Archon of Cruelty

Praise for Saw in Half

Hi Mark, I just got to Through the Breach an Archon of Cruelty on my opponent's end step and then Saw in Half it the same step to untap with two of them. Saw in Half is such a cool card, please give my applause to whoever designed it (especially if it's you)!

I think Chris Mooney designed it, but I’m not 100% sure. It wasn’t me.

Archon Archon of Cruelty Saw in Half Tap / Untap Through the Breach

Monochrome Cruel Ultimatum's Card Function

Re Cruel Ultimatum being mono-black: Are syphon mind, archon of cruelty and waste not breaks? Drawing off of someone else's discard seems to fit in black's color pie best. And invoke despair draws cards with the opponent paying the cost. Skull raid is a straight draw 2 against an empty handed opponent, so the opponent doesn't even need to lose anything.

We’ve done a few opponent discards and you draw as sort of a “drain cards” effect, but it was a mistake. Black needs to pay some cost to draw. The opponent losing cards is not a cost.

Archon Archon of Cruelty Black Color Pie Cruel Ultimatum Discard Invoke Despair Raid Skull Raid Syphon Mind Waste Not

Analysis on Cruel Ultimatum

Could Cruel Ultimatum be printed as a mono-black card? I was looking at it the other day and realized black can make people sacrifice creatures, return creatures from GY to hand, drain opponents for life, draw cards, and make opponents discard. The only thing I think is somewhat outside of black's wheelhouse is drawing cards without some additional cost (sacrifice, life, etc.) but it can still sometimes do that if the MV is high (e.g., Archon of Cruelty). Is it Grixis just for Bolas flavor?

The draw three cards is the only part black can’t do. And no, spending more mana doesn’t get you around having to pay an additional cost.

Archon Archon of Cruelty Black Card Draw Creatures Cruel Ultimatum Discard Flavor Grixis Grixis (U/B/R) Mana Mana Value Sacrifice Your Hand

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