Changing this back to the portal text is silly, because Cruel Edict, in its original printing in Portal Second Age, had the exact same rules text on it. It is very inconsistent to have two cards with the same rules text function differently.
nammertime
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Not bad, it destroys creatures even if they have shroud, since it only targets an opponent... kind of like a crappy version of Diabolic Edict.
garbagegatherer
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Not just any edict.
RuscoJames
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This does get around Tajuru Preserver whereas the other edicts do not.
001010011100101110
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This is my favorite card in Magic purely because of flavor.
adrian.malacoda
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
and Sigarda thought she was safe...
Purple_Shrimp
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
nice typo FLAVOUR-TEXT Writer
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
"Destroy it." is a pretty halting sentence.
The_USAgent
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Now with the "new" legend rule aka "the great nerfing of clones." This is one of the few ways I can kill Geist or Sigarda.
Traius
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Why isn't this they just sacrifice a creature? Now they can pick an indestructible, or something that can be regenerated....
NobuTheBard
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Sacrifice didn't appear as a mechanic in Portal Three Kingdoms, that is why it is destroyed instead of sacrificed. All those that have it now from the set (Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed, Fire Bowman, and Loyal Retainers) had their official text changed only later, and make no references to sacrifice on the printed cards.
The three Portal sets each used a more restrictive vocabulary to try to introduce the game to new players.
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This is one of the few ways I can kill Geist or Sigarda.
The three Portal sets each used a more restrictive vocabulary to try to introduce the game to new players.