so I get 2 cards, a +1/+1 counter, an edict, and a spawn token, for just 2 manna.
Now of course this card might not always be that good but for some small creature or one that likes going in the graveyard like sprouting thrinax, academy rector, etc... or something like bloodghast or vengevine that can just come back are a decent trade for 2 life, but most importantly a more easily manageable casting cost over sign in blood.
this card is good cuz it gets you 2 cards cheaply, but can also be used as an engine to do other cool things.
NoobOfLore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I am playing Dragon Appeasement. The additional cost is purely a boon, as far as I'm concerned.
Zuty
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Seriously need to have this rated higher. Should at least be a 3. Black is known for giving up something (be it life or creatures) to gain something. This is a great card and really should be respected more. As said before, it helps trigger SO MANY different abilities that make this even better than it already is.
~Zuty
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I remember when this used to be good... If they printed something like this nowadays but an instant, it would dominate! Not even as broken as Skullclamp. Do it, Wizards!
Ideatog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
We have Skulltap, still waiting for Spinal Tap...
HuntingDrake
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@ClockworkSwordfish: Well, now they've done it. Innistrad seems to have a few cards that overtly acknowledge the M10 rules' changes to card power: Altar's Reap, and also Fleeting Image -> Lantern Spirit.
Funnily enough, though, blue does it better to an even greater extent! Perilous Research.
Nebiros1821
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If anyone knows cause iam new to this game, I show a card Scarscale and the rulings say "If you don't control any creatures, you can't cast Scarscale Ritual", I wonder if this card can be played if you have no creatures to sacrifice.
greatspearman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@GruesomeGoo: You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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my normal course of action with this is sack bloodghast, trigger mortician beetle, pawn of ulamog and grave pact. And of course I normally draw a land to get bloodghast back.
so I get 2 cards, a +1/+1 counter, an edict, and a spawn token, for just 2 manna.
Now of course this card might not always be that good but for some small creature or one that likes going in the graveyard like sprouting thrinax, academy rector, etc... or something like bloodghast or vengevine that can just come back are a decent trade for 2 life, but most importantly a more easily manageable casting cost over sign in blood.
this card is good cuz it gets you 2 cards cheaply, but can also be used as an engine to do other cool things.
The additional cost is purely a boon, as far as I'm concerned.
~Zuty
Well, now they've done it. Innistrad seems to have a few cards that overtly acknowledge the M10 rules' changes to card power: Altar's Reap, and also Fleeting Image -> Lantern Spirit.