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The Dark Knight Rises (again...and again...and again)

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Haakon, Stromgald ScourgeEnlarge

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

{1}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

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You may cast this card from your graveyard, but not from anywhere else. As long as Haakon is on the battlefield, you may cast Knight spells from your graveyard. When Haakon dies, you lose 2 life.

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Date Posted: Wed Aug/28/13 at 8:05 pm

DarkestSonata
Posts: 42
Joined: 18-Apr-10

Pretty simple, and there's a billion ways to abuse this.
Examples:
1. Exsanguinate- mana dump
2. Blood Artist- PAIN & GAIN!
3. Harvester of Souls- S's & G's
4. Extractor Demon- milling
5. Bitter Ordeal- milling...again
Date Posted: Wed Aug/28/13 at 10:11pm

Chewy
Posts: 841
Joined: 18-Jan-13

Hmmmmm..... Consume Spirit
Date Posted: Wed Aug/28/13 at 11:30pm

DarkestSonata
Posts: 42
Joined: 18-Apr-10

I used exsanguinate because a lot of the games I play are multiplayer
Date Posted: Thu Aug/29/13 at 5:38am

Goomania
Posts: 62
Joined: 29-Jul-12

Question: If using Haakon as an EDH General, can he be cast from the general zone...because this is not a legal cast be put into the graveyard (because it won't resolve) then cast from graveyard. I guess the question is: if we try an illegal play what is the result.
Date Posted: Thu Aug/29/13 at 5:59am

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

He says he can't be cast from anywhere but the graveyard, he CAN'T be cast from anywhere but the graveyard. Even if you reveal him in an effect that lets you cast him without paying cost like Descendant's Path, you don't get to, because the card says you can't.

So Haakon has to be discarded THEN cast, or cheated onto the field in some other way. As a commander, you're stuck.

And fyi, an 'illegal play' won't be countered and put in the graveyard, it will just not be allowed to happen at all. Trying to cast something when you are not allowed to is not the same rule as countering a spell without a legal target.


[Edited by terakhan on 29/Aug/13 at 6:11AM]




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