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Touch of Darkness

Multiverse ID: 1462

Touch of Darkness

Comments (8)

OutlawD1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
I guess its ok if you are playing multiple colors with Ascendant Evincar and Bad moon
CharonSquared
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (5 votes)
This + Horobi, Death's Wail = one-sided wrath of god.
Tiggurix
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Awesome combo, CharonSquared! But you might as well be using Cauldron of Souls for that purpose.
GainsBanding
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Legends: why you shouldn't get two of your friends to design a Magic set for you.
HuntingDrake
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@Tiggurix: Or Cauldron Haze, but this is 1 mana cheaper.
syrazemyla
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Yes, but Cauldron Haze isn't pure black. That's relevant in EDH.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Huh... this is another card that has received a functional change in the process of having its text modernized. There's no printed version of Touch of Darkness that actually properly says what it does! (see also: Oath of Lim-Dûl)

In this case, the errata actually points it out - now you can choose zero creatures. Printed says one or more. I suppose the only benefit to the erratum is that you could cast it while there are no creatures on the battlefield - maybe to up a storm count or something - but I wouldn't think that any deck that would actually choose to use this card would want to play it without it actually impacting the playstate in some way.

I still don't really understand why Wizards does errata like this.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)