More token spawning that depends on death. Sure, Tibalt's deck has burn...
At least this is a good card generally
Vividice
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
A cheaper, often sightly worse Requiem Angel. And Requiem Angel has far better flavor.
Yet still a nice reprint!
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Richard Kane Ferguson's art always looks spectacular in the modern frame. This is no exception.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Actually, I think I would take this over Requiem Angel in a Kaalia deck. You need to spend your mana on something other than casting and recasting Kaalia, and I think this card's efficiencies are worth it. :)
So that's ONE example of where the Angel/Demon/Dragon with a spell-taped-on is not as good as the spell itself in Kaalia EDH. :P
psychichobo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Awesome card is awesome. Hard to hate a card that mocks Pyroclasm-based weenie doom.
Tacia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Can anyone explain to me why it's worded that way instead of just using the term dies? I thought you'd only need the longer wording when it's a non creature permanent that is going to the grave.
Aquillion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Tacia: The only thing I can think if is that under the current wording, creatures you own which are under an opponent's control will still produce 1/1 tokens, because they go to your graveyard; while ones you control which are owned by an opponent won't. That could be preserved by having it say "whenever a creature you own dies", but that's awkward wording that many people would miss or misunderstand.
Dragonshoredreamz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Easily works great in my U/W Spirit deck.
leomistico
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is one of the reasons why I hate some of the new wordings. Battlefield - why such a long word? Field wasn't enought? If one of the problem about templating is that shorter and cleaner is better, why use such a convoluted and cacophonic word? Moreover, in Italian it translated to "campo di battaglia", that can be really long and daunting to read at first sight.
Play/cast - I like "cast" (I've started during Tempest era, so I was used to it), but why a land can only be played and not casted? This brings some other annoying wordings, like the one on Intet: "why it says 'play that card', instead of 'cast that card'?" is a logical question. This wording is not consistent...
Die - As we can see on this card, is another inconsistent word. It only refers to creatures that you control and own that goes to your own graveyard. It doesn't refer to: creatures that you don't own, creatures that you don't control, non-creature permanents. Althought some of them are only corner-cases, you have to be comprehensive in the text box: if you aren't, cards can be misinterpreted. If you uses a non-consistent wording, you mislead players...
My propose: "battlefield" can simply become "field", but this is only a minor problem, so it can stay. Use "cast" to land and spells. Get rid of "die": people would uses it nontheless, but at least you can be comprehensive and consistent. Or use die for everything...
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At least this is a good card generally
And Requiem Angel has far better flavor.
Yet still a nice reprint!
So that's ONE example of where the Angel/Demon/Dragon with a spell-taped-on is not as good as the spell itself in Kaalia EDH. :P
Battlefield - why such a long word? Field wasn't enought? If one of the problem about templating is that shorter and cleaner is better, why use such a convoluted and cacophonic word? Moreover, in Italian it translated to "campo di battaglia", that can be really long and daunting to read at first sight.
Play/cast - I like "cast" (I've started during Tempest era, so I was used to it), but why a land can only be played and not casted? This brings some other annoying wordings, like the one on Intet: "why it says 'play that card', instead of 'cast that card'?" is a logical question. This wording is not consistent...
Die - As we can see on this card, is another inconsistent word. It only refers to creatures that you control and own that goes to your own graveyard. It doesn't refer to: creatures that you don't own, creatures that you don't control, non-creature permanents. Althought some of them are only corner-cases, you have to be comprehensive in the text box: if you aren't, cards can be misinterpreted. If you uses a non-consistent wording, you mislead players...
My propose: "battlefield" can simply become "field", but this is only a minor problem, so it can stay. Use "cast" to land and spells. Get rid of "die": people would uses it nontheless, but at least you can be comprehensive and consistent. Or use die for everything...
On the other hand, I like "exile"...