Never underestimate the power of an Iron Maiden concert.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Also, with hellbent, the enchantment's backlash hits you harder. Instants FTW? Breath of Malfegor?
Terjak
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
i have a question, if you have 2 anthems on the field, would you deal 3x or 4x, or would they not even stack?
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@ klauth: In a hellbent deck, you do not want that card draw. One of the most annoying things about playing blue with a hellbent deck is being targeted by their draw spells. Completely nerfs your whole power level.
@ Kryptnyt: Well I feel like a noob. I'm putting together a creature-heavy hellbent deck, and it didn't even occur to me that the enchantment's damage would double too. Definitely swapping this out for a fourth Demonfire...or maybe a second Gloomdrifter.
Japicx
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is one of the key pieces in my Malfegor EDH deck, for obvious reasons. And I honestly don't get why people are so in a dither about the fact that the Anthem doubles the damage it deals to you. Taking 2 damage per attacker is nothing compared with the massive hurt you'll be laying on your opponent. If you're playing a hellbent deck, you should have a few Dread Slags in there. As long as you're hellbent and you have the Anthem and the Slag in play, you've got a five-mana trampler that swings for 22 damage. That swing will do 2 damage to you, for sure, but who cares if your opponent is taking eleven times that much? To me, this is the king of all hellbent cards.
land_comment
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This is great, but it could kill you easily.
DacenOctavio
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Play shit that has lifelink. Duh. Kaalia knows what's up. She'll call up her homegirl Baneslayer Angel.
"Haaay girl! Wanna go roflstomp some n00bs? We'll get pizza later. But leave your boyfriend Hellcarver Demon at home. He always fucks everything up. Last time I said you could bring him along we all ended up passed out, naked, and not knowin' what just happened."
Hand_Bannana
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
gotta love the guy on the left with the rocker fist haha. also much edh love
Okuu-chan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Reminds me of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fakNlghOJY
Except the band would likely be Megadeth or Dimmu Borgir instead.
Superllama12
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Weird aggro deck with this and Personal Sanctuary? You'd need a ton of duals/mana fixing, and it probably wouldn't work too well, but it would be incredibly fun!
LordRandomness
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's excellent to have in play when you play Demonfire with hellbent.
Unrelated: This gets a whole bunch better if you run it in {B}/{R} vampires with a bunch of lifelink...
forthelols
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@blindthrall: I run 3 Oona's Prowler with it in my R/B "Madbent" deck so if anyone tries to screw my hellbent, I can force myself to trash my hand or they make me draw but that gives me more madness fodder. Had a fun game against mono-Blue Faerie and did 16 dmg with 2 Anthems with Chandra Ablaze
pedrodyl
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Curves straight out of Rakdos Pit Dragon for a potential turn five kill (if you have hellbent)
Zaskist
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Had out just the Anthem and a Pyreheart Wolf and played an Arc Runner...Kinda sat there and thought about what I did for a minute.
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Superllama12 That combo is nice, but really, you don't need to prevent the damage to yourself. If you are an aggro deck (and you should be if you are going for hellbent), you shouldn't care about the life loss.
This is more like an overrun effect that deals insane damage, but has some drawbacks. If you play it out right though, you can kill people extremely quickly with this - easily on the turn you play it.
Somethings as simple as thatcher revolt could end up doing 18 damage! Ya, sure, you take 6 damage, but who cares?
RakdosRiot
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Remember: the Hellbent double damage is in *ADDITION TO* the +2/0! Don't underestimate how big the boost is with Hellbent! This thing turns ALL your creatures--even lowly 1/1s--into heavy hitters when you have no cards in hand. 2x(pow+2) means 1/1s swing for 6, 2/2s for 10, and double strikers get 2x+8 damage. This is a fierce enchantment.
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The poor guy was left taking 169 damage that turn. ^_^ (happy face)
@ terjack: 4x. Check out the ruling for Quest for Pure Flame.
@ Kryptnyt: Well I feel like a noob. I'm putting together a creature-heavy hellbent deck, and it didn't even occur to me that the enchantment's damage would double too. Definitely swapping this out for a fourth Demonfire...or maybe a second Gloomdrifter.
"Haaay girl! Wanna go roflstomp some n00bs? We'll get pizza later. But leave your boyfriend Hellcarver Demon at home. He always fucks everything up. Last time I said you could bring him along we all ended up passed out, naked, and not knowin' what just happened."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fakNlghOJY
Except the band would likely be Megadeth or Dimmu Borgir instead.
Unrelated: This gets a whole bunch better if you run it in {B}/{R} vampires with a bunch of lifelink...
That combo is nice, but really, you don't need to prevent the damage to yourself. If you are an aggro deck (and you should be if you are going for hellbent), you shouldn't care about the life loss.
This is more like an overrun effect that deals insane damage, but has some drawbacks. If you play it out right though, you can kill people extremely quickly with this - easily on the turn you play it.
Somethings as simple as thatcher revolt could end up doing 18 damage! Ya, sure, you take 6 damage, but who cares?