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Hecatomb
Oracle Text
When this enchantment enters, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice four creatures.
Tap an untapped Swamp you control: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.
Card Details
Mana CostSet
Character Background
Hecatomb is a brutally efficient black enchantment that asks for a very specific price: four creatures up front, then turns every untapped Swamp into repeatable pinpoint damage. In gameplay terms, it best supports grindy control or sacrifice-heavy midrange shells, especially decks that can flood the board with expendable tokens or recursion fodder. The enchantment is strongest when you can treat those four creatures as a resource rather than a loss, then leverage the Swamp-tapping ability to pick off utility creatures, finish planeswalkers, or close games through stalled boards. A strong deckbuilding tip is to pair it with token makers, death triggers, and cards that profit from sacrificing creatures, so the entrance cost becomes part of your engine instead of a setback. Flavor-wise, Hecatomb feels like a grim altar of attrition: it rewards black’s willingness to trade life, bodies, and patience for inevitability.
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Character Background
Hecatomb is a brutally efficient black enchantment that asks for a very specific price: four creatures up front, then turns every untapped Swamp into repeatable pinpoint damage. In gameplay terms, it best supports grindy control or sacrifice-heavy midrange shells, especially decks that can flood the board with expendable tokens or recursion fodder. The enchantment is strongest when you can treat those four creatures as a resource rather than a loss, then leverage the Swamp-tapping ability to pick off utility creatures, finish planeswalkers, or close games through stalled boards. A strong deckbuilding tip is to pair it with token makers, death triggers, and cards that profit from sacrificing creatures, so the entrance cost becomes part of your engine instead of a setback. Flavor-wise, Hecatomb feels like a grim altar of attrition: it rewards black’s willingness to trade life, bodies, and patience for inevitability.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-12 03:10:42 UTC