Pointed Discussion

The artwork is awesomely brutal.

It's not a very powerful card anyways, but this card interestingly has a black planeshifted version, Mire Blight.

could be beneficial to any deck really. cheap with a cool ability.

agreed, great art here.

Fun Fact: This is one of only two cards where Kev Walker is credited as "Kevin Walker" the other being Ovinomancer.

Hell Yeah I'll Go With the Ladder Kev Walker Is A Beast

The art is a sequential follow-up for that of Preferred Selection.

you won't find this card in your little brother's yu-gi-oh/pokemon collection.

@testsubject: um, preferred selection is kevin as well, and that is just from the link on this page. better do your research more thoroughly next time.

Mortal Wound+Hornet Sting. A neat little combo.

Om Nom.

@Tiggurix
While that may be one of a few options in mono-, there are better choices. It's like Mighty Leaping an opponent's creature only to Plummet it, which I'm proud to say I pulled off more than once at the M12 prerelease, just for fun. ^_^

Why did you guys give this 2 1/2 stars, while Mire Blight (black carbon-copy of this) got 3 1/2?

Green needs creature removal far more than black - which has a billion creature killers already, many of which are overpowered (Doom blade, anyone?) Mortal Wound is pretty nice. Just a single mana, and the next time your opponent's creature blocks or is blocked, it's gone. Has nice synergy with Prodigal Sorcerer, Pestilence, D'Avenant Archer, and basically anything reusable so you don't lose card advantage. In some cases a Hurricane or Sandstorm works well with it, where it's dealing with other creatures/players at the same time.

Strike fear into your opponent with Mortal Wound. 3.5 out of 5.

Can combo with a pinger for green removal. Or with first strike creatures. Or even regenerate, which green actually has. The trick is to be able to take use of its ability without spending 2 cards to destroy the creature.

"Fun Fact: This is one of only two cards where Kev Walker is credited as "Kevin Walker" the other being Ovinomancer." It is true! Preferred selection is "Kev Walker." Click on the artist's name in the info section. It is right here, do your research folks.