MTG Salvation

Ooooh how cool would it be if we got a new Volrath card as well?

i don't get this card (or mill in general TBH)
10 swing with a 1/1 would remove 50% hp while saccing it to this would lower his library by 20%
and a major chance to lose harder vs ressurect decks
why even?
mill just makes 0 sense

Also, if you have Bloodchief Ascension out, this is suddenly really useful. But that's a more recent use.

Opponent can have blockers
Opponent can have something that prevents you from attacking
Opponent can have something that prevents damage from attacking creatures
Opponent can have something that prevents all damage
Opponent can destroy attacking creatures before they can deal damage
Opponent can have something that prevents loss of game from 0 life

And there are far more things that do the above than which would stop that player from losing due to having no deck.

Also, it's useful for self-mill if you're playing Dredge and/or Delve strategy, or reanimator, or anything else that plays out of the graveyard.

Another kill strategy for once you've got the Urza+Foundry+Sword combo online.

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i don't get this card (or mill in general TBH)
10 swing with a 1/1 would remove 50% hp while saccing it to this would lower his library by 20%
and a major chance to lose harder vs ressurect decks
why even?
mill just makes 0 sense

Here's a simple example.

You have 20 goblin tokens. Your opponent has 20 Saproling tokens. You're in a complete stalemate. You both also have an Angelic Exaltation in play. So, you and your opponent have a choice each turn. Attack with 1 token which will get pumped to 21/21 or attacks with some random amount of your tokens. Neither one really does anything to advance the game. You're totally stalemated. Sure, if something had Trample the game would end pretty quick, but nothing has Trample.

You play Altar of Dementia. Attack with one goblin token. It becomes 21/21 until end of turn. Your opponent blocks with one saproling. The game is still stalemated. Sacrifice your token to the Altar of Dementia and they're losing 21 cards. That probably wins you the game.

There are plenty of situations where you've got temporarily huge creatures, but they don't accomplish anything without Trample. This is a stalemate breaker and also is an enabler for certain decks that want to mill themselves.

I'm curious to see what your deck is made of. Show me.