This is a masterpiece of a bad card. Kill one creature to same another? You know what saves creatures? Bandage, Heal, Safe Passage, carom, Ethereal Haze/Holy Day, or countless other cards that cost the same yet don't require you to sacrifice anything. Unless you have more creature tokens than mana and sense, this is nigh-useless.
gromgrom777
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
LOL were they even thinking when they printed this?
lol this has lower ratting then Fugitive Wizard I guess some abilitys are so crappy that they lose you ratting instead of gaining you ratting even if you get to chose weather to use them.
Shiny_Umbreon
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@TheMoustacheCarne: I doubt it's good in limited either, no matter how insane token strategy you get. There are far better cards to use with lots of tokens. And by "far better cards" I mean "cards that you actually want to play, and can actually help you win".
Ferlord
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
You know what's funny? Eager Cadet has a higher rating than this card.
Imperialstonedragon
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
remind me of our actual health care system: letting others die while giving little treatment to some and always getting paid...
Pontiac
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
Nice bedside manner.
"did you suffer a point of damage?"
"yeah but I'm a 6/6 so i ca-"
"SACRIFICE!, SACRIFICE!"
way to save the day
RJ.693
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
You know when people talk about the cure being more horrible than the disease? This is that in a nutshell.
NigelB
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
when i started playing magic when i was 13 or so i bought a selesnya united green/white deck. it had 2 of these in it, having a poor grasp on how to play and just seen only a few cards outside my first deck i instinctivly knew this card was useless, got a llanowar elves off my friend instead!!! good guy..
Rufus_D
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Come on guys... this card isn't worth its terrible 0.8 rating it has right now. Take a step back and realise that its {w for a 1/1 with a beneficial ability. That's right - it may be absolutely terrible, but it won't hurt you for having it, unlike certain other 1/1s. There are definately situations where it can save you the game, like if you're about to eat a lightning bolt to the face and you're on 3 life. Granted, something like Ghost-Lit Redeemer or Burrenton Forge-Tender will do this much more efficiently, but even Caregiver could save you in that situation, so give it some credit - it's not a 0.5 card, as many people have obviously voted it.
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
"The guilds each believe its way is right, but their ways only bring blood to Ravnica's streets and tears to Ravnica's families."
Like you have any room to talk, Caregiver, every petty act of care you provide costs some poor creature its life.
In terms of Hippocratic Oath violations per workday, this must be the Worst. Caregiver. Ever. Pretty sure even Goblin Chirurgeon has a better track record. :P
luca_barelli
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
wait, the flavour of this card makes no sense.
Why does she have to murder a random creature to heal someone?
Dolorosa
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I thought you said you were caring, Caregiver? What merciful god would allow this card to exist? "Oh NO, you're about to kill my Goblin Fireslinger! WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT HIM?? He's all I've ever loved...GOTTA THINK FAST. UH, UH, UH....YOU, DIREGRAF GHOUL. TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM! Phew. Crisis averted. I love you, Fireslinger."
Paolino
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
For the long-time health of the game there have to be bad cards, and well... also SO bad cards... This is why this one got printed!
Gelzo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Look at all the cares I give.
They're just falling from the sky.
TheWrathofShane
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is a monster with Grave Pact, just saying.
I think the flavour and ability is referring to how for every ravnican soul saved, another perishes anyway. And doesn't it have some use in a deck capable of pumping out white weenies?
FourEx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
is there a combo i'm missing here beyond the aforementioned Grave Pact engine? doesn't sacrificing defeat the point of preventing damage?
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were they even thinking when they printed this?
Eager Cadet has a higher rating than this card.
"did you suffer a point of damage?"
"yeah but I'm a 6/6 so i ca-"
"SACRIFICE!, SACRIFICE!"
way to save the day
Like you have any room to talk, Caregiver, every petty act of care you provide costs some poor creature its life.
In terms of Hippocratic Oath violations per workday, this must be the Worst. Caregiver. Ever. Pretty sure even Goblin Chirurgeon has a better track record. :P
Why does she have to murder a random creature to heal someone?
They're just falling from the sky.