MTG Salvation

Ritual of Soot

I've been testing this card for a while now, and decided to add it into my 540 as a semi-permanent trial basis. It has played quite well. It's really easy to make this effect asymmetrical, and unlike other sweeper effects, it has little to no collateral damage. I can play all the 4+cc small/utility creatures I want with impunity, and it hits a lot of aggro/midrange decks really hard. Unlike most of the other sweeper options, this build-around effect is really easy to make asymmetrical, and opens up some other deckbuilding options that might otherwise be more risky. I recommend trying it out if you're playing 540+ and want a surgical sweeper that has little effect on your own board.

I had been interested in it, but do you think it's better than Languish?

Curious if there's a decklist available from your testing.

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I don't have a specific decklist on hand, no. I just drafted B/X slower midrange and control decks, played exclusively 4+cc creatures, and put Ritual of Soot in them. It is quite good when you get to keep all your creatures around and kill all/most your opponent's ones. Usually you want to curtail the number of Nekrataals/Chupacabras and Mulldrifters ...hell, just creatures in general... in your decks with sweepers in them to limit the collateral damage, and with Soot, you don't have to.

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I had been interested in it, but do you think it's better than Languish?

Nope, I don't.

It's been great in the same decks designed to break Pernicious Deed too. Nice to have another card that can benefit from a CMC-based design restriction.

This vs Bontu‘s last Reckoning?

I like this a lot more.