I really like the creepy artwork and the card is an amazing and overlooked mana (and life) boost. Try it in your Dimir deck to fuel a big Psychic Drain in the late game.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
This card should actually proof to be pretty useful in a milling deck. Only gives colorless mana accel unfortunately, but the same amount of life as well which will be pretty handy considering the high amounts of milled cards in the lategame. It could find some use in a simple removal deck, too.
FragNutMK1
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Excellent card, great artwork.
Havens
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@mode:
sure its colorless, but since mill decks are usually B/U, you could run it with ambassador laquatus
for every 3 mana you can make them mill 3 more, which is nice to grind out the last of their cards late game
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is dynamite. It both fuels a big-time hitter like Lava Burst AND gives you life. No red/black deck should leave home without it.
Also works well with it's partner Spoils of War, providing just the right amount of mana. However it's definitely been given more "umph" in newer mill decks.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(14 votes)
"Hey, lookie here, Alvis! I found jewels in this here dead man's entrails!" "Jim stop plunging your hands into every corpse you come acro- jewels, you say?"
cathode01
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
You could Traumatize them, then cast this and use a Blue Sun's Zenith to force them to draw the remainder of their deck and lose if X was more than the cards left.
kajillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Look at all these jam-filled jelly beans I found."
SHlT
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Probably dug those precious gems out of Yu-Gi-Oh's corpse.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Hey look, he grabbed his FAMILY JEWELS! BAM, bibbity boo! BOOM BOOM... good joke.
At any rate, I imagine blue black or grixis benefits the most: -Red/Black have damage X spells for the colorless mana -blue has milling and draw X for the mana (without losing life or anything) -mill decks get beat up so you need life whether you win by damage or not -Also helps to solve the problem of a mill deck being hosed by having damage as a backup
All because this nicely enables X cards. Play with Dark Ritual for best effect (because if you had milled let's say 6 creatures by turn 3, you could dark ritual, spoils of evil, brain geyser for 6. Now you have a branny new hand! D:
I REALLY don't understand this one. This card is just completely terrible, isn't it? Yes, it is. I'll answer that myself.
Why on earth would so many people give this such a high rating? I mean... it is very possible your opponent doesn't even HAVE very many artifacts or creatures at all and you can't even try to get any legitimate value out of this card even if you are in a position where they have a big graveyard...
Vogie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I could totally see this being reprinted in Avacyn Restored. It fits so well with the theme of Innistrad.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gaining Life at Interrupt speed? Check.
Alsebra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Malachorn - During the game, if your opponent doesn't have very many creatures going to the graveyard, there's something wrong...either your deck isn't doing its job (by keeping you safe) or they're running a creatureless deck (which tends to have artifacts in it anyway). How many black kill spells are there nowadays??
Hell, throw this in a B/R hellbent deck with kill spells (Go for the Throat, etc) and artifact destruction (Smash, Shatter, Smelt etc), then use this to get enough mana to empty your hand (if needed) and swing with your beaters.
talcumpowder0046
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Looks like the guy in Nefarious Lich.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I prefer Songs of the Damned personally, but the lifegain is certainly relevent.
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Only gives colorless mana accel unfortunately, but the same amount of life as well which will be pretty handy considering the high amounts of milled cards in the lategame.
It could find some use in a simple removal deck, too.
sure its colorless, but since mill decks are usually B/U, you could run it with ambassador laquatus
for every 3 mana you can make them mill 3 more, which is nice to grind out the last of their cards late game
Sanguine Bond - Oh baby
Mind Funeral - Give you some ammo there
5/5
"Jim stop plunging your hands into every corpse you come acro- jewels, you say?"
BAM, bibbity boo! BOOM BOOM... good joke.
At any rate, I imagine blue black or grixis benefits the most:
-Red/Black have damage X spells for the colorless mana
-blue has milling and draw X for the mana (without losing life or anything)
-mill decks get beat up so you need life whether you win by damage or not
-Also helps to solve the problem of a mill deck being hosed by having damage as a backup
All because this nicely enables X cards. Play with Dark Ritual for best effect (because if you had milled let's say 6 creatures by turn 3, you could dark ritual, spoils of evil, brain geyser for 6. Now you have a branny new hand! D:
BAM BING BOO BAOW
This card is just completely terrible, isn't it? Yes, it is. I'll answer that myself.
Why on earth would so many people give this such a high rating?
I mean... it is very possible your opponent doesn't even HAVE very many artifacts or creatures at all and you can't even try to get any legitimate value out of this card even if you are in a position where they have a big graveyard...
Hell, throw this in a B/R hellbent deck with kill spells (Go for the Throat, etc) and artifact destruction (Smash, Shatter, Smelt etc), then use this to get enough mana to empty your hand (if needed) and swing with your beaters.