Why exactly does it make -1/-1 counters rather than "-1/-1 until end of turn"? Sure, it plays nicely with Shadowmoor, but still...
BambooNickel
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
it is -1/-1 counters so that you can put two or three on one creature
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's not bad. When killed in combat it can take out a 6/6 creature. Or kill several smaller ones that received damage. You can use it to kill small indestructible creatures (like stuffy doll) or regenerators. Or recharge a wickerbough elder or grim poppet. Or put a counter on a creature with persist before you kill it so it won't come back. Or put it's counters on an opponents creature with +1/+1 counters to get rid of them. Best in a deck that wants to sacrifice creatures of course. All that four 4 mana is pretty nice. Not game-breaking, but nice.
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pretty straightforward. I like this creature, especially because it usually kills a pair of creatures when it hits the graveyard. I just wish the counters would... you know... stay on the creatures...
Good back in its day, now usually not as good as Skinrender.
metalevolence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
big festering goblin.
Qoid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Kind of weird, but I would play with it, horrors are always fun. 4/5
Ideatog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Also use proliferate cards to make those counters stick.
Wormfang
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
proliferate fast guys, they wont hang around for long :)
supershawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ok so I usually find this more useful than skinrender in my deck, sure skinrender kills something right away, but I've had times when this creature has killed 6 creatures by himself (ok not entirely by himself grave pact and Butcher of Malakir helped too) and being able to quickly take out my opponents weak creatures really helps since my deck strategy is to make my opponent sacrifice enough creatures where they have none. skinrender can only put his counters on one creature.
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Since the ruling update this works best against creatures with +1/+1 counters, because these will get removed and not put back at end of turn.
For 3 black mana i think these could permanently have stayed in the first place though.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The triple black requirement makes it very niche.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How dare you treat my friends so shamefully!
HuntingDrake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
metalevolence is right - This is exactly like three Festering Goblins glued together, except you're paying an extra for the ability to cancel out +1/+1 counters. In light of this, it's surprising that this was printed before Festering Goblin!
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When killed in combat it can take out a 6/6 creature. Or kill several smaller ones that received damage. You can use it to kill small indestructible creatures (like stuffy doll) or regenerators. Or recharge a wickerbough elder or grim poppet. Or put a counter on a creature with persist before you kill it so it won't come back. Or put it's counters on an opponents creature with +1/+1 counters to get rid of them. Best in a deck that wants to sacrifice creatures of course.
All that four 4 mana is pretty nice. Not game-breaking, but nice.
I just wish the counters would... you know... stay on the creatures...
For 3 black mana i think these could permanently have stayed in the first place though.