[ECL] Bogslither's Embrace (Official Card Gallery)
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  • 231 points Raevelry

    sorcery

    SADGE but i do think this is actually playable

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    93 points Radthereptile

    I don’t think so. [[fell]] didn’t see play as a cleaner 2 mana kill spell. Exile maybe is enough but people really need the instant speed with all this prowess.

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    70 points Raevelry

    I do think its the exile part that matters more

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    20 points Radthereptile

    I think this probably makes some commander lists, especially ones that can make blight 1 a benefit. But I think standard will find the sorcery speed too cumbersome to overcome. I hope I’m wrong.

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    6 points Raevelry

    Some casual Auntie Ool lists might play it tbh, 2 mana is the standard for removal in Jund commander decks

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    4 points MTGCardFetcher

    fell - (G) (SF) (txt)


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    3 points Araragi298

    I think it will see play in sideboards. Sometimes the exile really matters.

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    2 points UncertainSerenity

    Exile is extremely relevant in standard these days. I think this might see play

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    5 points indiecore

    There are a bunch of one and two mana black destroy/exile + set mechanic sorcery cards. Very playable in limited, basically useless for constructed.

    [[Final Vengance]]

    [[Eaten Alive]]

    [[Worthy Cost]]

    etc

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    5 points Raevelry

    These all require a bigger cost, sacrificing a creature, blighting is a lot less worse

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    3 points Araragi298

    In fact, some decks can basically blight for free or even small benefits

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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    All cards
    Final Vengance - (G) (SF) (txt)
    Eaten Alive - (G) (SF) (txt)
    Worthy Cost - (G) (SF) (txt)


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    2 points pakoito

    SADGE?

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    11 points HoonterOreo

    Meme-speak for sad

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    5 points AlonsoQ

    brainrot for "Sorcery Art Depicts Goblin Exile"

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  • 82 points ThoughtseizeScoop

    If I got killed by something called a bogslither idk how I could live with myself.

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    43 points Autumn_Thunder

    idk how I could live with myself.

    Well you really wouldn't, right? 

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    1 points AlonsoQ

    you'd have to leave town. that's why it exiles

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    0 points michaelaoXD

    slitherblade’s cousin?

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    2 points ThoughtseizeScoop

    least slitherblade isn't a hugger

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  • 27 points PancakeBurglar99

    Is this playable in Auntie Ool? It's sorcery speed but 2 mana exile removal in black that blights might be good enough?

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    9 points TMoore99

    Banger but its sorcery so its soooo much worse. It becomes personal preference at that point, but ool doesnt struggle to remove creatures at sorcery speed with its counters. Instant speed matters too much to me for it to make it in my ool

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  • 13 points thebaron420

    Pretty solid for an [[eaten alive]] variant. Blight 1 is a much smaller cost than sacrifice a creature, the extra 1 mana isn't so bad, and the alternate cost is easier to splash. Plus there are both Blight synergies and death triggers in the set.

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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    eaten alive - (G) (SF) (txt)


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  • 13 points AlliterativeAliens

    Blight 1 is such a small price to pay.

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    2 points TheGreatBurrotasche

    It’s not even a price in some decks, given the synergies we’ve seen.

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  • 7 points cardboard_numbers

    Two mana for an unconditional exile creature at common! Blight 1 is not a small additional cost, but it more than justifies the mana savings in my estimation, especially for how much incidental value you can get out of -1/-1 counters in this limited environment.

    Turning it into a 5mv exile if you don't have a creature to blight is not the worst out, either, though certainly less ideal.

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    -4 points johall

    “unconditional”

    Are we reading the same card?

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    10 points EarlobeGreyTea

    Conditional usually means something like "non-black" or "non-outlaw".  This exiles everything its pointed at. 

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    -9 points johall

    I guess I see the ‘2 mana’ part as conditional

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  • 5 points _cheefy

    I feel like this is a strong limited card

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    2 points imbolcnight

    I feel good about it too, but I tend to like this type of spell. 2 mana is double the usual mana cost of B, but blight is kinda like partial sacrifice, so you can use the same creature multiple times for blight costs.

    I most want to try the WB blight value deck.

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    2 points kegisak

    There's also enough creatures in the set that spend -1/-1 tokens that Blighting can almost be an upside in the right deck.

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    1 points BobbyBruceBanner

    A two-mana unconditional creature exile effect with a very small extra cost is an incredible rate for limited, and a -1/-1 counter is way less of a cost than sacrificing a creature (especially in a counters matter format) to make it comparable to black's one mana kill spells. You don't usually get this kind of effect for three mana let alone one.

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    1 points BobbyBruceBanner

    I feel like this card at common is going to define the format

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  • 3 points Rith-the-awakener

    I initially read that as Bogshitter's Embrace... I would rather not be embraced by the bogshitter...

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  • 2 points TheOneTrueJonut

    With both this and [[Auntie’s Sentence]] at common, black is gonna be absolutely crazy in limited

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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    Auntie’s Sentence - (G) (SF) (txt)


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  • 2 points Olipod2002

    Remains to see how "free" blighting is, but this could be quite good

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  • 1 points kytheon

    Seems alright. Play in a deck that abuses -1/-1 counters and it is great.

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  • 1 points Mormanades

    Too many creature lands to run sorcery speed kill spells in standard these days unfortunately

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  • 1 points GlassesOfUrza

    Limited bomb?

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  • 1 points Anaxamander57

    Sure its a sorcery but Blight 1 is basically nothing in a lot of cases. I'd be shocked if this wasn't a great card in some format.

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  • 1 points pyrovoice

    Exile in black?

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  • 1 points TechnomagusPrime

    Sorcery speed and creature only makes this a pretty big step down from [[Ride's End]], but it's still a solid removal spell and has a much easier to pay discount condition.

    Notably, though, it always gets countered by [[Spell Snare]], regardless of how you pay for it.

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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    Ride's End - (G) (SF) (txt)
    Spell Snare - (G) (SF) (txt)


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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    The Reaper - (G) (SF) (txt)


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    1 points [deleted]

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    1 points MTGCardFetcher

    The Reaper, King no More - (G) (SF) (txt)


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