To hit Gideon Jura you would need to use something like Quicken, but with the Hellbent clause the damage would connect.
Great card, sure Banefire is better 90, no 95 percent of the time, but there was a three year difference between the two and the power level jumped. This was made when Blaze was the norm for X damage.
Posted By:
1qazxsw
(2/21/2012 3:15:53 PM)
If you don't meet the hellbent condition, you still have an almost Disintegrate (which prevent regeneration). The ability to exile the dying creature is something that I value very high, for all the recurring ability like Unearth, Persist, Undying, Dredge and so on... The hellbent ability is just a nice surplus, that if you want to gain you have to plan it a little during deckbuilding, or know that this is you last spell you cast. That's another nice thing that makes me love this more than Banefire: it's the definitive spell, your last resource, your final answer...
Nice art, also!
5/5
Posted By:
leomistico
(6/2/2012 12:27:16 AM)
@ Delnad:
The wording specifically says "if a creature dealt damage this way would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead." The only planeswalker so far who becomes a creature is Gideon Jura; because there is a Hellbent 'damage can't be prevented' clause, you could in fact bypass his ability, damage and exile Gideon with this spell. Note because this is a sorcery and Gideon only animates on its controller's turn, you would need an effect such as Quicken or Leyline of Anticipation to pull this off.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(8/8/2012 12:52:50 AM)