Pointed Discussion

not many cards have an effect that is simultaneously advantage and drawback in one.

Its only a drawback to the owner if they don't have the correct creatures in play. I would probably play this card with tokens, or Grave Pact, or Savra, Queen of the Golgari, or creatures that have "remove from play" abilities such as Havoc Demon.

Play this with Goblin As sualt so you'll always have something to feed it.

The brother of Defiler of Souls.

Does this guy's ability stack? Pretty sure it does, I'd just like to make certain.

You mean if there's more than one in play?
Yes. One creature sacced per Woebringer.

I played against a friend who uses this card, cadaver imp, dead reckoning, soul stair, and pawn of ulamog. The this just keeps coming back and I keep losing my creatures.

@Buridan: Strangely enough because it doesn't.

A decent black card. If nothing else, combos pretty well with Reas.sembling Skeleton :)

Wow this has a heavy flaw...that apparantly no one sees. At the beginning of your opponents upkeep if they don't control any creatures, you have to sac the demon. At best, it draws your opponent's attention away from killing you. If they're not even playing creatures, then this demon is worthless.

My cousin made a deck with a lot of these and Abyssal Persecutor

@rikerblake sounds alot like my deck...

Mimic Vat this. On your turn, put it into play with Mimic Vat after your upkeep has passed. keep it alive until their turn ( like attacking with it while making sure it doesnt die). once it's their turn, they will have to sac a creature and it will die at their end step. Making it so you dont have to sac a creature.

I don't think people are "getting" it.
If you can't sacrifice a creature, sacrifice this guy.
If your opponent can't sacrifice a creature, sacrifice this guy.
It doesn't matter if you can litter your 'field with creatures to sac if your opponent doesn't have any to sac him/herself.
3.5/5.
It's decent enough, definitely a threat in its own right, but as someone said:
It's both a drawback as well as an advantage.

I know it isn't perfect, but I'd definitely be curious to see this played alongside Infernal Genesis. It's one way to make sure your opponent has creatures to sac, as well as yourself, even if it isn't the best. Throw in a few Mortician's Beetle to make it huge. Palliation Accord keeps their thrulls useless as attackers, and all you need is a Phyrexian Altar or two to get it out. Grave Pact is kind of a no-brainer at this point.

I like this card very much! Each time I play it, it gives me a lot of thrilling! Will my opponent destroy it before its upkeep? Will I have a creature to sacrifice in my next upkeep? And a lot more questions arise when I play it. This card can give me emotions like no others!

I think it's better than Magus of the Abyss because its ability do not target and it's a sacrifice, so circùmvent any Shroud, Indestuctibility, regeneration and protection. Moreover it flys...
Better than Defiler of Souls because requires a deck build around it and there isn't any condition, so opponent can't play around it. But at the end Defiler of Souls is more solid...
I don't know about Kuon, Ogre Ascendant, it seem probably better because you don't have to sacrifice it if people end their creatures, but requires a little more field preparation.

I don't know... I was searching a "sacrifice a creature each turn" card in "Modern" (from Mirrodin until now), and I feel a little confused... Any suggestion?

However, for me this card is a solid 4/5.

Combo it with Forbidden Orchard.

As Demons go, he's underwhelming. As creatures go, he's still pretty good. I'd definitely rock one in a Kaalia deck.

1 "Oh, you cast a * insert random above-average creature*? You'll have to sac it because of my buddy here"
2 "Damn. But you'll have to sac a creature too."
1 *points finger on a Reassembilng skeleton*
2 *sad panda*

A nice 5 CMC 4/4 flier with an amusing ability (and I love the grin).

4,5/5

This card has worth, you just need to find a good combo. Forcing opponents to consistently sacrifice creatures when you have a Massacre Wurm and Reassembling Skeleton backing you up can be overwhelming. Sure you might need to sacrifice him sometimes, but it's a small price to pay for board control. Works well in tribal demon and with the Morbid triggered ability, but still I'd rather have 2 Demonlord of Ashmouth as opposed to this guy. Good card but not the best demon out there. Love the art tho.

Sigarda to kill this card without any sacrifice of creatures.

does "If the player can't" mean the player whos upkeep phase it is or the owner of Woebringer? If it means the owner, why don't they just say "you"?

@Nikeyeia
yeah - I misunderstood it somehow. It's clear as it is written there.

I love him in a Jund style Devour deck.

The opponent really doesn't want to lose creatures when you have threats on the board.

Makes me think of Drop of Honey/Porphyry Nodes. A much closer card I found is Magus of the Abyss, which is a *reprint* of The Abyss. Nowadays them youngsters are just getting actually efficient creatures instead of overpowered answers to stuff like Ironclaw Orcs...