Protect is a solid defensive move, while Energy Recharge adds an extra strategic layer by allowing the Pokmon to recover energy during the battle
The 6-year-old me that I had put away for safe-keeping all those years ago came rushing back to the front of mind
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
As you can see, it will protect you from damage from Hurricane as well as the Efreet
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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
