This isn't a hot take or anything, but I certainly slept on this card and for any other doubters I just want to share my input.
One of my friends who played it a bunch in EDH told me I needed to try it out, and since I bought a copy it's been a house, especially with our recent inclusion of Spellseeker too (which I also seriously underrated). White aggressive decks sometimes flood out (especially if they topdeck a Mana vault/Sol Ring/Mana Crypt) to 6 mana, meanwhile control and ramp decks are happy to get maximum value out of this card too. It's ok in the early game to clear small critters, and in the mid/lategame plays as a crazy topdeck that breaks games in half. I love cards that have both early and late game modility, and so far Winds of Abandon has yet to disappoint in either regard. I even got to watch one of my friends exile a True-Name Nemesis with this card last week, which felt seriously sweet.
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One of my friends who played it a bunch in EDH told me I needed to try it out, and since I bought a copy it's been a house, especially with our recent inclusion of Spellseeker too (which I also seriously underrated). White aggressive decks sometimes flood out (especially if they topdeck a Mana vault/Sol Ring/Mana Crypt) to 6 mana, meanwhile control and ramp decks are happy to get maximum value out of this card too. It's ok in the early game to clear small critters, and in the mid/lategame plays as a crazy topdeck that breaks games in half. I love cards that have both early and late game modility, and so far Winds of Abandon has yet to disappoint in either regard. I even got to watch one of my friends exile a True-Name Nemesis with this card last week, which felt seriously sweet.
Works worse or better than declaration in a stone eventually?
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