Essence Scatter, Quintessence Condensation
This comment is going to get such a low rating.
Posted By:
Toes_of_Krosa
(3/23/2012 7:05:38 PM)
So that's what it's like to get killed by M.C. Escher.
Posted By:
MrQuizzles
(3/14/2010 2:21:01 PM)
I like the art, even if this card is just a functional reprint of Remove Soul.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(9/15/2009 8:51:15 PM)
It is what it is. Just another playset of commons for blue players
Posted By:
thezanet
(2/11/2010 3:15:49 PM)
I often like to think I've turned the summoning of Akroma into kittens.
Posted By:
Anggul
(6/22/2010 12:25:48 AM)
Why couldn't they have used the Portal card False Summoning? Name's good, especially if announced in a James Earl Jones voice as: FALSE......SUMMONING!
Posted By:
Mr. Underpants
(7/31/2009 10:57:58 PM)
The name False Summoning is better than Remove Soul OR Essence Scatter in my opinion.
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(11/23/2009 5:17:54 AM)
When they make functional reprints of cards they do it for one of 2 reasons: 1) the flavor doesn't match up with the new set (as mentioned in a Daily MTG article for the reasoning behind Cultivate being made instead of reprinting Kodama's Reach, as Kodama's Reach had a name that directly connected it with a different block). 2) They want you to be able to play with more. This was likely the reason they turned Terramorphic Expanse into Evolving Wilds. Yes, there are 3 different versions of Essence Scatter, so 12 copies for certain formats, but in EDH that's only 3 card slots...
So perhaps it was a combination of both reasons: they reprinted the name partially because Remove Soul sounds more like it should be a Doom Blade, but they didn't just reprint of False Summoning so that players who really needed 2 CMC counters in their EDH deck would... (see all)
Posted By:
sarroth
(11/7/2010 1:35:12 PM)
Isn't trying to solve flavour miscommunications an unphill battle? Why bother when you will always be able to equip your Oozes with Swords, Shock a Ball Lightening, Immolate your Water Elemental, or have your Predator Dragon eat a Wall of Ice. The game metaphor can survive Remove Soul-ing someone's golem. Our disbelief has been suspended. Is it really worth making a "new" card to fix a problem that people have long ago accepted?
Posted By:
DoctorKenneth
(7/11/2009 8:13:48 PM)
i'm not sure why hes turning into birds isn't that dovescapes bit
Posted By:
Flingthemonkeys
(7/11/2009 9:46:18 AM)