I have neither the skill to correctly and accurately analyze this set in the context of current and future formats after 12 hours of exposure, nor the hubris to delude myself into believing that I do.
Wizards prints the stupidest rares nowadays, seriously is 'multicolored' so complex now that something that mentions it needs to be rare? There's nothing rare-feeling about the card, the name is generic.
And it's not because of limited, because this card will be just about unplayable there, since Khans is not drafted with Dtk.
Targeted rare removal goes back pretty far, Broken Visage and Exile are the earliest ones I can think of. Back then it was very much the exception to the rule though, and nearly all removal was at common or uncommon. I'm not a fan of printing this at rare; at least cards like Hero's Downfall and Detention Sphere are exciting first picks in draft. I imagine I would always take an uncommon or common over this.
Wizards prints the stupidest rares nowadays, seriously is 'multicolored' so complex now that something that mentions it needs to be rare? There's nothing rare-feeling about the card, the name is generic.
And it's not because of limited, because this card will be just about unplayable there, since Khans is not drafted with Dtk.
MaRo said in his article that this set has still a focus on allied color pairs, so there could still be enough targets around in limited (though of course we will need to wait for further spoilers (especially of commons and uncommons) to make that judgement).
(another article yesterday mentioned an uncommon multicolored dragon cycle, rare multicolored dragon cycle and mythic multicolored dragon cycle IIRC)
I feel like this is confirmation of a new thing where the third set in a block (maybe second set going forward with the new 2-and-2 scheme) will feature a decent yet somewhat narrow white removal spell that interacts with the block's theme but that should absolutely not be rare. Renounce the Guilds, Deicide and now Radiant Purge. This is probably my favorite of the lineage so far but that isn't saying much; if it could hit multicolored planeswalkers too it would be more exciting. It's ok, it's probably going to see play and I'd almost certainly add it to my EDH deck, but stinks that it's a rare.
It doesn't say planeswalker anywhere on the card and cant even kill them. Maro can't bull***** his way out of this one like he did with dreadbore and hero's downfall.
In other news lightning bolt has been confirmed for m15. They just changed the name and printed it at mythic so it wouldn't ruin limited.
Great card because of the mana cost. Utter End has the power to do anything but being 4 mana made it bad. Everything is about mana efficiency or being on curve. RW now gets this to go with Valorous Stance and Chained to the Rocks. Siege Rhino might not be as oppressive as it once was.
White usually exiles creatures and I think it would be strangely worded to be "Exile creature or destroy enchantment".
I mean, certainly when they made this they thought about it. I just don't think it was a matter of "Oh man, we're going to have to pack some hate for the Theros gods. They'll just be destroying Standard!".
Obviously it's depndent on your other cards, but where would you pick this in Draft? Unless you have a bomb uncommon do you first pick it as defense against other potential bomb rares out there? Remember there's no KTK so all your looking at is the 20 Gold dragons over the two sets. it will never wheel so what would you do?
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Dude get your head out of the gutter. It is clearly for the real oppressiveness that is Abzan.
Yeah, it's kind of narrow, but I think it will have its place in many sideboards.
You lose the ability to hit:
Chained to the Rocks
Seeker of the Way
Monastery Mentor
Elspeth
Sorin
While gaining the ability to hit:
Sidsi
New Silumgar
Rakshasa Deathdealer
Savage Knuckleblade
And gaining the ability to hit Jeskai ascendancy at instant speed.
I think that there could be some consideration to replacing all/some of the glare of heresys in sideboards with this card
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That said, I'd probably pick up 2 or 3 for sideboard use.
Standard:
UR Ral Combo
Modern:
U Merfolk
R Goblins
Commander
RB Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
R Feldon of the Third Path
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They started moving some removal to rare years ago starting at least as far back as Vindicate. I wouldn't be surprised if there were earlier examples, that's just the first one that came to mind. In the last couple of years it seems like every block has at least one such though. Dreadbore, Abrupt Decay, Hero's Downfall, Silence the Believers, Utter End, Deicide, Renounce the Guilds, Detention Sphere, Chained to the Rocks, Gild... That's just since Return to Ravnica, but it was less common before that.
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
The only thing this has over Glare is that it's an instant. The first list is much more relevant than the second.
UR Blue-Red Control
Modern:
UBR Grixis Control
UWR Jeskai Control
And it's not because of limited, because this card will be just about unplayable there, since Khans is not drafted with Dtk.
MaRo said in his article that this set has still a focus on allied color pairs, so there could still be enough targets around in limited (though of course we will need to wait for further spoilers (especially of commons and uncommons) to make that judgement).
(another article yesterday mentioned an uncommon multicolored dragon cycle, rare multicolored dragon cycle and mythic multicolored dragon cycle IIRC)
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
In other news lightning bolt has been confirmed for m15. They just changed the name and printed it at mythic so it wouldn't ruin limited.
Maro said white removal has to be conditional. This feels conditional enough.
Renounce the Guilds is similar.
Great card because of the mana cost. Utter End has the power to do anything but being 4 mana made it bad. Everything is about mana efficiency or being on curve. RW now gets this to go with Valorous Stance and Chained to the Rocks. Siege Rhino might not be as oppressive as it once was.
I think this condition is too damning. Neutralizing Blast is a fine uncommon.
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
White usually exiles creatures and I think it would be strangely worded to be "Exile creature or destroy enchantment".
I mean, certainly when they made this they thought about it. I just don't think it was a matter of "Oh man, we're going to have to pack some hate for the Theros gods. They'll just be destroying Standard!".
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