"Calm down guys. _____ wasn't powercreep, see? This other powercreep makes it all good." -WotC
@ mdakw576 I think you missed the point. This "answer" to a unbalancing factor will now need to be "answered" in future design. How many white creatures actually need to be fried by this? Which blue creatures does this not kill? It can't be prevented (to even some white/red balance) and can't be countered (that includes blues cycle card). It was an effort to balance a mistake, and it will instead provide anything spashing red with some severe blue hate.
Posted By:
n00bmag1
(7/26/2010 6:43:20 AM)
Reads............IT DESTROYS ANNOYING WHITE CREATURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE BANKSLAYER OR FIREWALKERZ!!!!!!
Dude behind me:Read the card.
Me:? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU IT CAN'T GET RID OF FIREWALKKERZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By:
U-caster
(7/19/2010 1:32:43 PM)
@Internet_decks_lame
It's 0/1 Goats, not sheep. :-P
And Blue is actually just coming back into power. It took a big hit with the loss of Cryptic Command and really hasn't seen anything to replace it until Mana Leak and Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Now even he got banned... O_o
But I do agree with you on the fact that the game has devolved into whomever can best copy a deck they find online. I can't completely blame Wizards as it is a difficult problem to solve but they aren't completely innocent as they have taken a lot of shortcuts in the name of making a dollar, seems like more so lately. (Mystic rarity, auto-include rares, 'dumbing down' the rules)
Posted By:
OmegaSerris
(7/4/2011 5:10:07 AM)
Havent played in a long time... Does this card "bypass" whispersilk cloak?
Posted By:
Dogfeet
(7/15/2010 10:12:31 PM)
Autumn's Veil (green) - A defensive counterspell (Hindering Light) when Vines of Vastwood is almost as good.
Combust (red) - Deathmark always works for 1‚ this USUALLY works for 2.
Deathmark (black) - A one mana mono-Terminate.
Flashfreeze (blue) - Hard Cancel for U less.
Celestial Purge (white) - Strictly better than Iona's Judgement.
D.Counter = 1 or 2
Soft Removal = 2
Removal = 3
Counter = 2 or 3
Exile = 5 or 6
The message is clear: "BUY MORE WALLETSLAYER DVDS"
Posted By:
Falos
(7/24/2010 4:45:06 AM)
"Combust can't be countered by spells or abilities."
Is there anything left that could counter Combust, then? Or is this Wizards' new way to say "can't be countered"? (Would Draining Whelk work, maybe?)
Posted By:
DarthMohawk1
(8/3/2010 9:42:05 PM)
There's a rumor going around saying that this can kill other things besides Bankslayer,
Such blasphemy cannot be tolerated,
And such offenders shall be Combusted.
Posted By:
infernox10
(7/16/2010 1:49:02 AM)
Personally, I'm less concerned about BS Angel, and just very, very happy that this thing fries Kor Firewalker. Unless I totally misunderstand 'protection.' Which, you know, is very possible, as it still confuses the heck out of me.
Posted By:
Spags
(7/10/2010 12:03:35 AM)
@Noobmag: Unfortunately, you're quite correct. If it was just 2 mana for 5 damage against a white or blue creature it would be pretty balanced. The no prevention pushed it a little far, the no countering pushed it well over the edge to powercreep. A few things could have been done to make this card less powerful but no less sideboard material for tournaments where Mythic sees play with its 4x Baneslayer Angels running over your dragons. I'm glad to see a red answer to BA, but I wish it could have been more balanced for what it gives.
Posted By:
sarroth
(7/15/2010 10:08:10 AM)
ratchet1215, you are an idiot.
Posted By:
Zeha
(7/19/2010 11:04:56 AM)