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Rules Q&A
Phthisis
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses life equal to its power plus its toughness.
Suspend 5— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile this with five time counters on this. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast this without paying the mana cost.)
TheoryCrafter on What Shall Happen to the …
2 years ago
TypicalTimmy, it's from the Mirrodin Besieged block. Melira, Sylvok Outcast has the ability to remove Glistening Oil from the infected. As you said, if it fully corrupts the heart its incurable. Venser, the Sojourner was suffering from Phthisis(powerstone radiation poisoning) and knew he didn't have much longer to live. So he gave his spark to Karn and the spark flushed the oil from his body. That's how Karn Liberated was cured.
As for Nicol Bolas, his memory isn't erased. Jace Beleren created an illusion where he showed Nicol exploding and then Ugin, the Spirit Dragon just took his name in such a way he cannot be summoned. Thus, his home is now a Prison Realm.
ClockworkSwordfish on Hardest MTG Names to Pronounce?
3 years ago
I elect Phthisis and its healthy string of consonants!
Hyalopterous Lemure would usually make me stumble as a kid.
king-saproling on
House of Pain (Partner CMDR's / Obosh Companion)
4 years ago
You might like these: Gratuitous Violence, Berserkers' Onslaught, Fireshrieker, Dust Corona, Knollspine Dragon, Phthisis, Repercussion, Scalding Salamander, Ronin Cliffrider, Siege Dragon, Goblin Sharpshooter, Prophetic Flamespeaker, Dark Ritual, Neheb, the Eternal, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Insult / Injury
Optimator on
Mermaider
4 years ago
Exsanguinate, Torment of Hailfire, Painful Quandary, Breathstealer's Crypt (love this one!! Like, a lot), Forsaken Wastes, Vile Consumption, Sovereign's Bite, Profane Command, Phthisis, Famine, Undermine (love this one!), Clutch of the Undercity, Twilight Prophet, Netherborn Phalanx, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Erebos, God of the Dead, Duskmantle Seer, Dire Fleet Ravager, Urza's Guilt, Laquatus's Champion, Howling Banshee, Pierce Strider
Avacidal_maniac on
Father of Machines (Phyrexia Vorthos)
5 years ago
A card that fits the theme is Phthisis since it was the thing that the first Phyrexians were afflicted with prior to compleation. The first Phyrexians were patients so it would fit well with Yawgmoth.
IMMG54 on
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
5 years ago
You know I'm curious. I had a tasigur deck that slowly morphed into a Thrasios / tymna deck, and I've seen 3 tasigur lists that have Phthisis and I'm wondering if that's in there for a specific reason or you just had it lying around
hkhssweiss on
ONE-WORD TRIBAL EDH
6 years ago
Looking pretty good so far austintayshus! Excited to see how this comes out!
Some cards that can be considered:
- Sunder - Maybe a bit too rude?
- Murder - Removal with no downside.
- Delay - All around good counterspell.
- Obliterate - Better than Jokulhaups because it can't be countered.
- Kaboom! - It's just funny casting this spell.
- Ovinize - Can be useful.
- Hatred - Goes on theme and can threaten to one-shot someone.
- Blightning - Hand disruption?
- Rewind - Untapping lands is great.
- Unwind - Same as above.
- Opt - Better than Omen in some ways.
- Phthisis - It's funny saying this word.
- Necropotence - Best card draw as well as refill.
- Desertion - I want to have nice things too :P
- Plaguecrafter - On theme and works with Thrax.
Just some more ideas lol and maybe for lands you can consider running:
They aren't great but they funny to add in haha, hope that helps!
Kogarashi on Phthisis
6 years ago
You must choose a target for Phthisis when you put it on the stack, and can't change that target later without some outside effect telling you to (such as Redirect). Additionally, if all of a spell's targets become invalid, then the spell "fizzles" or is removed from the stack with no effect.
So you can't change the target to the 7/7 after you've already targeted the 10/10, and your opponent won't lose any life if he Putrefys his own creature.