I think this card is underrated. Common, really cheap, and makes my creature significantly bigger. If you don't mind sacking (and most black players shouldn't), or if you play a sac deck than this is your card.
MagicMarker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
So i had an iteresting idea, Demonic Appetite says you can only enchat a creature "you" control. After enchating a creature like Eager Cadet, can you make your opponent sac creatures if you play "Donate" and make him/her gain control of "Demonic Appetite" ?
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
oni possesion made sense cause of trample, this is just not strong enough to be worth the sacrifice, unless this is part of a combo with mortician beetle and breeding pit or something.
@MagicMarker: No, because you still control Demonic Appetite. Its worded that way to be an epic fail with bazaar trader. If you throw it down on a creature and then donate the creature or the aura to an opponent, it will slide off because it no longer enchants a valid target. The entire idea is to make it clear that the card has a drawback, not a sneaky way to foist an abyss effect on your opponents (some people tried to make it happen with Mark of Oni during kamigawa constructed. It didn't work out as well as they hoped).
Baconradar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think this is slightly better than oni possession, but still a bad card. Just too risky in terms of card advantage.
Toversnol
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Its nice to give a lifelink creature a boost, but then you can prolly better play one of the 2 instants from T2. (the +3/+0 and lifelink kicker or the +2/+0 D.T. rebound)
count_dorku
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Butcher of Malakir + this = eating your own and your enemy's creatures at once.
Unfortunately it'll immediately shoot to the top of the "kill it now" list, but such is unlife.
surewhynot
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I use a sac. deck with this as one of the big players. Use this thing the right way and it is WAY better than you'd think.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Has anyone realized you can enchant your creatures and then give control of the aura to somebody else? Enchant Plague Stinger with 3 of these, turn each of them into artifacts with Liquimetal Coating, and donate them all to opponent with Bazaar Trader. 10/10 flying infect for a total of {1}{B}{B}{B}{B}!? HELL YES.
EDIT: That would be too awesome. Dammit. It's not gonna happen because of the "enchant creature you control" clause.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems alright, if the enchanted creature has run out of steam or is no long useful just use the ability to sacrifice itself. Could work great in an infect deck.
Dragon_Nut
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The reason it's "enchant creature you control" is so you can't enchant one of your guys and donate the appetite. Remember: It's the player who controls the enchantment who will do the sacrificing. If it was possible to have the enchantment but not the creature you could conceivably be locked out of playing any more creatures for a while.
captain_cornpops
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great for a killing Infect blow.
Deepfried-Owls
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love this card. I get all giddy when I'm shuffling through my pile of cards and I see this thing.
I just wish I had more duplicates to make a deck around it ;D.
Shieldman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Guys, seriously. Reassembling Skeleton. +3/+3 for 1B each turn is not bad for a common one-drop.
Splizer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Having to sac creatures should be taken advantage off. I run this with short aggro creatures (think Signal Pest and Tormented Souil, e.g) and Quest For The Gravelord. This is a fair bit of quick whack for one mana.
Or run it with Sheoldred, Whispering One: More Swampwalk damage, and sac and return a creature with an enter the battlefield ability?
Ladnarud
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card seems to be severely underrated.
Think of the creature sac as a perk, and it opens up many new possibilities. Slap it on an Abyssal Persecutor. Use it with Reassembling Skeletons. Use it with black "dies" effect creatures, or Mortician Beetles. Running out of creatures to sac to Xathrid Demon? Slap this on him and make a final lunge for 10 damage. All for 1 mana.
Black is about obtaining great power quickly and at any cost. Embrace it.
4/5
ICEFANG13
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@ ilovealar
No
"If another player gains control of either Demonic Appetite or the enchanted creature (but not both), Demonic Appetite will be enchanting an illegal permanent. The Aura will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action."
And the pump effect is a static effect, it affects the enchanted creature, +3/+3 goes where the enchantment goes. Which is pretty clear from what the card says.
"Enchanted Creature gets +3/+3"
OmegaSerris
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Was the "you control" really necessary? I get there would be some exploitative combos then, but there are already cards that do the 'one-sided, sac a creature a turn' effect. Namely, the tribal ones like Anowon, the Ruin Sage and Call to the Grave, and those don't require 2-3 card combos.
Combos aside, the aura still remains under your control, so if you did enchant an opponent's creature, there would be zero benefit for you if you had nothing else to capitalize on either effect. The only reason I think they did that was to prevent confusion by new players. They might think that it would effect the creature's owner, not the aura's.
Even then, I think THAT might have been an interesting spell. Sort of like a cheaper Geth's Verdict that could back fire on you, a la suicide black style. Plus the downside would follow the benefit. So it would be even less exploitable.
dingophone
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Worked nicely as a combopiece in my sac engine deck with Mortician Beetle, but the lack of evasion is definitely a downer. 2.5/5.
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wonder why they made it "enchant creature you control", but kept the trigger on the aura anyways (instead of making it part of the enchanted creature). In some cases this could have otherwise been useful to cast on your opponent's creatures (e.g. because you have an Intrepid Hero).
It feels like this enchantment started with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature", then the restriction would make perfect sense.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If it had trample I would love it. It has the risk of being a 3 for 1, you sac, they nuke your creature and then you loose the aura. But in the right deck, could be fun.
zzxyyzx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
T1: Swamp, Dark Ritual, Demonic Taskmaster T2: Swamp, Tormentor's Trident, 4 damage. T3: Swamp, Equip the trident. 7 damage. T4: Swamp, this, Essence Harvest, if the guy's not dead yet swing again, 20 damage.
A day in Demon Tribal xD
Macrofarad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Donate, Puca's Mischief , Zedruu the Greathearted ,
You enchant a creature you control getting the stats, preferably something indestructible like a stuffy doll (because why not?) then you donate the enchantment causing your opponents to sac a creature every turn.
EvilDarkVoid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Macrofarad: Sadly, doesn't work. If Demonic Appetite has to enchant a creature you (the aura's current owner) control. If you donate the aura but not the creature, this clause is no longer true and the aura is sacrificed. Sending the creature over as well doesn't even work because of timing. Oni Possession will work, though.
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It reminds me of Oni Possession.
Unfortunately it'll immediately shoot to the top of the "kill it now" list, but such is unlife.
EDIT: That would be too awesome. Dammit. It's not gonna happen because of the "enchant creature you control" clause.
I just wish I had more duplicates to make a deck around it ;D.
Or run it with Sheoldred, Whispering One: More Swampwalk damage, and sac and return a creature with an enter the battlefield ability?
Think of the creature sac as a perk, and it opens up many new possibilities. Slap it on an Abyssal Persecutor. Use it with Reassembling Skeletons. Use it with black "dies" effect creatures, or Mortician Beetles. Running out of creatures to sac to Xathrid Demon? Slap this on him and make a final lunge for 10 damage. All for 1 mana.
Black is about obtaining great power quickly and at any cost. Embrace it.
4/5
No
"If another player gains control of either Demonic Appetite or the enchanted creature (but not both), Demonic Appetite will be enchanting an illegal permanent. The Aura will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action."
And the pump effect is a static effect, it affects the enchanted creature, +3/+3 goes where the enchantment goes. Which is pretty clear from what the card says.
"Enchanted Creature gets +3/+3"
Combos aside, the aura still remains under your control, so if you did enchant an opponent's creature, there would be zero benefit for you if you had nothing else to capitalize on either effect. The only reason I think they did that was to prevent confusion by new players. They might think that it would effect the creature's owner, not the aura's.
Even then, I think THAT might have been an interesting spell. Sort of like a cheaper Geth's Verdict that could back fire on you, a la suicide black style. Plus the downside would follow the benefit. So it would be even less exploitable.
In some cases this could have otherwise been useful to cast on your opponent's creatures (e.g. because you have an Intrepid Hero).
It feels like this enchantment started with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature", then the restriction would make perfect sense.
T2: Swamp, Tormentor's Trident, 4 damage.
T3: Swamp, Equip the trident. 7 damage.
T4: Swamp, this, Essence Harvest, if the guy's not dead yet swing again, 20 damage.
A day in Demon Tribal xD
Zedruu the Greathearted ,
You enchant a creature you control getting the stats, preferably something indestructible like a stuffy doll (because why not?) then you donate the enchantment causing your opponents to sac a creature every turn.