Strictly worse Raise Dead, but unfortunately more flavorful (w/ liliana text) and better art IMO.
ThisisSakon
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(13 votes)
And HOW, exactly, is this strictly worse? They are the exact. Same. Card. Rule text and everything. Raise Dead is Disentomb. Disentomb is Raise Dead.
Learn stuff.
HuntedWumpusMustDie
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(9 votes)
@ThisisSakon
The mechanics are the same. However,The card name, art and flavor text are all different. The latter things are the reason I chose magic over other similar card games. There is so much more to magic then the mechanics of the cards.
Maybe they went with this name because Raise Dead sounds a little too "Dungeons and Dragons" for comfort. That's all I can think of.
ultimatechubby
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This flovor text is shitloads better than raise deads!
Guest742242900
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 for flavor alone but it should be an instant
BegleOne
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
"Hey kid, I'll trade you this Disentomb for your Entomb."
Paleopaladin
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@HuntedWumpusMustDie:
There *is* more to MTG than card mechanics. There is not, however, more to the "strictly better" equation than card mechanics since the de***or is one of card mechanics. I'll dispense with the belittling "Learn stuff" admonition however since we have too much of that sort of behavior on Gatherer already...
FWIW, I wish Wizards would stop treating us like morons with cards like this and Runeclaw Bear. :-/
sonorhC
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@HuntedWumpusMustDie, even if you do include art and flavor in the "strictly better" calculation, bkarcher42 said that that this was strictly worse even though he thinks it has better art and flavor.
Dr_Fletchers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A very usable card for only one mana cost....time to bring back all thos who have been hit by a Lightning Bolt
luca_barelli
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
pretty good card; won't win any games or anything but its useful enough.
Daerien
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@SirMalkin: It's probably because the name Raise Dead is misleading, and sounds more like a Zombify-type effect. Disentomb sounds more like something a Gravedigger would do, don't you think?
Mandoman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How about this and Viscera Seer?
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My impression is that Raise Dead sounds like the creature directly returns to the battlefield, so it's a little misleading. This works a bit better with gameplay-to-flavor connection, I think.
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Learn stuff.
The mechanics are the same. However,The card name, art and flavor text are all different. The latter things are the reason I chose magic over other similar card games. There is so much more to magic then the mechanics of the cards.
Learn stuff.
but it should be an instant
There *is* more to MTG than card mechanics. There is not, however, more to the "strictly better" equation than card mechanics since the de***or is one of card mechanics. I'll dispense with the belittling "Learn stuff" admonition however since we have too much of that sort of behavior on Gatherer already...
FWIW, I wish Wizards would stop treating us like morons with cards like this and Runeclaw Bear. :-/