The art alone forced me to give this a 5/5. And the flavor text of course... The WWBB in the mana cost looks so sexy together... This card will flat out win games in Multiplayer.
Posted By:
Gcrudaplaneswalker
(4/23/2013 9:48:16 PM)
AMAZING ART.
Also, fun card.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(4/23/2013 9:53:51 PM)
I really like seeing cards printed that reward a player for committing to their colors like this.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(4/24/2013 4:13:39 PM)
Well the art makes me think the Phyrexians have found a way to Ravnica..... That aside, I can't wait to put this in Vish Kal EDH.
Posted By:
rollinsclone
(4/24/2013 10:07:29 PM)
I have never really liked the strange Ironman look to the Vampires of Exsanguinate. I now no longer need to justify not-playing that card, as I can simply say "I see no reason to play Mono-Black when Obzedat and this Are 'Tings. I mean sure Mono-Black is pretty cool, but adding 5 White lands to a Mono Black deck allows you to be a real dick, which is fun"
Oh, and because I'm DarthParallax...I see no reason not to play RED as well!
KAALIA!!!!!!!!!!!! 3:D
My "play all the Dick cards" Kaalia Deck is going to love the frak out of this one ^_^ I need to find a good mana generator for it- looks like I have to buy a Cabal Coffers at the least, but Crypt Ghast is also promising :)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(4/23/2013 11:40:10 PM)
let's do the math, this doesn't get better than Exsanguinate until you sink 6 mana into it:
MANA////Life Steal: EXSANG////////This
2/////////////////////0////////can't play
3 /////////////////////1////////can't play
4 /////////////////////2///////////0
5/////////////////////3////////////2
6/////////////////////4////////////4
7/////////////////////5////////////6
8/////////////////////6////////////8
and this is where i would finally start to consider using this card over exsanguinate--at 8 mana. so basically, i'd never play this card over exsanguinate because of 1) the color restriction and 2) the time at which i could use this.
3.5/5
Posted By:
raptorman333
(6/6/2013 1:24:25 PM)
Multiplayer beast !!!
Posted By:
Pipikako
(4/25/2013 2:05:58 AM)
Got a foil one of these. It is beautiful. The card is really good too. 5/5
I got to cast this in a 5-player multiplayer game a little while ago. It was a long game. I cast it for x=15. It was glorious (30 damage killing 3 of my opponents, and gained me 120 life).
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/20/2013 5:22:42 AM)
That silver rarity symbol is what makes me happiest about this card.
Edit: Come to think of it, I suppose this an indicator that Chalice of the Void or Orochi Hatchery-style XX costs have been phased out by Wizards due to I guess being potentially confusing.
Posted By:
Nucleon
(4/23/2013 11:03:41 PM)
Hmmm, compared to death grasp...
The advantage of death grasp:
- more forgiving casting cost
- deals more damage if you spend five or less mana
- can be used earlier in the game or when you are tight on mana
- can be used to not only kill players, but also planeswalkers and creatures
The advantage of this card:
- the lifeloss can't be prevented
- can finish off several players at once
- gets more efficient the more opponents there are in the game
- gets more efficient the more mana you spend
Well, I guess they're simply too different and can't replace each other.
Death grasp is a multi purpose kill spell, for both 1vs1 and multiplayer games, that is useful from the early to late game, whereas Debt to the Deathless is a multiplayer finisher, used to kill off several opponents that are on low health, while giving you a cushy life bonus compared to the remaining opponents.
Posted By:
majinara
(4/23/2013 11:58:31 PM)