Number 44 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Rulings (7/1/2012) Battle of Wits has an "intervening 'if' clause." This means that if you don't have 200 or more cards in your library at the beginning of your upkeep, the ability won't trigger
Not enough card draw Without 8-12 draw pieces, you run out of gas around turn 6 and stop affecting the game
Just looking at my two Zombie decks (Gisa and Geralf Together Forever and Zombies of Tresserhorn), there are some saucy choicesamplified by the fact that theyre Zombie decks, so theres a pretty good chance that the sacrificed creature is coming back anyway
Gifts Ungiven: Its an easy combo-enabler, mostly because its an instant
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Once per turn, when you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control