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this in a weenie deck will make them think very hard.

I always love giving the opponent nearly impossible decisions.

Try Debtors' Knell.

Either pile is probably really, really bad :P

Unless you have four or more creatures in your graveyard, this is worse than a typical zombify effects and costs more. IF you have four or more creatures though, it becomes quickly better.

Ok card, great Running Wild album.

Cake or Death?

I do have to say I like the Urza's Saga "X or Y" cycle a lot better than the "Punisher" cycle of Odyssey cards (Browbeat, Blazing Salvo, ect). Yes, both cycles give your opponent a choice to make in how the cards play out, but it is a choice of how to divide the dividends; you get either reanimated creatures, or even more reanimated creatures, with Stand or Fall. The Punisher cycle tends to pair largely-unrelated effects, so you can't get any sort of consistency from the cards.

good; though very situational. I could see this card being a godsend late game.

Despite the gimmick hungry yobs digging gold from Rock n' Roll, telling us they'll die before they're sold; or those who insist they'll fight a long time, (got to travel over mountains, travel from the graveyard)... this card usually ends up being just another story.

While not on the same power level as the previously mentioned Debtor's Knell, or guaranteed to get you something you want, like say Rise from the Grave, this lends itself to EDH perfectly, at least to a deck that is creature heavy. EDH matches tend to be quite a bit longer, so you have ample opportunity to play all sorts of big nasty guys, or otherwise useful cards. Activate this when you have 10 creatures in the grave, easily attainable in longer games, and you basically give an opponent a "pick your poison" option. And beyond that, if you have an ally in a multiplayer game, you could always throw one single guy into a pile, and all the rest into the other, and have them let you bring back the large pile (provided it won't clearly win you the game). Also, this brings back a cluster of folks right away, so is not vulnerable to removal like the slower reanimators are.

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"Death or Glory!"

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Traumatize, cast this and then burst of speed. Win.

Do or Die!

The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time.