Hi all, I'm running a R/W historic deck on arena and I'm trying to work out which is better in the meta: Declaration in Stone or Fateful Absence?
On one side you have you have Declaration. It exiles rather than destroys, and it doesn't just deal with the creature your facing, but all of the copies in the deck. Whilst Fateful Absence is at instant speed and can deal with planeswalkers as well as creatures.
Both have advantages, so it feels like which is better is situational. The question is which will be more effective in the historic format.
Uhh... Declaration in stone does NOT exile from the library. It simply kills all creatures that they own with the same name. If reanimator decks and mystic reflection-esque combo decks that make oodles of identical tokens are prominent in the metagame, declaration in stone seems okay. Generally, though, instant speed and the ability to hit planeswalkers makes Fateful Absence a stronger overall choice while Declaration might serve as a sideboard piece in a very specific meta.
On one side you have you have Declaration. It exiles rather than destroys, and it doesn't just deal with the creature your facing, but all of the copies in the deck. Whilst Fateful Absence is at instant speed and can deal with planeswalkers as well as creatures.
Both have advantages, so it feels like which is better is situational. The question is which will be more effective in the historic format.
Modern: WRHumans aggroWR
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