This should definitely be reprinted. Not unbalanced at all if you think about the fact that if played wrong it's possibly brutal card disadvantage as rino20h pointed out. If you toss two of these out there on turn one to cheat your abyssal persecutor into play, you risk very bad strategic positioning when it gets bounced or removed because your opponent just one-for-two or one-for-three'd you in cards. Not cool!
It would be SO AWESOME to see this come back! Maybe sometime in the Innistrad block? In a game where white's getting hyper-efficient fatties and green is getting draw power and removal, what's the big deal about this? It's fun, nostalgic, and takes skill to play correctly!
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(9/1/2011 11:32:03 PM)
turn 1: 4 dark rituals, 1 swamp, quicksilver amulet, emrakul, the aeons torn
do you wish to concede now
Posted By:
alfnzo
(7/31/2012 11:33:29 AM)
Here's one combo of countless many. 1st turn Mox jet, swamp, cast dark ritual, and then cast a 1st turn Phyrexian obliterator. Having fun yet?
Posted By:
Zoltantf
(7/4/2011 12:22:50 PM)
With green ramp stuff you get something that will permanently increase your mana capability's.
With this your getting something out much sooner then it should, making it extra valnurable of loosing 2 for 1. You loose your dark ritual and the thing you casted only to have your card swords to plowshares or shatter or counterspell or something
This fits blacks flavor perfectly. The black mage is desperate to win, and will do so at any costs. And this thing has a cost, making the thing you just casted to early a target for a 2 for 1 situation.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(3/5/2012 2:36:48 PM)
Da dream hand is 4x dark rituals 1x phage the untouchable 1x lightning greaves and a swamp. T1 swamp, this, lightning greaves, this again, this, this then play phage the untouchable and equip the greaves
Posted By:
Justin133Nivmizzet1
(3/9/2012 1:09:04 PM)
Dark Ritual: In every set since A
Posted By:
atemu1234
(3/30/2012 11:30:33 AM)
Time to reprint this....it's been waaaaay to long.
Posted By:
MANABURNWASGOOD
(5/23/2012 7:58:37 AM)
What I find most impressive about this card is that it's only a common.
Posted By:
OrangeAir
(7/28/2012 3:47:19 PM)
I got one of these with a white border. IDK what that means for me, but this card is broken, but I love using it to summon O.p. cards such as Nicol Bolas,Planeswalker
Posted By:
Xineombine
(7/30/2012 4:35:46 AM)
Such a classic card. It's not a must have, but it's always good to have a playset in a black deck.
Posted By:
Anzu-chan
(10/4/2012 6:28:07 PM)