I would have preferred the effect to be manaless and cause 1 life loss. Still, nice for heroic and inspired in limited.
Purplerooster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Kinda of like a 2-powered unblockable creature that needs to pay mana to attack.
-and enables inspiration
-and relies on the attached creature not dying
-and counts as an enchantment for things that care about that
-and also enables heroic
Maybe not so much.
anotherfan321
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This cycle is pretty weak over all, but this one and the red one do seem fairly solid.
MrMonday
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is actually fairly good in Limited. It will let you keep hitting your opponent for 2 damage while benefiting from Inspired. Pairs well with Pain Seer.
ToAsTy42o
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i stableized at 2 life at pre-release with enough guys finally out to block and swing back for the win. he drew this, put it on a random guy, and killed me. Did NOT see that comming. sonuva ***.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is it efficient? Nope.
Is it useful? Yup. Not a fantastic card, but if you're going black Heroic or Inspired at all an easy pick in Limited.
Oh, I didn't realize John Leguizamo worked for Erebos.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Heartstone or Training Grounds is a great help to lower the cost of activation for this. Also, some good creatures to use this on are Soliton, and Pili-Pala. They both have the ability to untap themselves, enabling a second tap and more life loss to the opponent if you have the mana.
I think there could be a deck here somewhere, with a few other strategies added to it. Perhaps the Pili-Pala, Paradise Mantle, Training Grounds/Heartstone infinite mana combo. Add Cyclonic Rift and Mizzium Mortars/Pyroclasm/Electrickery for defense, some card draw/search like think twice and Diabolic Tutor, and maybe some alternate win-cons with the infinite mana. A creature constantly tapping and untapping to deal life loss with Boon of Erebus can be great, but don't forget there are other creatures too that can create havoc with unlimited mana, such as Memnarch gaining control of everything on the battlefield, or Olivia Voldaren single-handedly killing off/converting the board and getting lots of +1/+1 counters. Even Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius can be a good combo piece with unlimited mana.
Well, just some ideas for using this card. I hope it sees play in modern or even standard, it definitely has potential.
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-and enables inspiration
-and relies on the attached creature not dying
-and counts as an enchantment for things that care about that
-and also enables heroic
Maybe not so much.
Is it useful? Yup. Not a fantastic card, but if you're going black Heroic or Inspired at all an easy pick in Limited.
I think there could be a deck here somewhere, with a few other strategies added to it. Perhaps the Pili-Pala, Paradise Mantle, Training Grounds/Heartstone infinite mana combo. Add Cyclonic Rift and Mizzium Mortars/Pyroclasm/Electrickery for defense, some card draw/search like think twice and Diabolic Tutor, and maybe some alternate win-cons with the infinite mana. A creature constantly tapping and untapping to deal life loss with Boon of Erebus can be great, but don't forget there are other creatures too that can create havoc with unlimited mana, such as Memnarch gaining control of everything on the battlefield, or Olivia Voldaren single-handedly killing off/converting the board and getting lots of +1/+1 counters. Even Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius can be a good combo piece with unlimited mana.
Well, just some ideas for using this card. I hope it sees play in modern or even standard, it definitely has potential.