Deserves better than the 4.0 it's rated at now. 4.5 maybe?
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(7/10/2010 5:37:22 PM)
That art.....
Posted By:
Crag-Hack
(8/22/2011 11:04:40 PM)
"better than despise has way more targets. pure and simple" - BlackAlbino
Nope! It actually has less targets. Have you even added up all the enchantments, sorceries, and instants and compared them to the number of creatures?
It's also much smarter to make someone discard a creature rather than a sorcery or instant since a creature card is a permanent that usually doesn't go straight to the graveyard once it's played.
If you're going to make someone discard a card just for the hell of it, then perhaps Duress is a good card. But if you actually want to do something with the discarded card, Despise is a much better card since there are tons of cards that actually let you go grab creatures from other player's graveyards.
Let's face it, most people would rather stop a creature from hitting the battlefield than stopping an instant or sorcery simply because the creature has more staying-power.
Posted By:
Kragash
(8/29/2011 11:35:11 PM)
The reason why Duress is better than despise is because it can stop artifacts and enchantments. Discard is black's ONLY way of taking out enchantments and this lets you choose what to take out all for 1-mana.
Posted By:
RikerBlake
(11/18/2011 10:36:19 AM)
LEMME FINISH MY COMBO IN PEACE DANG IT!!!!!!!
Posted By:
scorpiolegend
(11/18/2011 9:46:19 PM)
@ Kragash - What you say about more creatures to hit than instants, sorceries, artifacts and enchantments is completely true, but there is a certain thing I pack in my black decks, I like to call it Doom Blade, Murder and Go for the throat. These deal with creatures once they are cast. What does black have to deal with Enchantments, instants, sorceries and artifacts? This is why Duress is better than Despise.
Posted By:
Kruggles
(8/10/2012 12:14:01 PM)