They got the colors wrong on this one - one healing vampire doesn't justify this forced strange color combo - but still - there is always potential in disadvantage.
ZEvilMustache
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is a ton of fun... in that it encourages you to play cards you really shouldn't. Lot's of drain life effects and lifelink. It might cost a bit too much, but I think it is a real success.
SavageBrain89
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
An awkward enchantment, but it has tremendous combo potential. One primary example (especially in a deck with access to life gain and loss) would be Tainted Sigil.
Swiftgamer18
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Better than most of the enchantments in the set. It is really nice when you think about creatures with lifelink doing double the damage with this out.
I very much agree with the Lulz comment. This is just silly with my life-gain decks. The Orzhov clan will do very well in the casual circuits with this enchantment!
Antinormal
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
So when a vampire is healing, someone else is bleeding. Awesome concept. Guess vampire planeswalkers will be more powerful now with this card in their libraries.
Grimn777
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This card can be good in the right circumstances. For one, it makes basic lifegain spells that much more viable. You tend to think a lot differently of angel's mercy when it becomes burn 7 gain 7 for 4 rather than just lifegain. Best w/b combos with this card - necromancer's covenant, tainted sigil, tendrils of corruption, deathgreeter, soul warden. however, fairly high cost, and very situational. Needless to say, by itself, or as a topdeck, this card fails completely. 4/5
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This would be good with Soul Link. This card isn't as much for a black deck than a black/white lifedrain deck.
Teakon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run 4 in my monoblack deck. A lot of black cards such as Tendrils of Corruption, Consume Spirit and Child of Night makes this enchanment a must have.
cermet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This gives a nice win condition to proclamartyr. Also can be fun with a mycoid sheperd and mirrorweave combo.
B1indFremen
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I keep misreading the name as "Sanguine Blood," but then I realize that is redundant!
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
This card will most likely find its best use in W/B decks, or maybe even B/G decks. But Johnny will definitely also be happy about the new use for his Illusions of Grandeur.
SoulProxy
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(9 votes)
Here`s how I do it with b/w/b deck... and why I gave it 5/5 Combo1 Setup : Sanguine Bond and Tainted Sigil on field. Play: Bond of Agony What happens: I usually play bond of agony when I see that someone has low life, Lets say I pay 10 life and I have 6 opponents, so thats 70 life lost in total, Now we use tainted sigil, and gain 70 life, and now we use the Sanguine bond to screw somebody with 70 life loss. Sweet, ain't it?
Combo2 Setup: One unblockable life link creature with toughness atleast 5 on field. Play: Play Magister Sphinx, Attack the the player targeted by Magister Sphinx ability. What happens: It`s a 1 hit kill ;). Magister Sphinx comes in play, your targeted oponent total life becomes 10, you attack with the unblockable lifelink creature, gain 5 life, deal the last 5 damage with Sanguine Bond to that player. This is how I crack the guys with insanely high life amount.
Combo3: Setup: Souls of the Faultless on field. Play: Wait till oponent attacks with combat damage that is at least 1/2 of it`s own life.Play Simulacrum. What happens: You don`t block it. Let it hit you. Play Simulacrum, it rewinds all the received damage and redirects it to one of your creatures, which in this case is Souls of the Faultless. And now the fun starts, he looses life equal to damage he done attacked, you gain that much life (SotF ability) and now you do the rest of the damage with Sanguine Bond.
Combo4 Setup: Sanguine Bond and Tainted Sigil on field. Play: Stronghold Discipline What happens: This works extremely well against elf or wolf decks. As loosing 60 life for 60 saprolings/elves or wolves isn`t enough you gain alot of life thnx to tainted sigil, then punish somebody with the amount of total life lost by all players :)
Summary: + : Some good 1 hit kill strategies become possible. Great addition to life-link decks. - : To unleash it`s full potential a long preparation is required. High manacost.
I hope this will be helpfull and inspiration to some new strategies.
Shiduba
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card has an excellent combo potential, lifelink or life-absorbing cards plus this equals win. It may be a bit costy but still great.
It's a combo card. If it was cheaper, it would be a lot better.
Gezus82
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is the staple of any black/white deck. puts the game in standstill from fear of souls of the faultless,
my favorite use of this card was in a multi game and we just got it down to 2 people and i dropped this on the turn before my heroes remembered popped, GAME OVER.
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Why does everyone have such long complicated strategies with this one? There are three really really easy ways to make this enchantment work for you.
Strategy 1:
Celestial mantle + sanguine bond. Any time your enchanted creature deals damage to opponent in combat you double your life points, even if this only happens once and your life points are say.. 15.. you deal 15 damage instantly, and if your using a 5 damage creature with lifelink, you just won the game instantly in one attack.
Strategy 2 as mentioned by another poster:
Blood tribute + sanguine bond. Drains half opponents life, healing your life total, then sanguine bond does the rest of that damage from the life gain, also instant win.
Strategy 3:
lots of mana + scourge of the nobilis and a red/white creature + soul's fire + sanguine bond. Have soul's fire used by your lifelink creature, use whatever mana you have to boost its power before you use it, and do an instant 10 - 15 damage, which is doubled by sanguine bond when you gain the life from lifelink, and instant win.
So, theres 3 really simple ways to use it that require no more than 3 cards and you don't have to work in odd ones you wouldn't really use anywhere else. For simplicity sake, sorin markovs ability would also cause an extra 2 damage each turn for those mono black decks.
Godaime
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wish I had this card, I was doing 2 v 1 and I had insane life gain via filigree angel and master transmuter comboing ( at the high moment I had 3 master transmuters doing their thing for 99 life gain a turn), and I ended up with 765 life, but then I lost to a phage the untouchable. >.< and the two people I were playing were down to 6 life.
BDragon123
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Would be epic if Dark Ritual was still around. As is, the high cost prevents this from being rare-worthy. I'd say it should be at uncommon, if not common.
Dark_Raider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Jonny <3 this.
AbyssalManZero
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
O_O Ooops lol...
Didn't notice the combo pre-mentioned..
"Posted By: Marijan (9/10/2009 5:03:03 AM)"
alphascythe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
nice souls of the faultless combo with boon of reflection and maybe even lifelink enchanted that's a lot of pain from theyre own creature
I have a question if I was to have 2 sanguine bonds out on the battlefield the effect would happen twice right once for each sanguine bond
CrimsonFury82
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@bulvaryin that is correct. The ability would trigger once for each Sanguine Bond you have on the battlefield whenever you gain life.
Ritius
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Don't forget ye olde Fastbond, Zuran Orb, Crucible of Worlds combo with this, since those three, a Sanguine Bond, and a forest, swamp and one other land is a turn two win, first if you go second with a land draw. But that's for player to whom "restricted" means nothing and whose pockets run deep.
U-caster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can you say Celestial mantle?
hansede
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like the idea of running four of these in a deck with four of Sun Droplet. It might not be the most effective way to kill someone, but you can have fun watching them squirm every time you pull out another Droplet. They won't attack you again until they break the combo or have enough power to finish you in one blow.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is one insanely broken enchantment. Really.
Ninjadin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does this card's ability stack if i have more than one on the field?
Gaussgoat
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This and Boon Reflection are insane together. Black/white could pull out a ridiculous amount of damage very quickly. Drain Life is another one, and combos with spirit link are obvious. Whew!
There are a ton of combos that can be played in black/green as well.
I can't believe this card hasn't existed before. So elegant, so much potential. It can function admirably merely with some lifelink creatures, or as a part of more exotic combos. So many different types of players can derive fun from this!
UraniumMan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ok just to make sure this works.
Open the vaults-get out Filigree Angel and Sanguine Bond, my opponent would be taking damage correct? since with Open the vaults resolves everything at once?
Beekhead
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have one of these in my mono-black vampire deck. I love it. It works so well with the vampire game mechanic of your opponent losing life, and you gaining life. Not to mention, the artwork is just so cool.
I give it a 4.5
CrazyLou
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I need this card so badly for my mono-black deck. Corrupts will do double the damage, and Tendrils of Corruptions will actually hurt my opponent. Needless to say, I'd throw in some lifelinkers with my regenerators.
NuclearMECCA
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@SoulProxy
The Tainted Sigil combo wouldn't work as the sigil would just be one count of life gain, so only one opponent could be dealt 70 damage.
I used it in vampire, and that was okay. Then I made a Necropotence deck and of course I will have more than one Ivory Tower on the field. Have a Sanguine Bond, and each Ivory Tower will have it's own count of life gain. Ten damage to two, three opponents each upkeep. Completely feels like being in control of a death ray like in the old superman cartoons.
Aun
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
... and now I'm gonna double my lifepoints! Oh, and you lose btw, haha!
Anggul
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This + Blood Tribute = instant win.
Enchantment_Removal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
OH, cool, awesome, hot, nice. I was thinking for several weeks now and I actually think that this card works with anything that gains you life.
Just think if you had like FOUR of these enchantments out- with four Doubling Seasons. OMG, y'all. Why, you would gain so much life if you were to say, play a Fracturing Gust. I can't believe no one else has mentioned this cool combo yet...................................................................................... .................................................................................................................. ................. ................................................................................................. ........................................... ..................................................................................... .................................. .............................................................................................. ............................................................... ............................................................ .................................................. ............................................................. ............................................................................... ................ ....................... ................................................................................... .......................................... *cough
... and then you could play a Reborn Hope to return your Fracturing Gust to your hand to deal with the next idiot that plays with those stupid aforementioned cards.
like most enchantments these days, it provides a global effect that, unless paired with consequent spells or abilities, is useless.
it is quite shaky at the fringe-of-typeII-playable mana cost of 5. and in today's removal heavy standard, it mightn't have a place. (maelstrom pulse, quasali pridemage, negate)
i like to think of it this way, if i cast it and have a vamp, i'm in a great position to bluff. do i have blood tribute or not, they ask. they can't take the risk, and so must do something about it. a bluffing opportunity to me, screams potential for a magic player's true talent to shine.
also, for all those saying it's too expensive, one mana less and everyone would be complaining about how broken it is. keep things in retrospect please.
AXER
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run 3 of these with 2 of Boon Reflection in my {(W/B)} deck and the loss of life adds up insanely.
If only there was a card to protect this from enchantment removal spells. (but counterspells are even worse. Oh, and what I totally hate is that cards like Mirror Sheen apparently can copy this card's effect...)
NecroticNobody
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I need two more for my Black-White defender deck, which has four Perimeter Captains, four Souls of the Faultless and four Tainted Sigil, the Fog-effect if I take damage, along with a Felidar Sovriegn for a back-up win condition.
rctoons
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great combo with hatred on your creature, pay almost all your life then swords to plowshares on your creature. now your opponent loses what you spent on hatred plus your creature's original power!
ChampionofSquee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@SoulProxy: 2 things, in your magister sphinx combo i think you mean power not toughness and your SotF combo doesn't work. The Souls only work with combat damage, and simulacrum is not combat damage. It would work, however with stuffy doll, just the bond would make them lose life= to the damage dealt to you and then stuffy doll would hit them for the same amount.
instauraresacra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Drop True Conviction the turn after. That's a lot of damage.
Artscrafter
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(27 votes)
Solid card, but it suffers from the Doubling Season effect. Hey guys, I thought of a great "combo" with this! It's called every card in the game that makes you gain life.
MarlinFlake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Great card, but the flavor text is just dumb zero-sum game nonsense. I mean, take a basic economics class. Jeez!
beatmick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have four of these in a BW life gain deck, and four Tainted Sigil's, where every creature has the lifelink ability. Blood Tribute is the cream of the crop when combined with this card, just tap your Vampire Nighthawk when casting Blood Tribute for the instant win.
tantallum99
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
this card has quite a narrow scope: it is killer in a dedicated deck, but it is not versatile. still, fun to play in a b/w lifegain deck.
Dreampanda
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
My friends best deck has 3 boon reflections and 3 sanguine bonds.
It's based around lifelink.
We don't play him much.
TheLionsMane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Bloodchief's Ascension. Need I say more?
Nismo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run this card in my black and green elf deck. Its lethal when paired with Nissa Revane.
ErikLauer
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(14 votes)
Erik's Random card 6/24/2011 This card was not in the design hand off. Instead, design put in Oversold Cemetery.
However Alara block had a lot of cycling creatures, and our FFL was soon based around Oversold Cemetery generating +1 card per turn, with various disruptive effects. The FFL'rs asked for this to be replaced, so I made it a hole. That means that this card does not exist, and we will be back with another card soon.
I sent out a batch of "hole submission requests" with lose de***ions such as "a rare black non-creature card." I tend to send out about 5 or so in a batch. If there are too many, people look at the long request and often send nothing.
Later we had a meeting to look at each of the holes, the submissions, the rest of the file, and figure what should go in. Typically our printout of the file is in WUBRG order, so I like to put the submission in the same order. When we got to the "rare black non-creature card" hole, Matt Place started reading his copy of the submissions and asked if we really needed to go through the full process. This card is awesome, and was a unanimous to pick. So while everyone read all the submissions, there wasn't much to debate.
A big feature of M10 was changing the nature of Vampires. Before M10, Vampires were mostly the single powerful monsters, and sets tended to have 1 or 2 of them. M10 was changing it so Vampires could be a tribe. This card was an awesome fit, and I put "Curse of the Vampire" into the set.
Creative made a more fitting name; they also made awesome flavor text, almost like a conservation of blood.
oblivion0110
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This + Corrupt? Anyone?
Tsubachi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sanguine Bond + Pain Magnification + Sangromancer + any discard card = 3 life for each card in there hand and a hand emptying combo.
TherealphatMatt
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
I know, the sets don't match up/playability/standard/extended/blah-blah-blah, but for the sake of hilarity, follow me here...
i run a black white deck, based around stopping whatever my opponent is doing and bleeding them to death. pillory of the sleepless pacifism arrest oblivion ring cards like that to slow them down, then things like agent of masks, blind hunter, and the aforementioned pillory to bleed them. sanguine makes nearly every card in the deck so much better. faith's fetters becomes an arrest on steroids, plus an 8 point life swing, for 4 CMC, and souls of the faultless means you lose double your attacker's power.
while it requires a bit more of a specific build than most cards, it is damn good.
4.5/4
Since1986
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Yea its good and all it just costs a lot. I can see essence warden and blood seeker going well with this theme.
Theres a running joke at the game store i got to. It goes; "..yea but its not as good as Sanguine Bonds" Its funny because the worst player in the store is constantly comparing how good sanguine bond is to every card. lulz. Its an alright rare but nothing to write home about. Every time someone is amazed at how awesome a new found card is i always hear someone chime in from the back, "Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds."
"Time Walk? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds." "Wrath of God? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds." "Black Lotus? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds." ~ Retard
Me too! This is a pet card of mine, I've tried it in multiple builds and the only one it's stayed in is Nissa's elf deck, while I'm also experimenting with Soul Sisters at the moment...Tokens galore!
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I used this in a White-Black deck. Dropped Angel's Mercy. Awesome Results.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This thing plus Tainted Sigil and a lifelinker = owned.
Let's say you swing with your 6/6 flying lifelink Serra Ascendant (as if that card is not broken on its own):
Ascendant swings for 6. You gain 6 life, Tainted Bond kicks in, opponent loses 6 life (that's 12 lost already).
Rock the Tainted Sigil, you gain 12 life, Bond kicks in, opponent takes 12 damage.
Result: ouch.
MithosFall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow, and there's a card coming out in Avacyn Restored that's text is: "Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life."
Obvious combo.
PinkleDadandy
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(8 votes)
Holy shit In avacyn restored theres an enchantment that costs 4 and one black mana And it says whenever an opponent loses life you gain that much life.. WTF WIZARDS Geist flame for game?
Mouthsmasher
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can't wait to build a deck with this and Exquisite blood from Avacyn Restored!
ziggefranz
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
if you're using this card, you really need to USE this card.
four-player game, I'm using my monoblack Vamp deck, and I'd been pretty quiet all game. little spot removal on creatures coming after me, but nothing big. I almost have to sneak up on people with this deck.
turn 5 is where it got hilarious. drop Gauntlet of Power, chose black. next turn, Wound Reflection and Sanguine hit the board. next turn, Diabolic Tutor for the second Sanguine and dropped it.
turn 7? that's when Blood Tribute gets used. Blood Tribute hits first opponent - he's at just over 30 life. He loses 16, I gain it. I then redirect 16 damage to each other opponent - once for each Sanguine. all opponents then take another 16 damage from Wound Reflection. 'gg nubz lol'
Incredibly powerful card, when you think about how much easier it is to gain life than force opponents to lose it. Lifegain is (generally) cheap and hard to counter, so this can quickly turn into a win condition.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Has some nice combos to it, but also can be decent in a deck packed full of lifelink creatures and drain spells.
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run it in a deck with Sun droplet and it's a HOUSE.
Comments (86)
But Johnny will definitely also be happy about the new use for his Illusions of Grandeur.
Combo1
Setup :
Sanguine Bond and Tainted Sigil on field.
Play:
Bond of Agony
What happens:
I usually play bond of agony when I see that someone has low life, Lets say I pay 10 life and I have 6 opponents, so thats 70 life lost in total, Now we use tainted sigil, and gain 70 life, and now we use the Sanguine bond to screw somebody with 70 life loss. Sweet, ain't it?
Combo2
Setup:
One unblockable life link creature with toughness atleast 5 on field.
Play:
Play Magister Sphinx, Attack the the player targeted by Magister Sphinx ability.
What happens:
It`s a 1 hit kill ;). Magister Sphinx comes in play, your targeted oponent total life becomes 10, you attack with the unblockable lifelink creature, gain 5 life, deal the last 5 damage with Sanguine Bond to that player. This is how I crack the guys with insanely high life amount.
Combo3:
Setup:
Souls of the Faultless on field.
Play:
Wait till oponent attacks with combat damage that is at least 1/2 of it`s own life.Play Simulacrum.
What happens:
You don`t block it. Let it hit you. Play Simulacrum, it rewinds all the received damage and redirects it to one of your creatures, which in this case is Souls of the Faultless. And now the fun starts, he looses life equal to damage he done attacked, you gain that much life (SotF ability) and now you do the rest of the damage with Sanguine Bond.
Combo4
Setup:
Sanguine Bond and Tainted Sigil on field.
Play:
Stronghold Discipline
What happens:
This works extremely well against elf or wolf decks. As loosing 60 life for 60 saprolings/elves or wolves isn`t enough you gain alot of life thnx to tainted sigil, then punish somebody with the amount of total life lost by all players :)
Summary:
+ : Some good 1 hit kill strategies become possible. Great addition to life-link decks.
- : To unleash it`s full potential a long preparation is required. High manacost.
I hope this will be helpfull and inspiration to some new strategies.
Turn 6 win.
my favorite use of this card was in a multi game and we just got it down to 2 people and i dropped this on the turn before my heroes remembered popped, GAME OVER.
Strategy 1:
Celestial mantle + sanguine bond. Any time your enchanted creature deals damage to opponent in combat you double your life points, even if this only happens once and your life points are say.. 15.. you deal 15 damage instantly, and if your using a 5 damage creature with lifelink, you just won the game instantly in one attack.
Strategy 2 as mentioned by another poster:
Blood tribute + sanguine bond. Drains half opponents life, healing your life total, then sanguine bond does the rest of that damage from the life gain, also instant win.
Strategy 3:
lots of mana + scourge of the nobilis and a red/white creature + soul's fire + sanguine bond. Have soul's fire used by your lifelink creature, use whatever mana you have to boost its power before you use it, and do an instant 10 - 15 damage, which is doubled by sanguine bond when you gain the life from lifelink, and instant win.
So, theres 3 really simple ways to use it that require no more than 3 cards and you don't have to work in odd ones you wouldn't really use anywhere else. For simplicity sake, sorin markovs ability would also cause an extra 2 damage each turn for those mono black decks.
Didn't notice the combo pre-mentioned..
"Posted By: Marijan (9/10/2009 5:03:03 AM)"
There are a ton of combos that can be played in black/green as well.
Spoils of Evil + Stream of Life = BLAM.
4.5/5
Open the vaults-get out Filigree Angel and Sanguine Bond, my opponent would be taking damage correct? since with Open the vaults resolves everything at once?
I give it a 4.5
The Tainted Sigil combo wouldn't work as the sigil would just be one count of life gain, so only one opponent could be dealt 70 damage.
I used it in vampire, and that was okay. Then I made a Necropotence deck and of course I will have more than one Ivory Tower on the field. Have a Sanguine Bond, and each Ivory Tower will have it's own count of life gain. Ten damage to two, three opponents each upkeep. Completely feels like being in control of a death ray like in the old superman cartoons.
Just think if you had like FOUR of these enchantments out- with four Doubling Seasons. OMG, y'all. Why, you would gain so much life if you were to say, play a Fracturing Gust. I can't believe no one else has mentioned this cool combo yet......................................................................................
.................................................................................................................. ................. ................................................................................................. ........................................... ..................................................................................... .................................. .............................................................................................. ............................................................... ............................................................ .................................................. ............................................................. ............................................................................... ................ ....................... ................................................................................... ..........................................
*cough
... and then you could play a Reborn Hope to return your Fracturing Gust to your hand to deal with the next idiot that plays with those stupid aforementioned cards.
Also, Sanguine + Angelic Chorus + Serra Avatar, add Boon Reflection or Wound Reflection for some extra kick in the mivonks.
it is quite shaky at the fringe-of-typeII-playable mana cost of 5. and in today's removal heavy standard, it mightn't have a place. (maelstrom pulse, quasali pridemage, negate)
i like to think of it this way, if i cast it and have a vamp, i'm in a great position to bluff. do i have blood tribute or not, they ask. they can't take the risk, and so must do something about it. a bluffing opportunity to me, screams potential for a magic player's true talent to shine.
also, for all those saying it's too expensive, one mana less and everyone would be complaining about how broken it is. keep things in retrospect please.
4x Sangine Bond, 4x Healing Salve, 4x Elixir of Immortality, 4x Lone Missionary, 4x Rest For The Weary and a handful of whatever creatures you want to fill out the deck with and you're sitting pretty.
Probably not a bad idea to have some Dark Rituals in there as well to get this thing out faster.
Especially if you have a Demon's Horn. Or are running a W/B deck with Ajani's Mantra (and preferably Pridemate). Or both.
Hey guys, I thought of a great "combo" with this! It's called every card in the game that makes you gain life.
It's based around lifelink.
We don't play him much.
This card was not in the design hand off. Instead, design put in Oversold Cemetery.
However Alara block had a lot of cycling creatures, and our FFL was soon based around Oversold Cemetery generating +1 card per turn, with various disruptive effects. The FFL'rs asked for this to be replaced, so I made it a hole. That means that this card does not exist, and we will be back with another card soon.
I sent out a batch of "hole submission requests" with lose de***ions such as "a rare black non-creature card." I tend to send out about 5 or so in a batch. If there are too many, people look at the long request and often send nothing.
Later we had a meeting to look at each of the holes, the submissions, the rest of the file, and figure what should go in. Typically our printout of the file is in WUBRG order, so I like to put the submission in the same order. When we got to the "rare black non-creature card" hole, Matt Place started reading his copy of the submissions and asked if we really needed to go through the full process. This card is awesome, and was a unanimous to pick. So while everyone read all the submissions, there wasn't much to debate.
A big feature of M10 was changing the nature of Vampires. Before M10, Vampires were mostly the single powerful monsters, and sets tended to have 1 or 2 of them. M10 was changing it so Vampires could be a tribe. This card was an awesome fit, and I put "Curse of the Vampire" into the set.
Creative made a more fitting name; they also made awesome flavor text, almost like a conservation of blood.
Sorin's Vengeance
pillory of the sleepless
pacifism
arrest
oblivion ring
cards like that to slow them down, then things like agent of masks, blind hunter, and the aforementioned pillory to bleed them.
sanguine makes nearly every card in the deck so much better.
faith's fetters becomes an arrest on steroids, plus an 8 point life swing, for 4 CMC, and souls of the faultless means you lose double your attacker's power.
while it requires a bit more of a specific build than most cards, it is damn good.
4.5/4
Theres a running joke at the game store i got to. It goes; "..yea but its not as good as Sanguine Bonds"
Its funny because the worst player in the store is constantly comparing how good sanguine bond is to every card. lulz. Its an alright rare but nothing to write home about. Every time someone is amazed at how awesome a new found card is i always hear someone chime in from the back, "Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds."
"Time Walk? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds."
"Wrath of God? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds."
"Black Lotus? Yea but its not as good as sanguine bonds." ~ Retard
Me too! This is a pet card of mine, I've tried it in multiple builds and the only one it's stayed in is Nissa's elf deck, while I'm also experimenting with
Let's say you swing with your 6/6 flying lifelink Serra Ascendant (as if that card is not broken on its own):
Ascendant swings for 6. You gain 6 life, Tainted Bond kicks in, opponent loses 6 life (that's 12 lost already).
Rock the Tainted Sigil, you gain 12 life, Bond kicks in, opponent takes 12 damage.
Result: ouch.
Obvious combo.
In avacyn restored theres an enchantment that costs 4 and one black mana
And it says
whenever an opponent loses life you gain that much life..
WTF WIZARDS
Geist flame for game?
four-player game, I'm using my monoblack Vamp deck, and I'd been pretty quiet all game. little spot removal on creatures coming after me, but nothing big. I almost have to sneak up on people with this deck.
turn 5 is where it got hilarious. drop Gauntlet of Power, chose black. next turn, Wound Reflection and Sanguine hit the board. next turn, Diabolic Tutor for the second Sanguine and dropped it.
turn 7? that's when Blood Tribute gets used. Blood Tribute hits first opponent - he's at just over 30 life. He loses 16, I gain it. I then redirect 16 damage to each other opponent - once for each Sanguine. all opponents then take another 16 damage from Wound Reflection. 'gg nubz lol'
TIMMAY!
5/5.
Worldslayer
Avacyn
Lich
Stoneforge Mystic
Gisela
Solitary Confinement
Demonic Tutor
Idyllic Tutor
...were ALREADY must-haves for my Kaalia of the Vast EDH Deck
NOW you tell me
Transcendence
Form of the Dragon
Nefarious Lich
Stigma Lasher
Sanguine Bond
Everlasting Torment
Rain of Gore
and Vizkopa Guildmage
are ALL ALSO in Kaalia's Colors as well?! o.o
+ ghostly prison
+ baneslayer angel (yea, whatever, haters gonna hate.)
+ blind obedience
+ tainted sigil
+ ad nauseam
+ vampire nighthawk
+ oracle of nectars