Smothering Abomination

set	min	mtgo
-	110.01	0.02 tix

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Name	Smothering Abomination
Type	Creature — eldrazi
Description	Devoid (This card has no color.) Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card.
Artist	Aleksi Briclot
Set	Battle for Zendikar #99
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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Evasion

About Smothering Abomination

Smothering Abomination, Creature — eldrazi, designed by Aleksi Briclot first released in Oct, 2015 in the set Battle for Zendikar Promos and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 110.01.

A deck focused on sacrificing creatures for value, such as a sacrifice or aristocrat-style deck, would benefit from using Smothering Abomination in Magic: the Gathering. While it provides card advantage by drawing a card whenever you sacrifice a creature, its drawback of sacrificing a creature at the beginning of your upkeep can be mitigated by decks that can easily generate tokens or have ways to benefit from sacrificing creatures. However, there are potentially better cards for this strategy, such as Grim Haruspex or Midnight Reaper, which offer similar card draw benefits without the upkeep sacrifice requirement, making them more versatile options that may see more play in competitive decks.

Rules

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A card with devoid is just colorless. It’s not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

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Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

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Sacrificing Smothering Abomination will cause its last ability to trigger.

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You choose which creature you control to sacrifice as the first triggered ability resolves. Players can respond to this ability triggering, but once you choose a creature to sacrifice, it’s too late for anyone to respond.