"I just got back from the doctor." "How'd it go?" "I...I tested positive for being-in-the-way-of-a-millennia-old-vampire."
naxxcr
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(10 votes)
Though the flavor text is rather corny, it's nice that this card gets an art update to match its power.
Kirbster
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(10 votes)
Still a great card, but that new flavour text is unfathomably lame.
jinxedidol
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I find the original art better, the colors are more expressive. This one is more of like a decay or destroy spell rather than the person dying of mortification.
darkterrorblade
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I tend to prefer my mortifys to come on giant, flying sticks, but this will still be quite a welcome addition to my Orzhov deck.
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(9 votes)
Hilarious flavor text and incredible art. Great reprint.
jasonpenguin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
my favorite flavor text
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
BAD.
ASS.
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it's kind of tough to make humor for really tough, Dark angsty Villains or Anti-Heroes that doesn't feel out-of-place...jokes about Sorin Markov are like jokes about Batman. But this is DEFINITELY an example a joke-moment done right! :D
psychichobo
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(12 votes)
God DAMMIT, Sorin.
That was the ONLY Barbarian in Innistrad. Preservation my ass.
DoragonShinzui
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
My father went the same way.
pedrodyl
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
How you can Mortify an enchantment is beyond me; nevertheless, this card is versatile and effective.
bowlofgumbo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the duel-deck reprint feels like such sloppy seconds when Putrefy is standard-legal again. so lame :(
Penniwhistle
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Loving the Terry Pratchet-esque flavour text, though I agree the older art was more appealing
Pipikako
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Problem ?
Combofriend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly worse than vindicate.. Still great though i have both in my edh deck
FlashCaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is so damn good it's scary.
This is easily in the top 10 targeted removals in Magic, and it even rivals the likes of Vindicate since this is an instant. Since they both have the same exact mana cost they are a good comparison and a study of the importance of instant speed.
In the end this is actually better due to the speed but Vindicate is just cooler, more versatile, and super iconic which makes me like it more just as a card. Speed is also why Terminate edges out Dreadbore in the end as well.
Putrefy is ever so slightly better than this since it hits artifacts instead which is often more useful in my opinion.
@Combofriend - I think you should probably look up "strictly better". Vindicate has got a little more flexibility insofar as targets, but this is INSTANT SPEED. That shouldn't need any further explanation.
mpitcock
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm calling this one for Journey into Nyx, mostly since each God got a 3 CMC spell, and this would be perfect for Theros Block.
nosohryuforyou
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think the new art and flavor text are both inferior to the original.
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"I just got back from the doctor."
"How'd it go?"
"I...I tested positive for being-in-the-way-of-a-millennia-old-vampire."
ASS.
B|
it's kind of tough to make humor for really tough, Dark angsty Villains or Anti-Heroes that doesn't feel out-of-place...jokes about Sorin Markov are like jokes about Batman. But this is DEFINITELY an example a joke-moment done right! :D
That was the ONLY Barbarian in Innistrad. Preservation my ass.
This is easily in the top 10 targeted removals in Magic, and it even rivals the likes of Vindicate since this is an instant. Since they both have the same exact mana cost they are a good comparison and a study of the importance of instant speed.
In the end this is actually better due to the speed but Vindicate is just cooler, more versatile, and super iconic which makes me like it more just as a card. Speed is also why Terminate edges out Dreadbore in the end as well.
Putrefy is ever so slightly better than this since it hits artifacts instead which is often more useful in my opinion.
Mortify/Putrefy 4.5/5
Vindicate 5/5
Terminate 5/5
Dreadbore 4.5/5
Still, it's good to see a reprint of this.