CardName: Vaashin Spree-Killers
Cost: 1BB
Type: Creature - Human Assassin
Pow/Tgh: 2/1
Rules Text: Intimidate
*Hellbent* — Whenever Vaashin Spree-Killers deals combat
damage to a player, if you have no cards in hand, that
player sacrifices a creature.
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: Lornpulse Uncommon
Vaashin Spree-Killers
U
Creature – Human Assassin
Intimidate
Hellbent — Whenever Vaashin Spree-Killers deals combat damage to a player, if you have no cards in hand, that player sacrifices a creature.
I think hellbent is a much more restrictive condition than most people think. As a result, it requires upsides that at first glance, yes, usually seem oppressive; but I seem to remember Wizards has stated that most of the upsides printed on Rakdos cards simply weren't good enough to be worth having no hand.
In this set, we tried to make up for that drawback in two ways. First, of course, we scaled up the power; but there's also an inherent interaction with psyche, where having a permanent to sink draws into will hopefully mitigate the disadvantage of being in topdeck mode.
Spicy uncommon. At 2/1 for 1BB I imagine it's fine, but a one-sided The Abyss seems pretty good nonetheless.
I think hellbent is a much more restrictive condition than most people think. As a result, it requires upsides that at first glance, yes, usually seem oppressive; but I seem to remember Wizards has stated that most of the upsides printed on Rakdos cards simply weren't good enough to be worth having no hand.
In this set, we tried to make up for that drawback in two ways. First, of course, we scaled up the power; but there's also an inherent interaction with psyche, where having a permanent to sink draws into will hopefully mitigate the disadvantage of being in topdeck mode.