Fiber13, you haven't heard of Mana Drain and Force of Will, have you?
Posted By:
nammertime
(12/2/2009 7:19:49 AM)
In this block (or with Exodus "Fade Away trick"), this card have great synergy with so many other card: Disruptive Student, Slow Motion, Pendrell Flux, Aura Flux, Power Taint... Further more, if your opponent is busy with his "echo cost", the "X" you have to spend isn't very high. I remember my very first deck (a 10$ deck), with these cards, plus Stone Rain, Avalanche Riders, Wizard Mentor, Pendrell Mists, Soul Barrier and Equilibrium...
Power Sink could be reprinted today as an uncommon. I don't give any rating for Power Sink because I agree with his actual rating (4,25).
Posted By:
nimzo
(8/24/2011 8:14:09 AM)
Like Mana Leak, except your opponent doesn't have the choice of saving his mana for later.
Posted By:
NoobOfLore
(11/19/2011 7:47:35 PM)
In some cases even better than Counterspell as it's more splashable. Run in a deck with a simple, innocuous mana fixer like Prophetic Prism in a nonblue deck and they'll never see this coming.
Posted By:
jfre81
(8/13/2011 1:10:27 PM)
Best counterspell other than counterspell ever.
It just stops his plans on your turn, period.
Posted By:
Fiber13
(5/1/2009 10:23:44 PM)
I agree with Fiber. Force of Will is better because its versatility, Mana Drain can fill your mana pool. Power sink is limited to decks with mana advantage, but there is the best counterspell i guess. Counter first spell that opponent casts on his turn, then he got completely silenced for rest of his and yours turn. In right circumstances, this is just broken. And thats why they stop printing it. 5/5.
Posted By:
Gud3r1an
(4/6/2010 10:32:58 PM)
Wow some of you have never played with Force and Drain much if you think Power Sink is better. Now we can all think of a circumstance where a spell is better then others but overall Mana Drain and Force of Will are clearly superior.
Posted By:
Tackle74
(5/6/2010 7:30:00 AM)
Force and Mana Drain are both insane. This is not insane, but it is quite good, of that there's little doubt.
Posted By:
izzet_guild_mage
(6/2/2010 10:09:28 PM)
Best art on Power Sink. Reminds me of D. Alexander Gregory.
Posted By:
themlsna
(1/17/2011 3:00:38 PM)
@ Gud3r1an
Actually, my bet is that Wizards stopped printing this card because it became considerably weaker, yet still quite good, granted, after the 6th edition rules update. If you think it's broken now, you should have seen the way it worked before.
Posted By:
Bulhakas
(7/21/2011 4:49:29 PM)