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Phyrexian Arena (Apocalypse)

Rarity : R

Color : B Colors : Black

Casting Cost : 1

Card Type : Enchantment

Card Text : At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

An audience of one with the malice of thousands.

Artist : Pete Venters

Product Review Rating :

(4 reviews)

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Card Number 47, Shipping weight: 0.003 pounds

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Phyrexian Arena is a great card. Many people call it the new Necropotence, but it has a different strategy. Necro was used for drawing as many cards as passible at once, in order to get some combos done etc. The Arena though, has a different purpose: you draw an additional card each turn so that you have a great advantage. I f a player has more cards in his hands, he has more chances to get what he needs, he has more ways to respond to his opponents actions and he is always one step ahead in the game. Phyrexian Arena is a very useful card in both limited and constructed. I always include it in my decks and I have won a lot of games with it. The only reason I didn't rate it perfect is because sometimes the life loss is big and having the Arena in play can be risky I once had to Vindicate my Arena, because I would loose the game. I don't recommend it vs burn or fires unless it is used very carefully. Anyway, Phyrexian Arena is one of the best cards in T2 right now.
-- By Thucydides Koukoulios from Pefki, Attiki, Greece on June 29, 2001

I won a game starting with a Dark Ritual and Phyrexian Arena in hand and no land cards. That's how good this card is! 4 Wall of Souls, 4 Drain Life, 4 Corrupt, 4 Bubbling Muck, 4 Mutilate and maybe 4 Plague Dogs and you're solid, and yes a little lame, too. Oh, don't forget those Cabal Coffers.
-- By Wally from Olympia, WA on March 19, 2002

i don't want to wait till my upkeep to draw my card(s). i want to draw them NOW. but if i DO have to wait, i want to draw more than one card on my upkeep. playing a spell and waiting 'til next turn for it to do anything is a dicy proposition at best. at least in 1.5, which is what i pretty much play exclusively. i remember trying to play with this card when it came out and it was good.....if you could afford to sit around and wait a turn or two or three. and there's the rub of it folks. sorry to burst any balloons out there and if you can make it work i'll shake your hand and tell you "good going mate!" in conclusion, for the advanced player(if at all)...................
-- By Anonymous from gainesville, FL USA on March 06, 2005

Good deck accelerator if you have the black mana to foot the double black casting cost and don't want the risk that goes along with playing Dark Confidant.
-- By Andrew from Kansas City, MO on December 19, 2006

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