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Guys, just use this in an EDH deck. It's actually not that hard to pull off... especially if you're willing to target your own stuff should one of the types of cards be missing on an opponent's side. You know, take one for the team.

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Posted By: nammertime (3/16/2010 1:12:25 AM)

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I am in love with this card.

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Posted By: blindthrall (12/16/2010 1:12:08 AM)

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This card is perfect for EDH. Invariably, in a game with multiple opponents, you will have an artifact, creature, enchantment, and land that needs to be destroyed. Decimate can take care of all of them at the same time, and for only four mana.

Besides, if you can't make the count (say you're lacking an enchantment), you can always destroy something of your own that you don't mind losing. For instance, would you give up a token creature to get rid of an enchantment, artifact, and land? It still seems like a very good deal to me.

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Posted By: Talcos (1/16/2011 6:32:10 AM)

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Truly, incredibly difficult to play. However, if you were to build a deck around wish cards, namely Burning Wishes, you would be able to have more control on the time you want this to be in your hand. If it can't resolve in the given circumstances, then you wish for something else that can. If it can resolve, just wish for it and create a massive card advantage. I imagine one feels incredibly gratified seeing this one go off.

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Posted By: KillerWhiskey (8/18/2010 2:27:59 AM)

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@baconradar: no, something like phantasmagorian is hard to resolve.

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Posted By: HuntingDrake (11/3/2010 8:45:42 PM)

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Wow, I just took a good look at the art. One lazer is hitting the guy (creature) on the bluish aura around him(enchantment) one is hitting his sword (artifact) and one is hitting the dirt(land). The rays are even the right color for what they are wrecking! Red for the land and creature (stone rain and friends/all the burn). Green for the artifact and enchantment (all that naturalize back to basics stuff). Well done Mr Horley.

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Posted By: Stinga (10/27/2012 12:04:29 PM)

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True words, it's hard to pull off but when you can manage it, it's card advantage galore.
Despite being in the enemy colour, Linessa, Zephyr Mage reminded me of this card. But her grandeur ability doesn't require targeting.

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Posted By: holgir (9/11/2009 7:10:05 AM)

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So you're pretty much eliminating 4 things for 1 mana each. May be hard to pull off, but that's pretty damn efficient in my opinion.

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Posted By: Diachronos (12/7/2009 2:25:36 PM)

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Efficient and all, but it's so hard to resolve. I find the enchantment clause to be too limiting. You have to destroy your stuff fairly often so that you are 3 for 2ing your opponent for 4 mana....I would probably rather just mind spring then.

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Posted By: channelblaze (5/30/2010 2:54:38 PM)

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Sarcomancy is an enchantment you probably want destroyed if you have it out. Hatching Plans definitely wants to be gone!
You can target some enchantments and respond by sacrificing them, like Quest for the Gemblades or Quest for the Gravelord.
Ashnod's Transmorgrant and Liquimetal Coating can turn your opponent's creatures into artifacts; then this card lets you kill 2 target creatures.

Just some ideas.

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Posted By: JenBroness (1/9/2011 5:45:17 PM)

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the thing I love about this card is the art, truthfully.

"Oh dear, here comes the rainbow lasers!
AH! MY SWORD!
AH! MY UMBRA!
AH! MY LIVER!
AH! THE DIRT!

YOU FIENDS! HOW DARE YOU HURT THE DIRT!"

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Posted By: Ferlord (1/3/2013 12:41:06 PM)

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Let's see... your Platinum Angel, your Worldspine Wurm, your Reliquary Tower... and my Hatching Plans.

trololololol

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Posted By: Continue (12/25/2012 1:29:38 PM)

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Posted By: Stinga (10/27/2012 12:04:29 PM)

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I wish you didn't need to target one of each. Yes, it would make this a bit overpowered, but it would be worth it to have a card that says:

Choose one - Destroy target creature; or destroy target enchantment; or destroy target land; or destroy target artifact; or destroy target creature and target enchantment; or destroy target creature and target land; or destroy target creature and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment and target land; or destroy target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target land; or destroy target creature, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment, target land and target artifact.

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Posted By: MisterAction (9/14/2012 8:54:53 PM)

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This is by a very large margin my favorite destruction card ever printed. (Though Decimator Web honestly has the flavor down better) It may be hard to resolve properly, but when she hits, she hits like a tonne of bricks!

Lets be honest, the snag is usually an enchantment, but in Red or Green

aggro with Rancor? Sure I'll let that take the hit in exchange for killing three of your cards! Occasionally I have to take a more drastic hit and lose an equipment like my Mage Slayer in addition. Guess what? That is still breaking even for card advantage! This thing can be that potent when she goes off!

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Posted By: Enelysios (3/26/2012 2:38:02 AM)

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It does work like that according to MTGO. I cast it on all 4 legal targets the other day and the blue player bounced one of the targets, and it still resolved.

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Posted By: Victorkm (3/12/2012 10:14:51 AM)

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If they ever change the rules in magic, making cards like this and Hex legal to cast even if there isnt the required legal targets on the field.

It should be that way, if you cast hex and they sac all but 1 creature in response, the spell doesnt fizzle that creature still gets nuked. But if there is only 5 legal targets for Hex you cannot cast it at all.

Same with this thing, if you can hit a creature, artfiact, and a land, you cannot cast it at all because you need to have all 4 targeted when you cast. But if they sac one or 2 or even 3 things in response, then the spell will go off just fine.

If they made the needed change then this would be allot better.

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Posted By: TheWrathofShane (3/8/2012 9:41:58 PM)

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I might run Ichor Wellspring and Hatching Plans just in case my opponent doesn't have any artifacts or enchantments worth nuking.

P.S. Combos with Enchanted Evening and Mycosynth Lattice...but why would you Decimate when you could Primeval Light or Hurkyl's Recall?

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Posted By: Ragamander (1/15/2012 7:20:05 PM)

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