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"Rob Appleyard" <Fake_email@notreal.com> wrote in message
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> 1) It costs 7 mana.
> 2) It does nothing to affect the board
> 3) If somehow you manage to play it early, you may well deck yourself
> 4) If you are trying to abuse it as a combo piece, you will probably
> need 2-3 other cards besides it to win
>
> The best use I can think for it is to dump a load of flashback cards in
> the graveyard and start casting them like crazy... except that Quiet
> Speculation does that for 2 mana and is in a better colour for flashback.
>
> Playing it to avoid decking is just silly. Feldon's Cane (1 mana) or
> Reminice (4 mana) give you that effect much more cheaply. Putting it in
> Zombies to make big Soulless Ones is not a bad idea... except Soulless
> One has no evasion and so will be chump blocked until dealt with. If you
> want a 7 mana card in Zombies, a random fattie will serve you better, as
> it doesn't require another card to be good.
>
> Believe me, it's a trully awful card.
A buddy in my play group has a combo of Morality Shift and
Mortal Combat. It's won more than it's fair share of games.
- Dave