most of the time i'd rather play everlasting torment, especially with hound of griselbrand
Posted By:
raptorman333
(10/3/2013 7:54:50 AM)
4/5 easily
Posted By:
Pipikako
(11/9/2013 2:28:45 AM)
Why?
Because ef your fog.
Posted By:
ShatterPalm
(11/21/2013 4:50:27 PM)
This finds a home nicely in RDW, indeed. It's far from the best of the Leylines. None of them are "garbage." This one is more of a situational/sideboard type card.
Leyline of Punishment effectively robs Baneslayer Angel and its ilk of lifelink and prevents abuse of certain combos e.g. Necropotence or Yawgmoth's Bargain with Ivory Tower, or Phyrexian Processor with Angelic Chorus. This nips any of that something-for-nothing shenanigans in the bud. It also messes with life manipulation trickery like Soul Conduit.
What's that, a Mark of Asylum so I can't bolt your creatures? Well, I've got something for that right here.
Are they hiding behind creatures with protection from red? Now you can burn 'em.
It has no meaningful drawback in a mono-red deck, and blue isn't much hindered by it either.
This Leyline also puts a crack in... (see all)
Posted By:
jfre81
(11/26/2013 12:13:11 AM)
One of the issues with this card is that you don't really need the ability to force damage through in the early game. It also suffers from the opposite problem of Leyline of Sanctity: It's excruciatingly narrow and fits into very few kinds of decks, most of which really don't like a 4 card that does nothing on its own (Even as a sideboard option).
I dunno, I just really keep thinking about how in almost every situation I'd prefer Sulfuric Vortex or Everlasting Torment.
Posted By:
Fireballmage
(2/18/2014 2:47:38 AM)
Oh, you're playing a lifegain deck?
Opening hand, this.
Posted By:
SirLibraryEater
(2/22/2014 1:56:11 PM)