I love how people say "punisher" cards or other
things that give your opponent a choice are bad,
then suggest that cards like Desecration Demon
have potential. The fact is, Desecration Demon
does have potential, and the fact is also that
it basically reads "Sacrifice a creature or get
attacked for six damage. If you sacrifice a
creature, add one to the number of damage in
this punisher scenario next turn." This is
exactly the kind of card I most like to see:
power that comes with a price and requires
strategy from both sides of the table. There are
so many black decks that can use this card it's
scary.
Today's card of the day is Desecration Demon
which is a four mana Black
6/6 with Flying that can be tapped and given a
+1/+1 by an opponent at the beginning of combat
if they sacrifice a creature. This combines well
with untap effects, can be used as sacrifice
fuel, and with heavy removal can be a low cost
evasive threat that is difficult to respond to.
The drawback, such as it is, promotes the
typical Black strategy and overall this is
likely to be a fixture in mono-Black sacrifice
and suicide removal for some time.
In Limited where removal is a premium and a 6/6
evasive creature can easily win games there is
no real drawback to running this. An easy
first pick for Booster that can be run in any
Black guild and automatic inclusion for those
guilds in Sealed.
