Perfect CrimeBBB
Sorcery {U}
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Exile target creature. Exile Perfect Crime No traces, no witness, no culprits.
Other than the fact that split second is a nightmare unto itself this card is the incarnation of beauty. An amazingly simple yet powerful effect that perfectly matchs an extremely resonant troupe. My only complaint would be that I think black would need to team up with blue for a true perfect crime, but that doesn't match the effect.
You know, usually "super spot removal" is very poor custom design (the removal arms race is to be avoided) but this is great. I think for a variety of reasons it ought to be rare, but it doesn't do anything that overrides other mechanics (other than indestructible and countering/redirecting) and the cost is prohibitive enough that it doesn't automatically become the best removal in the format. Definitely a potent tool for MBC, and the flavor and execution are extremely monoblack, even though exile as removal usually is not.
I don't have the same objections to split second as others do; this is the keyword being used to its utter best, imho. The uncounterability that it implies is usually a stretch in black (although split second was of course on monocolor cards of every color), so if I had to make this a second color it would be blue.
I think it's fine as-is. Split-second and exile are a bit of a color bend for monoblack, but the flavor absolutely justifies both. Agreed that it should probably be rare, unless it was included in another block that has split-second (which, as stated above, is generally not a mechanic that should show up a lot). I suspect this would be included in a commander set, and so the rare helps justify the out-of-the-blue mechanic just like Teferi's Protection does for phasing out.
I especially appreciate it being a sorcery, making it a clear tradeoff compared to Murder instead of just a newer better-er killspell.
Sorcery {U}
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Exile target creature. Exile Perfect Crime
No traces, no witness, no culprits.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
I don't have the same objections to split second as others do; this is the keyword being used to its utter best, imho. The uncounterability that it implies is usually a stretch in black (although split second was of course on monocolor cards of every color), so if I had to make this a second color it would be blue.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
I especially appreciate it being a sorcery, making it a clear tradeoff compared to Murder instead of just a newer better-er killspell.
- Rabid Wombat