EXCELLENT idea, Forgeling...the loss only triggers once, so you don't have to have green mana even if the Platinum Angel dies later. Unfortunately, Platinum Angel, as I just realized while typing this sentence, is colorless, which disagrees with the card.
Qazior
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Platinum Angel ain't meant to be searched with this, just so you dont have to pay that upkeep cost
rubber
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Great for searching a combo that wins the game immediately.
one problum, Platinum angel is 7 mana so even with painters servant to get it you still lose (unless you have 7 lands etc) not that great a combo because all it does is get a card out
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
uh, guys. the point is to already have the platinum angel and use like four of these to get like four different creatures and never pay to search for them.
McThor
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(14 votes)
Actually, the point is to use this while you've got Hive Mind out.
Ninjakraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hive mind: if they dont have 2 green mana, they lose. not to mention its also useless for them if they don't have any green creatures in their deck
Mattmedia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Other than the Hivemind Combo, this card is pretty much eclipsed by Green Sun's Zenith, Still pretty good, although for this card in particular, the whole Instant part does not do much (unless you have 6 mana and want a 2 mana creature next turn???)
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Also a good tutor in flash hulk decks...
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Outside of that painful Hive Mind combo, the pacts are mostly useful for when you're confident you will never have another upkeep. There's one exception, I guess -- a lot of those crazy combo Snowball Elves decks run four Zenith and three Pacts to ensure an early Heritage Druid.
(Heritage Druid usually pays for the Pact next turn by generating the for you, provided you still have a Forest in play for the fourth mana, and provided your other elves haven't been burned.)
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is boss. The ideal would be casting it during your mainphase. Maybe Thrun, the Last Troll, or something that is not going to be killed easy. The "echo" is not that bad in my opinion, much stronger card then Diabolic Tutor, but it depends on your deck // situation.
ApathyVoc
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I feel like everyone is missing a really obvious use for this... Ya know how everyone plays 4 Elvish Spirit Guides in legacy combo decks to get the quick pitch mana to get the combo off? Using this to get ESG is like having 8 of them in your deck (assuming you are ready to go off)
SomeGuy007
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
'Cause I've got friends on the other side...
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
it's almost like natural order, but the drawback isn't sacrificing a creature, it's paying the casting cost during your upkeep or losing. and it's an instant instead of a sorcery for the price of putting the creature into your hand instead of onto the battlefield.
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(Heritage Druid usually pays for the Pact next turn by generating the
Ya know how everyone plays 4 Elvish Spirit Guides in legacy combo decks to get the quick pitch mana to get the combo off? Using this to get ESG is like having 8 of them in your deck (assuming you are ready to go off)
courtesy links:
Intervention Pact
Slaughter Pact
Pact of Negation
Pact of the Titan