Standard is currently sporting a lot of good removal options, and several mass removal cards. My w/b deck is needing some of that as well. Since the three cards I'm looking at, Extinction Event, Realm-Cloaked Giant (Cast Off), and Shatter the Sky, are of course rare, and my Arena wildcard pool for rares is always empty (somehow), I'd like some comments on how those cards perform for others, what kinds of decks they work best in, etc. I curerently have one copy of each card, and since I want three mass removal in my deck, I'm running all of them. I'm always happy to draw either, but sooner or later I'll want to invest in one over the others.
So, any insights on how to best blow up the world in the current Standard? Did I miss another option?
Standard is currently sporting a lot of good removal options, and several mass removal cards. My w/b deck is needing some of that as well. Since the three cards I'm looking at, Extinction Event, Realm-Cloaked Giant (Cast Off), and Shatter the Sky, are of course rare, and my Arena wildcard pool for rares is always empty (somehow), I'd like some comments on how those cards perform for others, what kinds of decks they work best in, etc. I curerently have one copy of each card, and since I want three mass removal in my deck, I'm running all of them. I'm always happy to draw either, but sooner or later I'll want to invest in one over the others.
So, any insights on how to best blow up the world in the current Standard? Did I miss another option?
I mean it depends. If you plan on playing more black versus more white or vice versa. If that doesn't matter, currently Extinction Event has performed better for me, because there are so many cards that care about graveyards being played, i.e. Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, Lurrus of the Dream-Den, anything with Escape. It also gets rid of Seasoned Hallowblade which while rare, you need to be able to answer should you encounter it. It also cleanly gets rid of Anax, Hardened in the Forge without leaving tokens. Secondly, I do like that Cast Off comes with a body, and doesn't let the opponent draw a card; but sometimes that 1 turn makes all the difference in stabilizing or not. With some of the aggro decks around you can't afford to wait and I end up playing Cast Off as Shatter the Sky 5 and 6.
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So, any insights on how to best blow up the world in the current Standard? Did I miss another option?
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I mean it depends. If you plan on playing more black versus more white or vice versa. If that doesn't matter, currently Extinction Event has performed better for me, because there are so many cards that care about graveyards being played, i.e. Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, Lurrus of the Dream-Den, anything with Escape. It also gets rid of Seasoned Hallowblade which while rare, you need to be able to answer should you encounter it. It also cleanly gets rid of Anax, Hardened in the Forge without leaving tokens. Secondly, I do like that Cast Off comes with a body, and doesn't let the opponent draw a card; but sometimes that 1 turn makes all the difference in stabilizing or not. With some of the aggro decks around you can't afford to wait and I end up playing Cast Off as Shatter the Sky 5 and 6.