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Invoke Despair
Oracle Text
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Invoke Despair is a brutal black sorcery that fits best in control and midrange shells, especially decks built to grind out resource-light opponents. At five mana, it asks for a committed black mana base, but the payoff is huge: it pressures creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers all at once, and even when the opponent can’t sacrifice something, you still drain them and replace the card. That makes it excellent against token strategies, planeswalker-heavy control, and permanent-based combo decks. In practice, pair it with cheap removal and board sweepers so the opponent is forced into awkward choices before casting this. It also shines in black devotion or sacrifice decks that can leverage the tempo swing while staying ahead on board. Lore-wise, the card feels like a dark ultimatum, a moment where resistance is not just punished but stripped apart piece by piece.
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Character Background
Invoke Despair is a brutal black sorcery that fits best in control and midrange shells, especially decks built to grind out resource-light opponents. At five mana, it asks for a committed black mana base, but the payoff is huge: it pressures creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers all at once, and even when the opponent can’t sacrifice something, you still drain them and replace the card. That makes it excellent against token strategies, planeswalker-heavy control, and permanent-based combo decks. In practice, pair it with cheap removal and board sweepers so the opponent is forced into awkward choices before casting this. It also shines in black devotion or sacrifice decks that can leverage the tempo swing while staying ahead on board. Lore-wise, the card feels like a dark ultimatum, a moment where resistance is not just punished but stripped apart piece by piece.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 01:40:43 UTC