Baal says it all. I don't like Heros Demise. It doesn't target as much. I've yet to see a convincing argument that swayed my thoughts on the subject, but believe me, if I am given a good reason, ill take it into close condiseration. If your telling me that one mana is worth not being able to pick off nonlegendary creatures, then I find your arguement flawed.
When I was 13, I quit going to school and began taking classes at a community college. My parents have an award system that if you get good grades, you get something for the summer. Each year, its been cool; cruise to the Galapagos, cruise to Austalia, scuba diving lessons to get my advanced, lots of nature stuff. But this year, I wanted to try something different; I asked my parents for tickets to a concert.
So I got the grades and got the stuff. Two tickets to the System of a Down, August 5th, nice seats over the moshpit, right on the edge, so you can see over the dancing crowd below you and take in the scene.
Exciting, yes?
Anyway, I call up a friend of mine, who is a huge fan of heavy rock/metal/punk stuff.
Can't come.
No problem, I call another friend who introduced me to System.
Busy.
Ok, so I call a girl who dictates her life around System.
Nope.
I'm bummed, but I'm ok. I call them all back, leave the first two a message about if there is any change in plans to tell me. Third call picks up; its her mom.
Turns out she's NOT BUSY!!!
I call the other two's parents. Only one person had plans, but they weren't "going out of town" like they said they were; he could have easily come to the concert without changing his schedual.
Amazing! These people love this band and yet they wouldn't see them live if that meant going with me!
I'm eating icecream until I get fat. That'll teach em.
I don't like jitte, but as it stands I don't think its ban worthy. With Wear Away, Cranial Extraction, Pithing Needle and Manriki Gusari, there are plenty of answers out there, not including Jitte itself. One of the people in my cardshop plays 2 in a Gifts Control deck along with Pithing Needle and Extraction just to make sure the opponent needed 2 if he wanted any use of it.
A few more cards for a ragtag set I'm putting together.
Armed Farmhand
W
Creature- Human Soldier
If you have less life than your upponent, ~ gets +1+1
1/1
Peasant Lancer
2W
Creature- Human Soldier
If you have 15 or less life, ~ gets +1+0 and has First Strike
2/2
Patriotic Vanguard
2WW
Creature- Human Soldier
Defender
If you have 10 or less life, ~ loses Defender, gains +1+2 and has Vigilance.
2/4
Injioh, Answer of the Needed
1W
Legendary Creature- Human Knight
Defender, Protection from Black, Protection from Red.
This may block any number of creatures.
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a creature, you gain that much life.
If you have 5 or more life, return ~ to its owner's hand.
4/4
Shifty-Eyed Imp
1B
Creature- Imp
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than the opponent, tap ~.
1/2
Armbreaker
2B
Creature- Human Mercenary
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, you lose 2 life.
3/2
Anonymous Informant
2BB
Creature- Human Wizard
2B, T: Target creature gains -0-2
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, that player draws a card.
1/3
Prideful Ogre
3B
Creature- Ogre Mercenary
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, that player gains control of ~.
4/4
Laughing Voltmage
3R
Creature- Human Shaman
You may play this at any time you may play an instant.
When ~ comes into play, it deals X damage to target player, where X is amount of damage dealt to you this turn.
2/2
Um, ok, for my next bid, I call upon a surprise TV/Movie/Famous Person. Now I shall roll the amazing Actor-Retrieval-Unit, open the door and reveal:
Oh my goodness, its PETER FALK, star of the hit detective series Columbo!
I'm almost sad to see him go to you, because you'll probably feed him to your cat or make him build toys at the North Pole... But a bids a bid! Whaddaya say, worlds greatest detective for Cyan's measly soul?
I really don't like some of his choices. I'm a bigger fan of the person below him who ran the nezumis.
Heros Demise, although played in all of the black decks in the top eight, is still a bad choice in my books. To me, I see that hideous laughter was used over nosb.
What are everyone's thoughts on that?
Oh, and before I go, my newly changed decklist...
20 Swamp
1 Tomb
1 Urami
4 Yokura
4 Nezumi Graverobber
4 Nezumi Cutthroat
4 Hand of Cruelty
2 Raving Oni Slave
2 Takenuma Bleeder (on the ropes with them both. Dammit, why don't they show definitive results?!?)
4 Ogre Marauder
4 Distress
4 Horobis Whisper
4 Jitte
2 O-Naginata
SB
3 Hideous Laughter (now testing)
3 Nezumi Shortfang
3 Cranial Extraction
3 Eradicate
3 Razorjaw Oni
Heck ya! Sign me up!
Just pm me when it starts... I know I'm going to forget.
What the hell?
Man, I thought I was weird. I should give my friends your number, then they'll realize I'm not as bad as they thought.
When I was 13, I quit going to school and began taking classes at a community college. My parents have an award system that if you get good grades, you get something for the summer. Each year, its been cool; cruise to the Galapagos, cruise to Austalia, scuba diving lessons to get my advanced, lots of nature stuff. But this year, I wanted to try something different; I asked my parents for tickets to a concert.
So I got the grades and got the stuff. Two tickets to the System of a Down, August 5th, nice seats over the moshpit, right on the edge, so you can see over the dancing crowd below you and take in the scene.
Exciting, yes?
Anyway, I call up a friend of mine, who is a huge fan of heavy rock/metal/punk stuff.
Can't come.
No problem, I call another friend who introduced me to System.
Busy.
Ok, so I call a girl who dictates her life around System.
Nope.
I'm bummed, but I'm ok. I call them all back, leave the first two a message about if there is any change in plans to tell me. Third call picks up; its her mom.
Turns out she's NOT BUSY!!!
I call the other two's parents. Only one person had plans, but they weren't "going out of town" like they said they were; he could have easily come to the concert without changing his schedual.
Amazing! These people love this band and yet they wouldn't see them live if that meant going with me!
I'm eating icecream until I get fat. That'll teach em.
Armed Farmhand
W
Creature- Human Soldier
If you have less life than your upponent, ~ gets +1+1
1/1
Peasant Lancer
2W
Creature- Human Soldier
If you have 15 or less life, ~ gets +1+0 and has First Strike
2/2
Patriotic Vanguard
2WW
Creature- Human Soldier
Defender
If you have 10 or less life, ~ loses Defender, gains +1+2 and has Vigilance.
2/4
Injioh, Answer of the Needed
1W
Legendary Creature- Human Knight
Defender, Protection from Black, Protection from Red.
This may block any number of creatures.
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a creature, you gain that much life.
If you have 5 or more life, return ~ to its owner's hand.
4/4
Shifty-Eyed Imp
1B
Creature- Imp
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than the opponent, tap ~.
1/2
Armbreaker
2B
Creature- Human Mercenary
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, you lose 2 life.
3/2
Anonymous Informant
2BB
Creature- Human Wizard
2B, T: Target creature gains -0-2
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, that player draws a card.
1/3
Prideful Ogre
3B
Creature- Ogre Mercenary
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have less life than your opponent, that player gains control of ~.
4/4
Laughing Voltmage
3R
Creature- Human Shaman
You may play this at any time you may play an instant.
When ~ comes into play, it deals X damage to target player, where X is amount of damage dealt to you this turn.
2/2
Any suggestions? Comments? Death Threats?
Um, ok, for my next bid, I call upon a surprise TV/Movie/Famous Person. Now I shall roll the amazing Actor-Retrieval-Unit, open the door and reveal:
Oh my goodness, its PETER FALK, star of the hit detective series Columbo!
I'm almost sad to see him go to you, because you'll probably feed him to your cat or make him build toys at the North Pole... But a bids a bid! Whaddaya say, worlds greatest detective for Cyan's measly soul?
Heros Demise, although played in all of the black decks in the top eight, is still a bad choice in my books. To me, I see that hideous laughter was used over nosb.
What are everyone's thoughts on that?
Oh, and before I go, my newly changed decklist...
20 Swamp
1 Tomb
1 Urami
4 Yokura
4 Nezumi Graverobber
4 Nezumi Cutthroat
4 Hand of Cruelty
2 Raving Oni Slave
2 Takenuma Bleeder (on the ropes with them both. Dammit, why don't they show definitive results?!?)
4 Ogre Marauder
4 Distress
4 Horobis Whisper
4 Jitte
2 O-Naginata
SB
3 Hideous Laughter (now testing)
3 Nezumi Shortfang
3 Cranial Extraction
3 Eradicate
3 Razorjaw Oni
I wish something terrible would happen to Bill O'Reilly
I wish Ami would stop telling me about her cheating boyfriend, dump him and go out with me.