do you think removal would have become a part of white's color pie if there wouldn't have been cards like this one since alpha?
Ixidors_Heir
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(5 votes)
It's unlikely. It really doesn't fit. Even saying that it fits the theme of "balance" is a pretty sketchy explanation.
Marrion
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(5 votes)
Best. Removal. Ever.
Fire_hive
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Up there with counterspell, this is on of the most recognizable cards in the game. Found in most white sideboards it seems to be the antonym of the equally popular glorious anthem.
Ephrils
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(12 votes)
God is angry!
This card has always been THE epitome of removal to me. Others may kill more stuff, maybe do something like it for less, but none can compare to how iconic and recognizable Wrath of God is. You remember THIS card being cast against you.
Skybreaker
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Wrath of God will not be reissued?
InfernoTowel
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(16 votes)
Anything that can kill Progenitus deserves 5 stars.
Dingo777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
it could be gone come 2010, hope not though, awesome card, but since progenitus has protection, can it kill him, jw?
xodros
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Type your comment here.
ScissorsLizard
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(3 votes)
R.I.P. W.O.G
chemistry35
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Five stars: In honor of the one Survivor guy you know should win, but is voted off because of the weaklings. I'd like to see you next core set, ol buddy.
(For those who don't get the reference, it references MaRo's column Outwit,Outplay,Outlast.
goldbones
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
This card can reliably be played in 9 out of 10 decks with white in them.
Simply Awesome. Long time favorite!
Soul_Shackle
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
These three words ring out to all Magic players.
Mitch_360
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Best sweeper ever made.
Rainyday2012
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
The only M10 change I'm unhappy with is the removal of Wrath of God. Why did they do it? And we didn't even get Hallowed Burial as replacement, we got Planar Cleansing. :(
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(7 votes)
Hard To Get Around This Thing One Hell Of A Card No Matter What
@ Rainyday2012: well with a name like that, its hard to think you're ever positive! but thankfully they just spoiled 'Day of Judgment"...which pretty much is good enough. i wonder if they really needed to change the power level or if the removal of "they can't be regenerated" will do much ( at least in standard)
Paramecium302
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Rest in *** peace. If there's anything I hate, it's white deck that have the same cards in them. Pacifism, Arrest, Prison Term, Wrath of God etc. etc. I hope this never comes back. Good card though.
Paulo_Ricardo
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this card is very strong with a control deck, it should cost 5 mana, it seems little difference, but I do not think.
Dark_Raider
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
As has been said before, one of the most iconic cards in all of magic. No others even comes close but Volcanic Hammer and Counterspell.
On a side note: Too bad for poor Wrap in Vigor that it'll probably never be in the same standard environment as Zendikar's Day of Judgment. Oh well.
Man-in-the-Hat
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(8 votes)
Now this card is iconic and classic all at once. I have used this card to turn the tables on my brother then any other. I play a mono white deck, with mostly soldiers. And he uses a high powered green/red deck.
My favorite hat trick with this card, was to reserve enough mana against my brother to play Wrath of God and Indestructability at the same time. I used Indestrutability to enchant Reya Dawnbringer... and then used Wrath of God to wipe out all of our creatures. (And my brother had already played most of his powerful green creatures) After that, it was just a matter of whittling away his health while returning my creatures to play.
BillyBullshot
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(10 votes)
Strictly worse than Storm Crow
JaxsonBateman
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
@InfernoTowel: given that Progenitus goes back into your library, he manages to escape the full force of God's wrath and can potentially come back to fight another day. =P
In any case, a great card, and for only 4 mana it definitely deserves 5 stars. Early game it can swing the momentum in your favour if you're looking at some solid cards in your hand, mid game it can reset the creature part of the battlefield if things aren't looking too good, and late game if you have enough mana it can clear the field and let you follow up with a powerful creature spell like Conqueror's Pledge - if you manage to have a Coat of Arms out too, it'd be hard to imagine your opponent getting enough blockers to survive the 30 points of damage that would be coming their way next turn.
LeoKula
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Day of Judgement my @SS!! WoG FTW!
jumpenrun
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
the worst thing your opponent(s) would play if your a beat down.Crap this card.
SwordSkill
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Why does this card has 4.5 and Day of Judgment has 5/5? Isn't this card better since it doesn't let creatures regenerate?
psyklone
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Wrath of Gods giant white nut.
Any card that appears 4 times in every campionship deck ever should be good right?
Well it is, but its also incredibly annoying. Having the board whiped over and over and being attacked by 1/1s is not a fun way to lose and shouldn't be inflicted on anyone.
ChampionofSquee
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
@ Dingo777, Progenitus can't be targeted by anything, but Wrath of God doesn't have a target, it just blows everything up. I like it but i would say, just strictly because of its flavor text, Day of Judgement> WoG. I would rather risk having my opponents regen but have a Sorin Markov quotation than wipe the field clear and not have Sorin. It's one of the only two cards with a quotation from him on it so that makes it pretty awesome.
Ajani_is_da_man
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(15 votes)
Wrath of God makes all other removal sad
FunkyMo109
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
Wrath of God is such an iconic card that they centered its text. Very subtle, but also very fitting for a card of balance.
Exuberance
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Man, I finally got to use this card in a four-way match last night. Bye Inkwell Leviathan, bye Simic Sky Swallower, you shrouded jerks. Next turn, hellooooo Akroma!
It gets rid of all opposition and makes sure they can't regenerate. The only problem is seeing that unless you have a creature to put up with haste, it can't give you a direct benefit. Even so, however, if the tide of battle is against you this could pretty much make or break a game. I say its powerful. Five five.
Battlingbean
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(11 votes)
This card fits into white not only because of 'Balance' but because of the order it creates. Disorder is impossible if everything is gone.
Great card, Great control.
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(10 votes)
The three stages in the development of a Magic player, as evidenced by reaction to Wrath of God:
Noob: "What the hell? Why would I want to destroy my own creatures? This sucks!" Getting there: "Hmm...Maybe I could hold on to my creatures and cast them after I cast this!" Bingo: "Ghostway."
Lateralis0ne
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Hahaha, why play this in a creature deck at all? Creatureless control wins games because they put in white for this card. I can't believe I haven't seen more than one or two people here mention something other than creature-based decks.
Seriously. If you're afraid of your creatures dying, this isn't the card for you. Let a control player take the wheel with this one.
dberry02
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
"Dear God. Thank you for blowing up my friend's board. His rage quit was quite funny to watch. Thank you."
Kamidii
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(6 votes)
@championsquee it targets 'all creatures'. Technically, it is still targeting.
simicfan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
suck that elvs KITHKIN RULE
Zetan
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(14 votes)
Strictly worse than Storm Crow. Storm Crow costs half as much and doesn't destroy your own creatures. Plus, you get Storm Crow for blue mana, which is easier to get in a blue deck than white mana.
Lynor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
This in a red-white deck + Safe Passage = a sudden death
FieryBalrogs
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Kamidii no, Wrath of God doesn't target. In Magic, the only things that target are those that specifically have the word "target" in the card (or the Oracle text).
i.e. The Abyss targets, but Call to the Grave does not.
If the word "target" does not appear, the card does not target. (the only exception, which I'm mentioning just for completeness' sake, is Enchantment - Aura cards, because Aura cards always target something as you cast them. "Aura" is just a shorthand for "this enchantment targets something".)
Madscorpion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does shroud creatures survive a spell like that or not?
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
madscorpion they dont.
Zacch
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
great anti token card
Polychromatic
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I hate this card. Turn four against most of Standard in 2005 was your deadline to win by. Still, to give it anything less than 5 stars is silly.
It's poser replacement is SHIT compared to WoG. Nothing, even the perfect damnation even touches WoG. WoG defines so much about white and about the game of magic that it's so very sad that it hasn't been in every set ever printed.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Forget day of judgment. I hope WoTC reprints this in m13.
seanmac
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
It's flavor is that it has no flavor. Your opponent: speechless.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(5 votes)
A comment far too long overdue on this card:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAhqEiq4cA
At 0:10 seconds mark. The Xth second. Yeah. really.
Dracon.ao
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
I was playing an ally deck once. Had this played this against me late game. This card is OP, 5 stars.
use643
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Strictly better than Day of Judgement
jilting_joker
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
So does this card target creatures? Isn't it "targeting all"? Would a creature with shroud or hexproof not be destroyed by this spell? What about a creature with "protection from white"?
To my knowledge only creatures with "indestructible" or "phasing" can withstand Wrath of God, but If someone could clarify my confusions that'd be great.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Beautiful, glorious destruction.
Kingreaper
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(8 votes)
@jilting_joker: "all creatures" means that it doesn't bother to target, it just hits everyone. Like a nuke, you don't have to target the person you want to hit, as long as you're nuking the right city.
So shroud and hexproof don't protect. It neither targets nor damages, so protection doesn't help. But it does destroy so indestructible works, you are correct. And phasing does too, because they're just plain not there to be hit.
@use643: It's only strictly better if you have no creatures with regeneration.
If you have creatures with regeneration and your opponent doesn't, it's strictly worse.
Rocchio
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Is an indistructible creature immune from Wrath of God and Damnation?
Gelzo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(21 votes)
"You laugh at me, I wrath at you."
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wrath of White Weenie. Now this is a White Sun's Zenith. :)
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@achilleselbow: Mine ended with, "Build a deck with no creatures!" instead.
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Several questions I'm seeing repeated here - and i'd like to try and answer them. :)
Shroud, hexproof, etc only protect your creature from spells that target them, not cards that specify "all"
Damage and destroy are two different mechanics. Preventing damage (such as safe passage) will not prevent your creatures from being destroyed.
Phasing will protect a creature from being destroyed so long as it is phased out during the explosion. Persist and undying will also bring your creatures back so long as they're not tokens (tokens cease to exist on any other zone then the battlefield.)
Protection from white wouldn't save your creature because again Wrath of God doesn't target anything. Protection from white prevents all damage dealt by white sources. White creatures cannot be assigned to block. The protected creature cannot be the target of white spells and abilities, and cannot be enchanted by white enchantments (they'll fall off if that creature gets protection.) but anything non targeting will still effect it - and Wrath of God isn't dealing damage - it's destroying, which isn't applicable to what protection protects against.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is it just me, or does it look like someone just made a negative of this picture and put it on Damnation?
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Wrath of Nietzsche Destroy all Gods.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The classic "RESET" button, for use when the opponent has more creatures than you do. If it isn't countered, it gets the job done and can turn the tide of the game.
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Did you see what GOD just did to us, man???
Morgaledh
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Progenitus dies to this because it doesn't target anything.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hoping this makes a comeback for M14...
TheWrathofShane
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@battleingbean I disagree, flavor wise black would love to annihilate every living thing on the board. And the board position never feels "balanced" after you cast this.
In my opinion, this is a color pie mistake from alpha and the tradition has been held to this day.
Osprey_93
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
they should have done an Orzhov reprint of this where the WoG sphere and the Damnation sphere collide exiling all permanents, then my life would be complete.
So beautiful in every way -Art -Effect -Text -Imagery
<3
Belgarath123
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Jilting_Joker
Kingreaper is right. This is from the Comprehensive Rules, so if you want to check it you can.
114.9. Spells and abilities can affect objects and players they don't target. In general, those objects and players aren't chosen until the spell or ability resolves. See rule 608, "Resolving Spells and Abilities."
114.9a Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn't make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word "target" in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it's not a target.
Wrath of God kill everything, only Indestructible survives.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@continue
They wont reprint this in M14 with 'Supreme Verdict' still in standard, they dont want to may WoG wffects in standard, I hope
Also, this is is strictly less nude than the Alpha art
4/5 Stars
StreamHopper
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It'd be cool of Wizards to give this back in Theros block somewhere.
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Hunter06
What you really meant is they won't reprint this with Supreme Verdict AND Terminus in standard. It wouldn't shock me terribly to see this in theros, especially considering all we got in M14 was Planar Cleansing.
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This card has always been THE epitome of removal to me. Others may kill more stuff, maybe do something like it for less, but none can compare to how iconic and recognizable Wrath of God is. You remember THIS card being cast against you.
(For those who don't get the reference, it references MaRo's column Outwit,Outplay,Outlast.
Simply Awesome. Long time favorite!
If there's anything I hate, it's white deck that have the same cards in them.
Pacifism, Arrest, Prison Term, Wrath of God etc. etc.
I hope this never comes back. Good card though.
On a side note:
Too bad for poor Wrap in Vigor that it'll probably never be in the same standard environment as Zendikar's Day of Judgment. Oh well.
My favorite hat trick with this card, was to reserve enough mana against my brother to play Wrath of God and Indestructability at the same time. I used Indestrutability to enchant Reya Dawnbringer... and then used Wrath of God to wipe out all of our creatures. (And my brother had already played most of his powerful green creatures) After that, it was just a matter of whittling away his health while returning my creatures to play.
In any case, a great card, and for only 4 mana it definitely deserves 5 stars. Early game it can swing the momentum in your favour if you're looking at some solid cards in your hand, mid game it can reset the creature part of the battlefield if things aren't looking too good, and late game if you have enough mana it can clear the field and let you follow up with a powerful creature spell like Conqueror's Pledge - if you manage to have a Coat of Arms out too, it'd be hard to imagine your opponent getting enough blockers to survive the 30 points of damage that would be coming their way next turn.
Any card that appears 4 times in every campionship deck ever should be good right?
Well it is, but its also incredibly annoying. Having the board whiped over and over and being attacked by 1/1s is not a fun way to lose and shouldn't be inflicted on anyone.
Great card, Great control.
Noob: "What the hell? Why would I want to destroy my own creatures? This sucks!"
Getting there: "Hmm...Maybe I could hold on to my creatures and cast them after I cast this!"
Bingo: "Ghostway."
Seriously. If you're afraid of your creatures dying, this isn't the card for you. Let a control player take the wheel with this one.
i.e. The Abyss targets, but Call to the Grave does not.
If the word "target" does not appear, the card does not target. (the only exception, which I'm mentioning just for completeness' sake, is Enchantment - Aura cards, because Aura cards always target something as you cast them. "Aura" is just a shorthand for "this enchantment targets something".)
That's not violent oppression
That's prideful declaration
And there it is a pretty cool that you just evoked the wrath of god
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAhqEiq4cA
At 0:10 seconds mark. The Xth second. Yeah. really.
To my knowledge only creatures with "indestructible" or "phasing" can withstand Wrath of God, but If someone could clarify my confusions that'd be great.
So shroud and hexproof don't protect. It neither targets nor damages, so protection doesn't help.
But it does destroy so indestructible works, you are correct. And phasing does too, because they're just plain not there to be hit.
@use643: It's only strictly better if you have no creatures with regeneration.
If you have creatures with regeneration and your opponent doesn't, it's strictly worse.
Shroud, hexproof, etc only protect your creature from spells that target them, not cards that specify "all"
Damage and destroy are two different mechanics. Preventing damage (such as safe passage) will not prevent your creatures from being destroyed.
Phasing will protect a creature from being destroyed so long as it is phased out during the explosion. Persist and undying will also bring your creatures back so long as they're not tokens (tokens cease to exist on any other zone then the battlefield.)
Protection from white wouldn't save your creature because again Wrath of God doesn't target anything. Protection from white prevents all damage dealt by white sources. White creatures cannot be assigned to block. The protected creature cannot be the target of white spells and abilities, and cannot be enchanted by white enchantments (they'll fall off if that creature gets protection.) but anything non targeting will still effect it - and Wrath of God isn't dealing damage - it's destroying, which isn't applicable to what protection protects against.
Destroy all Gods.
I disagree, flavor wise black would love to annihilate every living thing on the board. And the board position never feels "balanced" after you cast this.
In my opinion, this is a color pie mistake from alpha and the tradition has been held to this day.
Merciless Eviction.
-Art
-Effect
-Text
-Imagery
<3
Kingreaper is right. This is from the Comprehensive Rules, so if you want to check it you can.
114.9. Spells and abilities can affect objects and players they don't target. In general, those objects and players aren't chosen until the spell or ability resolves. See rule 608, "Resolving Spells and Abilities."
114.9a Just because an object or player is being affected by a spell or ability doesn't make that object or player a target of that spell or ability. Unless that object or player is identified by the word "target" in the text of that spell or ability, or the rule for that keyword ability, it's not a target.
Wrath of God kill everything, only Indestructible survives.
They wont reprint this in M14 with 'Supreme Verdict' still in standard, they dont want to may WoG wffects in standard, I hope
Also, this is is strictly less nude than the Alpha art
4/5 Stars
What you really meant is they won't reprint this with Supreme Verdict AND Terminus in standard. It wouldn't shock me terribly to see this in theros, especially considering all we got in M14 was Planar Cleansing.