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Negate

Multiverse ID: 152570

Negate

Comments (7)

Skybreaker
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (8 votes)
I love it ... it´s is a amazing counterspell , creatures don´t win the game , the spells make differences
True_Mumin
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0) (6 votes)
Creatures don't win? Yeah, besides the fact that about 80% of all decks win through combat damage...

As for the card itself, it's decent. I'd much rather have a Mana Leak, though...
Gako
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
TAKE THAT OVERRUN!!!
Silverware
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)
This is a very solid card. Not amazing, but solid.

While cards like cancel are more flexible in the sense that they can stop almost any spell. You should never underestimate a card like negate that only requires that you have two mana open to shut down cards like wrath of god, fireball, and traumatize.
bagilis
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Such cards never come close to the versatility of the famed Counterspell but I guess bluemongers have to be fed something to keep the cancellation power of blue up to level
djflo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
One of those "I can't believe it didn't exist before this" cards. There are a few reasons it wasn't though, chiefly because creatures starting with Lorwyn were given a big boost creatures became more important. In the old, non-creature dominated environments of the past this would have been too strong.

Either way, they're obviously happy with the way they pulled this card off, and I agree. Good art, good playability and great flavour text - I'm not surprised it's been reprinted in the core sets so consistently since this printing.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Spells make the most difference, and turn the tides of games much more often as opposed to creature spells. So this is a good card.