Due to the no mana burn rule of M10, this cards becomes much better than before.
Ritius
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Energy Chamber only works on artifacts; a charge counter for non-creatures, and a +1/+1 counter for creature artifacts. But two Myr Retrievers with an Ashnod's Altar will get you infinite black for that tasty Consume Spirit or whatever else you want to do with a buckload of black.
Kurhan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
infinite black mana obviously must be spent not on X mana cost spells but activated abilities of creatures such as bog initiate. =P
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Might be a bit expensive, but once in play, it can help power out an enormous Consume Spirit or make it easier to cast your Reiver Demons
CigarDan
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great uses for this card, quick(er) Blightsteel Colossus Better Black Sun's Zenith and generating enough mana for any X cost when you cycle cheap sac. creatures in and out of your graveyard can be very help. I run this card in my casual zombie deck for just such a purpose.
TPmanW
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Yeah I can see this wrecking havoc in edh. I know I'd run it with some graveyard recursion on the side.
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CorkBulb
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card used to be risky back with mana burn. Since adding the mana is mandatory, if you have nothing to play you'd get burned. And mono-black cant get rid of it. Now that mana burn is done away with, there is no risk in running this.
Black has plenty of ways to get creatures in graveyards (be it yours or an opponent's) so starting the ramp shouldn't be too hard. Collect some nice counters for a nasty consume spirit finisher.
In multiplayer, this would be great at ramping you to unbelievable power. By the time it's your turn again, you could have 10+ counters on it!
However, 5 is a bit late to start mana accel, unless you play something like good old dark ritual
4/5 w/o mana burn
majinara
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's basically an auto-include in any multiplayer deck. When a friend of mine saw it in my deck the first time, he said "oh, that's nice a nice card". Some minutes later he added "what? I thought the counters get removed when you use it!". :D
IamjustnotCreative
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Gotten mana in the thousands with my Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper EDH. But normally I only get ~30 mana a turn with it...just start top decking everything.
Smithereen
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Green-black Eldrazi Spawn/Kozilek, Butcher/Harrow/Life from the Loam deck. Yeah.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Back when mana burn was a thing, had to be managed carefully.
Now? Go nuts. Go god damned nuts, you crazy black mages.
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Does "Sacrifice" count as "Dies" for a card?
Black has plenty of ways to get creatures in graveyards (be it yours or an opponent's) so starting the ramp shouldn't be too hard. Collect some nice counters for a nasty consume spirit finisher.
In multiplayer, this would be great at ramping you to unbelievable power. By the time it's your turn again, you could have 10+ counters on it!
However, 5 is a bit late to start mana accel, unless you play something like good old dark ritual
4/5 w/o mana burn
Now? Go nuts. Go god damned nuts, you crazy black mages.
Throw in Grave Pact, Savra, Queen of the Golgari, and/or Butcher of Malakir, and suddenly you're getting huge returns, and everyone else is losing everything they hold dear...
Very nice 4/5 all by itself, but being in black with all it's combo potential makes it a solid 5/5 in my opinion