Gustha's Scepter (Alliances) - Community - Gatherer

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Could be used for a number of things:
*against discard, either from opponent or any effect of your own that makes you discard randomly or at end of turn (Recycle)
*to lower your hand size temporarily, to prevent end of turn discard or in combo with Cursed Scroll.

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Posted By: Mudbutt_on (12/12/2010 12:58:28 PM)

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Potentially a Hellbent enabler, in addition to the suggestions already mentioned. This was definitely created to defend against discard, as was Guerilla Tactics from the same set. This could also help defend your best card from Balduvian Horde.

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Posted By: Equinox523 (2/15/2013 11:30:20 AM)

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@Enchantment_Removal: You've understood Magic completly wrong. That effect you describe is acknowledged Magic strategy in many cases.

Not that WoTC isn't known to hose strategies by errating cards or changing rules. Two cases that comes to mind are:

1. Poly and Continous artifacts working while tapped(1). They errated few but not all and ruined many decks.

2. Power Surge made obsolete by eliminating manaburn.

(1) For those who don't know what this was about I repeat it here:

In the begining there were mono-, poly- and continous artifacts. Mono artifacts tapped when used (check Alpha Mana Vault), poly artifacts didn't tap when used (check Alpha Soul Net) and continous artifacts just lied there and affected the game (check Alpha Winter Orb). Now the rule was that you couldn't use tapped poly artifact and tapped continous artifact didn't work (of course you couldn't use tapped mono artifact either bec... (see all)

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Posted By: tavaritz (5/30/2011 10:39:14 AM)

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I have to assume that this card was created in response to cards like Hypnotic Specter and hymn to tourach. It would be much for useful if the cards were returned to hand instead of sent to the graveyard upon losing control of the Scepter. I give it 2 stars because it's a fun idea and 0 casting cost.

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Posted By: apinney (9/20/2010 12:24:06 PM)

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I really really wish that, for mostly innocent cards like this, that Wizards would engineer them to not have stupid bugs in them. There are several cards that are begging for the clause "..., if (this card) is still on the battlefield, ..."

The first activated ability should read like so:

" T: If Gustha's Scepter is still on the battlefield under your control, exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at that card anytime blah blah."

As the wording is now, if you activate the ability, someone can respond by removing the Scepter, causing it's leave-play trigger to trigger. This trigger would happen before you remove a card. After all of that happens, your activated ability happens, which if I read correctly, forces you to remove a card from your hand anyways. If the intervening if-clause were there, then you have a safety net in activating that ability.

Other cards that need the phrase, "..., if (this card) is still on the battlefield, ..."
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Posted By: Enchantment_Removal (4/4/2011 1:45:52 PM)

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