Hope you don't mean Reroute, that one is activated abilities. But, yeah, this card is MEH
PapikCZ
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sweet against burn. Lifeloss against Banefire will be realy worth of that.
Ratoly
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Papik: you'd actually lose 1 more than Banefire would deal because Banefire's cmc on the stack is whatever they paid for X plus one.
steves_sauce
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think Omenchild might mean Shunt. It costs 1 more mana but no life.
davidedwardgill
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A decent sub for Misdirection, asuming you don't play red/blue.
Omenchild
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
theres a red cantrip that costs the same as this and you don't lose the life. bleh
edit: yeah i guess i got shunt and reroute mixed up haha, swore that was why shunt was rare, thought it was meh too haha
Mario666
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
isochron scepter >>> pwnage
Spitfire703
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@Ratoly: When determining cmc, X=0. You would only lose one life while the guy casting Banefire would probably be killed by his own spell.
Not a bad card, just situational.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Spitfire703: Only when it's not on the stack. I'm pretty sure that Ratoly is right, and that X is taken into account in converted mana cost, it's just that as long as the spell is off the stack, X=0.
__Silence__
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
FinaticCmogg is right and if you want to see a forum discussion here is a link ... http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=178109
axiobeta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Planar Chaos is a testament to alltheawesomestuff black can do. Especially tearing things from elsewhere in le colour pie and adding some drawback. Love it.
Drvst
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can you make a counterspell target itself?
htgtmd
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Swerve! That's my favorite of all the redirects.
@Drvst No, you can't make a counterspell target itself. However, you can change the target of the counterspell to Imp's Mischief, thus nullifying its effect.
Anger4Ever
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a must have for any mono-black deck.
Although I have a question though. I was playing a 3 friends in Commander. One of them attacked with a 7/7 and the other lamped on Tainted Strike so I threw out the above card and directed it to one of his creatures that wouldn't be attacking. He said it wasn't a legal move and there wouldn't be a point to it and that I 'shouldn't just be throwing out cards.'
To me this still made sense because it's about deflecting, since black doesn't have any good counter cards. Any thoughts anyone?
Excaelezar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
202.3b When calculating the converted mana cost of an object with an {X} in its mana cost, X is treated as 0 while the object is not on the stack, and X is treated as the number chosen for it while the object is on the stack.
For banefire you'll lose 1 more life but on the bright side you're opponent will lose life too since banefire will hit them.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not as good as some other redirects, but it's mono-black and redirects are more of a red/blue deal, so this is essentially the Lightning Bolt/Hornet Sting effect.
absreim
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think this card is far better than it initially looks. Keep in the mind that Misdrection effects are often a 2 for 1 when you use it on a removal spell. Like all Misdirection effects, this card can counter counterspells and has the potential to answer uncounterable spells like abrupt decay and remove your opponent's hexproof permanents. Besides being in black, which normally does not have access to such effects, it is much easier to cast than the blue and red equivalents, Redirect, Shunt, and Swerve, each of which require two colored mana.
The fact that this is black is really what makes it work, this is a blue/red effect in black with a low CMC. The cost is great, is the least color intensive cost that gets the effect. Making a mono-black deck I was looking for a way to fight removal and control decks, this doesn't always work perfectly, but most of the time I lose one to three life and can cost them 2 cards. Electrolyze is a pain, but lightning bolt and basically every kill spell fails miserably. Opportunity is hilarious.
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But, yeah, this card is MEH
edit: yeah i guess i got shunt and reroute mixed up haha, swore that was why shunt was rare, thought it was meh too haha
Not a bad card, just situational.
@Drvst No, you can't make a counterspell target itself. However, you can change the target of the counterspell to Imp's Mischief, thus nullifying its effect.
Although I have a question though. I was playing a 3 friends in Commander. One of them attacked with a 7/7 and the other lamped on Tainted Strike so I threw out the above card and directed it to one of his creatures that wouldn't be attacking. He said it wasn't a legal move and there wouldn't be a point to it and that I 'shouldn't just be throwing out cards.'
To me this still made sense because it's about deflecting, since black doesn't have any good counter cards. Any thoughts anyone?
For banefire you'll lose 1 more life but on the bright side you're opponent will lose life too since banefire will hit them.