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This needs to have a DeviantArt Proxy where it's Batman's shadow and Nicol Bolas cowering in the corner....0.0
Same flavor text.
Ya'know, just to overemphasize the overkill...xD
Posted By: DarthParallax (9/1/2011 2:56:46 PM)
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Oh man, Batman would be so awesome on this card. Have Bolas, Urza, Yawgmoth and...Karn hugging each other in a corner, terrified, while the Caped Crusader's shadow is over them.
Posted By: NeoKoda (9/18/2011 11:39:18 AM)
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You could have Batman φissing himself in a corner with a great looming shadow of the Child Catcher from Chitty-chitty-bang-bang.
Posted By: Kryptnyt (12/7/2011 1:35:57 AM)
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EDH:

Friend: "I'll play Knowledge Exploitation. Hey, look! Cruel Ultimatum!"
Me: "Okay... I'll discard Chancellor of the Spires, Crosis, the Purger, and something else."
Friend: "Your turn."
Me: "Animate Dead my Chancellor, playing your Knowledge Exploitation, playing your Time Stretch. Then Reanimate Crosis."
Friend: "You're going to win, aren't you?"

Lesson: Discard isn't that useful against a reanimate deck.
Posted By: CaptainNinJoe (4/3/2012 7:19:13 AM)
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The definition of efficiency.
An eight-card swing for seven mana is already excellent, and the life swing is just icing on top.
It's:
Cruel Edict 1{B}
Three Tragedies 3{B}{B}
Rhystic Syphon 3{B}{B}
Concentrate 2{U}{U}
Disentomb {B}
Not really sure how the red gets in there, but it's {U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R} on one card for the equivalent of five cards and a cost of 9{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{U}{U}. I like that.
Posted By: TokenAZN (7/5/2012 8:47:45 AM)
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@rancidraptor: Someone needs to play magic a bit more if they think gaining 5 life when the game is about to end is going to help much. Someone needs to play magic a bit more if they think a lava axe for 7 mana is worth it.
Someone needs to play magic a bit more if they think drawing three cards will save them if they've already tapped out to use this and are about to die. And no, this isn't helpful in any format except casual. Someone has obviously never played a tournament in their life and has no idea what it involves. Card advantage is awesome but not when it consumes all your mana and you're left with nothing till next turn.

@Stig: Yeah but you wouldn't be able to use the damnation till next turn and by the time you get to this amount of mana, you'll die too fast to use it or you won't need it.

@iharbinger: I've had it played on me and still won because I had a powerful enough board presence. Plus it was a dead card in my opponent's hand for the first 15 mi... (see all)
Posted By: Lifegainwithbite (4/2/2013 5:15:25 AM)
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10 point life swing and up to a 7 card swing (-4 to opponent, +3 to you after you consider the ultimatum being spent). Not hard to see why it's so devastating.
Posted By: JaxsonBateman (3/8/2012 11:23:43 PM)
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This cycle must be an homage to the elder dragon cycle: the UBR one is, well, uber, and the rest are shite.
Posted By: adrian.malacoda (4/8/2012 7:36:27 PM)
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If a demon is cowering, it has to be Bolas
Posted By: Xineombine (9/27/2012 8:37:26 AM)
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Life total difference of 10, card advantage difference of 6, and creature difference of 2. Trust UBR colors to make an über card. 5/5, best Ultimatum in my opinion...
Posted By: j_mindfingerpainter (11/7/2012 4:14:15 PM)
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