Umm no this card is amazing when combined with Magus of the Mirror in other words you could get an infinite number of these 4/4s and then just exchange life totals so you'll be back at 2Ø or whatever in other words instant win, I can't be the first one to see this combo
Motorival
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(5 votes)
BorosLordZero: I think, had you read the card, you might realize your amazing "combo," is exactly as retarded as... you.
vosrevesrevers
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@John-Bender
it's half your life rounded up, so if you had 1 life, you'd lose 1 life and lose the game.
John-Bender
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(5 votes)
@BoroslordZero: The second you pay the cost, that card turns into a 4/4 creature. You can only use it's ability once.
Anyways on card! The creature in this cards artwork is weird and scary, yet awesome at the same time. I kinda wish there was a token card (I know it doesn't make tokens) or a stand alone version. Other then that. That card is kind of poo. Unless you have 1 life. Then a 4/4 flying Horror for 3!!!
Edit: Didn't notice it was rounded up :P Now this makes the card pretty much useless.
OpenSeasonNoobs
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(9 votes)
@John-Bender You can pay costs as many times as you would like. The ability will go on the stack and it will become a 4/4 creature as many times as the ability resolves. It is not a split second, abilities activate at instant speed, so you could pay the cost to drop yourself to 1 life then sac a Tainted Sigil to gain 19. Also, you could sac the tainted sigil, then in response to THAT sac, you could pay the cost so many times it will drop you to 1, sac a 2nd tainted sigil, repeat the process. So, time for lol combos.
Boon Reflection with the TS will make it so you can pay the cost to down yourself to 1, sac TS, gain 38 life. Do so 4 times and... 1st time, go up to 39. 2nd time, go down 38, add the 19 from the original, go up to 115 3rd time, go down 114, add the 57 lost previously, go up to 343 4th time, go down 342, add the 171 lost previously, go up to 514. Oh, btw, did I mention that Sanguine Bond you played earlier? Good job kiddo, glad you're on top of this. Grand total lifegain, 38+114+342+513=1007. If you haven't won at this point... Well, let's just add some more exponential growth to the equation. Assume you've played 4 BR's and 4 SB's. First time, you gain 19*4 life, that is 76 lifegain, 304 life loss for your opponent. See where I'm going with this? 2nd time :: go down 75, gain 75*4+19+1=320 Life, 319*4+304=1580 Total life lost by opponent thus far. 3rd time :: go down 319, gain 319*4+75+19+1=1371 Life, 1370*4+1580= 7060 Total life lost by opponent thus far 4th time :: go down 1370, gain 1370*4+319+75+19+1= 5894 Life, 5893*4+7060=30632.
So you are at 5894 life now, and you have caused your opponent to lose over 30k life. Hmm... I think just because of the theorycrafting involved, I must give this card a 5/5. BTW, I have a way of making this combo work in a real deck that I am not posting. Sorry.
Edit:: You would need only one Lurking Evil out to do this, I don't know if I made that clear or not...
BTW, I love it when people comment on amazing combo cards with "OMG THIS KARD IS SO USELESS!" Thanks for making standard so easy a down syndrome vegetable could win with it, Jund/Vamps ftw!!!
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As a fan of Tainted Sigil and Children of Korlis, I can't see why everyone hates this card so much. It's decent at best, yes, but it's still 3 mana for a 4/4 flyer. Add the fact that you can practically make your opponent lose 10 life during your 4th turn, and it suddenly seems a lot better.
XTwistedsoulX
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I honestly don't see why this is rated so low. Let's look at this further shall we?
Say your playing suicide black. Likey you've lowered your life quite a bit near the end with all your carnophage and foul imp nonsense going on (if you use those, I ran em.) So half of low life aint gonna be much. 4 is 2. 6 is 3 ect. A 4/4 flyer for only 3 black is not that bad. It can wait on the sidelines as a finisher. Not that bad and definatley a brave play so you get bragging rights. Add to this the fact that it can be activated as an instant...might hold of an attacker and will be ready to swing next turn.
Obviously you dont wanna do this if your at 20, but that's not what this card is for. It's a finisher. Heck, I'd pay 10 life if it ment I got the win now that I think about it. Sure it has weaknesses (What creature doesn't) but a savvy player knows when and when not to use this.
Look at Phyrexian Negator. Theres another high risk powerhouse! The lurking evil has the same mana cost. You get a slightly smaller, and harder to block force. Negator gets rated high and the lurking evil dont? For shame!
This could be a board wipe finisher in the same way that Gideon is. It doesn't cost any mana to activate the ability, so play it after a Wrath or DOJ or Life's Finale when your opponent is down to less than 4 life for the win. Play it on turn 3. Your opponent will either counter something that won't affect them then, or waste enchanment removal on it.
Allan_SC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can you use Lurking evil with Transcendence ? or is pay life = with losing life ?
Morikanti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Amazing card! Used it on my black deck with Negators, Skittering Skirge and TWISTED EXPERIMENT With it I won the Portuguese GP Preview tournament (7-0). During the actual GP, I managed to qualify in the top 32. Beat Dirk Baberowski in the first round of day 2. Got ***y and made an embarrassingly bad call in round 2, which got me eliminated from the tournament... No problem paying half your life at 20, if you get a 7/3 flyer ( with Twisted Experiment ) on the table, and have seen ( with Duress, or from the lands your opponent has played ) that there is little he can do about it. He either top decks a miracle, or is dead in three turns.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I didn't need that life anyways...
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Easier to play around than Negator.. It's a 4/4 Flyer for 3; it's gonna make you pay a hefty price!
-Consider that it plays around Tainted Aether and other "cast creature" or "creature ETB" effects and is a creature on the board only when you want it to be.
-Curves nicely into 4-mana boardwipes so you have the only critter on the board!
-Costs minimal life in the late game; and plays favorably with a large variety of cards.
-Consider that this is a finisher that can avoid sorcery speed removal for a turn while nigh-guaranteeing 4-damage downrange. If this were {R}{R}{R}; it'd see play in burn (especially after Flame Rifting yourself..)
-This card is black; if you didn't notice. This is how black works. You craft a huge advantage for yourself (Tombstalker style finisher) by playing around a potentially huge drawback.
-It's also instant speed mind you. See a big flyer barreling towards you T3/T4? Turn this guy into a 4/4 in response and eat it!
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I think, had you read the card, you might realize your amazing "combo," is exactly as retarded as... you.
it's half your life rounded up, so if you had 1 life, you'd lose 1 life and lose the game.
Anyways on card! The creature in this cards artwork is weird and scary, yet awesome at the same time. I kinda wish there was a token card (I know it doesn't make tokens) or a stand alone version. Other then that. That card is kind of poo. Unless you have 1 life. Then a 4/4 flying Horror for 3!!!
Edit: Didn't notice it was rounded up :P Now this makes the card pretty much useless.
You can pay costs as many times as you would like. The ability will go on the stack and it will become a 4/4 creature as many times as the ability resolves. It is not a split second, abilities activate at instant speed, so you could pay the cost to drop yourself to 1 life then sac a Tainted Sigil to gain 19. Also, you could sac the tainted sigil, then in response to THAT sac, you could pay the cost so many times it will drop you to 1, sac a 2nd tainted sigil, repeat the process. So, time for lol combos.
Boon Reflection with the TS will make it so you can pay the cost to down yourself to 1, sac TS, gain 38 life. Do so 4 times and...
1st time, go up to 39.
2nd time, go down 38, add the 19 from the original, go up to 115
3rd time, go down 114, add the 57 lost previously, go up to 343
4th time, go down 342, add the 171 lost previously, go up to 514. Oh, btw, did I mention that Sanguine Bond you played earlier? Good job kiddo, glad you're on top of this.
Grand total lifegain, 38+114+342+513=1007. If you haven't won at this point... Well, let's just add some more exponential growth to the equation.
Assume you've played 4 BR's and 4 SB's.
First time, you gain 19*4 life, that is 76 lifegain, 304 life loss for your opponent. See where I'm going with this?
2nd time :: go down 75, gain 75*4+19+1=320 Life, 319*4+304=1580 Total life lost by opponent thus far.
3rd time :: go down 319, gain 319*4+75+19+1=1371 Life, 1370*4+1580= 7060 Total life lost by opponent thus far
4th time :: go down 1370, gain 1370*4+319+75+19+1= 5894 Life, 5893*4+7060=30632.
So you are at 5894 life now, and you have caused your opponent to lose over 30k life. Hmm... I think just because of the theorycrafting involved, I must give this card a 5/5. BTW, I have a way of making this combo work in a real deck that I am not posting. Sorry.
Edit:: You would need only one Lurking Evil out to do this, I don't know if I made that clear or not...
BTW, I love it when people comment on amazing combo cards with "OMG THIS KARD IS SO USELESS!" Thanks for making standard so easy a down syndrome vegetable could win with it, Jund/Vamps ftw!!!
Say your playing suicide black. Likey you've lowered your life quite a bit near the end with all your carnophage and foul imp nonsense going on (if you use those, I ran em.) So half of low life aint gonna be much. 4 is 2. 6 is 3 ect. A 4/4 flyer for only 3 black is not that bad. It can wait on the sidelines as a finisher. Not that bad and definatley a brave play so you get bragging rights. Add to this the fact that it can be activated as an instant...might hold of an attacker and will be ready to swing next turn.
Obviously you dont wanna do this if your at 20, but that's not what this card is for. It's a finisher. Heck, I'd pay 10 life if it ment I got the win now that I think about it. Sure it has weaknesses (What creature doesn't) but a savvy player knows when and when not to use this.
Look at Phyrexian Negator. Theres another high risk powerhouse! The lurking evil has the same mana cost. You get a slightly smaller, and harder to block force. Negator gets rated high and the lurking evil dont? For shame!
With it I won the Portuguese GP Preview tournament (7-0). During the actual GP, I managed to qualify in the top 32. Beat Dirk Baberowski in the first round of day 2. Got ***y and made an embarrassingly bad call in round 2, which got me eliminated from the tournament...
No problem paying half your life at 20, if you get a 7/3 flyer ( with Twisted Experiment ) on the table, and have seen ( with Duress, or from the lands your opponent has played ) that there is little he can do about it. He either top decks a miracle, or is dead in three turns.
It's a 4/4 Flyer for 3; it's gonna make you pay a hefty price!
-Consider that it plays around Tainted Aether and other "cast creature" or "creature ETB" effects and is a creature on the board only when you want it to be.
-Curves nicely into 4-mana boardwipes so you have the only critter on the board!
-Costs minimal life in the late game; and plays favorably with a large variety of cards.
-Consider that this is a finisher that can avoid sorcery speed removal for a turn while nigh-guaranteeing 4-damage downrange. If this were {R}{R}{R}; it'd see play in burn (especially after Flame Rifting yourself..)
-This card is black; if you didn't notice. This is how black works. You craft a huge advantage for yourself (Tombstalker style finisher) by playing around a potentially huge drawback.
-It's also instant speed mind you. See a big flyer barreling towards you T3/T4? Turn this guy into a 4/4 in response and eat it!