I love everything about this card; The artwork is great, the flavour text is fun and the ability is very helpful (especially in decks where you easily gain more than 20 HP)
mdakw576
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
good flavor text.
The card also functions like a balanced necropotence.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Love the flavour text.
Gabriel422
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I want this card back. 2 Life is the fair price for drawing a card, and turning Rest for the Weary into Oppotunity sounds like a sweet deal.
DlCK
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
combine with death's shadow... draw cards, lose life, and kill faster!
For lack of a better word, this card is good. Art and flavor text are awesome, and the ability itself is great for black.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is very good. I would run with black lifelink creatures to heal the life loss. Child of NightVampire NighthawkMarkov Patrician are some examples that all happen to fit in the same tribe.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is essentially a more expensive Yawgmoth's Bargain-esque card drawer for a cheaper CMC.
Is it better? Erm... arguable. 1 Life per card is very cheap, and thus is why the Bargain is banned in EDH. Greed, however, requires not only 2 life, but 1 black mana. Although, you still get a draw phase.
I like Greed, though. It provides another card drawing mechanic in EDH besides Phyrexian Arena (plus any others that I can't think of)
TheHandyman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fairly costed all around. A reasonable card, and allows for multiple draws per turn.
Words of Worship does help withstand the cost; however, you still have to have 2 life to begin with, so it's not exactly "{1}{B}: Gain 3 life and draw a card."
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
7th Edition huh? So this art comes in Black-Bordered Foil then? >:D
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Looks like Crovax is doing alright for himself.
BongRipper420
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Sort of like Necropotence, but not unspeakably broken.
Kestrelio
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Brilliant Commander card. Two life is nothing, {b} is nothing, card advantage is everything.
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(Then on the other hand, 8th Edition uses his original Urza's Saga artwork.)
The artwork is great, the flavour text is fun and the ability is very helpful (especially in decks where you easily gain more than 20 HP)
The card also functions like a balanced necropotence.
Also, cool flavor text.
Oh, oops, someone did that one.
Child of Night Vampire Nighthawk Markov Patrician are some examples that all happen to fit in the same tribe.
Is it better? Erm... arguable. 1 Life per card is very cheap, and thus is why the Bargain is banned in EDH. Greed, however, requires not only 2 life, but 1 black mana. Although, you still get a draw phase.
I like Greed, though. It provides another card drawing mechanic in EDH besides Phyrexian Arena (plus any others that I can't think of)
Words of Worship does help withstand the cost; however, you still have to have 2 life to begin with, so it's not exactly "{1}{B}: Gain 3 life and draw a card."
Also, the flavor text ought to quote Gordon Gekko:
"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good."