A great upgrade to Pillory of the Sleepless. One mana to not allow the activated abilities to be played? I'm down for that! A lot more utility, and totally perfect for the Orzhov bleeder deck.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
That thrull is all "Blarrggggg!!!" While the dude looks like Keanu Reeves saying "whoa... that hurts mahn."
Goatllama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(14 votes)
Leave Jesus alone, you ungrateful thrull! You're being fed to the Ebon Praetor as soon as he's done with the custody battle between the Easter Bunny and The Imp.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Flavor overload.
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love Pillory of the Sleepless, but I am not ready to accept this one yet, consider Prison Term is a very viable control card even without the lose life phrase. The cost affects tempo.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
So Pillory of the Sleepless is a Pacifism with life drain, and this is Arrest with life drain... Sounds fair to me. And this card is totally what Orzhov is about, a slow and painful death.
Purplerooster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you use your hands to cover up the black mana symbol and the text at the bottom, it's an arrest.
occamsrazorwit
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That's cute. It's literally Arrest that costs one mana more to summon a whipping thrull.
deserter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Almost too many enchantments in Gatecrash but this one of the good.
rambocop
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"Yes Sir. May I have another?"
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Slightly overpriced, but then again I usually hold onto my pacifisms till the lategame anyway, so this could be useful.
pedrodyl
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
We'll probably get forty lashes. Oh no! http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2805481122_856eaac14e.jpg
Solid removal, along with a neat little ping effect.
RDorothy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
this should cost 1BW
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Well, arrest is clearly better. For limited this is still good, for constructed it's too expensive I guess.
Keiya
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"So the Azorius simply arrest people? That's no fun! Our Syndicate likes to take random people off the streets and torture them!"
Torquebacklash
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
During the prerelease I (playing Dimir) lost only to one foe (playing Orzhov) He had 5 of these. Between random extorts and this acting as a timer, I lost. Its a good card. Its the reason I lost. In standard I don't think it will be as deadly but I would not ignore it.
Whitedeckftw
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@ lorendorky i have to say the guy is more like Alan Rickman. (The guy who plays serverus snape in harry potter.) Thats what I thought when I first saw this card. lol
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Everyone has 2 lashes (eye lashes). At the beginning of their upkeep, everyone loses .002 life.
Swannigan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
*taps four lands* Says: "I will give your creature... a girl friend!"
Hunter06
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oh noes, I don't want a thousand eye lashes!?!
That whip almost looks like a cat of nine tails, yeesh
3/5 Stars
Hussalo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Strictly better than One Thousand Rashes.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ONE MILLION YEARS DUNGEON
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The main reason it isn't good is because you can't fetch it with Zur. Other than that, it's ok. I really hope Theros is a slow standard environment so this is playable...
Petertracy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This really should cost {1}{W}{B}, I mean, can't the double color cost justify the meager taxing effect? It would be so much more playable, and it's such a cool card...
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definietly not as good as Pillory, The activated ability clause can certainly come in handy, but I am much more comfortable pating for my removal than . Plus, getting it out a turn earlier means a turn more to steal life, and if you are playing extort, extort is encouraging you to play cheap spells even late game.
I wish they had given this a Faith's Fetters style 'enchant permanent' effect, replacing the immediate 4 life with the slow drain seen here. That is a card I would be happy to pay for.
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Oh no!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2805481122_856eaac14e.jpg
Solid removal, along with a neat little ping effect.
*taps four lands*
Says:
"I will give your creature... a girl friend!"
That whip almost looks like a cat of nine tails, yeesh
3/5 Stars
Other than that, it's ok.
I really hope Theros is a slow standard environment so this is playable...
It would be so much more playable, and it's such a cool card...
I wish they had given this a Faith's Fetters style 'enchant permanent' effect, replacing the immediate 4 life with the slow drain seen here. That is a card I would be happy to pay