If you look at top deck lists you'll notice that almost none of them use multicolor creatures in standard right now and a few even use this card. This deserves to at least be above 4.
Posted By:
Moxxy
(1/5/2013 10:19:16 PM)
@hottychick: That's a gross oversimplification. Go for the Throat doesn't hit multicolored artifact creatures nor "Ultimate Prices" monocolored artifact creatures. And while this card is certainly worse than Go for the Throat and arguably Doom Blade, it's not strictly worse than either of them, or both of them put together for that matter. Think of creatures like Vault Skirge and Salvage Titan.
Posted By:
troll_berserker
(12/10/2013 2:35:59 PM)
As of the release of return to ravnica, there is a total of 61 multicolored creatures against 530 monocolored creatures in standard. So that equals 10% of the total creatures in standard are multicolored, I'm pretty sure the odds are in your favor that this will hit whatever you want, especially considering that there are no multicolored tokens
Posted By:
shotoku64
(10/13/2012 8:22:16 AM)
@shotoku64
Uhhh...no multicolored tokens in Standard? Grove of the Guardian.
In the grand scheme of Standard, this card is very good removal. A great replacement for the aforementioned Go for the Throat.
However, in RtR limited, I've found it's hard to cast. A lot of Ravnica's good creatures are multicolored, so it's viable targets are on a short list.
Overall, it's Standard viability make it a solid workhorse of a removal spell.
Posted By:
ThinkOriginal
(10/16/2012 9:36:37 AM)
It's not as bad as some would think. Yes, it's in the first set in years to come with more than a single-digit number of multicolor creatures, but there's still the fact that many of the cards that see a lot of play in Standard now aren't from RtR, meaning they're mono-color.
Not as versatile as GftT, Doom Blade, or Tragic Slip, but it's still something that's at least sideboard material.
Posted By:
Diachronos
(11/17/2012 4:25:22 AM)
I love the way the restrictions on the 2 mana kill spell are branching out!
What else will we see? Target non-homelands creature? Target non-brushwagg creature? Target non-female creature?
Posted By:
Opined_Fluke
(12/8/2012 3:51:38 AM)
When clone's enter the battlefield ability triggers would ultimate price be able to target it while it is still a clone?
Posted By:
drecoterie
(1/6/2013 12:00:25 PM)
should be Dimir, but we aren't complaining. Just have to look over that flavor text.
*whistles*
...
Oh, WHY oh WHY, Orzhov? We never *sob* did anything to you! Just *sob* tried to take over your world once or twice but that's just business! No need to *sob* steal our assassin stuff! *sob*
May Master forgive us...
Posted By:
handoflazav_414
(1/6/2013 1:17:30 PM)
If an assassin told me his name was "The Cozen" I would laugh through my slit throat. Then he would feel real bad about how his mom didn't name him good.
Posted By:
steev
(4/22/2013 5:38:04 PM)
go for the throat is almost strictly better, since artifacts are usually colorless, and therefore impossible to target with ultimate price.
i think the really interesting question is:
whos better, ultimate price or doom blade?
Posted By:
O0oze
(1/23/2014 11:12:36 AM)