Hate this card so much. Really wish they didn't bring it back. It's far too painful against decks that aren't prepared for it, especially when the deck that's included it can easily account for at least the discard and sacrifice portions of it (ie. Reassembling Skeleton for both, which will still be legal in Innistrad). Besides the sacrifice and discard, 1 life is laughable, and the land ditch can easily be offset by running a low CMC deck in the first place.
Basically, it's a great card to *use*, but a terrible card to play against, and that's why I hate it - the gulf between the two is pretty large.
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(7/10/2011 9:38:37 AM)
shouldn't this cost BBB?
Posted By:
greg2367
(4/11/2010 2:43:30 AM)
that pox is not very sizeable
Posted By:
DaaNz
(3/24/2009 5:28:57 PM)
back for m12
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(7/6/2011 11:42:03 AM)
I used this to screw over a guy who played Darksteel Sentinel.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(9/24/2012 12:24:03 AM)
I use it with Charmbreaker Devils in Rakdos, Lord of Riots edh. Does quite a good job of shutting the game down entirely. It's not like I'm going to miss the land, since I'm playing all my Eldrazi for zero mana.
Posted By:
Hungerstriker
(6/18/2013 11:40:47 AM)
During one game, on turn 2, I managed to catch a player with a Llanowar Elves and a Utopia Sprawl'd Forest. That's four cards in the graveyard (including the discard)! Shut 'em down pretty hard.
Simply LOVE this card for all its suicide black goodness.
Posted By:
TheShadow344
(6/28/2013 1:21:56 PM)
Tarmogoyf loves Smallpox. Tombstalker loves Smallpox. Legacy Junk decks run four Tarmy and four Tomby and zero Smallpox. Go figure.
Posted By:
Salient
(2/22/2014 1:07:07 AM)