Yep, this card kind of proves my comment on Doom Blade. As far as removal goes, this is far too expensive for anything other than limited, but its upside still makes it not totally unplayable. In fact, you're only spending a net of 2 mana to kill a dude without any restrictions. Not sure what to spend it on, though...
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
It's Dark Ritual! It's back! Yay! Exuberance! Wait... what's this mediocre kill spell attached to my Dark Ritual?
B0rb0rkymos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Thinking of this from a Limited-centric POV, I'm very negative on it. This is a bad card, that's forcing me hard into black, when I'm not otherwise seeing much upside to playing black in M14 Limited. I could be proven wrong, but this looks like an all-formats dud.
SyntheticDreamer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Even if this does give you three mana, you still need five mana to cast this. Not worth it in Limited or Constructed. It's just another mediocre kill spell with an added effect that's only marginally useful by the time you can use it.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Strange card. Very expensive sorcery speed removal with the mana replenishment that will let you cast a 3 drop or something.
sweetgab
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(6 votes)
It's like Dark Ritual... It's also very not Dark Ritual... ugh.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Perfect design and fantastic art. I hope it stays in the core for awhile.
Lamentine
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
This was probably designed in order to combo with Grim Return, but for the same mana, you can can Doom Blade and then use Grim Return all at instant speed instead. Only downside to this over Liturgy of Blood is Doom Blade's nonblack creature drawback.
Regardless, this card will still see play in limited for being okay removal in that format with the potential to gain tempo with the three black mana.
Murmeldjuret
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
With Omniscience it is even better than dark ritual... Well I tried.
Intregus
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
This is a solid kill spell for zombies. Most of them are 3 mana so on turn 5 after you just dropped a zombie warchief you kill a creature and drop another one!
Also, cool things to be had with anything that copies spells, like Spellweaver Helix
Captain_Sisay_2591
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Worked well with Grim Return for me as a clunky way to gain control of my opponent's best/most annoying creature. Also worked well with Vile Return. 3.5
Seabie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
NWO?
Purplerooster
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Answers almost anything and only cost a net value of 2 cmc. Even if you can't take advantage of the ritual effect this is still a solid card.
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ok in limited, because it's removal. Crappy everywhere else. Five mana sorcery speed is far too much. Even if you get some mana back.
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I would like it a lot more as a kill spell if it was instant speed. Still, even at sorcery speed it is a must grab in Limited because it is removal. But in Standard, it is unplayable.
3/5
badmalloc
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Anybody who says this is not good in limited... just pass it my way.
Demento_Recraves
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Shame it's MC already has BB in it's cost, if it were 4B, you could use it as a weird sort of mana fixing card for multicolor decks that want to run black heavy cards. Granted, with today's mana fixing it would be mostly pointless anyway.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Decent in Limited, crap elsewhere.
DoragonShinzui
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Destroys any creature and gives you reanimation mana at sorcery speed. Is it horribly broken? No, hence why you people are ripping on it for not being powerful enough. What it is is a limited bomb with potentially interesting spell interactions and a highly efficient net cost.
MyDreamMods
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I find it works well when I have Obzedat on the field tham my friend is an a$$ and plays banisher priest. And, it also works when he plays doomgape. This card is sweet in all black decks focused on a few key cards to keep your opponents at bay while i place swamp mana to follow up with the corrupt sorcery 2 times. This card keeps me safe from my friends big a$$ monsters.
Fool_of_the_Parish
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
...seems like it could be pretty silly with Ink-Treader Nephilim. You know, if you want people to hate that creature above all else. Just need a good X spell....
jduster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5 minus 3 is 2. I'll stick with Doom Blade or GFTT, Thanks!
DaLucaray
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
One of these days I want to meet Zul Ashur. It's a pity core sets hate legendaries...
I remember when I first started playing MTG, I ran this solely because I thought that adding BBB to your mana pool was the same thing as giving me three free swamps. Rookie mistakes in magic are always hilarious.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
About as close as Wizards will ever come to reprinting Dark Ritual in a core set.
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ugh.
Regardless, this card will still see play in limited for being okay removal in that format with the potential to gain tempo with the three black mana.
Also, cool things to be had with anything that copies spells, like Spellweaver Helix
3.5
3/5