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Putrid
Imp
Torment
Reviewed November 15, 2004
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 2.3
Limited: 2.8
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
Back in the day
(Odyssey Block), when Threshold was a state to be
abused, this little black would be flyer was
better than advertised. In today's
environments, other than extended, he doesn't make
as much sense. In casual, he's way too
boring to be seen anywhere near a casual deck.
In limited, if you need to get to Threshold, he's
a decent pick.
Constructed:
2.5
Casual: 1
Limited: 3.5
Current Price:
Putrid Imp -
Torment - $0.19
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Putrid Imp
I found this little guy to be rather
underappreciated in limited play. In
fact, he's rather puny to look at today. However,
during the
Odyssey/Torment/Judgment era, it was very
desirable to have a permanent in
play on your side that would allow you to discard
cards from your hand
whenever you wished so that you could trigger the
Madness ability. For you
guys that just started playing Magic in the past
two years or so, Madness is
a card ability to be played without paying its
normal casting cost when it
is being discarded from your hand. Putrid Imp
SHOULD have gotten more love.
I think if we had the OTJ block to do all over
again, Putrid Imp would be a
more important card in limited. Similarly, this
little Imp was not very
popular in OTJ constructed decks either. The
"Madness Machine" was Wild
Mongrel and I suppose Putrid Imp doesn't compare
particularly well to the
Most Broken Green Common Creature Of All Time.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.0
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.0 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
I'm not a huge fan of
this card, but at the time that it was released,
it was actually reasonably playable. If you are
using it alongside a mechanic such as Madness,
this card is great. There are several things you
can do with it that are kind of gimpy. Overall, I
would pass on this guy more often than not. In
draft, you'll probably want him, but take him as a
mid range pick.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2
Limited: 2.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Putrid Imp --
I'm definitely a fan of Putrid Imp. He doesn't
seem like much, but when he was around, there were
a lot of Madness spells to be abused. If you put
this guy in any deck with Red, Blue, or Green,
then you had a decent, secondary engine to discard
to (Wild Mongrel and Psychatog had to kinda take
first). I won't call Putrid Imp the best 1-Drop
ever printed, since he isn't even close. However,
he does provide a decent effect for one black
mana.
In limited, I wouldn't play this card often, but
every once in a while he made the cut. It usually
had something to do with me not having enough
creatures.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 3.0
Limited Rating: 2.0 |
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