#infernal tribute

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Infernal Tribute

"I would not barter my soul for any of the filth that they called power. So they took it from me and damned me to solitude." —Crovax

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Infernal Tribute

Infernal Tribute • Weatherlight (WTH) #73

Infernal Tribute (WTH) #73 • Low: $1.73, Average: $3.74, Market: $3.71 • Weatherlight • Magic: The Gathering, MTG

This card is almost four dollars. Not only that, this card was one of the most purchased reserved list cards of the weeks so there is actual purchases involving this card. I do not know what card or strategy caused people to take a look at infernal tribute but the card is decent and playable in commander. Black gets a lot of cards with drawbacks, specifically creatures and enchantments, and infernal tribute can get rid of those permanents for you should those drawbacks get out of hand. It even draws you a card! Yes, you have to pay 2 mana but you can do it at instant speed and it is not limited to once per turn. The triple black in the casting cost means that you are in heavy black but devotion cards such as grey merchant of asphodel turn that into a benefit. Sure, this card is no necropotence and it can not sacrifice tokens, but this is a mediocre sacrifice and draw engine in one card. In edh you actually want this in Lynde cheerful tormentor curse decks. It is actually quite viable in that niche deck and I can see a need for this card in other decks in the future. You can sacrifice any nontoken permanent which is not an ability that black gets in high quantities. There are some enchantment decks in abzan that may consider infernal tribute. Anikthea hand of erebros, narci fable singer, and myrkul lord of bones all have some synergies with enchantments and sacrifice so the theme is currently viable in edh. I am actually surprised infernal tribute does not see more play in those decks. Perhaps the attention on it and increase sales will lead to it being played in more decks. The card has spiked before. The card experienced a high in the early part of 2021 and was 25 dollars. However, even in 2018 the card was almost five bucks so there has always been some early speculation on this card because of its limited playability. Bloomburrow does have a golgari food and token theme which involves a subtheme of sacrificing tokens so is that the reason people seem to be speculating on this card now? Will the price reach its 2018 values? If you know why infernal tribute is seeing some new attention on it please let me know.