With Magic the Gathering’s Innistrad right around the corner, I have decided to do something I have never done. I am am going to review a hand full cards from each color. This will most likely take me 5 days and I will make mistakes. The only thing left for me to do is select which color is first. I think I will go Black, Blue, Green, Red, White and anything else.
In black I do see some potential for card quality. My favorite cards in Black are, Blood Gift Demon, Liliana of the Veil, Endless Ranks, Morkhurt Banshee, and Skirsdag Piest.
Bloodgift Demon 3bb
Creature – Demon Rare
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
He relishes the devotion of his Skirsdag puppets and their belief that it will earn them immortality.
Illus. Peter Mohrbacher #89/264 5/4
All I have to say is a 5/4 flyer for 5 is good. In the current environment he is not that good, but keep in mind we will be changing things very soon. But I doubt he will replace any of the current staples in Standard.