Try same block. Inquisition of Kozilek. First turn drop one of these, second turn drop two of those, and then just empty their hand and keep it that way. To help, you can get Zendikar's specter (Guul Draz) in the group, who'll become 5/5 when they're empty. This makes a good, solid 10 damage per turn, while still within Standard. Not to mention M10 has Duress, Mind Rot, Mind Shatter, and Hypnotic Specter to help, and M11 has Liliana's stuff to help.
Posted By:
DeathDark
(7/7/2010 11:29:18 AM)
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/boab/101
hahaha how could he not include this(quest for the nihil stone)?! no wonder he had bad matchups...
offtopic : regarding the deck from the article: terminate out- staggershock in, dark tutelage out - qftns in
Posted By:
maniek20cm
(7/28/2010 1:32:48 AM)
I get lots of ragequits on MTGO when I play this on turn one... Don't know if this is good or bad...
Posted By:
Tjolgtjar
(3/11/2011 8:19:48 AM)
This plus Painful Quandary.
Then laugh maniacally.
Posted By:
FiveEight
(6/16/2011 10:40:37 PM)
To those saying this sucks because it's too hard to get your opponent's hand size down, I'd recommend you actually try playing a discard deck. Where discard decks struggle is after they get their opponent down to 0 cards. Since your opponent is top-decking, and most of your discard spells are sorceries, you usually can't make them discard anything, meaning you can't lock them down or get card advantage. While this card doesn't really solve that problem, it does make your opponent die when that happens. Which is even better.
To those saying this should be an Ascension and not a Quest because you don't sacrifice it, please do your research. Quest for Ula's Temple, Quest for the Goblin Lord, and Quest for Renewal all stay in play. So out of 9 Quests, 4 stay in play. Your point makes no sense whatsoever.
Yes, this card has some limitations. Obviously it only goes... (see all)
Posted By:
Lyoncet
(6/20/2011 8:50:44 PM)
Just to clarify things, when the beginning of a turn starts there are 3 steps
1.Untap phase, untap all permanents unless a card's effect specifically says not to
2. Upkeep phase, all card's effects affecting the beginning of the turn does so now(Ex. during your upkeep pay blah blah blah)
3. Draw phase, draw a card
So this card's effect happens BEFORE the card draw, so this enchantment can make it to where your opponents lose 5 life each turn
Posted By:
ZombieVegetarian
(2/17/2012 12:20:40 PM)
And people were whiny about how much Hypnotic Specter got reprinted/remade. Now Guul Draz Specter doesn't look like as much of a joke, does it?
Posted By:
DonRoyale
(1/29/2010 2:12:17 PM)
I will have 2. You will be Blightened, my specters will cackle
Posted By:
Khias
(1/29/2010 8:20:59 PM)
Thats just the coolest discard based card i've ever seen! (Not counting Hypnotic Specter)
Posted By:
Nikeyeia
(1/29/2010 12:23:28 PM)
When I got this card in a booster pack, I was like: cool! Stick it in a megrim deck, and you have a saccable 1 mana enchantment for B!
Then I realized that it doesn't have to be sacrificed...
Posted By:
Hibron
(5/13/2010 7:32:14 AM)