The card sees extensive play in Modern, Legacy, and even Vintage, where its status as a free counterspell makes it indispensable for most blue lists
If my opponent says, "Gotcha" only once but has two legal cards in his graveyard, which one does he get
Field of Ruin excels in a format where almost every deck plays nonbasic lands
Protect is a solid defensive move, while Energy Recharge adds an extra strategic layer by allowing the Pokmon to recover energy during the battle
Even if it ends up being removed, this card is still forcing your opponents to waste resources on a 3-mana card early in the game or take some serious hits
Rakdos Pact with Harmless Offering 4 Greed's Gambit 2 Cut Down 4 Harmless Offering 4 Go for the Throat 4 Duress 4 Demonic Pact 4 Torch the Tower 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Case of the Stashed Skeleton 4 Beseech the Mirror 4 Swamp 1 Brotherhood's End 4 Blazemire Verge 3 Mountain 4 Raucous Theater 4 Restless Vents 1 Rankle's Prank 1 Molten Collapse 4 Lithomantic Barrage 4 Cruelclaw's Heist 1 Sheoldred's Edict 2 Leyline of the Void 1 The End 1 Pyroclasm 1 Case of the Crimson Pulse 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General In 2016, Chris Botelho showcased the competitive potential of Demonic Pact and Harmless Offering, piloting the combo to a Top 8 finish at the 1,712-player Standard Grand Prix in Portland
