this card could have potential in a black/blue deck with preordain and jace, the mind sculptor
Posted By:
thelittleupsman
(10/4/2010 6:24:36 PM)
Anyone who builds a Suicide Black deck with heavily costed fatties is a moron. Stop with the hypothetical situations, they're not helpful.
I don't want to sound mean or anything, but it's the truth. In decks that are made with this card in mind, it's an amazing card, just like good ol' Bob Confidant was.
Posted By:
kontanshikaku
(10/19/2010 6:01:46 PM)
Hey look its a crappy version of Phyrexian Arena.
Posted By:
dragonking987
(11/11/2010 4:27:04 PM)
Osmodius, if you're running Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and Dark Tutelage in the same deck, you deserve to lose.
Posted By:
Gomorrah
(12/3/2010 7:15:31 PM)
it's an extra card draw w/ a price... much better to use this with life gain capabilities, or a deck with cards full of low cmc.
Posted By:
ReturnToSender
(12/19/2010 6:21:57 AM)
A card begging to be utilized. Not for any old black deck, but for one built to use it effectively. I could definetly see this going far if it is used correctly.
Posted By:
JWalks82
(12/21/2010 7:04:16 PM)
Come on people! Obvious combo with Jace the mind sculptor. Just brainstorm to put a land on top every time. This should be in every u/b deck.
Alternatively, it could be great in a b/r super agro deck. Nothing but one drop goblins, Memnites and kuldotha rebirth. life loss even helps Death's shadow, which is a one drop. If every card is a one or zero drop than it is better than phyrexian arena.
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(1/16/2011 3:24:08 PM)
Sensei's Divining Top
Posted By:
NotACatPerson
(2/4/2011 12:36:27 PM)
Yup, if you build around this properly, you can actually lose less life than you would with the Arena. X spells are always nice. Things like Everflowing Chalice, Chimeric Mass, the Zenith's, Exsanguinate, Etc. I have a deck that runs three, and unless I'm playing against super fast aggro, I don't hesitate to put out more than one. Card drawing is good.
Posted By:
EggShen
(2/15/2011 11:20:25 AM)
It's not hard to build a deck with nothing but low costed black. I have a deck with this and most cards in it are 2 - 3, and i think i have one card that is 6 and thats it.
No thats not true i do have venser's journal. But once you have that out and your hand gets bigger by 2 each turn the loss of life doesn't seem all that bad.
Posted By:
monkeymonk42
(2/17/2011 8:45:23 AM)