I think his effect shares a spot with Jin-Gitaxias for highest preset card draw effect. (Other cards may draw you more cards if specific conditions are fulfilled, but no other card specifically says to "draw seven cards" or more.)
Posted By:
Arachnos
(1/20/2013 7:07:56 PM)
Once again Black gets the best creature of the set. Demon worship continues at WotC.
And where exactly is the demonic part excluding the creature type text? Just a bunch of great stats & abilities with extremely low mana cost. No negatives at all? That's not demonic.
And since when did lifelink become a demonic ability? Suits for vampires but not for demons.
Posted By:
AncientTimer
(3/27/2013 10:06:43 AM)
He may not be the "best" creature in Magic, but flavour wise he is definitely my favourite. Still working on a re-animate deck to put him in.
@Cloudye; Griselbrand can easily (well on a good draw) hit the table turn one....and then you're opponent hits him with a Swords to Plowshares. Sad Panda.
@Smoke_Stack: Still doesn't beat a Turn 1 Griselbrand! ;)
@Lifegainwithbite: Legacy? Who said Legacy? That's my play in Casual, lol (well sometimes it's Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur). Generally Legacy players don't run Ritual; they keep the space for Force of Will and Daze.
Posted By:
RecurringMemories
(4/23/2013 4:23:23 PM)
Thematically perfect for Legacy Reanimator. Entomb, Exhume, exploit for your gain: You're basically following the plot arc in which Griselbrand gets Helvaulted, freed by Liliana, and used like the Veil-beholden tool that he is.
Posted By:
Salient
(5/14/2013 7:47:28 PM)
This card was in the very first booster pack I ever opened. And, being an inexperienced new player, traded it for Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet. *** you, past me.
Posted By:
Pun-Pun
(5/17/2013 3:53:45 PM)
Pro Turn 1 at a local Vintage Tournament (on the play):
-Bazaar of Baghdad, Lion's Eye Diamond
-Tap Bazaar, Draw 2, Discard Golgari Grave-Troll, Bridge from Below, Dread Return
-Cycle Street Wraith, Dredge Grave Troll, milling Bridge from Below, 2x Narcomoeba, Stinkweed Imp, Cabal Therapy, Griselbrand
-Narcs hit play, sac 1 to cast Therapy, naming Force of Will (therapy whiffs), putting 2 zombies into play from Bridge
-Sac narc and 2 zombies for dread return targeting griselbrand, put 2 zombies into play from bridge
-pitch hand to lion's eye diamond
-Activate griselbrand, dredge (over 7 individual draws) for a total of 34 cards, hitting the remaining 2 narcomoebas and a 3rd bridge.
-Sac 2 narcs and a zombie, dread return laboratory maniac/autocard... (see all)
Posted By:
strider24seven
(7/18/2013 12:49:58 PM)
This is the most powerful demon in the current standard format. If you do play either with or against him remember that despite there being three 7s in his text, his casting cost is actually eight.
I want to make a Shadowborn Apostle deck with a few of this guy, Sign in Blood, and Immortal Servitude.
5/5 for the power and the flavor.
Posted By:
Tamerlein
(7/18/2013 6:56:33 PM)
I traded for one of these guys the day before he was banned in commander, so I'd never gotten a chance to play with him.
After months of him sitting in my binder, I decided to test him out in a deck I was making. And hot damn.
What a BAMF
It's pretty nice always having a full hand, especially whilst beating the hell out of your opponent.
5/5
Posted By:
Raexs
(7/21/2013 10:40:20 PM)
Being legendary keeps it from being broken hurr durr.
Posted By:
Bulhakas
(11/1/2013 8:01:23 AM)
Even Wizards talked about how people complain about this card not costing seven despite having 7s everywhere else. But I fail to see how this could have been solved in a better way.
- Do they make him even more powerful by simply cutting a mana?
- Do they change him to an 8/8 and his ability to Pay 8 life: draw eight cards, ruining the connection to the numerous "draw seven"s in Magic's past and make a ridiculous Lorthos impression?
- Do they deliberately break the pattern by say, making him a eight mana 6/9 that draws seven cards for 7 life?
It seems to me that the printed version is the most elegant by far.
Posted By:
sweetgab
(11/10/2013 10:48:00 AM)