It creates an easy game-winning combo with Walking BallistaWalking Ballista and VigorVigor, putting infinite counters on Walking Ballista that can then be removed for infinite damage
As I explained in a previous column, for a while I was responsible for the vast majority of alternative win card in the game (we finally hired some other designers who also thought alternative wins were cool)
Necropotence resolves, its controller pays the majority of their life total in order to put that many cards into their hand on the end step, and suddenly you wind up with 30+ cards in hand
It comes from the 1992-93 Ultra set, card number 345
Note that you have to play the land
Throwing this down in the early game as you fire off CultivateCultivates, Natures LoreNatures Lores and Rampant GrowthRampant Growths or partnering it with cards that allow you to play more than one land means youll be building up a critical mass of +1/+1 counters on creatures fairly quickly, which will likely go well with your early game Cats
