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 deals 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 graveyard, 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 Jund (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 potentially 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.