No Doubt one of the few overwhelmingly useful cards from Fallen Empires, even more impressive, one of the ONLY cards reprinted after the fact,lol. And we must always remember Fallen Empires will forever be remembered as the birth Set of the two most prolific unique creature types of the game. Thrulls, and Saporlings! To be reprinted, and expanded upon in card after card through just about every set made since;) But as for this card, it is the first part of the best MTG player pick up line ever..."hey baby, want to come to my Breeding Pit and see my Shivan Dragon?"
Posted By:
Sumai4444
(10/12/2010 7:40:57 PM)
A laudable combo card that allowed so many early sacrifice-based decks to work. I recall using it myself in a green-black deck that used Skullclamp (yeah, I know) and various other cards that required sacrifices. Pretty much outclassed, nowadays, but it's still not BAD and worth playing if you can't get your hands on any alternatives.
Posted By:
Lord_Ascapelion
(11/17/2012 2:05:51 PM)
It has one advantage over Awakening Zone, and that's how it interacts with Teysa, Orzhov Scion or Savra, Queen of the Golgari. Suddenly, each thrull has "when this creature dies, turn it into a 1/1 white flier, or pay 2 life and each opponent sacrifices a creature."
Posted By:
StyrofoamKing
(5/12/2013 1:44:14 PM)
I'm sitting reading the comments for what people use with this card. And it's like reading the black section of my brother's G/B sacrifice deck.
Breeding pits, Lord of the Pit, Ebon Praetor, Minion of Leshrac, death pit offering, soul exchange and even hectacomb.
...
That deck annihilates me so much...
Thrulls and thallids should not unite...
A great card in it's day, and still extremly useful to this day.
Wtih fecundity, the corner stone of that deck.
4/5.
Posted By:
Sharu
(4/17/2012 1:20:23 AM)
Back in the day: this + anything = #HOLYCOWIMADEACOMBO
Posted By:
themicronaut
(6/17/2012 2:45:16 AM)
Surpassed by more modern cards, yet still not that bad if you have the mana to spend. Sure, Bitterblossom, Awakening Zone, etc. are better, but this card can also fill a role in some crazy Commander deck that needs lots of tokens.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/5/2011 9:37:32 AM)
The original art - for this card, the best art. As to combos, there are a couple of cards that remove your upkeep phase, Doubling Season makes more lovely Thrulls, and, yea, all the other combos as well.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(2/16/2010 5:39:10 AM)
I love Lord of the Pit ^-^ with Breeding Pit
if only I had a Bitterblossom or a Token generator like this:
(B) Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a
Black Rose - Creature Token (Black) – Thrull Plant - 0/1
(Defender.) (T, Sacrifice Black Rose: Add B to your mana pool.)
good luck in everything to all ^-^... bye.
Demia JOR time.
Posted By:
Demiajor
(7/25/2009 2:34:22 PM)