They brought back Lord of the Pit. Wow. He's not quite the fearsome beast he was back in the day, and he's still a very dangerous card to use, but he's still a terror to behold, and just seeing him come back with badass new art is very satisfying.
John-Bender
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Eh. I like the old art better but it still good.
pigknight
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(12 votes)
7/7 for 7 in black? 3 stars.
7/7 for 7 with trample in black? 4 stars.
7/7 for 7 with trample and flying? Pricelss.
blurrymadness
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
@Treima There's nothing wrong with Lord of the Pit really. Frample is good, he hits hard each turn he's out, and the most he's out is 2 turns. I routinely win off of turn 2ish Lord/Leige of the pits in black ramping demon decks. In reanimation he's another demon with trample, of which there aren't a lot of.
4/5
MasterOfEtherium
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
LORD OF THA PIT..........Wu Tang. Awesome card glad he stuck around
Anathame
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(7 votes)
(THIS CREATURE CANT B BLOKAD 3XC3PT BY CREATURAS WIT FLYNG OR RAACH!!1!!111! OMG WTF LOL IF THES CREATUR3 WUD DEAL ENOUGH COMBAT DMAEG 2 ITS BLOK3RS 2 DESTROY THEM U MAY HAEV IT DAAL DA REST OF ITS DMAEG 2 DEFENDNG PLAEYR)!111!!!11 OMG LOL
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The foil version didn't get any flavor text in Tenth but they definitely made up for this in the Divine Vs. Demonic version.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Urrrrrghh. So much reminder text. I'd think that by 10th Edition, most players would know how flying and trample work.
This is the card that made me want to start playing this game. First, I just love saying "Lord of the Pit." Then there's the artwork... nothing like it, man (on the ORIGINAL, that is). As far as the suicide aspect, dying to this thing because I wasn't able to control it was so flavorful that it was almost ok. I mean, I started playing D&D/AD&D back in 81, so I got that if you summoned a demon and screwed around with it, you'd die. No cacodemon spells here. And when I didn't die, but used my summoned fiend to crush my opponent? All was right with the world.
This card isn't about what is better and what is worse. This card is about, well, this card. And it has to be a 5/5, because this is Magic, and it's a Lord of the Pit.
Radagast
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's funny and sad that the Pit Lord is still technically properly costed, but there have just been so many other cards that play out better (even if they are a bit smaller) that he'll never see play these days. I *want* to use this guy and kick some tail with him, but it is often not worth it.
Doomgape also sort of flat-out clobbered the Pit Lord in any deck that can use Black or Green. Though, if you have no creatures left and need to attack at any cost, the Pit Lord still wins vs. eating itself.
Red-White
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Strictly worse than Storm Crow and it's re- ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY LORD EGOIST
Much better flavor than Lord of the Void, but not as playable. Even back in the day he was disappointing from a competitive standpoint. It's hard to marry excellent flavor with excellent mechanics.
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7/7 for 7 with trample in black? 4 stars.
7/7 for 7 with trample and flying? Pricelss.
There's nothing wrong with Lord of the Pit really. Frample is good, he hits hard each turn he's out, and the most he's out is 2 turns. I routinely win off of turn 2ish Lord/Leige of the pits in black ramping demon decks. In reanimation he's another demon with trample, of which there aren't a lot of.
4/5
This card isn't about what is better and what is worse. This card is about, well, this card. And it has to be a 5/5, because this is Magic, and it's a Lord of the Pit.
Doomgape also sort of flat-out clobbered the Pit Lord in any deck that can use Black or Green. Though, if you have no creatures left and need to attack at any cost, the Pit Lord still wins vs. eating itself.
Such a great cudgel to build decks around.