Corpse Explosion
Casting Cost: {1} {b} {r}
Card type: Sorcery
Card Text:
- As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
- Corpse Explosion Deal Damage Equal to the Exiled Card's Power to Each Creature and Each Planeswalker.
Flavour text:
- "Well, that's one way to scatter her ashes."
- Calvey, Funeral Director
Artist: Greg Staples
Strengths:
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Board Impact: Capable of Dealing Damage to All Creatures and Planeswalkers, Making It A Potential Board Wipe.
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Synergy: Works well in decks that fill the graveyard with high-power creatures.
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Flexibility: Can Target Both Creatures and Planeswalkers, Increasing its utility.
Weaknesses:
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Additional Cost: Requires a creature card in the graveyard, making it situational.
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Exile: The Card Exiles a Creature from Your Grayard, which can be a downside in decks that rely on graveyard recursion.
Potential Deck Placement:
- Likely A Good Fit for Rakdos (Black-Red) Decks That Can Easily Fill the Graveyard with Creatures, Such as Reanimator Or Sacrifice Decks.
- Could be an interesting addition to a June (Black-Red-Green) deck focused on big creatures and self-mill.
Flavor and Art:
- The Flavor Text Adds A Morbid Twist, Encapsulating The Theme of the Card Effectively.
- The art is likely to be as explosive as the card's effect, fitting the dramatic impact it can have on a game.
Overall impression:
- Corpse Explosion Offers an Interesting and Potentialy Powerful Effect at the Cost of Exiling A Creature from Your Graveyard. Its utility as a board wipe can be game-changing, but it requires some setup and synergizes best with decks that can afford the additional cost.