I have no qualms about using this to smack down some annoying 1 or 2 toughness creatures. This is easy enough to pick up multiples in draft thanks to the color commitment.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(9/7/2011 3:45:59 PM)
There is not such thing as a basic swamp, there are swamps. There might be lands which have swamp as the subtype but those are not swamps.
Also this card is only good when you have tons of black mana. Not to be obvious but that's a big drawback.
Posted By:
wholelottalove
(10/10/2012 1:10:16 PM)
Sorin Markov: expert badass.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(12/11/2012 9:21:28 AM)
I prefer Exsanguinate, even though it can't target creatures. Having a doom blade with 'gain x life' doesn't excite me too much. Still a better-than-decent card. 3.5/5
Posted By:
BastianQoU
(7/16/2011 7:59:35 AM)
I prefer Exsanguinate, even though it can't target creatures. Having a doom blade with 'gain x life' doesn't excite me too much. Still a better-than-decent card. 3.5/5
Comparing this straight-up to Exsanguinate doesn't make a lot of sense to me. This one is a creature kill/lifegain in a pinch/possible finisher, while Exsanguinate is a multiplayer/lifegain in a pinch/possible finisher. There's some overlap, but what card you'll want to use is really dependent on the situation.
Ironically, Exsanguinate is more splashable.
Posted By:
Enemy_Tricolor
(7/16/2011 9:49:47 PM)
A lot of times I've had this basically play as an expensive Shock in black that gives me a bit of life. But on the flipside I've won a couple of games with it, too, so it's worth including if you're just looking to have some fun.
Posted By:
TherealphatMatt
(7/18/2011 4:52:45 PM)
Welcome back old friend. Let me just pull all four of you out of the stack of cards that I knew would come back into the mix in time. Yes, Nocturnus is in it. No, I don't know what I'm thinking.
Posted By:
ObsceneMartyr
(7/21/2011 6:14:22 PM)
I love this card. I'll usually use it over Corrupt as a finisher, if only because it works with things like Cabal Coffers, Bubbling Muck, and Nirkana Revenant. In a multiplayer match, I'll use Exsanguinate instead, but I prefer Consume Spirit in a duel because it can be used as a creature kill spell in a pinch.
Posted By:
Lief098
(8/8/2011 10:52:08 AM)
I once drew into this turn 6 with a crypt ghast, four swamps, two plains and various other extorters out. It changed the game.
Posted By:
EdgarPoeAllen
(7/3/2013 1:49:33 PM)
What about this card with liliana of the dark realms? If you have 6 swamps (which you will from liliana) You can do 22 damage instantly.
Posted By:
mrdeth7
(12/3/2013 2:52:49 PM)