What are the choices presented by this evil statue
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I just found a strange "evil" statue in Binding of Isaac.
What are the effects of these offers?
Best Answer
This is not a statue, but Satan, and you have found what's referred to as a "devil room". These two particular items are Sister Maggy (on the left), a familiar that follows you and shoots blood tears in the same direction that you do, and The Mark, which increases your damage by 2 points.
Be aware that the cost depicted in hearts will be deducted from your own heart containers, possibly killing you if you don't have enough health.
I own the game (on Steam, not even sure if a retail version exists..). The popup messages like "small rock has appeared!" notify you that you've unlocked an acheivement, that's all. Some acheivements have rewards, though.
I'm equally confused about the bomb message, though.
O The Fool: Teleports the player to the starting room for that floor.
I The Magician: Gives you the use of Spoon Bender (homing shots) until you leave the current room.
II The High Priestess: Summon's Mom's foot stomp on a random enemy. Can also hit the player, and will do so if there are no enemies in the room.
III The Empress: Gives you the use of Whore of Babylon until you leave the room. Whore of Babylon is Eve's curse, but unlike her version, this just hurts you half a heart then increases your damage.
IV The Emperor: Teleports the player to the Boss Room.
V The Hierophant: Spawns two soul hearts.
VI The Lovers: Spawns two hearts.
VII The Chariot: Acts as a single-shot use of My Little Unicorn.
VIII Justice: Spawns bombs, hearts, coins, and keys around the player.
IX The Hermit: Teleports the player to the Mini-boss Room, or the shop if a mini-boss room is not available.
X Wheel of Fortune: Spawns a Slot Machine.
XI Strength: Makes the player bigger, increasing maximum health and damage until the player leaves the room.
XII The Hanged Man: Gives you the use of Transcendence (flight over gaps, rocks and spikes) until you leave the current room.
XIII Death: Gives you a single use of The Necronomicon (massive damage to all enemies in the room).
XIV The Tower: Gives you a single use of Anarchist's Cookbook (spawns multiple bombs around the room at random).
XV The Devil: Gives you a single use of Book of Belial (increased tear damage) until you leave the current room.
XVI Temperance: Spawns a Blood Donation Machine.
XVII The Stars: Teleports the player to the Item Room, or acts as Telepills if there is no item room (i.e. in The Womb and Sheol).
XVIII The Moon: Teleports the player to the Secret Room.
XIX The Sun: Completely heals the player, does damage to all enemies on screen and acts as a Treasure Map and Compass for the current level only.
XX Judgement: Spawns a beggar. If you have no money, spawns 1 heart, coin, bomb and key instead.
XXI The World: Acts as a Treasure Map and a Compass for the current level only.
Tarot Cards II, III, XVII, and XIX were added in a patch on November 1 2011.
Best Answer
This is not a statue, but Satan, and you have found what's referred to as a "devil room". These two particular items are Sister Maggy (on the left), a familiar that follows you and shoots blood tears in the same direction that you do, and The Mark, which increases your damage by 2 points.
Be aware that the cost depicted in hearts will be deducted from your own heart containers, possibly killing you if you don't have enough health.
As always, all items appear in the game's wiki.