I wonder why this card has such a low rating. It's like a reverse lure. Granted, you can't play it on a creature with a tap ability since your opponent is probably smart enough to tap it before combat phase.
DoctorKenneth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Well, it has a low rating for a couple of reasons:
1: What, exactly, do you want to play this on? It's useless against anything big. That's going to want to attack anyway. And pairing it up with a deathtouch creature seems like a big hoop for some removal- and at two cards, it's inefficient removal. So, you'd put it on a little guy, then, and watch him splatter over your bruisers? Problem is, most little guys worth the removal are annoying utility creatures who can tap or activate anyway. Even if they don't have tap abilities, usually they have some activated or triggered that they can get off before they run to their death, which is more than you can say for most removal spells. After all, this gives the offending creature quite a bit of time to live. It may not even actually kill them.
2. You don't want to draw into this in a losing situation. Even Shock might be welcome in a top-deck, behind by 19 sort of senario, if you can use that two damage to your advantage. Since this has a minimal, delayed effect, it's useless if you're in a jam, unlike a number of other, similarly costed spells.
3. It's a very conditional removal. You have to have creatures. They have to be bigger than your opponents. The creature has to, generally, be devoid of tapping abilities or defender. It has to be something you CAN block. Etcetera, etcetera. No, at this cost, you might as well just play burn.
This is not reverse Lure. Lure's....lure was that it could potentially two-for-a-bunch a lot of creatures.
Of course, it's nice to see red do something other than "Here's some damage". Though I guess damage will always overshadow oddball effects like this. Poor little underdog.
This is clearly made for limited. And that is where it shines; creature removal at common level.
Tezz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
let a good creature of your opponent that wouldnt attack you but is there just for its ability attack you so you can kill it. not bad huh? deserves a higher rating...
Devel31
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Erm hello? Nettling Curse or anything else that penalizes a player for attacking, combine with either a 0 power monster(with no tap ability) or feebleness, and your opponent hurts themselves every turn for nothing.
Johnald
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
contaminated bond likes this card. :3
car2n
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Combos well with Disco, Pac-Man, Cat-Scratch, Boogie-Woogie, and Scarlet-Rubella fevers.
MasterOfEtherium
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(5 votes)
@ DoctorKenneth Extremely Well Put
Test-Subject_217601
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This reminds me of a song... oh yeah:
Catscratch Fever!
This card deserves a higher rating. If your opponent is sitting pretty with Soul's Attendant or Essence Warden and is pumping out tokens, toss this a few of these out and save your better removals for larger threats.
SirMalkin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got a fever, and the only per***ion...IS THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES!
Comments (14)
1: What, exactly, do you want to play this on? It's useless against anything big. That's going to want to attack anyway. And pairing it up with a deathtouch creature seems like a big hoop for some removal- and at two cards, it's inefficient removal. So, you'd put it on a little guy, then, and watch him splatter over your bruisers? Problem is, most little guys worth the removal are annoying utility creatures who can tap or activate anyway. Even if they don't have tap abilities, usually they have some activated or triggered that they can get off before they run to their death, which is more than you can say for most removal spells. After all, this gives the offending creature quite a bit of time to live. It may not even actually kill them.
2. You don't want to draw into this in a losing situation. Even Shock might be welcome in a top-deck, behind by 19 sort of senario, if you can use that two damage to your advantage. Since this has a minimal, delayed effect, it's useless if you're in a jam, unlike a number of other, similarly costed spells.
3. It's a very conditional removal. You have to have creatures. They have to be bigger than your opponents. The creature has to, generally, be devoid of tapping abilities or defender. It has to be something you CAN block. Etcetera, etcetera. No, at this cost, you might as well just play burn.
This is not reverse Lure. Lure's....lure was that it could potentially two-for-a-bunch a lot of creatures.
Of course, it's nice to see red do something other than "Here's some damage". Though I guess damage will always overshadow oddball effects like this. Poor little underdog.
And that is where it shines; creature removal at common level.
Catscratch Fever!
This card needs one.