When we were testing for the PT a few of the guys had Pact decks, and we all agreed that Pact was great but the decks were not. It’s like a mini-cruel ultimatum. Yes, it’s slow, but it also gains life and you will have tools to slow your opponent down in a Pact deck as well.

There are a lot of different types of cards that will help you destroy or rebuy your pact. I mentioned a few in this article and it’s very likely that more options will show up while Pact is in Standard. I agree that it’s not there just yet, but it’s a VERY powerful card that is about to find its way into a small Standard.

Demonic Pact I’m with Ryan after reading his article “I feel like trading into is sufficient for now not sure about buying yet? spread is low and feels like a save place to tuck a bit of value away for the long term. Never know Demonic Pact,Paradox Haze,Donate could be a thing down the road this card just screams break me 😉

However I like the rest of your specs for the most part.

And most of them you had sound reasoning.

Sell us more on demonic pact.

It’s cool but so so bad.

It’s like a summoning sick planeswalker

It’s definitely a strong card, but I don’t know that there will be a deck that would play it over Ojutai, Wingmate Roc, other Sarkhan, Khalaghan 5, or Whisperwood Elemental.