Wither put's -1/-1 counters on a creature. If these counters would reduce the creatures toughness to 0 or less, the creature is put into the graveyard as a state based effect, and regeneration can't save it. If the counters don't reduce the toughness to zero, the counters will still remain on the creature until the counters are removed or the creature leaves play.
If I have Eye of the Storm and play Bituminous Blast, and every card left in the deck costing under 5 was an instant or sorcery, would I essentially be able to play every spell in my deck?
EDIT: provided of course there are targets for the blast...
Unless this has changed, wasn't it explicitly stated that 10E wouldn't rotate until October this year? I thought they changed the rotation schedule with all the core set changes.
That change wont be effective until next year. From the article announcing Magic 2010:
To accommodate this much more rapid core set turnover, we are changing our format rotation policy beginning in the summer of 2010 with the release of the Magic 2011 core set. Magic 2011 will not knock Magic 2010 out of Standard; instead there will be only one rotation date per year, when the large Fall set is released. When the set codenamed "Lights" is released late in 2010, it will knock the Shards of Alara block and Magic 2010 out of Standard at the same time. Core sets will rotate as if they were part of the block preceding them. For approximately three months per year starting in 2010, there will be two core sets legal at a time, which is also a first.
Note that when Magic 2010 is released this summer, Tenth Edition will rotate out as per our normal existing policy.
Bituminous Blast + Eye of the Storm = Play your whole deck if it's nothing but instants and sorceries.
EDIT: provided of course there are targets for the blast...
EDIT: Or you can use it if your opponent makes the big token with Ajani Goldmane.
Not necessarily. It could be a card with "Flip a coin" and "If you win the flip"
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That change wont be effective until next year. From the article announcing Magic 2010:
To accommodate this much more rapid core set turnover, we are changing our format rotation policy beginning in the summer of 2010 with the release of the Magic 2011 core set. Magic 2011 will not knock Magic 2010 out of Standard; instead there will be only one rotation date per year, when the large Fall set is released. When the set codenamed "Lights" is released late in 2010, it will knock the Shards of Alara block and Magic 2010 out of Standard at the same time. Core sets will rotate as if they were part of the block preceding them. For approximately three months per year starting in 2010, there will be two core sets legal at a time, which is also a first.
Note that when Magic 2010 is released this summer, Tenth Edition will rotate out as per our normal existing policy.