I made a zombie deck a long time ago. I used cards like Undead Warchief, Viscera Dragger, Dregscape Zombie, and Grave Digger.
But now... Holy mother of all Zombies.
Suddenly I have a one-drop. This beautiful undead babe that packs more of a punch than I could ask for.
My two-drop, Dregscape Zombie finds itself replaced with a Walking Corpse.
My three drop of course is Cemetery Reaper.
Then turn four, we've got a crossroads. Endless Ranks of the Dead, or Abattoir Ghoul.
Now here's where we've got to make a choice. Play Abattoir Ghoul so that when we drop Endless Ranks of the Dead onto the field, we'll be making a 2-token investment. OR, play Endless Ranks of the Dead so we can get that enchantment working early. That way next turn, we get a zombie AND Abattoir. Besides, if we play Abattoi... (see all)
Posted By:
StreamHopper
(9/27/2011 4:30:56 PM)
The drawback is hardly one considering zombies decks are aggressive, and wouldn't care for blocking when their opponents should be worried about that instead
A very good zombie in any zombie or aggro deck
Posted By:
Paladin85
(10/4/2011 5:00:25 AM)
Why are powerful one drops like this so much better in Black, and in Zombie? Oh, let me count the ways.
You topdeck it late, and no problem. You just pitch it to a Liliana of the Veil, sac it to something, then use it to play a Skaab Ruinator. Black rarely runs out of ways to make creatures useful when in other colors they would've outlived that usefulness.
Black aggro, here we come.
Posted By:
Justice1337
(1/28/2012 2:28:15 PM)
This card's drawback is nearly nonexistent, especially in Innistrad. It's a powerful and cheap early game threat, and if you get it late game, then you've got some nice fodder for a sac, say for Grimgrin, Altar Reap or Demonlord.
Posted By:
rogelio
(5/28/2012 3:16:26 PM)
Not just one of the best zombie one-drops ever, one of the best zombies ever, period. This and Gravecrawler are your turn 1 beatsticks. Well alright, Hunted Ghoul gets some love too.
Posted By:
MechaKraken
(6/25/2012 12:22:19 AM)
Another challenger appears for the title of "Best Black One-Drop in Magic"! Will it be able to beat Will-o'-the-Wisp?
...well, no, but it can take up a comfy second or third place seat near Rimebound Dead.
4.5/5 on stats and abilities alone, but the Zombie tribal puts it over the top. This'll be in Legacy/Vintage Zombie decks for years.
Posted By:
yyukichigai
(9/28/2012 8:15:59 PM)
Why is this rated so low?! After all, most of you are rating cards higher if the cards are getting more powerfull, even when they are a little bit over the curve. Cause I think most people rate so, I don't get it. It should have a equal or higher rating as Isamaru which has a rating of 4.672. In the early game, Diregraf Ghoul's drawback isn't that much drawback, and even later not very to screeching. Basically, his drawback is only slightly worse than that of Isamaru (for being a legendary) and instead of the dog, he has a more relevant creature type!
For me, it's a little bit too strong, a 2/1 would have been fine. But I have to say, in the last time, for me more and more cards per set becomes more and more too powerful...I hold on the previous times where power creep wasn't too nasty for me :S
Posted By:
Hancocky
(11/19/2012 7:13:55 AM)
The only real disadvantage here is that it can't block the first time out. Not even if you control a vampire.
Posted By:
Vedalken_Arbiter
(9/22/2011 3:16:18 PM)
I guess now that white has one mana -5/-5s, black should get a 2/2 for one without much drawback too!
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(9/22/2011 11:41:40 PM)
So it is a 2/2 for one who can't block Raging Goblin... this guy is awesome.
Posted By:
Leonin_Kha_Cameron
(9/22/2011 4:21:55 PM)