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A 2/1 for two mana with ANY ability is usually playable at least casually, but one that can get you an extra card every turn is huge. I run four in my black aggro deck, but any deck with a tight mana curve could exploit this card. It only requires one black and one colorless! With all the painlands and multilands it shouldn't be hard to drop. 5 stars.
-- By Hungry Donner from Delaware on January 25, 2006 |
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this cards not to good because you lose at least 1 life every turn but can still be pretty helpful
-- By Anonymous from ON on February 14, 2006 |
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He only will always do at least 1 damage if you don't have any Lands in your deck. An efficient beater that draws you twice as many cards = house.
-- By Maxx from Kentucky on March 02, 2006 |
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The math has been extensively done on this guy in an average deck you will lose less around 1.387 life per turn. This is such a small price to pay for drawing an extra card per turn. This guy is essentially a howling mine for only you that beats your opponent in the face for two per turn. NUFF SAID!
-- By Tony from Indianapolis, IN USA on March 30, 2006 |
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It is a good card with a pretty good effect but not somthing to have if you are loosing by life or cards. If you want this card you probably should put alot of life giving cards in with it, and i mean ALOT.
-- By Anonymous from abcdqfg on April 14, 2006 |
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Use it you will be surprised how it will help you win games. The Best Creature out of Ravnica in my opinion.
-- By Anonymous from Ottawa, ON, Canada on April 14, 2006 |
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Works out pretty well in aggro decks. Nice with cards like necroplasm too. Overall a powerful card.
-- By Anonymous from Pittsburgh on April 15, 2006 |
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this guy is the closest we can get to necropotence this days!!!! I'm willing to spend 1 damage and draw and extra savannah lions!!!this guy rules!!!
-- By temok from zamora, mich, mex on June 04, 2006 |
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this guys IS good indeed, but what if you draw a bit more expensive card like Lava Axe (who the hell uses that?)
or the epic spells u know that cost like 10 mana! but u shuld get it if you have a black weenie/removal-deck
-- By Chribby from Tampere, Finland on June 12, 2006 |
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Any suicide black or aggressive deck with black should run four of these. The card advantage will get you the win faster than DC will rob you of your life, especially if you run life gain (Jitte anyone?).
-- By Ulrich from Portland, OR, USA on June 30, 2006 |
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This is a very good card used with Sensei's Divining Top because then you can get lands with dark confidant and not lose life
-- By ppoland from ranvica on September 12, 2006 |
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you need to be careful with what is in the deck with this dude, but still worth it. better with white. that way, you can:keep'em alive and of course, gain some life back. that 1 toughness can be frugal.
-- By alqo kane from berlin, germany on November 19, 2006 |
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Im sure that this is useful in certain situations. I got a holo one and a normal one of these and at first I was kinda disappointed, I'm not a big fan of the ability, but I am a big fan of how much it's worth.
-- By Joel from Layton, UT USA on February 26, 2007 |
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One thing that no one else has pointed out yet is that if you draw a card that has X in the converted cost, X counts as 0, so Dark Confidant wouldn't hurt much at all on some pretty powerful cards. I'd like to see this in a blue/black/red deck with tons of X spells like Psychic Drain, Invoke the Firemind, Fireball-esque spells, etc.
-- By Robert Teves from Gainesville, FL on April 19, 2007 |
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One of the best cards in magic. Expect him to see tournament play in almost every deck that runs black.
-- By Anonymous from Cleveland, OH USA on May 24, 2007 |
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i play this in my black/white agro/control deck for type 2 tourneys, and have won. its pretty good if your average manacurve is about 2 or less. run it with mortify, pillary, and martyr of sands, and the life loss woulnt be a problem. glorius anthem makes this guy a better swinger, and stops those pesky one drop ication javeliners.
i lend 4 of em to my friend sometimes too, it works well in his white/red boros deck.
remember, life is a resource, not a measurement of whos winning and whos loosing. it is ment to be spent.
-- By shen from FL on June 02, 2007 |
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Reveal draw + 2 life losse average, nobody ever heard about Phyrexian Arena! Both extended. Who the hell plays Block?
-- By Mario from São Paulo, Brazil on January 28, 2008 |
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I guess if you put the DC in a super-cheap deck, or (gasp) one running 4 Slaughter Pact and 4 Pact Of Negation where you get them for free :D, then it might work out, but against say a burn deck, you stand much of a chance...
-- By Greg from Atlanta, GA USA on June 13, 2008 |
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card advantage........at any price........hahaha!! with recent restrictions on brainstorm, ponder, gush and merchant scroll .... oh boy he is even stronger than before. Hello dreadnought, hello duress and hello thoughtseize !!
-- By JB from NJ on June 29, 2008 |
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