My first tournament deck involved this + Grab the Reins built into a black-red suicide deck. This combo killed them on turn four, when they were tapping out for Astral Slide.
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(7/10/2011 12:05:09 PM)
Turn 1: Swamp
Tap Swamp, Dark Ritual
Play Wall of Blood
Turn 2: Plains
Tap Plains, Animate Wall on Wall of Blood
Tap Swamp, Play Unholy Strength
Attack with Wall of Blood, spend 18 life, make it a 20/23 and (hopefully) win
Decent mechanic to win on turn 2, obviously risky. Hopefully opponent would have spend their one mana on something useless to resist this.
Or just swamp and mountain to fling the damn thing
Posted By:
Sequoia22
(11/3/2011 6:54:11 PM)
Run with Donate / Bazaar Trader and Mindslaver / Sorin Markov. Have your opponent pay all their life!
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(2/1/2012 6:54:22 AM)
This card is pretty bad on its own, but, judging from the other comments, it can be pretty epic with all sorts of other cards.
Posted By:
RunedServitor
(3/5/2012 1:46:23 PM)
hatred is similar, except that you can attack with the creature you're pumping and then do all of those other crazy things mentioned in the comments, though, for only three mana, this creature is deadly.
Posted By:
bantar
(6/18/2012 4:01:04 PM)
Paying life.
For a wall.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(10/10/2012 11:18:06 AM)
For a fun, underpowered, casual deck, use Necrotic Ooze with this and Spikeshot Elder/Spikeshot Goblin in the graveyard
Posted By:
Superllama12
(11/13/2012 3:53:13 PM)
I hope they eventually print a Demon with this ability.
Rolling stones?
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(3/8/2013 11:20:30 AM)
Regarding the flavour text: I don't think that is factually accurate...
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(5/8/2013 1:17:23 AM)
Also good with Essence Harvest in multiplayer, in addition to Soul's Fire/Fling/Rite of Consumption as everyone's mentioned. Not only do you get to keep your wall (as opposed to using Fling or Rite) but you also gain back all the life you payed - which, most magically, you can ALSO pay into Wall of Blood. :D
It's really nice, when you're on 13 or so, and someone else is on 12 and someone else again is up at 24-ish, well out of reach, to be able to Essence Harvest the lower-life player to death and then pay HIS life total to pump and kill the bigger guy with Fling. Not too shabby for 5 mana.
But now, sadly, I just want to put this guy in a Borzhov deck with Lifelink, Spirit Loop and Soul's Fire. >.> All aboard the no-friends train.
Posted By:
Heathspook
(5/17/2013 2:07:51 AM)