What do you know, removal that's stronger in constructed than it is in limited.
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(15 votes)
Reminder Text: If you accidentally target a rich boy's parents with this, starting 10 years from now, you lose every game for the rest of EVER.
ax_morph
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(6 votes)
I don't think 'non' has appeared more times on any other card...
Tiggurix
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Way to go overboard on the gore factor, Winona...
http404error
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Most gruesome card WotC has printed in a long while.
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
It's like Rend Flesh in Kamigawa block.
And Rend Flesh kills Tidehollow Sculler :D
Shieldman
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Out of Innistrad, this card is amazing, but it backfires in the strangest ways. It actually gives a reason to read the cards you're about to blast to bits. :L
TDL
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(7 votes)
The reason he looks so surprised is because he can't believe he's still alive after losing what is apparently every drop of blood in his body.
syrazemyla
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(19 votes)
My blood! He... he punched out all my blood!
Johny_P
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Looks awesome in foil.
PhyrexianFryCook
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm not sure what exactly is going on in this art.
axiobeta
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Was this guy's back... exploded? I'd hate to see what it looks like.
Andromeiylochk
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Because even demons and horrors can become victims of night.
Lateralis0ne
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
SWEET JESUS. THAT ART.
I..
I still can't get over that sword.
chrisAAMO
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Should really read: "Destroy target non-vampire, non-werewolf, non-zombie creature. All permanents become red until end of turn. Blooooood red."
hedronMatrix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I love this card personally, in my eyes it says
{Black} {Black} Destroy 1 of 5990 possible creatures in the magic the gathering game. Cannot target 354 creatures.
Now, speaking odds, this card is in your favor. If this was the casino, I would always bet on getting a creature that I could kill with this card. A lot better than "Destroy non black creature" rough odds of that are 4 in 5 chance. With the Destroy nonblack, you have a 20% chance of not being able to use it, where as this, you have a 5% chance of not being able to use it.
The thing that makes this card so deliciously evil is that it has the ability to take down demons... DEMONS! Imagine that, despite the underworld being a real tough place, once those demons walk the mean streets of Innistrad, they can become Victims of Night.
I can see Kuro, Pitlord getting shanked by a thug at night.
NeoKoda
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Should destroy all creatures. I mean, that's enough blood to drown an army in.
I don't think this card should be rated lower than Rend Flesh. Sure, technically Rend Flesh hits more, but 9/10 times spirit/zombie/vampire/werewolf is going to be irrelevant anyway, specifically in the eternal formats where this card shines. Sure, Rend Flesh is easier to splash, but this is 2cmc removal, which shouldn't be underestimated. This is the closest mono-black is going to get to Terminate any time soon.
RedAtrocitus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
That's Johnny Depp from A Nightmare on Elm Street. So much blood...
Layk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@hedronMatrix
I KNOW!!! I'm surprised this card isn't rated higher. 4.3 for Doom Blade but this gets 3.8? Sure it's but wtf, it can kill literally hundreds more creatures and chances are you're gonna have that ONE more black mana
Are you telling me that a group of vampire punks can take out Kozilek, a god damned ANCIENT, OMNIPOTENT BEING THAT DEVOURS WORLDS, BUT CAN'T PUNCH OUT A DAMNED AMOEBOID CHANGELING!?
In post-Gatecrash standard, this is a 4 or 4.5, since zombies, vampires, and werewolves are not played much, with a few exceptions like Stromkirk Noble and Falkenrath Aristocraft. The only real downside is the casting cost.
idrinkyourmilkshake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"This is the Victim of the Night the night oh yeah The Victim of the Night!" -- Corona
SubstantiaNigra
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@AvatarofBro I would be inclined to disagree with you.
A. Rend Flesh is more splashable with its (cf Victim of Night's ); B. Rend Flesh targets 52 more cards (which I do consider a nigh-negligible amount); C. Rend Flesh has the additional subtype "Arcane", which allows for things like "Splice onto Arcane" should you choose to build an arcane/spiritcraft/etc. deck (opening doors to great synergy such as Hana Kami-Soulless Revival-Rend Flesh).
Yes, Victim of Night costs 1 less to cast and that usually does make all the difference (case in point: Doom Blade vs. Dark Banishing), but so happens to have Dark Ritual (and by extension, Culling of the Weak), which allows you to cast Rend Flesh for just 1 CMC anyway.
And yes, you could counter that argument by saying "well, Culling the Weak would allow you to play TWO Victim of Night for the price of rather than just ONE Rend Flesh)". Sure, but there's something else going for Rend Flesh which imo places it over Victim of Night, and that is the fact that zombies, vampires and to a lesser extent werewolves are pretty popular tribals, whereas decks built entirely with spirits are less common (at least in my experience, I could be wrong).
I can't help but feel Rend Flesh tips the balance of pro's vs. con's slightly better. This doesn't stop Victim of Night from coming close, though.
Victim of Night: 3.75/5 Rend Flesh: 4/5
TexasDice
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Can kill black creatures, so better than Doom Blade. Problem Progamers?
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is probably my all time favorite two mana kill spell. It is really flavorful, and I think it could find a home in some mono black decks.
5/5
NARFNra
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@TexasDice
Except for a few things. 1. At least some zombies, vampires, and werewolves are not black, meaning doom blade and this spell have different targets. True, more are targetable by this than by doom blade, but it's still not strictly better. 2. The mana cost is important. {B}{B} is less splashable than {1}{B} even if it doesn't necessarily seem that way.
Still, interesting card.
MRK1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not bad but definitely not something I want to use.
Ruaranicus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fantastic removal spell, I thought. Superb coverage outside of Innistrad block, I thought. I hadn't counted on freakingmutavault.
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That artwork is inappropriate for a children's game. Really.
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Damn, ExoM7 beat me to it.
And Rend Flesh kills Tidehollow Sculler :D
I..
I still can't get over that sword.
"Destroy target non-vampire, non-werewolf, non-zombie creature.
All permanents become red until end of turn. Blooooood red."
{Black} {Black}
Destroy 1 of 5990 possible creatures in the magic the gathering game. Cannot target 354 creatures.
Now, speaking odds, this card is in your favor. If this was the casino, I would always bet on getting a creature that I could kill with this card. A lot better than "Destroy non black creature" rough odds of that are 4 in 5 chance. With the Destroy nonblack, you have a 20% chance of not being able to use it, where as this, you have a 5% chance of not being able to use it.
Why?
Because irony is hilarious.
I can see Kuro, Pitlord getting shanked by a thug at night.
I KNOW!!! I'm surprised this card isn't rated higher. 4.3 for Doom Blade but this gets 3.8? Sure it's
Yeah, that sounds about right.
the night
oh yeah
The Victim of the Night!" -- Corona
A. Rend Flesh is more splashable with its
B. Rend Flesh targets 52 more cards (which I do consider a nigh-negligible amount);
C. Rend Flesh has the additional subtype "Arcane", which allows for things like "Splice onto Arcane" should you choose to build an arcane/spiritcraft/etc. deck (opening doors to great synergy such as Hana Kami-Soulless Revival-Rend Flesh).
Yes, Victim of Night costs 1 less to cast and that usually does make all the difference (case in point: Doom Blade vs. Dark Banishing), but
And yes, you could counter that argument by saying "well, Culling the Weak would allow you to play TWO Victim of Night for the price of
I can't help but feel Rend Flesh tips the balance of pro's vs. con's slightly better. This doesn't stop Victim of Night from coming close, though.
Victim of Night: 3.75/5
Rend Flesh: 4/5
5/5
Except for a few things.
1. At least some zombies, vampires, and werewolves are not black, meaning doom blade and this spell have different targets. True, more are targetable by this than by doom blade, but it's still not strictly better.
2. The mana cost is important. {B}{B} is less splashable than {1}{B} even if it doesn't necessarily seem that way.
Still, interesting card.
I hadn't counted on freaking mutavault.