Dark Confidant
Dark Confidant (also affectionately known as "Bob"), released in Ravnica: City of Guilds, is a rare, black creature that is one of the most famous Magic Invitational card designs. It allows its controller to draw an additional card at the cost of losing life equal to that card's mana value.
"Bob"
Dark Confidant is so nicknamed after Bob Maher, Jr., its creator. Maher won the right to design and be immortalized in his 2004 Magic Invitational submission. The card's flavor text is often recognised as the epitome of the black philosophy and also alludes to Maher's epithet "the Great One". Dark Confidant was reprinted in Modern Masters[1], and returned to Standard after twenty years in Final Fantasy.
The original submission of Maher involved poison counters.[2]
Pro Tour impact
2007 Pro Tour Season
Grand Prix Columbus
- Steve Sadin's Flash Counterbalance — 1st Place GP Columbus
- Max Tietze's Fish — 4th Place GP Columbus
- Michael Belfatto's MBA — 8th Place GP Columbus
Worlds 2007
The following decks all had a record of 4-1 at Worlds 2007:
- Camargo's sideboard Worlds Legacy
- Vitor Dama de Rosa's sideboard Worlds Legacy
- Komuro's sideboard Worlds Legacy
- Lybaert's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- O'Mahoney-Schwartz maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Wu's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Yasooka's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Kapalas's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Nicosia's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Stienaa's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- van Heeswijk's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Thompson's maindeck Worlds Legacy
- Meulder's maindeck Worlds Legacy
Pro Tour Honolulu
- Olivier Ruel's Hand in Hand Honolulu
- Ruud Warmenhoven's Orzhov Aggro Honolulu
Other Modern Pro Tours
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica
- Yuuya Watanabe, Willy Edel, David Ochoa's Jund — Top 8
Pro Tour Born of the Gods
- Matt Costa's The Rock (8-2)
Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch
- Reid Duke's Jund (8-2)
- Paul Rietzl's Mardu (7-2-1)
Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan
- Reid Duke's Abzan — Top 8
References
- ↑ Bob Maher (May 20, 2013). "Dark Confidant". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 13, 2004). "2004 Invitational Card Concepts". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22.