I've been liking it and other similar effects (Baleful Mastery / Fateful Absence / etc). 2-cmc removal spells that can take out all sorts of permanent types is huge given the threat diversity now. Your opponent being able to re-cast it isn't awful (unless it's super late game), things are so aggressive now that you just need a turn or 2 to finish off your opponent while their best thing isn't on board. This being able to save your own things from your opponent's removal is a neat trick, the tax only applies to the opponent.
Was actually super curious about this like a month ago, we never tested it but we've since cut all the 3cmc Oblivion Ring effects since they felt too slow/narrow. Went with Touch the Spirit Realm, Leyline Binding, Council's Judgment, and Prismatic Ending to flesh out the slots but this was pretty interesting too. Assumed it was too weak in control and just unnecessary in combo decks, but how has it played?
Didn't realize it had the flicker effect without tax, and that actually seems pretty sweet, but how often has that come up for people? And how has it played in control? Have the slower W decks (UW control, UW artifact ramp, etc) been able to turn the corner fast enough to mitigate the recasting drawback?
Not sure if that's a lot to ask but for anyone who's played it I'd love to hear some experience with the card and how versatile it's actually felt in practice. Unexpectedly Absent seems better to me on paper, but our issue with that was mostly the was too hard to consistently get off, especially on turn 2. Does it compare especially favorably to that?
Didn't realize it had the flicker effect without tax, and that actually seems pretty sweet, but how often has that come up for people? And how has it played in control? Have the slower W decks (UW control, UW artifact ramp, etc) been able to turn the corner fast enough to mitigate the recasting drawback?
Not too often, but it's an option. It especially is useful for the Parallax Wave trick.
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Unexpectedly Absent seems better to me on paper, but our issue with that was mostly the white mana white mana was too hard to consistently get off, especially on turn 2. Does it compare especially favorably to that?
I generally like Soul Partition more since you'll never pay more than 1W. I ended up cutting Unexpectedly Absent once I landed on Soul Partition, white has a lot of options now so I felt like Unexpectedly Absent was the odd man out.
Does anyone have any experience with this card? This feels like a fairly strong tempo play for a lot of decks lacking efficient removal.
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Didn't realize it had the flicker effect without tax, and that actually seems pretty sweet, but how often has that come up for people? And how has it played in control? Have the slower W decks (UW control, UW artifact ramp, etc) been able to turn the corner fast enough to mitigate the recasting drawback?
Not sure if that's a lot to ask but for anyone who's played it I'd love to hear some experience with the card and how versatile it's actually felt in practice. Unexpectedly Absent seems better to me on paper, but our issue with that was mostly the was too hard to consistently get off, especially on turn 2. Does it compare especially favorably to that?
Not too often, but it's an option. It especially is useful for the Parallax Wave trick.
I generally like Soul Partition more since you'll never pay more than 1W. I ended up cutting Unexpectedly Absent once I landed on Soul Partition, white has a lot of options now so I felt like Unexpectedly Absent was the odd man out.
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