Pestilence

Enchantment

At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pestilence.

: Pestilence deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Discussion (48)

carpecanum on Sygg's Labour Union

6 days ago

I would have suggested Pestilence but you have too many 1 toughness creatures.

Unnatural Hunger , Festering Wound . Maybe Helm of the Ghastlord and Ghastlord of Fugue

Illusionist's Gambit

Tzefick on Carcinogenesis

2 weeks ago

Kulrath Knight says hello.

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On another note: I think the card should either be as it is, high CMC with repeated wipe and no drawbacks.

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You could make it an active with the same drawbacks as Pestilence - you have to feed it to keep it around (creatures on the field) and it will also damage everyone (incl. players), so your life total can be a containing measure. You are unlikely to activate it if you're low on life, thus it has counter play options available to all colors. Since it applies -1/-1 counters I would say that just is not enough for the activation and it would have to be at minimum.

It could be considered to use -1/-1 until end of turn instead - ala Dead of Winter . It bypasses indestructibility, protections, and it allows you to utilize it defensively rather than just to kill. The activation could then be a for -X/-X until end of turn.

legendofa on Which Magic card's art would …

2 weeks ago

My (almost) full list:

1 The Fool: Far Wanderings

2 The Magician: Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

3 The High Priestess: Sanctimony

4 The Empress: Karametra, God of Harvests

5 The Emperor: Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

6 The Hierophant: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

7 The Lovers: Pia and Kiran Nalaar

8 The Chariot: Anafenza, the Foremost

9 Justice: Dawnbreak Reclaimer

10 The Hermit: Enlightened Ascetic

11 Wheel of Fortune: Wheel of Sun and Moon

12 Strength: Lion's Eye Diamond

13 The Hanged Man: not much for this one

14 Death: Pestilence

15 Temperance: Tonic Peddler

16 The Devil: Chains of Mephistopheles

17 The Tower: Sentinel Tower

18 The Star: nothing I'm really happy with

19 The Moon: Full Moon's Rise

20 The Sun: Not much here, either

21 Judgement: Angel's Trumpet

22 The World: nothing here, either

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Carcinogenesis

2 weeks ago

Btw, how about turning it into something like a supercharged Pestilence ?

bignickenergy7 on Welcome to Hellbe

3 weeks ago

carpecanum I’ll definitely go through all of the black creatures with shadow to see if it fits. I’m not a fan of Pestilence potentially destroying itself. I would put Lim-Dul's Hex in, but most of my playgroup runs black in most decks. I actually did find a lot of stuff in Rakdos, Lord of Riots that could fit. Thank you very much for the advice

carpecanum on Welcome to Hellbe

3 weeks ago

Black has a bunch of creatures with Shadow you could look at. Dauthi Embrace maybe but it would only give you 2 mana at the cost of 2 mana.

Pestilence , maybe Lim-Dul's Hex . There are probably a lot of Black cards in any Rakdos, Lord of Riots deck that would work here. Shame all the "tap to cause 1 damage to each player" cards are red.

DreadKhan on Purraj of Urborg (Voltron)

4 weeks ago

I feel like Opposition Agent is auto-include unless you really love letting people tutor, and Withering Wisps might work here, providing a good way to clear blockers without targeting, and you can do it repeatedly. Pestilence might also work for you, but Wisps is a better in a deck running Snow lands already.

In Voltron, I'd probably use Endless Scream over Howl, as it sticks around.

x_2027 on

4 weeks ago

Need: 4x Chittering Rats

1x Phyrexian Rager

1x Cuombajj Witches

4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

2x Gurmag Angler

4x Barren Moor

1x Bojuka Bog

2x Unearth

3x Chainer's Edict

4x Disfigure

2x Cast Down

2x Pestilence

1x Echoing Decay

3x Nausea

4x Wrench Mind

4x Choking Sands

2x Oubliette