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Havoc Festival (Rare) -
Enchantment
Players can't gain life.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half of his or her life, rounded up.
"We can't control enemies who have no regard for their own survival." - Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct

Source: Today's ReConstructed on DailyMTG

Lol

Wut?

now this is very Rakdos :D
I love it

WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Wow, pretty cute firebreathing imps winning the game 

And Sulfuric Vortex returns! It's pretty expensive, but wow.

"Players can't gain life."

I haven't seen that before! 

This is right up Rakdos's alley, no denying that.

I love the flavor and the artwork is neat simply for unstoppable waves of aggressive imps.

i suppose it will be ok in limited since it smashes through board stalls like nobody's business.

Rakdos getting better and better here. 

Obligatory do-nothing anti-life gain enchantment that's in every block and sucks so bad you want to punch yourself in the face when you open it.

Didn't someone just make this in the Ravnica preview contest over in YMtC?

I really like the Rakdos flavor this time around. They're all about Carnivals and Parties and Candied Hands and stuff. I'm into it.

Combos with Exquisite Blood !!!




Wait.......

This.

...Hang on, I just want to say that again...

This.

...Is the card that i've been waiting for. This is the rakdos card that can do well in multiplayer, and make players think twice about gain-life strategies. It's also an excellent combo with wound reflection .

And best of all, it will be a dollar box rare!!!

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:13PM, DarkAvatar1018 wrote:

Combos with Exquisite Blood !!!




Wait.......

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:20PM, Keino wrote:

This.

...Hang on, I just want to say that again...

This.

...Is the card that i've been waiting for. This is the rakdos card that can do well in multiplayer, and make players think twice about gain-life strategies. It's also an excellent combo with wound reflection .

And best of all, it will be a dollar box rare!!!

A dollar? I think you're being too kind.

Play it with lifegain and flicker effects.

...No, that's unnecessarily complicated.

not quite Everlasting torment but cute. Maybe a 1-of for lols.

It's flavorful, so I can't hate it.

But then again I haven't opened this in a pack yet.

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:26PM, Sleeping wrote:

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:20PM, Keino wrote:

This.

...Hang on, I just want to say that again...

This.

...Is the card that i've been waiting for. This is the rakdos card that can do well in multiplayer, and make players think twice about gain-life strategies. It's also an excellent combo with wound reflection .

And best of all, it will be a dollar box rare!!!

A dollar? I think you're being too kind.

Who else other than EDH or multiplayer people would buy this? Even in those scenes the effect is not too ridiculous to make it a staple, but it's just what a casual player like myself needs. Maybe not immediately, but it won't take long for these to end up in the dollar box.

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:34PM, Suudsu2200 wrote:

But then again I haven't opened this in a pack yet.

Once you do you'll wish you were never born.

Yay!  More of these bad cards!  That wasn't sarcasm.  Bad cards like this, combined with good cards, are why Ravnica was awesome.  It was just full of so many neat effects that even the bad cards didn't feel like punches in the face.

Also I like how much more flavorful Rakdos has become.  The old Ravnica cards just seemed to have the flavor of destructive folks.  Now it's increasingly obvious they're huge partyers.

Thank you, Johannes Voss, for an awesome new avatar.

Hah.  I love this card, though I will probably never ever use it.  Just makes me smile.

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:39PM, Keino wrote:

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:26PM, Sleeping wrote:

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:20PM, Keino wrote:

This.

...Hang on, I just want to say that again...

This.

...Is the card that i've been waiting for. This is the rakdos card that can do well in multiplayer, and make players think twice about gain-life strategies. It's also an excellent combo with wound reflection .

And best of all, it will be a dollar box rare!!!

A dollar? I think you're being too kind.

Who else other than EDH or multiplayer people would buy this? Even in those scenes the effect is not too ridiculous to make it a staple, but it's just what a casual player like myself needs. Maybe not immediately, but it won't take long for these to end up in the dollar box.

I think you interpreted my post wrong. I was saying it should be worth less than a dollar, not more.

crazy carnival of BDSM doom

 i love the baby devil and buff creepy baby.

I'm a buff baby that can dance' like a man.
I can shake-ah my fanny; I can shake-ah my can.

I'm a tough, tootin' baby; I can punch-ah your buns.

Punch-ah your buns, I can punch all your buns.

If you're an evil witch, I will punch you for fun!

 

I like this card, it has a whole "put up or I'll shut you up next turn when you have half your life" feeling to it, very very Rakkdos. 

This does horrible things in multiplayer, and replaces Sorin Markov in my vampire deck post-rotation; very nice, especially along with a new Standard dual colour kill spell.

Return to Ravnica is already my favourite set ever.

4 turn clock from 17 life or lower. 2 turn clock with paradox haze . 1 turn clock with wound reflection .

This card will be a 1-of in some mid-level deck.

This is kinds cool and very flavorful. My favourite part is the art with the devil burning the guys face and on the right side were a Rakdos goon crashes through the window delivering a kick to another poor guys face.

very good !
this is what I'd like to see more...

Time to do a Gatherer search on "Your life total can't change".  I know about Platinum Emperion , but there must be more...

Its silly enough someone will make this work.

Casual junk in my opinion.

Best art of the set?

wow, really?

Cool but bad. This could have cost 2 less and would see very little play even in casual.

Good in EHD

Sep 4, 2012 -- 1:37AM, Highwayman wrote:

4 turn clock from 17 life or lower. 2 turn clock with paradox haze . 1 turn clock with wound reflection .

Alternatively knock them out in one hit with Curse of Bloodletting or Furnace of Rath

Sep 4, 2012 -- 9:19AM, sacrificialdreams wrote:

Sep 4, 2012 -- 1:37AM, Highwayman wrote:

4 turn clock from 17 life or lower. 2 turn clock with paradox haze . 1 turn clock with wound reflection .

Alternatively knock them out in one hit with Curse of Bloodletting or Furnace of Rath

No I don't think that would work as they say damage and this is loss of life.

Can't believe I missed that it says damage

Answers Felidar Sovereign , I guess? May have some EDH uses if only for that reason.

Useless overcosted enchantment is janky bulk rare trash. Should have costed at 4 cmc.

Sep 4, 2012 -- 2:44PM, LordofKhyber wrote:

Useless overcosted enchantment is janky bulk rare trash. Should have costed at 4 cmc.

You're just mad because it doesn't interact with Doubling Season .

I LOVE it! Were Devils in the first Ravnica? (If not, they fit the Rakdos flavor very well).

Sep 4, 2012 -- 8:36PM, CyberSpade wrote:

I LOVE it! Were Devils in the first Ravnica? (If not, they fit the Rakdos flavor very well).

Just one.

Sep 4, 2012 -- 8:52PM, Helluminatus wrote:

Sep 4, 2012 -- 8:36PM, CyberSpade wrote:

I LOVE it! Were Devils in the first Ravnica? (If not, they fit the Rakdos flavor very well).

Just one.

Well, with Innistrad having just come out I'm betting there'll be just a few more (not a proper tribe, mind you, but still). In fact, Havoc Festival looks like it might fit well in Ravnica (once you take off the Rakdos symbol, of course).

I told my friends that Rakdos would have an anit-healing card to counter the decks they made from M13 but they didn't believe me. With the card that looks through their decks, that means I can get rid of their counter to his baby if they have one option of removing it.

Seems a sideboard at best but I still love it.

Classic Rakdos rare, but meh playability wise.

I love the card concept, and Id love to be able to play this in constructed beyond commander but I don't think I will..

However, one thing about the card I don't like, and thats the art. It's too... cute.

I think Wizards is making too many cards that fit well into commander, but don't work in standard.

They should stop focusing all their attention on commander, it's getting annoying. 

This is one of the best designed for EDH cards: you are the last one to feel its effect so you can safely play it and expect to have a little havoc among the opponents. After being victims of this card, the tapped out opponents will refuse to remove it until every player have had their share of it and the untapped players with an answer in hand may be pondering whether it is good or not to remove it and let you get away with it. Overall, there will be some good situations around this card.

Of course, it will suck the moment you rip the 2nd one from a pack.

Sep 5, 2012 -- 6:50AM, Matsumoto wrote:

I think Wizards is making too many cards that fit well into commander, but don't work in standard.

They should stop focusing all their attention on commander, it's getting annoying. 

Most Magic players play casual and new players don't like opening up small cards as their rare when they buy boosters.

Sep 3, 2012 -- 9:12PM, RorixCollector wrote:

Obligatory do-nothing anti-life gain enchantment that's in every block and sucks so bad you want to punch yourself in the face when you open it.

um... no. this one kills them dead. all you have to do is have more life than they do.  

Sep 5, 2012 -- 6:51PM, infinight wrote:

Sep 5, 2012 -- 6:50AM, Matsumoto wrote:

I think Wizards is making too many cards that fit well into commander, but don't work in standard.

They should stop focusing all their attention on commander, it's getting annoying. 

Most Magic players play casual and new players don't like opening up small cards as their rare when they buy boosters.

Really? Then why do we also have stuff like Dreadbore, Abrupt Decay or all these lands that just make mana of two colors at rare too?

You have to admit that is pretty poor as explanation and just good as a cheap excuse.

Sep 5, 2012 -- 6:51PM, infinight wrote:

Sep 5, 2012 -- 6:50AM, Matsumoto wrote:

I think Wizards is making too many cards that fit well into commander, but don't work in standard.

They should stop focusing all their attention on commander, it's getting annoying. 

Most Magic players play casual and new players don't like opening up small cards as their rare when they buy boosters.

I don't think most players play casual. I think most play FNM, and commander these days.
Saying most ppl play casual is like saying Wizards shouldn't host tournaments...because no one would show up.

Sep 5, 2012 -- 9:34PM, javert wrote:

Really? Then why do we also have stuff like Dreadbore, Abrupt Decay or all these lands that just make mana of two colors at rare too?

You have to admit that is pretty poor as explanation and just good as a cheap excuse.

Because Wizards need a few cards that spikes have to pay their ***** off for... And they don't like planeswalker hate at low rarities.

Sep 5, 2012 -- 9:38PM, Matsumoto wrote:

I don't think most players play casual. I think most play FNM, and commander these days.
Saying most ppl play casual is like saying Wizards shouldn't host tournaments...because no one would show up.

Are you saying commander isn't casual? And if you think that most people play Commander, doesn't that contradict your point that they should make less cards for it?

And no, even if only 10% of players played in tournaments, that would still be a huge number. I think there may be some confusion on what the word "most" means here.

This + Magosi, the Waterveil + Sundial of the Infinite = Go on...

This + Wound Reflection = Bye