enables all colors to destroy everything for a cheap cost
spoonish
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
saves my mono-red from annoying enchantments a lot
yojimbojones
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
The old school "reset button" It's a great way to keep your opponent from playing his powerful spells right away, since he knows you have your finger on the A Bomb.
AlphaNumerical
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Up there with Wrath of God for best removal printed all time. Gets rid of practically anything for any color(s) or even pure colorless mana? Sign me up. Only drawback is that it could be taken out before your untap phase comes to.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
I agree with spoonish, aside from the fact that this card serves as great removal, it is the only artifact that directly shows being capable of destroying enchantments, and since red doesn't have a single card that can do so, it is one of your only options in a mono-red deck, although dependant on deck type won't help you much. The same is true for Culling Scales, Engineered Explosives, Oblivion Stone, Worldslayer and Plague Boiler which are also capable of destroying enchantments, but none of them is really advisable for the sole enchantment destruction use.
I have only recently got into mtg (on the xbox lol). Since then i've looked at Forge, which is sweet. Anyway onto the point of this, I have had great fun with this and Elspeth, Knight-Errant, i could keep tapping this every turn as and when necessary once I had activated Elspeth's main ability and nothing of mine is destroyed :op hehe
It sometimes makes me sad as an "oldschool" (4th Edition) Player to file through old deck lists and see all those "gone" iconic cards...
Sugga
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
*s**** Combine this with Capsize. 1, T: Disk's ability goes into the stack, capsize jumps over it: Disk is in the hand, buyback Capsize, all is destroyed.
Thaumanaut
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The bane of just about everything. Except for Boba Fett.
Lord_Ascapelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Interesting to see how long this color-pie warping beauty has been reprinted for. This thing is incredibly useful- taking out the 3 main permanent types (barring Planeswalkers, of course) and provides an out for non-white decks to take out a permanent type that they normally cannot. For this reason, it's an EDH staple.
At first glance, the ability to take out so many different permanent types really does seem "broken," but there is more to consider- the fact that it comes into play tapped! This is huge! It gives your opponent a turn to play around it and possibly destroy it- all the colors except for black can take care of it before it can pop. On the other hand, this ability to hang the disk over your opponents' heads, should they not have an answer, can be just as powerful, especially in multiplayer formats.
The disk has inspired several contemporary cards, as well:
Oblivion Stone: Another colorless way to wipe out all nonland permanents (including Planeswalkers, this time!) and features a way to spare your own permanents.
Pernicious Deed: One of my favorite cards. It requires colored mana, but its adjustable mana-cost-based destruction filter can spare your own big things.
Akroma's Vengeance and Planar Cleansing: The first is practically the disk in white, sorcery form. Probably a bit stronger, with it occuring as soon as you cast it. Planar cleansing is similar, but hits Planeswalkers, as well.
All is Dust: Joins with Oblivion Stone in colorless destroy-alls, though will probably never hit artifacts, unless Esper cards are being played.
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I also like the creature version of this one.
Note that you might take advantage of the fact that this artifact won't destroy any Planeswalkers.
At first glance, the ability to take out so many different permanent types really does seem "broken," but there is more to consider- the fact that it comes into play tapped! This is huge! It gives your opponent a turn to play around it and possibly destroy it- all the colors except for black can take care of it before it can pop. On the other hand, this ability to hang the disk over your opponents' heads, should they not have an answer, can be just as powerful, especially in multiplayer formats.
The disk has inspired several contemporary cards, as well:
Oblivion Stone: Another colorless way to wipe out all nonland permanents (including Planeswalkers, this time!) and features a way to spare your own permanents.
Pernicious Deed: One of my favorite cards. It requires colored mana, but its adjustable mana-cost-based destruction filter can spare your own big things.
Akroma's Vengeance and Planar Cleansing: The first is practically the disk in white, sorcery form. Probably a bit stronger, with it occuring as soon as you cast it. Planar cleansing is similar, but hits Planeswalkers, as well.
All is Dust: Joins with Oblivion Stone in colorless destroy-alls, though will probably never hit artifacts, unless Esper cards are being played.