MTG Salvation

Just notice that there isn't any thread on this card.

What do you guys think about it? For having play against and with it in SOI Limited, I found it pretty effective. Can it also be viable in cube?

There are so many Vindicate and Oblivion Ring effects that cost 3 and don't require you to 2-for-1 yourself. This gets a lot better in SOI limited where you're often trying to triggers Delirium by trying to get unusual permanent types into the yard, but I don't see how there's any room for this in cube.

O-Ring can be broke. This can not. This is why I think it at least worth consideration. Unconditionally exiling a creature, enchantment or artifact with zero possibility of come back is pretty nice IMO. Don't know if it really deserves a spot and at which size, but it is certainly not a bad spell.

It's going to be a rough pill to swallow if this gets countered.

I think I prefer the O-ring/Banishing Light drawback better. And for those running walkers, they hit that permanent type while this card does not.

Not close.

Mana efficiency is at a super premium in cube relative to limited.
In Oath draft, oblivion strike was the best common in the set and maybe a top 20 pick. It's so far away from cube/constructed playable that it's laughable.. And it's better than angelic purge in it's native draft format. Angelic purge would be better in cube than oblivion strike, but still very far away from playable.

3 mana is expensive, and sacrificing another permanant is big drawback that few decks can eliminate. In SOI limited, there's a lot of foddor to sacrifice and sacrificing a land can help enable delerium.

Limited should rarely be used as any sort of indicator of a removal spells power level for cube. Constructed is a much better metric.

It's not mana efficient enough to have a drawback like that. Especially not at sorcery speed. Pass.

Bad in cube, but good in SOI limited because of Delirium and cards that give you free Clues to sac. With the good Vindicate clones around, this doesn't make the cut at all.

Cheers,
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If it included planeswalkers and was an instant I would play it. But otherwise .... not close