"Pyre of Heroes: Building on the Sacrifice of Others"

"Pyre of Heroes: Building on the Sacrifice of Others"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Pyre of Heroes is a 2 mana cost artifact that reads:

Pay 2 mana , tap , Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card that shares a creature type with the sacrificed creature and has converted mana cost equal to 1 plus that creature’s converted mana cost. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Pyre of Heroes is basically tribal Birthing pod! While there might be argument that can be made that this is not as good as the original Birthing Pod because you are only limited to the tribe that you are playing with Goblin, Human and Elf decks would find some use for this. Decks that already have these creature types can now enjoy Enter the battlefield effects and utilize a creature for sacrifice to fetch this new creature. 

A fine example is sacrificing a Goblin Matriarch to get a Goblin Goon sounds appealing right? Even big creatures like Beasts or Dragons can join in on the fun. Heck this cost even less than the actual birthing pod or even Yisan. At 2 mana this thing can start helping you as early as turn 3.