Strangling Soot
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Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.

This card references both Smother in flavor and Lightning Bolt in what it can destroy, explaining its black and red costs but with a restriction neither is really known for.
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Posted By: Missile_Penguin (12/9/2012 11:57:53 PM)
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I remember first-picking this. Those were the days.
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Posted By: Polychromatic (3/13/2011 11:13:42 PM)
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This was a first pick in draft. Creature removal = Great, Card advantage = Great.
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Posted By: Maraxas-of-Keld (8/29/2010 8:04:30 PM)
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I think it was trying to be a smother.
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Posted By: Tommy9898 (2/22/2010 11:47:50 PM)
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Rest in peace Pentarch Paladin.
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Posted By: Lord_Arcane (2/3/2013 1:34:16 PM)
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Black creature removal that can target black creatures, which on its own makes it at least somewhat useful.
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Posted By: jfre81 (8/9/2011 12:06:29 PM)
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This is the runt of the Time Spiral allied colors cycle. Every single other card got played. Mystical Teachings defined the format (with the help of Teferi) for a year. Momentary Blink was a very powerful deck through to the Lorwyn years, Ancient Grudge was the defining artifact removal spell in Extended for basically the entire span of its time as a legal Extended card, and even Thrill of the Hunt got played in Zoo to help with the mirror. This, however? This card is just crap. I wish it had been a more exciting form of removal – perhaps if it had said 2 toughness instead of 3, but cost 1B/3R instead of 2B/5R, it could have been a sort of Black/Red Threads of Disloyalty, serving as an answer to tiny creatures, and found its competitive niche there. Alas, some things are not meant to be.
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Posted By: ParadOxymoron (7/14/2010 9:41:28 AM)
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So it's basically Lightning Bolt?
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Posted By: littlebeast (2/5/2010 7:26:55 PM)
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@littlebeast: in terms of how you are changing the board with it, yes. in terms of how you are changing the game with it, no.
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Posted By: DarthParallax (6/16/2012 12:21:34 PM)
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I suppose it gets around indestructibility and damage prevention, but...
*Shrugs* Meh?
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Posted By: DoragonShinzui (3/12/2012 5:21:50 PM)
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