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Horobi\'s Curse 2

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Drain Life

{X}{1}{B}

Sorcery

Fifth Edition

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Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

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Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 9:42 am

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Basicaly use Drain Life to target the opponent's creatures while you have Horobi out and instantly kill them.
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 10:17am

knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11

LOL, are you serious?-D
Add Cauldron of Souls, this makes it more powerful!-))
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 10:21am

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

Sorry I misunderstood Drain Life. 
With Cauldron of Souls they'll just come back meaning you'll have to do it twice.




[Edited by Narcinek War-Rider on 4/Dec/13 at 10:27AM]
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 10:26am

knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11

But the wording is "single target", means "only one target "
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 10:58am

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

Horobi's kill trigger will always resolve before the Cauldron, so nothing will ever actually get the persist effect before dying.

As a side note, that version of Drain Life is so outdated, it is still worded like a spell in a normal fantasy game instead of for rules and clarity. I kind of miss those days.


[Edited by terakhan on 4/Dec/13 at 10:59AM]
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 1:16pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

In that case I can't use Drain Life in my Demon deck to wipe my opponent's field with Grave Betrayal out so I'll have to put Exanguinate instead.
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 2:52pm

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

Exsanguinate won't do much, since it only affects your opponents, not their creatures, and doesn't target either.

If you really need a multi-targeting spell for Horobi, Cauldron haze costs 2 mana and is an instant with no limit to the number of targets. There are also some white damage prevention spells that can target any number of creatures as well.


[Edited by terakhan on 4/Dec/13 at 2:55PM]
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 4:48pm

Chewy
Posts: 841
Joined: 18-Jan-13

Another thing that you could use is a simple electrikery overloaded. A lot less mana intensive, though hitting a second color
Date Posted: Wed Dec/04/13 at 5:28pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

overload removes the targeting aspect of the spell turning it into a sweeper. as a result hobrari wont trigger

touch of darkness is an option, but i would go dauthi's embrace. its repeatable and can still benefit the deck if horabri isnt on the field. especially if stronghold is in the deck
Date Posted: Sat Dec/07/13 at 7:32pm

Narcinek War-Rider
Posts: 1283
Joined: 16-Jun-11

No but I have Crypt Ghast amd Wound Reflection with game sets of Read the Bones and Demonic Tutor to search them out.




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