Pointed Discussion

Such an amazingly creative mechanic, yet such a bad damage/cost relation.
Wish this would at least inhibit regeneration such as Incinerate, or deal a greater amount of damage.
I guess this would have found a bunch of play with these stats and a mana cost of .
Along with artwork and flavor text, Vorthos is like "Hell yes" - but Spike just thinks "Hell no".

So cool...AMAZING FLAVOR...but I agree with everyone else. {3}{R} would have been better for me, cuz its {R} for the lightning and {2} Drudge Skeleton and another {1} for the skeleton at instant speed.

However as it is now your paying {2} for the instant speed, which is fair...whic means the card as a mechanic isnt amazing.

Still really cool card...possibly goin in an EDH deck for that reason alone.

So all Magic creatures are so potently magical that even their skeletons can fight?

Combo Lightning Bolt and Drudge Skeletons that works at instant speed? Wow.

3.5/5

Overpricey; Compare to Lightning bolt, with this yoou get a {4} mana Drudge Skeletons, which is a bad deal.

Not terrible, wouldn't mind using it, but I can't fit this in any deck.

At five mana, this card isn't anywhere near playable. would have worked much better; would have been top-notch, but I doubt Wizards would want to print it that cheaply, since you would then get Strafe (or similar) plus a Drudge Skeletons for one fewer cards, and at instant speed no less.

Originally this card was supposed to cost . Why they changed it I have no clue. But I use it in my Archenemy deck anyway cause it is one of the coolest cards I've ever seen.

i guess you could say its a mixture of lightning bolt, dredge skeleton and flash, for lightning bolt, for dredge skeleton and for flash i guess, which would make this a red blue black card whose mana cost would otherwise be eh i dunno wild guess there

Don't think of it as an overpriced incinerate with a free Drudge Skeletons. Think of it as a tiny overpriced regenerating Flametongue Kavu with flash in {BR}.

Or a red Mind Control.

THE FLAVOR! IT'S GETTING IN MY EYES!
I like how you can skeletonize some gigantic dragon (with other damage sources) and still get a measly 1/1 skeleton for your efforts.

I don't quite understand the flavor here. I mean, I know what they were going for, but I just don't see the relation between a normal looking burn spell requiring only colored mana to cast and, not only reanimating the dead creature's corpse, but mind controlling it as well. Necromancery has nothing to do with . I think the mana cost should've included . This would've made more sense flavorwise and could've been used to reduse the overall cost by because of the more specific mana reqirements to cast, increasing playability. You'd only use it in a deck that utilized both and mana anyway.

I only got to play this one on the original DotP in Nicol Bolas' deck. It was really enjoyable when used successfully, though. It has such a unique and creative affect that it's a shame to see this lose usage because of simplistic overcosting. It is supposed to be uncommon after all.

A cost of would've been more appropriate in my opinion.

5 mana to kill a creature and get a drudge skeleton.
Volcanic Hammer + Drudge Skeleton + for instant speed.

Okay I tried, its overcosted.

Possibly one of the coolest cards ever.
Would love to see a slightly better version.
Hell, I'd settle for a reprint in draft ANY DAY.

Hmm yes yes, math out the mana cost. Until you realize that that number is entirely up to the developers and they could make it whatever number they wanted.

2spooky4me

Like everyone (lol) has pointed out so far, 5cmc is just too much for the effect, otherwise... this card is cool as hell.
They could have gotten away with {2}{B}{R}, but I guess they needed more monocolor-playable spells or something.