It doesn't actually deserve a ban in legacy. It is one of the few ways to actually get an edge over control and combo at the same time in a frigid format.
The only really comparable card is Gerrard's Verdict, which is generally slightly easier on your dual-filled manabase but does not hit at random. It also has a secondary ability that makes a burn deck flat out lose; discard your lands and render your bolts useless, or discard your bolts and you can't kill me anyway!
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(1/25/2012 5:57:16 PM)
One of my favorite plays in my discarder way back in the late 90s:
T1: Swamp, Dark Ritual, Dark Ritual, Hymn to Tourach, Hypnotic Specter. Back when Terror and Swords to Plowshares were THE standard of creature removal, that was completely and utterly hosing. I should have never ever sold that deck.
Posted By:
Okuu-chan
(2/14/2012 8:03:32 PM)
2 cards for 2 mana would've been fantastic - but 2 cards at random? Aw yeah. Sometimes you might hit 2 lands, and while in many cases it's not ideal, in others they'll start missing land drops. Sometimes you'll hit 2 legitimate bombs - which is a definitely big deal.
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(3/1/2012 11:41:45 AM)
5/5, but if you play this in casual, f#%k you.
Posted By:
Havrekjex
(5/18/2012 7:39:31 AM)
Without a doubt, this is the best discard card in the game with a 2CMC
Posted By:
bantar
(5/24/2012 2:00:04 PM)
One of my favorite cards of all time! I play a deck built around this and its strategy is this: Kick 'em in the balls, HARD, then poke 'em with a stick until they die. It's a grinder but it's fun! 5/5
Posted By:
Suddsy12
(6/2/2012 12:59:03 PM)
One of the very few cards that were good and are STILL good that came out of Fallen Empires.
Posted By:
forumbrowser
(6/10/2012 5:51:58 PM)
I used to run a blue-black control deck with four each Counterspell, Power Sink, Megrim, Bottomless Pit, this card and a couple Arcane Laboratory and Ertai, Wizard Adept. I had to dismantle that deck due to physical threats.
All the art for this card is pretty awesome in addition to it still being an awesome card after what, 15 years?
Posted By:
voidweaver
(8/1/2012 1:08:49 AM)
Imagine if there were a card
{U}{U}
Sorcery
Draw two cards.
That would be as good as this is, only with the player being less punch-worthy for playing it.
Hey, at least they're double-colored. That balances the inherent card advantage . . . right?
Posted By:
Fictionarious
(8/11/2012 10:25:19 PM)
An excellent card for sure, but if they were gonna reprint Hymn they should have used the other artwork for it in Empires that was the four clerics in a prayer circle.
Posted By:
UrzasSlurpeeMachine
(8/16/2012 8:50:24 PM)