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Devastation

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Devastation

Comments (8)

Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Yes..nice..but what do you do once everything is destroyed? You might as well restart the game.
Rafiqofthemany
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0) (3 votes)
thats when you take charge with small red creatures such as Raging goblin and do small damage with cards like Lightning Bolt and kill them when they are defensless
Zovc
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (4 votes)
...or you can prepare for the aftermath of this spell by suspending things.
nammertime
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Try Jokulhaups.
Ace8792
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)
NOTE: Artifacts, Enchantments, and Plainwalkers still live after you play this card.
Richard_Hawk
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)
Like Ace8792 said, this is where our beloved Planeswalker come in for the kill. Hello Liliana!! ;)
voyager1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
@ Arachibutyrophobia:
Usually when you use Devastation, you try to win the game with your artifacts and enchantments. Or float additional mana and play a creature afterward. Or go the Greater Gargadon route.

If you're just firing it off with no way to capitalize on it, then you're probably just trolling, and I think most people will concede. At that point you're right -- why not just start over?
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Ace: Actually, plainswalkers like Zodiac Rooster won't survive, given that they're creatures :P

In seriousness, I like this better than Obliterate, even if it does less. Mostly because this can be countered, so I leave my opponents an opportunity to answer what will likely be a game-deciding play if it goes unanswered, given that I've likely set myself up with something like Ghostway to start off strong after the "reset." Obliterate only gives them a response if they run some more obscure and more expensive counters like Mindbreak Trap, and as such will be more likely to be an "oops, I win" card. I would rather have my opponents stop me from winning than hate having played because they felt they had no chance at all.