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Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Merfolk WizardBlue manaBlack mana

The looting is the setup; the flashback is the payoff. A 1/2 body with a tap-to-loot ability reads like fair value, but this quietly rewards discarding the exact card type most looters would rather keep. Pitching an instant or sorcery to draw-then-discard both stocks the graveyard and drains each opponent for one, so the "cost" of tossing a spell you can't cast yet becomes a small tempo swing. The second ability then converts that graveyard into value: sacrifice the creature to recast one of those binned spells, with an exile clause stapled on to keep the same card from looping back for seconds. That restriction is what stops the engine from spiraling: recursion is one-shot per card, and casting it costs you the body, so the sensible play is to loot away spells you genuinely want back rather than dumping everything indiscriminately. The sorcery-speed clause on the sacrifice narrows the window further, ruling out activating it at end step or holding the sacrifice as a combat surprise. Structurally this echoes a Snapcaster-adjacent idea (buying a spell back from the yard) rebuilt as an attrition tool rather than a tempo one: instead of flashing a spell in as a shock, Vohar spends a turn setting up a graveyard and a turn cashing it in, running a slow life-drain subgame underneath for anyone willing to load up on instants and sorceries to feed it.

Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator (dmu)
DMU · #366uncommon
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Tap: Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded an instant or sorcery card this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. 2 generic mana, Sacrifice Vohar: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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