Less mana-intensive version of Divine Verdict, but pretty limited in usefulness. It can't destroy utility creatures unless they're attacking or blocking and if they're blocking, it's likely a chump block. If they're attacking, they might be pumped up beyond power 3 via exalted or equipment anyways. In the late game, this can't do anything for fatties. Not as effective as cards that target low CMC creatures but I can imagine complaints about color pie if this was any better. 2/5
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I love the flavor - if I were a mage in real life, this would be in my spellbook - but why print this and smite in the same set? Not a very good card at all, not even in limited.
These cards that worry about low power suck in a set with overpowered, fatty creatures.
nammertime
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I think you guys are forgetting that in RotE limited, you can kill all those lousy defender creatures easily with this card. See: Overgrown Battlement, Vent Sentinel, Wall of Omens, etc.
And who knows, once boring Bloodbraid Elf rotates out of standard, the game may be different and this card may have its uses.
True_Smog
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(9 votes)
Why is white becoming number 1 in killing/removoving creatures in MTG ? isn't white supposed to PROTECT or HEAL creatures ? That doesn't feel right.
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Yet another stolen (although slightly tweaked) card, Smother. And lo and behold, it's actually not that hot! That's only because of the sad truth that white is already overloaded with super powerful creature removal, when it really shouldn't be!
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(4 votes)
>>> Why is white becoming number 1 in killing/removoving creatures in MTG ? isn't white supposed to PROTECT or HEAL creatures ? That doesn't feel right.<<< READ THIS, R&D!!! He is perfectly right!
White should be the color with the worst way to handle creatures and even then, they should avoid graveyard or exile. So I would rather see a white Unsummon than this. And white should rather use creatures with defender, lifegain and card draw effects to compensate threatening creatures.
Jake1991
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This card can kill Vampire Nighthawks, why are some people complaining?
Gwafa_Hazid
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Blegh, white taking over removal, huh? Well, since when has black had a weenie element? Ever since those little vamps came in, that's black's big strat now.
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
White has had removal since the beginning. The key is that unlike black 'bury' removal or red burn, white removal was always conditional. Swords to Plowshares has been around since the beginning and set the standard for white to have the most powerful and 'final' removal (exile), but at a price. Since then, white removal has either focused on attacking (sometimes blocking) creatures (which is totally in flavor), or given your opponent an advantage in return (which is also in flavor). As far as I know, there has never been a white card that simply lets you destroy a creature (except maybe Unmake). Where I agree is that perhaps there have been a bit too many conditional white removals recently, considering that this, Oust, Divine Verdict, Path to Exile, Oblivion Ring, Journey to Nowhere, and a couple of others are all currently in standard. That will probably change once Alara rotates out.
InternetNinjacy
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
That's some awfully evil flavor text to be coming from an Ondu Cleric. Dang.
VegaSecureA
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
NOO!! Another beautifully shaped body gone to waste :(
Stray_Dog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
"The kor must die, slay them a-HNNNNN!" ―Drakhan, Nirkana cutthroat
Cheza...you and Majinara make me so sad sometimes. For example, White is the color of order, military, fairness, justice, etc. This card is all of those things, except perhaps order, if it's destroying a blocker. It's militirastically killing something that threatens its people. The cleric wants to bring justice upon the vampire, and thinks it's fair that it feels all the pain it caused. Honestly, I don't understand why removal is Black.
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Not only that, all those levelers that haven't leveled up completely can be owned with this card too. See: Student of Warfare, Coralhelm Commander, Hada Spy Patrol, etc.
And who knows, once boring Bloodbraid Elf rotates out of standard, the game may be different and this card may have its uses.
READ THIS, R&D!!! He is perfectly right!
White should be the color with the worst way to handle creatures and even then, they should avoid graveyard or exile. So I would rather see a white Unsummon than this. And white should rather use creatures with defender, lifegain and card draw effects to compensate threatening creatures.
―Drakhan, Nirkana cutthroat