It's not very good in a reanimator deck, but its is playable as a black Karmic Guide. I think its decent if Survival/ Aristocrats/ Melira Combo is an archetype in your cube, but its really meh.
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How are people feeling about this card now? I'm looking for more life gain in black to offset the self-damage of my black section, so I'm considering replacing Skyclave Shade for this.
It was decent, but I think Skyclave Shade is a lot better as a black aggro creature. I also didn't like it more than Order of Midnight, not to mention there's a lot more competition with Dauthi Voidwalker / Tourach, Dread Chanter.
I'm looking for more life gain in black to offset the self-damage of my black section
As a splashable 2-drop, I think it's perfectly reasonable choice. And then it also scales up nicely later for basically no opportunity cost. I think there's better <3 CMC black lifelinkers but probably all of them have double which is a real cost.
This also goes up in value if cards like Culling the weak, Gaea's Cradle or Earthcraft are in your cube.
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3. Improving White Archetypes
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It was decent, but I think Skyclave Shade is a lot better as a black aggro creature. I also didn't like it more than Order of Midnight, not to mention there's a lot more competition with Dauthi Voidwalker / Tourach, Dread Chanter.
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As a splashable 2-drop, I think it's perfectly reasonable choice. And then it also scales up nicely later for basically no opportunity cost. I think there's better <3 CMC black lifelinkers but probably all of them have double which is a real cost.
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