MTG Salvation

Overwhelming Splendor



With this mana cost it's obviously not for the typical cube, but maybe for cube managers who support Academy Rector decks?

In before Elesh Norn. Not a fan in cube, but EDH hell yes.

I also love it for B/W decks that run cards like Ascendant Evincar. Also makes Zealous Persecution a 2 mana, one sided wrath.

Even if you do support Academy Rector, is this worth a slot? I mean, it's powerful and all, but it can be undone really easily and doesn't even lock a win (or even function as a win condition!) when it's down...

I'm wondering how relevant the activated ability block is. I can't really think of anything major that would stop - Suvival of the Fittest, Vedalken Shackles and Recurring Nightmare are already shut down by turning all creatures into vanilla 1/1s. Opposition and Mishra's Factory seem to be the biggest ones I can think of. Unless there's something major that shuts down, I think its easy enough to break the symmetry of Humility, that I'd rather run Humility since its easier to cast.

Enormous casting cost aside, I don't think I'd want this in cube just because of all the rules craziness that comes with this sort of effect.

This card is hilarious, but it's not playable, at least not in a cube like mine. An eight mana card that doesn't EVER win the game is probably not going to be that great. If I'm going to exploit all these resources just to turn off your deck, I'd rather have Iona, Shield of Emeria attached to my huge investment.

This does some work stopping the opponent's advancement, but as a lot of white protection spells from back in the day demonstrate, just stopping the enemy without helping yourself is not usually worth breaking the bank. Ghostly Prison does a LOT of the work of this card for a lot cheaper.

Even if you're getting it for free, Sandwurm Convergence is much more proactive, and that card is already hard to justify. This reminds me more of Divine Intervention than anything else (minus the kickass Amy Weber art).

For what it's worth, this is a nice thing to get with Bitterheart Witch or Curse of Misfortunes, but curses are still something you would really have to force in even a weak cube.

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Enormous casting cost aside, I don't think I'd want this in cube just because of all the rules craziness that comes with this sort of effect.

What's so crazy about effecting layers 6 and 7b?

Exactly. I don't have an official judge on hand to raise my hand and ask for. I'm already confused.