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Demonic Consultation
- Ice Age
Reviewed
June 29, 2017
Constructed: 4.0
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 2.0
Multiplayer: 2.75
Commander [EDH]: 2.40
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Demonic Consultation
If Death's Shadow is a quintessential suicide
card, Demonic Consultation takes it to eleven.
One of the most spectacular game losses I've
ever seen involved somebody exiling all four
copies of the card he'd named with the first
phase of Demonic Consultation's ability. This
shouldn't happen often if your deck is well
shuffled, but over the lifespan of a game that
has new editions released every year for more
than twenty-four years, that adds up to a lot -
it's certainly not for decks that need every
single card in them, and especially not for
people who can't laugh at the occasional
spectacular self-defeat.
My favorite note on this card's Gatherer page is
the one about "You must name a card that
actually exists in the game of Magic". Note that
you don't have to name a card that's legal in
the format you are currently playing, so if you
ever want to leave a tournament early and
spectacularly for some reason, you can always
name Contract from Below or Infernal Spawn of
Evil!
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 2/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 |
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James H. |
Demonic Consultation (6/29)
This is a card with a lot of text, but it's
easily one of the most horrifyingly
powerful cards printed. It's good enough to be
banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage. And
it was an uncommon. Go figure.
In case the wall of text is daunting (and it is
a lot of text), here's what it does: for one
black mana, you exile the top six cards of your
library as a cost, and then you dig out one copy
of whatever card you name. This is a high-risk
effect: you may exile all copies of that card in
your six! But it's a one mana instant, and who
cares about the cards you're exiling if you're
getting the card to win the game? It's like
Demonic Tutor, though a bit riskier and
potentially more powerful.
It's never been reprinted since Ice Age, though
it has had a similar card printed in the form of
Mirrodin's Spoils of the Vault. That’s a
different risk, though, as you lose life to get
the card you're looking for. No matter how you
look at it, though, one mana to tutor at instant
speed is a worthy risk to take.
Constructed: 5
Casual: 3
Multiplayer: 2.5
Commander: 1.75 |
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