Looking through some old cards and came across this beauty. It has been errata'd so you don't need black in your deck to play it and it pretty well says, for 4 mana, "if a player casts a black spell, they sacrifice half their lands."
Kind of a mean card, but it seems rather effective if black oppression is a thing in your meta (no racial).
Very mean. Black doesn't even have removal to kill it, so they either have to be multi-coloured, or wait until they get their spine of ish sah, all is dust, oblivion stone, etc.
Against some people, you might just piss them off lol
Cards that utterly hose one or two decks at the table while doing Zero in every other game are all kinds of cheesy. Some of these cards have potential alongside effects like Glamerdye, but this one particularly doesn't work so well because costs are paid as the spell is announced. If you include this card just because a couple players in your group have built mono-color or two-color Black decks, expect them to refuse to play with you or to just change decks. And they won't be at all happy doing either.
I didn't know this card existed. It's probably in the same camp as Conversion and is only good if you expect to face mono-B a significant proportion of the time.
On another note, what's up with the name of this card versus what it does? With a name like Drought, you'd definitely think that it would hose U.
I didn't know this card existed. It's probably in the same camp as Conversion and is only good if you expect to face mono-B a significant proportion of the time.
On another note, what's up with the name of this card versus what it does? With a name like Drought, you'd definitely think that it would hose U.
A drought dries up swamps. An island is still an island during a drought.
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2UURRniv mizzet, the firemind endless fiery mind wheels of death 3WRjor kadeen, the prevailer weenies and extra combat forever 3RRzirilan of the claw dragons and damage doublers 4:SymRG::SymRG:wort, the raidmother burn is now EDH viable 2WUkangee, aerie keeper birds 1UBRjeleva, nephalia's scourge spellslinger/storm
here are the mana costs of generals i no longer play: 2BR3BB3UBG4UB:SymUB::SymUB:2URRG3WWU2UU2GGUUBGG
Generally-speaking, I think the old hate cards were really bad design. Especially something like this. Another example (that i've had used against me in real life) is curse of marit lage. Enchantments are the worst, because some colors (mainly R and B) can't really deal with them. I rarely use spine, so usually i have to dive for my ostone as soon as I get a tutor.
I've never been a fan of efficient hosers, but at least cards like relic of progenitus are punishing you for using a powerful but focused strategy. Drought is punishing you for...playing black? What's wrong with playing black?
I'm glad wizards stopped doing that sort of thing, or magic would be a glorified game of rock paper scissors.
Looking through some old cards and came across this beauty. It has been errata'd so you don't need black in your deck to play it and it pretty well says, for 4 mana, "if a player casts a black spell, they sacrifice half their lands."
Kind of a mean card, but it seems rather effective if black oppression is a thing in your meta (no racial).
MTGS egos at their finest.
Thoughts on proxies:
Against some people, you might just piss them off lol
BBB Two Hundred Zombies BBB
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WR Tajic, Wrath of the Manlands RW
BGW Doran Destruction WGB
Commander
GUB Mimeoplasm, Screw Politics BUG
BR Mogis, God of Slaughter RB
RGW Marath, Ramp and Removal WGR
WUBRG Karona, Jank God GRBUW
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On another note, what's up with the name of this card versus what it does? With a name like Drought, you'd definitely think that it would hose U.
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A drought dries up swamps. An island is still an island during a drought.
3WR jor kadeen, the prevailer weenies and extra combat forever
3RR zirilan of the claw dragons and damage doublers
4:SymRG::SymRG: wort, the raidmother burn is now EDH viable
2WU kangee, aerie keeper birds
1UBR jeleva, nephalia's scourge spellslinger/storm
here are the mana costs of generals i no longer play: 2BR3BB3UBG4UB:SymUB::SymUB:2URRG3WWU2UU2GGUUBGG
3UWR numot, the devastator of [the spirit of edh]
I've never been a fan of efficient hosers, but at least cards like relic of progenitus are punishing you for using a powerful but focused strategy. Drought is punishing you for...playing black? What's wrong with playing black?
I'm glad wizards stopped doing that sort of thing, or magic would be a glorified game of rock paper scissors.
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Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
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more like whim of volrath.
You don't even need urborg (although it saves you 3 mana and makes it better vs nonbasics and multicolor).
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
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They'd still have to be in black.
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I'm thinking, cast it to shift black -> their color, and then shift swamp -> their most prevalent basic land type.
of course you'd have to do it every turn, basically, since it can't be done reactively. at best it's a 6-mana repeatable unkicked orim's chant.
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6