Alright part 3 for this one, it's time to discuss black's take on this new fall set, even with cards that are immensely powerful and some are just downright insane in terms of casting cost for legendaries, let's go.
#54) Blackcleave Goblin - Infect and haste on a 2/1 goblin, but at a hefty price i think this one is a pass personally but that is just me.
#55) Bleak Coven Vampires - Metalcraft on a 4/3 body that deals loss of life and such, wow this is nice when metalcraft is active, otherwise it's a standard 4/3 body for 5.
#56) Blistergrum - Swampwalker, a 2/2 body and it causes loss of life for 3 mana as a common, damn this is nice, a lot of infect decks are obviously gonna be playing black, so this is a perfect counter to swamp users.
#57) Carnifex Demon - White weenie is gonna fear this card i feel as it can remove a -1/-1 counter of it for it's ability and is a flying 4/4 body when it hits the ground, for 6 though it's less then desired for sure, i mean there are better 4/4 bodies out there including a certain dragon skeleton for 4 CMC which i'll talk about later, another ok rare in my book
#58) Contagious Nim - Infect on a 2/2 body is reasonable and all for 3 CMC it's nice as well, all i gotta say bout this one.
#59) Corrupted Harvester - Wow a 6/3 horror that regenerates itself by sacrificing creatures, so end game material right here at the uncommon level it's perfect
#60) Dross Hopper - A potential flyer to sacrifice another creature with that doesn't have infect, next!
#61) Exsanguinate - Alright a tendrils of corruption that targets players not creatures, finally something worthwhile, i love this as a uncommon it is just perfect for what i desire most days, personally i hope to be able to pick up a full playset of this and tinker around and have a little fun in drafting.
#62) Flesh Allergy - Sorcery that only works if mass removal has been activated during this turn, not good at all.
#63) Fume Spitter - A creature that has to be sacrificed for it's effect to work, at least it's a decent effect not a crap one.
#64) Geth, Lord of the Vault - Wow really wizards, a 6 CMC for a 5/5 with legendary status and milling and creature fetching from the grave, dammit i want one, it's a mythic too so it's to be expected this is broken personally i don't think anymore legendaries are needed for this set, but whatever i want a mono black deck around this now.
#65) Grip of Darkness - Well another black spell that pulls out the -/- counters on it for some reason for 2 black at that it's looking mighty tempting for a new fall set, somehow i anticpate this to be a useful card.
#66) Hand of the Praetors - Another lord type creature, but for black, it gives infect a massive pump as well and it works so good with infect, expect to see this in a key infect deck come release and prerelease.
#67) Ichor Rats - The rats have arrived at mirrodin, the rats have arrived, dammit i wanted not to use that joke, oh well let's begin anyways, Ichor perhaps the first infect card for a colour we've seen yet even though it was only spoiled at Pro tour amsterdam, still it's perhaps a good 3 drop CMC monster for it's type 2/1 with infect and it gives poison counters to everyone, which is awesome since players only need 10 counters to lose, at the uncommon level, it's draft potential is high for black players.
#68) Instill Infection - -1/-1 counters that let you draw a card, blasphemy in black it's unheard of, guess we are breaking new ground here.
#69) Memoricide - The first coloured preview ever spoiled for this set, perhaps a beast of a sorcery with potential up the wazoo, this is also supposed to be the buy a box promo too, which is insane Cranial Extraction anyone, perhaps the best remake of the card ever from Kamigawa block, except without the stupid arcane subtext, god that killed kamigawa anyhoo, rare potential is high, expect this to be the staple of the new mono black builds.
#70) Moriok Reaver - A 3/2 body for a mere 3 this is a decent common in my book, balanced and fun to play, also providing a lot of ideas for infect and such. good to see at least some cards well balanced.
#71) Necrogen Scudder - 3/3 flying and it makes you lose life, this is what phyrexia is all about in my book, but the life loss is not bad really and can easily be regained again in this format, looking good so far wizards.
#72) Necrotic Ooze - Another rare but this one reminds me of a dissension card, all graveyard cards give off their effects for this beast, 4/3 means it can die to lightning bolt though, pretty decent one on my opinion.
#73) Painful Quandry - For a enchantment, it's a decent drop but for a rare with 5 CMC it's not good, i don't like the casting cost, but it is a late game drop i feel and would change the game state entirely since black does love removal these days, who knows this may turn out to be a sleeper card.
#74) Painsmith - Well a uncommon that gives off deathtouch, it's rare to see a card of this magnitude in this set so early, but then again all the good spoilers happen early it would seem look at geth and a few others in this set seriously broken if you ask me, also for a 2/1 for a 2 CMC it's damn acceptable for mono black.
#75) Plague Stinger - Another infect creature, with flying you say, for a 2 cmc and a 1/1 p/t ratio it's so badass, a common too which means infect is gonna be like a more potential common/uncommon ability build, perhaps when all the spoilers are up someone may end up building a infect based deck to just annhilate anyone, we will see.
#76) Psychic Miasma - Wow this has the potential to empty a land hand if played right, decent sorcery for 2 CMC i must say.
#77) Relic Putresence - An aura that pulls poison counters out of it, wow black's gone all out in this set seems phyrexia is pissed.
#78) Skinrender - Now we are talking a 4 CMC for a creature that gives -1/-1 counters to anything it chooses creature wise and delivers 3 of em and is a 3/3 a rather nice solid uncommon if you ask me, i have a good feeling mono black is gonna come back.
#79) Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon - Oh my freaking god, did black just get broken now, a 4/4 for a 5 CMC casting cost creature, with infect, flying and potentially a haste creature for a mere extra black mana, did wizards go insane, oh did i mention he's legendary and a mythic, beast of a card much here, seriously for frick sakes a 4/4 with haste and infect and flying wizards wants to break scars in half now with this bad boy, also check out it's kick ass art here ---> Art is that not kick ass or what?
#80) Tainted Strike - Last card in black and it's a what, pump spell that gives off infect as well, well that's ok but not a good card by any means.
Anyhoo that's it for black, next on the list is red
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