Bonehoard, too. I like this card, and find it very useful. It's even in a casual Myr deck of mine using Myr Sire as mentioned above. Between this and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, I can dig 8 cards deep into my deck!
Posted By:
Malnourished_Student
(3/8/2011 6:37:43 AM)
People seem to quickly be learning that this is one of the best (non-Jace) card draws in standard. Especially if you sac an Oculus or Runed Servitor for it.
Posted By:
SeiberTross
(4/7/2011 7:23:38 AM)
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Posted By:
shocksaver
(10/18/2011 6:34:57 AM)