If you sacrifice a token, would you be able to play a card with a cmc of one?
Posted By:
atemu1234
(7/14/2012 10:42:17 AM)
has anyone mentioned protean hulk yet?
Posted By:
thewalkingdead
(9/11/2012 4:17:59 PM)
This kicks all kinds of arse in an eldrazi deck. Hear me out. 1- drop is birds, 2-drop is nest invader, 3-drop is pawn of ulamog, which kicks this into turbo mode by the way, 4 is kozilek's predator, 5 is emrakuls hatcher, 6 is rapacious one, 7 is sheoldred and/or elderscale wurm, 8,9,10, and 11 are whatever you want. Because eldrazi. It might not sound like anything special, but the board is suddenly flooded with tokens, and it allows you to hard-cast your eldrazi. Maybe not playable outside of casual, but I dunno.
Posted By:
NoIHavent
(9/13/2012 5:00:35 PM)
@Airlacher, @The_Insaniac: No, the sacrifice isn't targeted. It's part of the cost to activate the ability. You activate the ability by paying the cost, which includes the mana/life payment, the sac, and tap. Once you have paid the cost, the creature is sac'ed, and Birthing Pod is tapped, the creature is already dead. From the moment you announce you are activating Birthing Pod, there is no room for you or any opponent to kill, bounce, or flicker the sac creature.
Posted By:
adrian.malacoda
(10/27/2012 10:13:43 PM)
if you sac a creature like Young Wolf you can get your Strangleroot Geist out of your deck? young wolf G + 1 = strangleroot geist is that correct?
Posted By:
nier
(12/11/2012 6:26:59 AM)
@ djflo: This card with Aether Vial would be hilarious. Vial starts you off with creatures {1} behind curve, then sac them with Birthing Pod for an on-curve creature. Then you have the rest of your mana to do whatever you want!
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(1/22/2013 6:54:01 PM)
Just some of the stronger choices I found/thought of:
3 cmc: Sprouting Thrinax, Geralf's Messenger, Kitchen Finks
4 cmc: Flametongue Kavu, Solemn Simalcrum
5 cmc: Thragtusk
6 cmc: Broodmate Dragon, Wurmcoil Engine, Inferno Titan, Grave Titan, Primeval Titan (allows you to cast stuff stuck in your hand)
7 cmc: Pelakka Wurm, Protean Hulk (allows you to get back something to start the chain again after saccing it)
8 cmc: ALL HAIL THE GREAT LORD EGOTIST
Posted By:
EvilDarkVoid
(4/7/2013 8:56:03 AM)
@Mekh: You win 100 internet points if you use this to sacrifice Scornful Egotist for Grozoth.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(4/26/2013 4:31:17 AM)
Just add Ichorid
{1} or {1}B} 5 drop for card advantage *every turn.*
I enjoyed this trick with Consuming Aberration; but in dredge you can consider Golgari Grave-troll, many of the demigods/lieges from shadowmoor,
Shriekmaw, Vengeful Pharoah, Bloodgift Demon, Woebringer, Halo Hunter, anowan.
And that's just a few of the tricks. Neat little combo IMO
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(5/15/2013 12:31:51 PM)
Amazing, delightful, game-dominating card. I have a playset, but I want more.
Sac a five drop -> Massacre Wurm -> sac the wurm -> Sheoldred
Posted By:
Hungerstriker
(5/20/2013 9:08:04 PM)