It's just deliciously cruel.
Posted By:
LarsBM
(10/2/2010 2:41:26 PM)
Triple cast it with a level 4+ Echo Mage just for giggles.
Posted By:
Palutena
(7/10/2011 5:01:34 AM)
Haven't played this card in a while. Must do it again. One of the most devastating affects at 7 CMC, and the card advantage potential is insaaaane. 8-for-1 for 7 mana? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING?!?
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(5/7/2011 8:45:43 AM)
I mostly know this card from playing Duel of the Planeswalkers 2013 and its presence in the Nicol Bolas deck. When controlled by AI, this card always seems to come out when you're about to stabilize. If this doesn't raise your suspicions that the AI cheats, I don't know what else will.
Posted By:
Toquinha1977
(11/6/2012 1:23:57 PM)
you know about the worst thing that can happen to you when you play this card? freakin' COMMANDEER!
KABOOM I cast Nuclear Weapons!!!!
Blue jerk: Ok, I steal your Nuclear codes. You told me not to play any counterspells this time.
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/6/2011 11:44:36 PM)
Actually aside from the card draw (blue), every other ability is distinctly black-flavoured (life drain, creature sac, resurrection, discard), and yet the red still fits perfectly -not with any one mechanic, but with the card as a whole. If it was 
it wouldn't have been as cool. Also the card evokes Bolas, so it is flavourful just for that.
I also like all of these ultimatums because I think they appeal to Timmy in an interesting way. It has been said that Timmy doesn't care about mana costs (mana efficiency to be precise), but I think that Timmy would look at these cards, look at the mana first because it is so colour-heavy, and think "ohmygosh, look at all that mana... this must do something WICKED."
Just getting all of the right mana to play these spells can be a fun build-up in itself.
Flavour text rocks too.
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(12/16/2010 4:02:20 PM)
It is Cruel Edict + Three Tragedies + Lava Axe + Raise Dead + Concentrate + Soothing Balm - that all in only one card for seven mana!
Posted By:
Tarmin
(1/2/2009 4:43:57 PM)
Might as well say "Destroy target player". To weather this sort of storm, you need a strong board presence and some way of recouping all the lost cards.
Posted By:
Claov
(11/14/2008 12:43:31 AM)
well, this card has mana cost of UUBBBRR. If you read it, what do you get? ÜBER!!!!
Posted By:
Mightyass
(11/13/2010 1:29:30 AM)
Thank you Chandra Ablaze >:)
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(12/7/2010 1:10:19 AM)