I would always play Desecration Demon over this. They both have the same CMC and p/t but DD has flying. They both will make the opponent lose a creature if the opponent wants them to (block alms, tap demon). The difference is though with Alms they will gain life, with Desecration Demon you get a stronger creature.
Posted By:
Moxxy
(2/8/2013 6:36:47 AM)
Orzohv strategies with this can be fun. If it dies with Dying Wish on it, and the second ability of Vizkopa Guildmage active is a potent swing of life totals, if it died because you targeted yourself with Devour Flesh, that's usually a win condition.
Posted By:
Twylyght
(2/13/2013 9:12:49 AM)
Make the choice harder on your opponent with an Infiltration Lens. They gain life and you draw two cards or they take 6. Watch them squirm.
Posted By:
HunkeyMunky
(2/14/2013 8:43:26 PM)
A W/B/R deck with this and Havoc Festival might be interesting.
Posted By:
Demento_Recraves
(2/22/2013 12:27:17 PM)
Absolute. HOUSE. In sealed/draft. Slap him on the table turn 4, they're literally not going to have anything big enough to survive combat with it. And the best part is, they just keep blocking it and losing guys because "Hey, at least I'm gaining life."
WRONG. What happens when you play ALL of your dudes and you block Alms Beast with ALL of them? All of a sudden, you're getting punched in the face with 6 damage. Plus other creatures. Plus Cipher, because that's playable in sealed too.
Anyways, it's no Abyssal Persecutor, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him in some Esper control deck at a local FNM or two.
Posted By:
conmandude
(5/18/2013 4:30:40 PM)
Swords to Plowshares on a stick? Never thought I'd see the day.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(5/26/2013 4:08:42 PM)
Even vanilla this card is really effective at what it does, and make no mistake about it, this card is there to clear the board. Defenders want to keep him alive but also keep him from hitting them and on turn four it's pretty much standard that this guy will be slowing down offensive decks, which is exactly what W/B wants in Standard right now anyway.
Posted By:
karek
(6/4/2013 7:29:15 PM)
@TPmanW
lol that's a funny way to look at it.
This card is okay. I think the only real reason no one like it is because of desecration demon which can be played in even less colours, and it's overall better (the chumps feed the demon instead of their controllers, and it has flying).
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/7/2013 2:16:53 PM)
Block stuff then donate Transcendence? :D
Posted By:
001010011100101110
(6/15/2013 10:28:31 PM)
G...Gr.... Grollub?
Posted By:
Ferlord
(7/3/2013 7:44:34 PM)