This will be great in Limited, as there are very few artifact creatures in Gatecrash
AlphaWolfs
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(8 votes)
The flavor text for this card really makes you think.... practically proves how sick and twisted we all are as a species in real life.
lorendorky
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow this is some explicit art.
Totema
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
It's a bit costly, but it's creature removal that also mills. Potentially for a lot too, if you use it right. I'd save it for fatties that can trample over or otherwise bypass my Fog Banks.
novasun
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
There goes the fourth wall again...
Villainous1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Another alchemist killed by Scar... will the Amestrian authorities ever catch that madman?!
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
People flock to a happy gathering as readily as a murder scene, it's instinct to know about the immediate living environment and curiosity as a higher functioning life form, there's nothing sick about it.
infernox10
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(8 votes)
It'd be more impressive if this victim's bloodstream wasn't made exclusively of orange soda.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
The flavour's great! It's like a carcrash: "Nothing to see here, folks." The 'nonartifact' part, too - if a golem blows up, it's not grisly. The card isn't amazing but it's nicely designed.
Purplerooster
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Stuffy Doll is immune to this.....twice.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Wait, Juri of the Juri Revue? She's a Rakdos cultist, I believe - I love that it's her who's saying this.
Most Rakdos guild members come across as stark, raving mad on their cards or in their flavour texts - what is fun about murder? That's pretty sick. The fact that this flavour text snippet seems to shine a bit of light on a "rational" part of one of the ringmasters is absolutely a flavour home run as far as I'm concerned.
Juri knows that most Ravnicans see her guild as dangerous and crazy, but she truly believes that the city-plane's civilization is made up of two kinds of people: those who are embracing their "Rakdos side" and those who are restraining themselves.
Dabok
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
The flavor text is...
*puts on glasses*
mindblowing
handoflazav_414
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Too expensive for Dimir. Duskmantle Seer's ability will be rendered useless with this in a deck.
Taudisban
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My only problem with this card is that it is useless against the Street Sweepers that are dominating the format.
pedrodyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Solid removal for limited. Except when that terrible nuisance Street Sweeper is out about, god forbid. Also, Kel LOVES orange soda. *Slurps dead man's bodily fluids*
metalevolence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
How to make mill viable in limited: Stick mill effects onto cards people would play anyway!
@jealkeja - someone had that same idea when they played against me at the pre-release... I would have lost the game if I didn't always go up to 43 cards, I only had 1 card left!
A good removal spell, better than people realise...
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Leshrac: It does....provide realism. But I think there are other Red Guilds much better to join than Rakdos. Some real people really believe like Juri does, but I feel justified in saying that what good Rakdos has to offer, Gruul and Boros both give more wholesome, fair versions. Still. Realism. And the quote is true enough, about how grisly we get fascinated by reality...
But I know one person who ISN'T a little sick in the head.
Cuz he doesn't have one.
I went there B|
Smoke_Stack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'll probably end up using this more for the mill than the creature removal, especially with a Consuming Aberration on the field.
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Grizzly Spectacles?
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was a bit sad that Ogre Gatecrasher didn't make it into Gatecrash, but it's good to see he's still around.
Arahdial
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So if a creature is regenerated, the mill effect still occurs, yes?
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like that it's a kill spell that can kill virtually anything people run in Standard that doesn't have hexproof , since most artifact creatures are either weak enough to take out easily or not efficient enough to be worth running from what I've seen.
I like that it mills the opponent based on the creature's power, making it a good way to punish them for using fatties.
I like that it's an Instant kill spell that isn't a Rare.
But the mana cost kills it a little for me. Not saying that I wouldn't run it, just that it would probably be sideboard material or a 2-main/2-side so I'm not stuck paying 4 for a kill spell that isn't going to net much of an effect.
Demento_Recraves
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably the best common removal card in Gatecrash limited.
Guest1876140363
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was playing a Dimir Ciphir mill deck in a match against a player playing Gruul. I was about to be killed in the second game by his Ruination Wurm. I destroyed it with this card and won the match.
yesnomu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nifty thing I just noticed: it's a mirror of sorts to Induce Paranoia.
An excellent first-pick in Gatecrash Limited, and one of the reasons Black is one of the best colors in the block. It's removal with a very relevant upside depending on your deck composition, powering up Wight of Precinct Six and Death's Approach. And while it doesn't have a statistical effect on your opponent's draws, it can also be demoralizing if they flip cards they wanted to draw. I like this card.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Infinite power combo? That's cute.
Haneyphi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run this in my Geth, Lord of the Vault EDH deck. I always find that once I have my first disgusting turn of pumping out lots of mana, and altering the board state, the head of every other player swings my way...so you need instant speed spot removal because someone inevitably tries to do something cute with their general or a large creature swinging your way. What is handy is that in a big mana deck like mine (or many other mono-black EDH decks), is that it is nothing to keep 4 mana open, especially if you can see it coming b/c their big creature doesn't have haste. They almost always swing on me. This card hits black creatues (plentiful) and you have the bonus of the mill effect. People like BIG creatures...you could technically mill someone out if people make stuff that big. That is a bonus. My point here is that in addition to being an instant speed answer for 4, while not cheap, it gives Geth gas due to the mill effect. Its not for everyone, but I recommend this card if you have any kind of mill strategy.
keeneye88
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
HE LOOKS LIKE GEORGE CLOONEY!
Ruaranicus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If Maro's mystical third Un-set ever happens, I want a card called 'Grisly Spectacles'. I don't care what it does. Just as long as it's a pair of glasses with, I dunno, entrails on them or something. Or maybe 'Grizzly Spectacles', which are the same thing but on a bear. #pipedreams
Silence9
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Found a nice home in my Sheoldred commander deck. Destroy almost any creature then mill away some goodies to return under my control. Muhaha.
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practically proves how sick and twisted we all are as a species in real life.
The 'nonartifact' part, too - if a golem blows up, it's not grisly. The card isn't amazing but it's nicely designed.
Most Rakdos guild members come across as stark, raving mad on their cards or in their flavour texts - what is fun about murder? That's pretty sick. The fact that this flavour text snippet seems to shine a bit of light on a "rational" part of one of the ringmasters is absolutely a flavour home run as far as I'm concerned.
Juri knows that most Ravnicans see her guild as dangerous and crazy, but she truly believes that the city-plane's civilization is made up of two kinds of people: those who are embracing their "Rakdos side" and those who are restraining themselves.
*puts on glasses*
mindblowing
Also, Kel LOVES orange soda. *Slurps dead man's bodily fluids*
A good removal spell, better than people realise...
But I know one person who ISN'T a little sick in the head.
Cuz he doesn't have one.
I went there B|
I like that it mills the opponent based on the creature's power, making it a good way to punish them for using fatties.
I like that it's an Instant kill spell that isn't a Rare.
But the mana cost kills it a little for me. Not saying that I wouldn't run it, just that it would probably be sideboard material or a 2-main/2-side so I'm not stuck paying 4 for a kill spell that isn't going to net much of an effect.
An excellent first-pick in Gatecrash Limited, and one of the reasons Black is one of the best colors in the block. It's removal with a very relevant upside depending on your deck composition, powering up Wight of Precinct Six and Death's Approach. And while it doesn't have a statistical effect on your opponent's draws, it can also be demoralizing if they flip cards they wanted to draw. I like this card.