Flavourful and very useful. Notice you can kill the creature before it hurts your blocker.
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(17 votes)
Turns chump into champ.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Awesome control card. I'm not really sure why people are rating oust so highly while this exists.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
Twice in this set a minotaur getting hosed.
RobinHood3000
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Killed my Eldrazi dead at least twice during the prerelease - a much needed answer to the bombs du jour. Very nice.
sir_dwar
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
@HairlessThoctar- Minotaurs get hurt a lot in magic art. @Laguz- The fact that it can hit something evasive probably has something to do with it
This being said, this is a lovely card.
magicalplaidyak
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I am glad to see this reprinted. I can't wait to put this to use again.
runawayrogue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Yup... I don't think a lot of people realized that you can declare a blocker then cast this before combat damage is assigned. All of sudden Eldrazi Spawn can take down an actual Eldrazi...
Zulp
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I was wondering about that. So my blocker doesn't suffer any damage before this is played? That's fantastic. This would do great things in my control deck. It'll certainly scare your friends away from attacking you, on occasion.
EDIT: If this is the case, then is there any way that this doesn't beat the crap out of Pitfall Trap in almost all instances?
Aun
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
They don't like minotaurs, huh?
EvilCleavage
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is awesome, and is cheap! I got a few of these today when I finally got my hands on Rise!!! I'm stoked! I can't wait to get more!
gongshowninja
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
And how is the kor in the art using a buster sword?
Rainyday2012
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
It's a lot like Righteousness, but better. Still not good outside of Limited.
Gaussgoat
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Chump Blockers, FTW. This is incredibly useful, particularly in decks which make ample use of little guys like Soldier tokens, etc.
5/5
Fordin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@ Zulp: Pitfall trap can target creatures you might not be able to block because of spells or abilities.
NinjaJeff
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Pitfall Trap can kill a creature when you have no blockers. I think Oust is better for control.
f_fivefiftyseven
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
To Gongshowninja
I believe that's supposed to be the minotaur's sword. It sorta fits the flavour of the card, ie, a small creature uses tricks to turn a larger attacker against himself.
Lunarblade
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great for Eldrazi Spawn or token decks. One mana creature removal for the win! 5/5
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
White moving in on black's territory with destroy,weird but effective.
Duskdale_Wurm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Since Righteousness gives a creature +7/+7, the creature with the boost will probably kill the attacking creature. This card need one of your creature's to block so that it will work, but the good thing is that the creature you use to block won't die as(unlikely) using Righteousness might. Both are equally powerful. But why is this a common?
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Kor world-gift"? Kind of conceited, don't you think?
Eved
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Laguz
Evasion, indestructible creatures, when you have no creatures on the field, or when you want to get rid of something nobody would ever attack with like Elvish Piper. Those are a few reasons people rate Oust so high.
Cool card, cheap removal that has an extra requirement. I like Feast of Blood in my vampire deck and I'm gonna like this card in my soldier deck. Not sure why this is rated higher then the Stronghold version though. Seems like it would have been better with the older cards.
Achon333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
vigilance + smite = me as a happy player :)
tigerman95
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I use this in a deck with Goldenglow Moth. It pwns. Oh, you have a 10/10. Well, I'm gonna destroy it, AND gain 4 life. and do the same next turn. Love it! 4.5/5
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Sironos: I'm not sure that this moves into black's territory at all. White has always had pretty good removal, although with a few exceptions (i.e. Swords to Plowshares and later Path to Exile, most had the attacking creature restriction. For instance, for 4 CMC Chastise destroyed an attacking creature and gave you life. Condemn is a closer fit to Smite because of the CMC, but with obvious differences. If anything, Smite is less good against Black because of graveyard recursion. My point is, which I hope Condemn and Swords to Plowshares showed, is that white's had cheap removal effects for some time, although some do different things. This doesn't bust into another color as much as Oust does.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kills that pesky Wangle Dangler (ahem, Tangle Angler) dangling his infectios wang over your lawn.
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Honestly, I prefer Righteousness over this because I can yell, "RIGHTEOUSNESS!" when I block...
But then again... smite is like a KICK IN THE FACE.
FelixCarter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
An excellent kill card for white, both in flavor and in function. While I myself enjoyed running Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares, I agree that for an unconditional removal is a far bit too powerful. But under conditional circumstances pertaining to the color, function, flavor, and theme, this card shows what white should be about when it comes to the code of combat. I loved Loyal Sentry and Righteousness, and this card makes any of your little summons just as loyal and righteous.
Cyril Van Der Haegen has shown pretty epic art in the past (Circu, Dimir Lobotomist being one of my favorites) and Smite is not an exception. The positioning of the Kor in relation to the Minotaur displays a powerful composition coupled with a strong sense of colors and values in the surrounding elements. Focusing the lighter colors past the Minotaur and the duller colors around the Kor creates a wonderfully asymetical piece that moves the eyes in a diagonal manner. I'm smitten.
luxma
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just so appropiate versus the eldrazi... Or anything else
Attacking with your Pathrazer of Ulamog? To my Saproling deck?
Well, let me tell you the story of a Kor, a Minotaur, a sword and some ropes...
Zoah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Little girl using this... The flavor is just too good.
SGLinkmaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great card. You chump block with some small creature (even better if they are indestructible) and then pay 1 white to wipe out their star. Hard to find a problem with this.
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
so this has effect before the creature deals combat damage? thats pretty sick
Ladon---
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@izzet_guild_mage
A kor world-gift is an infant Kor that is left alone in the wild to appease Zendikar. The infants usually die, but there are a few that somehow survive. While those that do are never accepted into any Kor tribes (I believe they're nomadic), they are always treated with respect, and probably a certain amount of awe.
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@Laguz- The fact that it can hit something evasive probably has something to do with it
This being said, this is a lovely card.
EDIT: If this is the case, then is there any way that this doesn't beat the crap out of Pitfall Trap in almost all instances?
5/5
I believe that's supposed to be the minotaur's sword. It sorta fits the flavour of the card, ie, a small creature uses tricks to turn a larger attacker against himself.
Kind of conceited, don't you think?
Evasion, indestructible creatures, when you have no creatures on the field, or when you want to get rid of something nobody would ever attack with like Elvish Piper. Those are a few reasons people rate Oust so high.
Cool card, cheap removal that has an extra requirement. I like Feast of Blood in my vampire deck and I'm gonna like this card in my soldier deck. Not sure why this is rated higher then the Stronghold version though. Seems like it would have been better with the older cards.
But then again... smite is like a KICK IN THE FACE.
Cyril Van Der Haegen has shown pretty epic art in the past (Circu, Dimir Lobotomist being one of my favorites) and Smite is not an exception. The positioning of the Kor in relation to the Minotaur displays a powerful composition coupled with a strong sense of colors and values in the surrounding elements. Focusing the lighter colors past the Minotaur and the duller colors around the Kor creates a wonderfully asymetical piece that moves the eyes in a diagonal manner. I'm smitten.
Attacking with your Pathrazer of Ulamog? To my Saproling deck?
Well, let me tell you the story of a Kor, a Minotaur, a sword and some ropes...
The flavor is just too good.
A kor world-gift is an infant Kor that is left alone in the wild to appease Zendikar. The infants usually die, but there are a few that somehow survive. While those that do are never accepted into any Kor tribes (I believe they're nomadic), they are always treated with respect, and probably a certain amount of awe.
btw, why are minotaurs always getting beaten up in card art?