A good weapon against regenerators and low-toughness regenerators like Stuffy Doll. Agony Warp has stolen a lot of this card's thunder.
BrutalJim
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
The black Incinerate. Comes with some disadvantages such as the inability to deal damage to an opponent, but with advantages such as the ability to kill indestructible creatures. 4.5/5.
Chrs84
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
sneaky sneaky sneaky
good ol black...
Schlappi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@ Equinox523
I don't think so, I still prefer this card 'cos it's easier to cast. I mean it happens to me that I have trouble casting a Counterspell in my blue/black deck just because I need TWO blue mana for it. So I like Last Gasp better than Agony Warp & I love Rune Snag compared to the good old Counterspell. ;-)
XTwistedsoulX
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Minuses are so awesome. Gotta love it. Its like life loss for creatures.
divine_exodus
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I prefer Clinging Darkness, but this card lowers toughness too. The thing is, clinging darkness is an enchantment. Oh well.
Awesome card, a great thing to have (or at least SB) in any black deck. But something about it strikes me as strange... I think it's the tiny rules text. Or the fact that there's no credit for the speaker of the flavor text.
Trygon_Predator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A good card, but, like so many other -X/-X cards, overshadowed by Dismember.
CorkBulb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Unfortunately, this has been trumped by Grasp of Darkness as black removal. The extra is usually not a problem, even in multicolored decks. Last Gasp was a powerful and often used spot removal for weaker creatures in my group, being anti-regeneration and anti-indestructible as well as shrinking those big attacking fatties down to size for easier disposal.
4/5 for black removal
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I prefer Nameless Inversion personally, it doubles as pump in certain circumstances.
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I dunno guys, I did once run a red-black deck with plenty of destruction, and Grasp of Darkness's BB cost did screw me over a surprising amount of times. This definitely would've been much easier in that deck.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I too go for Nameless Inversion. It also helps to kill those buffed by tribal effects (especially lords) and various other troublesome type based issues. While black can't *often* use the buff, having a buff card available in the form of removal is handy.
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good ol black...
I don't think so, I still prefer this card 'cos it's easier to cast. I mean it happens to me that I have trouble casting a Counterspell in my blue/black deck just because I need TWO blue mana for it. So I like Last Gasp better than Agony Warp & I love Rune Snag compared to the good old Counterspell. ;-)
And on that note, cards like this are the main reason why many of my decks have a little Black in them.
I prefer Dismember.
4/5 for black removal