It's like colorless Gravedigger, but only for
creatures with infect. I don't know how playable
a 4-mana 2/2 is, but Gravedigger always saw play
in Limited at least, and this one has an
advantage over the old Zombie-- a
combat-relevant ability. If all it does is chump
block, it'll still weaken whatever your opponent
hit it with. And you can chain multiple Corpse
Curs into returning each other from the
battlefield, making them surprisingly competent
at chump blocking. Which is good, because 2
power for four mana isn't very good on the
offense. But since any blocker it damages gets
-1/-1'd, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to
run it into your opponent's Walls of Omens or
whatnot and try to whittle them down over time.
The Corpse Curs can bring each other back if
they die, but the -1/-1 counters are permanent,
and eventually you can wear your opponent down.
We've had fun talking about infect creatures
this week, but it's worth noting that they do
have a notable disadvantage - the inability to
deal normal damage to players means that they're
most effective when all the creatures in the
deck have infect. Fortunately, Scars of Mirrodin
contains lots of options among those creatures.
Blight Mamba is a good defensive option,
Putrefax and Skithiryx are super-offensive, and
Corpse Cur gives the deck resilience. Since the
best counterattack against an infect deck reads
a little like "kill all of that player's
creatures," this creature is almost necessary
for the Phyrexians to get ahead.
Today's card of the day is Corpse Cur which is a
four mana 2/2 with Infect that brings back a
creature with Infect to your hand when it hits
the battlefield. This card seems somewhat
overlooked for Infect decks, but if the design
is Black/Green or using Blue for Proliferate
this card may have a place for the colorless
aspect. Four mana is one higher than the
2/2 curve Infect would generally have, but
getting a creature back is often worth it.
It really depends on your exact build, but this
card has potential and should be considered as
for Infect it is very much like Gravedigger is
for Zombies.
In Limited this is an excellent card if you have
a solid Infect pool or you have even one target
in the graveyard when you play it. If you
don't have a target Corpse Cur is priced too
high and only has the advantages of being
colorless and counting for Metalcraft.
Play it in Sealed if you draft an appropriate
pool and draft it shortly after removal in
Booster if your first picks were Infect and you
shouldn't be let down. Otherwise it is
pretty safe to pass this card around as it
doesn't impact the game for anyone without a
solid number of Infect creatures.
