Think you're gonna kill me next turn eh? Well, guess again!
InfinityGM
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Use this against those pesky "I gain infinite life this turn" decks. :p
Mudora
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(6 votes)
Agreed. Player1: I have fourty billion life but hey at least you can do a measly twenty-five or so. Player2:I Play Blessed Wind. Player1: FFFFFFUUUUU- Player2:Owned.
VERY VERY USEFUL in VERY specific situations.
mrredhatter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Unfortunately it count's a gaining or losing life, I wish it would just "become" 20 life.
channelblaze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I think it's really overcosted to be honest. Just cast sorin markov against those infinite life decks, and use something like heroes remembered if you really wanna gain life, and you should probably just cut it totally and run something that sticks around, like wall of reverence.. But 9 mana for even 19 life, which is unlikely, at sorcery speed.....no thanks.
Kurraga
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Well technically if you control Platinum Angel it can gain more than 19 life, such a situation would be incredably rare, but it Could happen (even rarer would be a situation where it would be better to cast this rather then just protect your plat angel with vines/Hindering light, but hey, it COULD happen, 1 out of about 43,000 games maybe, I have seen 1 game where somone got to -80 life or something, and this could probasbly woul've been useless still)
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
The worst of a cycle of goofy cards (most of which I am very forgiving of.) Even if you only have a couple life, this is overpriced.
Blessed Wind is really only useful for countering infinite-life combos.
Ideatog
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Play with False Cure, since it counts as gaining/ losing life. However much life they gain will immediately trigger for twice that much damage.
Tigt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Becomes much more useful in formats with larger-than-20 life totals.
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
IMHO this cards oracle text is wrong as this is ruled to be either life loss or gain depending what the players life was before this resolves. So it should read:
Sorcery
Target player gains or loses life so that their(1) life total becomes 20.
(1) 'Their' is acceptable singular third posessive form when gender is unknown. I hate the artificial 'his or her'.
patronofthesound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Could be used offensively in edh, which is probably its best application. Stall till u can play it and whack them for 20, actually might be worth the mana then.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So as many others have mentioned, this is good for hosing infinite life bollocks. Amusingly that means this card can be played as "target player loses INFINITY life" in white.
It also makes for an amusing alpha strike with an Ageless Entity if you let yourself get slapped around a bit.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Obviously the worst of the wind cycle, white got shafted.
Hey at least this is a potential wish option against infinite life gain, for an alpha strike out of nowhere.
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VERY VERY USEFUL in VERY specific situations.
Blessed Wind is really only useful for countering infinite-life combos.
Sorcery
Target player gains or loses life so that their(1) life total becomes 20.
(1) 'Their' is acceptable singular third posessive form when gender is unknown. I hate the artificial 'his or her'.
It also makes for an amusing alpha strike with an Ageless Entity if you let yourself get slapped around a bit.
Hey at least this is a potential wish option against infinite life gain, for an alpha strike out of nowhere.