Savage. Pure awesomeness. Evil the art. Look at Death Grasp next. More of that fight is in Suppress.
MDStrawHat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Awesome card. Truly.
SereneChaos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Such sick card advantage. And guess what? If T2 was an Ajani's Mantra, they might as well concede unless they have enchantment hate.
Test-Subject_217601
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
No! UUUURZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Paslode3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Truly truly truly outrageous... a gem.
Auteur
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Original art. Nice.
gromgrom777
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(9 votes)
You've advanced past "new player" status when you recognize that this is one of the best cards ever printed. Not top 20, but definitely up there.
JackBauer24
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
1st turn: Swamp; Dark Ritual; Phyrexian Arena I LOVE IT!!! :)
Richard_Hawk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
5/5 for the artwork, works perfect in a killer black deck.
justicarphaeton
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So why are Urza and Gerrard fighting to the death in gladiatorial combat? storywise, i mean.
I love this card. I love the sneaky feeling that you're being very evil when you get to draw two cards every turn and you see your opponent getting more and more worried wondering what's in all those cards you drew. I play it in a monoblack midrange with Korlash and Tendrils of Corruption; it ensures you have a lot of swamps and can keep gaining back a life buffer (and drawing into more Corrupts/Tendrils/Nighthawks, etc). Prolly not as good as Necropotence, but it's balanced.
Turn 1: Dark Ritual -> Arena is such an exciting play too.
count_dorku
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Justicarphaeton: Yawgmoth had corrupted Urza, and Gerrard was there because he thought Yawgmoth could bring his girlfriend back from the dead. Yawgmoth had them fight it out because, well, he's kind of a douche.
Dragon23
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
One life for an extra card to work with each turn. As always, an amazing card, and anyone who underrates it either doesn't appreciate card advantage, or has never seen one in use.
@jackbauer no no no in this deck its swamp, dark ritual, Priest of GixX2 and this :) I bought 2 of this set and the most i got out was 3 !!
Superllama12
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Why is this rated only 0.001 better than Dark Confidant? You lose 1 life, no matter how big or how small the card is, AND you don't have to reaveal it! I mean, I can understand it being hard to kill, especially in black, but by the time you're at a low enough life in suicide black, the opponent should be dead!
JP.
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(4 votes)
this works good with Demon's Horn but you have to play at least une spell per turn
@Superllama In suicide, Dark Confidant is better because he gives you an aggressive body to beat with and you usually won't be losing much more than 2 or 3. Great card though, rather have the arena for long games and control.
Wisdomseyes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I could go on and say how awesome this card is, and the reasons why, but why bother? we have several pages of it.
My issue with Dark confidant Vs this is that, although dark confidant is less mana for what can easily be considered the same effect, it is a creature and therefore all types of removal work on it rather than the abysmal amount of enchantment removal in modern.
I love this card. I love dark confidant as well. Sadly, 1 mana, and that one mana being black, makes a significant impact on the types of decks it can be put into.
4/5 stars, for being a great card with fantastic potential, but being outshined by his ravnica brother.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
omg that's gerrard chopping off Urza's head!
RedAtrocitus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
NOT better than Dark Confidant. Bob has a 2/1 body that can beat or chump or trade if needed, comes out a turn earlier, for less B commitment, and can be more easily removed than an enchantment if the damage becomes too risky. Plus, most decks running him take an average of 1 damage each turn anyway. Not to say that Dark Confidant is necessarily better than this, but there's definitely not a clear winner.
TwentyFifthBaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It always hurts when someone spiteful visions you, leaving you with one of these and a hand full of Sign in Blood.
GlintKawk42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GIVE ME CARDS! 5/5
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Bloodgift Demon is this on a 5/4 with the ability to use it on your opponent possibly to kill them if they're really low life. Plus with Heartless Summoning it costs the same amount. I'd rather go with that even if it does die to removal. Regardless of which one you play, this is amazing card advantage.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
NOOO, not 1 life!
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card wants to be necropotence when it grows up.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
There's lots of debate over whether this is better than Dark Confidant, or vice versa. To me, both are excellent choices for some nice card advantage generation, and although Bob might be more useful overall, only one thing truly matters to me:
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I LOVE IT!!! :)
I love this card. I love the sneaky feeling that you're being very evil when you get to draw two cards every turn and you see your opponent getting more and more worried wondering what's in all those cards you drew. I play it in a monoblack midrange with Korlash and Tendrils of Corruption; it ensures you have a lot of swamps and can keep gaining back a life buffer (and drawing into more Corrupts/Tendrils/Nighthawks, etc). Prolly not as good as Necropotence, but it's balanced.
Turn 1: Dark Ritual -> Arena is such an exciting play too.
In suicide, Dark Confidant is better because he gives you an aggressive body to beat with and you usually won't be losing much more than 2 or 3.
Great card though, rather have the arena for long games and control.
My issue with Dark confidant Vs this is that, although dark confidant is less mana for what can easily be considered the same effect, it is a creature and therefore all types of removal work on it rather than the abysmal amount of enchantment removal in modern.
I love this card. I love dark confidant as well. Sadly, 1 mana, and that one mana being black, makes a significant impact on the types of decks it can be put into.
4/5 stars, for being a great card with fantastic potential, but being outshined by his ravnica brother.
Dark Confidant: ~$80
Phyrexian Arena: ~$8