I guess you could combo it with Personal Sanctuary. But then you still have to wait a bunch of turns to kill a big creature. It's too slow.
Posted By:
aymanyayman
(2/1/2012 8:12:30 AM)
Best I can think to do with this card is...
Personal Sanctuary + Pithing Needle + Donate
Posted By:
Eluem
(7/9/2012 3:47:11 PM)
Ack. Here's my redone version:
Wracking Torture 1RR
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a charge counter on Wracking Torture, than it does 1 damage to you for each charge counter on it.
Sacrifice Wracking Torture: Wracking Torture deals 1 damage to target player and each creature they control equal to the number of charge counters on Wracking Torture.
Still not even that good, but much better than this card... >_>
Posted By:
Lord_Ascapelion
(12/6/2012 10:43:13 AM)
You can still activate the ability even if there are no valid targets, it just fizzles.
Posted By:
Majinkajisan
(4/3/2013 10:39:55 PM)
Okay, the IDEA of this card is actually awesome. Something that you save up counters on, but that you pay for saving up too many at a time, and have to weigh the cost of saving for a big blowout vs. keeping it as empty as possible... just that base concept is cool. Now, if only there were a version that was... I dunno... marginally useful?
Posted By:
Kindulas
(5/23/2013 3:07:50 AM)
Remember, pinging is good in limited. All their 1 toughness guys they ever play are now useless, and your burn spells can now kill creatures that are 1 bigger than they could before, and their guys need 1 more toughness than normal to survive combat. On top of that, this card can also deal with 2+ toughness guys (repeatedly!) if you can wait a turn or two and pay 1 or 3 life. The result is a lot of value from a card that can be played in literally any limited deck.
Posted By:
metalevolence
(7/4/2013 11:30:30 PM)
Why does it deal damage to the owner of the Torture Chamber? Is he wracked with conscience seizures at the end of each turn, or something? I highly doubt that someone who was willing to use a Torture Chamber in the first place would be susceptible to that.
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(7/13/2013 5:07:02 AM)
This is underrated as of 5/13/2014. If you took away the pain counter mechanic, and it just said, "Torture Chamber enters the battlefield tapped. (1),(T): Torture Chamber deals 1 damage to target creature," it would be a solid 3, at least. Cut a point for it maybe hurting you, add half a point for the ability to turn this pain into gain... 2.5.
Posted By:
Mainstay
(5/14/2014 9:58:43 AM)