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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Judge
Bill
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Tuesday - Vampiric
Spirit
Another card from
the Portal sets that is going into 8th, this
time from Portal 2. A 4/3 flier for 4 is a great
deal for black, as only blue and white usually
get the good fliers. A very black drawback of
losing 4 life when it comes into play can hurt,
but if it provides you with a way to break
through and win the game, then it is pretty
insignificant. Besides, people pay 5 life to
morph a creature frequently. Why should 4 life
be a big deal?
In limited, it's
big, and it flies. Evasion is always key to
drafting a base set, and 888 drafts will be no
different.
Constructed: 3
Limited: 4.5
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Jason
Chapman |
Vampiric Spirit isn't too bad at all. A 4/3 Flying
creature for 4, a real surprise for black. The
loss of 4 life is a bit on the high side for a
creature but not too bad a deal.
Constructed - Pretty good beats - 3.00
Limited - Great beats + Evasion - 4.00
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Vampiric Spirit
Ooh, something appropriately costed. A decent
upper end critter for a black
beat-down deck, and of course a reasonably sized
flyer in limited. I doubt
he'll see a lot of play outside of limited, but at
least he has potential. limited 3.8 constructed
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Danny Tatro |
Vampiric Spirit
If the "when it comes into play FROM YOUR
HAND" part stays true, slide won't abuse the 4
life loss part against you. All in all a pretty
solid creature. 4 mana double black for a 4/3
flyer. The life loss isn't too steep to make it
pain in a grinning demon style, so its really
good. This will probably see some play somewhere,
but we'll have to wait to see what comes of 8th.
In limited this guys great. Turn 4 dropping
this guy can win a game if they don't find some
drastic way to remove him. Although his backside
is burnable, thats about it. He sometimes is less
amazing late game, but hes still a very solid
creature.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 4
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Crimson |
The Vampiric Spirit certainly is a good pick if
you need a Black flier, with 4 mana and some life
you're getting quite a good creature, something
that is pretty rare in black for it's cost, and
besides that, I like the pic : )
The Spirit can be compared to Lava Hounds, a card
that doesn't have a effective evasion ability but
it's 4 damage drawback can be prevented through
things as COP: Red, and Worship. While the
spirit's loss of life can't be prevented. Cards
similar to the Vampiric Spirit are Serpent Warrior
and the Eviscerator while the Spirit is certainly
better then these each of them has their own
functions.
It's a fun, fair costing, black flying spirit,
good to have in many casual black decks.
Vampiric Spirit
Casual Rating: 3.7
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