@ Tezz: It is the total of life lost this way. So YES. You might want to play this with Honden of Life's Web.
Posted By:
AXER
(7/21/2010 3:41:53 AM)
Have two in hand? Use the first to sac your Dripping-Tongue Zubera, then the second the sac the friends he leaves behind! XP
Or just use Honden of Life's Web (multiple is exponentially effective) to build a lil spirit army, then sac 'em all for the win. You'll need time though..
Posted By:
JWalks82
(12/22/2010 9:01:16 PM)
Seems worth using in the deck I'm making. My deck uses only spirit creatures and also uses Death Denied. Sacking Kokusho to this would be hurt a lot = 9 dmg + 9 life for you. Of course, I'd probably be able to sac two other creatures along with Kokusho, most likely ending the game right there.
Posted By:
RowanKeltizar
(5/30/2011 11:15:36 AM)
This card is my bomb in my Red/Black Spirit Deck.
The idea is to sacrifice all Zuberas with it, as it's part of the cost you sacrifice them when paying for Devouring Greed which puts their effect in first and then Devouring Greed's.
So if you have 4 Ember-Fist Zubera and play Devouring Greed you deal 1*Zuberas*Ember-Fist Zubera damage + Zuberas*2 damage and gain Zuberas*2 life.
Posted By:
Elvoran
(11/4/2011 2:29:03 AM)
T1 - Tortured Soul
T2 - Nether Traitor, Swing for 2
T3 - Swing for 2, Spectral Procession
T4 - Swing for 5, use this for 12
A perfect 20 on T4! All evasive. Works well with Dark Triumph as well. Lingering Souls in the same deck works well.
T3 could instead be lingering souls, T4 be flashback souls, drop Nether Traitor, sac one token to dark triumph, attack for 15 evasive and have a blocker.
Use Death Denied to come back from sweeps and from this card.
Lots of ways to end the game quickly with a spirit aggro deck, even if half the cards are from kamigawa.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/27/2013 10:23:19 AM)
Remember kids cards like this also work with cards with the shapeshifter subtype such as Renegade Doppelganger
**EDIT**
Whoops! Meant changelings, thank you for pointing that out, Condor_96. I stand corrected.
Posted By:
tcollins
(11/1/2013 7:22:14 PM)
In my opinion, one of the very best cards available to any Spirit deck running black. Many spirit decks, especially the ones that can run black (Orzhov spirits anyone?) can generate a healthy number of spirits. But it really does NOT take that many spirits to make this card absurd. Obviously you have to be smart about when to play it, because getting caught with your pants down leaves you with a lot less spirits and a wasted spell. In most cases though, it will prove to be"game-ending" good.
Take this very likely scenario:
T1: Lantern Kami
T2: Wicked Akuba/Bloodghast/Another Lantern Kami and Spiritual VIsit/Beckon Apparition (some combo of those). Swing for 1 with the Lantern.
T3: Lingering Souls. Swing for 3 more damage.
T4: Swing for 5 more damage, play Devouring Greed. Opponent loses anywhere from 10-12 life and you gain that much. That can be the game, right there.
EDIT: Or, look at blurrymadness...Same idea.
Posted By:
surewhynot
(1/4/2014 8:31:47 PM)