For three mana, you get to gain some life? It
either Fogs an attack step IF you were able to
survive it, which means you're probably going to
lose anyway, or it can put you even further
ahead if you're already in a position to hit
your opponent hard, which means you're probably
going to win anyway. Any card that doesn't
really change what's happening in game isn't
worth playing.
The only upside here is that it says "all
players", so in a big multiplayer game you could
get something going with it and Breath of
Malfegor and maybe Lightning Reaver. If you want
to splash white for Tainted Sigil into what is
essentially a black/red deck, that is. Or you
could tinker with some sort of Cradle of
Vitality/Ageless Entity brew-- and splash black
into a green/white deck?
You see cards like this once in a while: the
word "all" or "each" appears next to the word
"players," for no clear reason other than to
make it strong in multiplayer. And we can't get
enough of them. It's a great response to such
group mainstays as Kokusho (the last popular
card to contain the word "all" for no clear
reason).
Constructed:
Hummm, I got nothing for Constructed.
Casual & Multiplayer:
Well it looks like it is time to dust off good
old Kokusho, the Evening Star. WOW that can be
a lot of life in a good size Multiplayer.
Limited:
Getting more life in limited can really help out
in the long game. No real game breakers in Alara
block limited.
Overall a fun card for Multiplayer games.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 3
Multiplayer: 4
Limited: 2
Later
Miguel
Paul
Magic The Gathering COTD: Tainted Sigil
Welcome back today’s card is a BW artifact that
can help swing life totals in your favor. So
today we have a multicolored artifact with a
total converted mana cost of 3 requiring both
white and black mana to play. Its effect allows
you to tap and sacrifice it to gain life equal
to the life lost by all players this turn.
Firstly constructed life gain cards rarely if
ever see play unless they are attached to an
efficient creature like Kitchen Finks or in the
ability of lifelink as seen on Loxdon Warhammer,
this I doubt will see any play in any
constructed formats unless it is as a response
to suicide style decks and even then it’s a far
stretch. Casual and multiplayer however this
card can possibly really shine as you don’t even
need to be the one dealing damage and its all
players! Stand back and let each other players
duke it out with each other and you can reap the
benefits! Casual is definitely the place for
this card and if you run a B/W deck I would
definitely test this in your player circle to
gauge its effectiveness as the swing in life
totals could possibly be worth the investment of
three mana. Limited this card is most likely
jank as it can only situationaly be useful to
help you win moar! Overall an interesting card
with few practical applications, unless I am
totally off base I doubt this card will have a
huge impact on the game.
