Abolish is a great card. It is to disenchant what Force of Will is to Counterspell.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Not quite that good. Discarding a plains in a white deck is far more restrictive than discarding two blue cards in a blue deck.
Nonetheless; cards with alternate costs aren't allowed to be bad. It's like a law or something.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Niallcmurray86 is right, not because its really good, but because it stops turn 1 wins every now and then which Disenchant cannot do.
Alceron
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great card. the alternate cost can definitely save you at times.
Richard_Hawk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Without the alternative cost this would be pretty mediocre, as it stands its a solid 3.5 as its very versatile and can surprise an opponent early on in the game.
Luke_BPC
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Can be useful to make Bridge-Dredge decks more consistent on second and third matches, I think, specially with some UW and BW duals.
Kyzar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
free things are always good.
DacenOctavio
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Dredge sideboard tech against Leyline of the Void. However, if the opponent opens with 2 Leylines. . . it's awkward.
Quite solid, seeing as it's regular casting cost is still very playable in addition to having an alternate casting cost. As for the alternate cost, it's surprisingly steep for white, a color which needs every land drop because it it has almost no ramp, and needs every card in hand due to having very few draw options. Not saying it's a bad card, just an observation. Luckily you can just pay 3 mana instead.
4/5, for the flexibility, as well as the ultra dope art.
gman92
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
To those of you complaining that white needs land drops badly, remember that in most formats (all eternal formats) where this is legal, so is Land Tax.
zenitramleirdag
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
very good sideboard material in parfait..
pretty handy against nether void, stax and other pesky mana-denial, prison like decks..
you still need to pay 3 mana aside from discarding a plains when nether void is in play, but its better than paying 5 mana when you're using disenchant!
not strictly worse than disenchant!
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Given Land Tax, Tithe, and similar, discarding a land to play for free is hardly a tempo loss. White Weenie barely needs lands in the first place (3-4) and having ways to disturb an opponent's Winter Orb before it hits you and without losing tempo.. that's huge.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There's a fair few effects that search up Plains cards and put them into your hand if you've got too few lands, which this can take advantage of. In addition to stopping turn 1 wins as mentioned, it can also take out buffing artifacts/enchantments when you appear tapped out, letting you turn combat phases to your advantage (hitting a Collective Blessing, for instance). For only {W} more to hardcast, it's a good deal.
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Discarding a plains in a white deck is far more restrictive than discarding two blue cards in a blue deck.
Nonetheless; cards with alternate costs aren't allowed to be bad.
It's like a law or something.
4/5, for the flexibility, as well as the ultra dope art.
pretty handy against nether void, stax and other pesky mana-denial, prison like decks..
you still need to pay 3 mana aside from discarding a plains when nether void is in play, but its better than paying 5 mana when you're using disenchant!
not strictly worse than disenchant!