This will be me at the prerelease if an opponent uses this on me:
"No sir, I don't like it!"
Vividice
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Xenos invasion in progress.
Recommended course of action?
Exterminatus?
Negative, strategic value Absolute.
Trygon_Predator
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
For , that is a terrifying effect, and crippling if you had all the board presence before your opponent cast it. It'll be fun.
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Amusing, a wrath-like effect, with a miracle ability. This card reeks divinity.
JaFaR_Ironclad
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(7 votes)
"Ion Cannon activated"
Half-dead
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
So long, tokens.
drpvfx
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This, much like Devastation Tide, was *highly* needed to deal with a board full of enemy tokens or a Sigarda.
With creatures and aggro strategies seemingly getting stronger every set, cards like this are a necessity to keep things in balance.
Also, the art is incredible- I must have one in foil!
MindEcho
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
This is by far the best miracle card in the set.
Its hard cast is still fair, and its Miracle cost! My goodness! INSANE! This card will be played, often times over Day of Judgement now.
Very good card.
Sutebe
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
You have been terminated.
Toquinha1977
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card saved my butt many a times during prerelease. In one round, I ended up playing it each game (no deck stacking, we both shuffled and cut each other appropriately). Only wish I could've coupled it with blink effects, but when you're already down several creatures and you have no other spot removal, it's one of the best plays you can make.
BagsMcpiper
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(16 votes)
TETSUUOOOOOOOO!!!!
Keiya
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is pretty insane, and I think will become the board wipe spell of choice in standard. A lot of creatures enjoy being in the graveyard, but not so much being on the bottom of the library where they can't be easily brought back. As in, this costs only one more than Hallowed Burial which is already a great card (that people HATE seeing in Commander, so this is essentially your second copy if you use it) but the Miracle cost puts it over the top.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Next Vanguard Set:
Jesus Christ, Son of God Avatar
You have Miracle (you may play cards for their Miracle cost)
Hand +7 Life +20
StreamHopper
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(12 votes)
"You know what Nappa? On second thought. Catch it. Catch it with your teeth."
EyeballFrog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Wow...even without the Miracle cost it's the same as Final Judgment (and the effect is pretty similar). Meanwhile, Miracle for {W} is just crazy. Even Devastation Tide only miracles for {1U}.
MANABURNWASGOOD
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
4.5/5
Mono needed more board clearing spells.
gongshowninja
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Opened a foil at the prerelease. It was awesome.
Vspells77
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I have to agree this is a real God send. My only question is since it does not say battlefeild, does it then mean all creatures even the ones in your graveyard. I know normal Magic states from the battlefeild when it only effects the creatures in play, but with the new graveyard play ability it makes me wonder what the ruling is going to be on it saying "Put all creature on the bottom of their owners library."
DoragonShinzui
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Bizarrely, one of the few Wrath-esque effects that Avacyn, Angel of Hope can't protect you against. Kinda strange, really, especially considering the name. "Terminus" implies they get, well, terminated.
Niner9
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
that would look frakking great as a foil
Eicha
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
So, remember that lux cannon you've been charging up since Scars? That's what happens :D
So many possible funnies with this. Shoop da woop, fus ro dah, orbital friendship laser....
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oops, I accidentally all your tokens. Also ruins the day for Frites. This might be the best miracle in the set.
Winston_Churchill
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@wstonefi Don't forget Smite the Monstrous! And great card, picked up 2 so far
alzabo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@wstonefi "Once again, White gets the job done with its orbital laser (see also Gaze of Justice and Harm's Way)"
Also sunlance. One of these days there will be a card depicting the other side of the orbital laser. I have a gut feeling it is a care bear.
Duriele
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
"TERMINUS TOUT LE MONDE DESCEND!"
I basically yell that every time i miracle this card. In french, it means: Final stop everybody gets off.
Yeah, this is going to be seeing play for a long time, even in Legacy. I mean, this on top of your library plus Brainstorm = a two mana wrath at instant speed. Brainstorm plus this in your hand = the same, just slightly delayed. And, it actually does something proactive to the board, unlike Temporal Mastery.
@Vspells77 Permanent cards are only considered to be the permanents they represent when on the battlefield. So creatures in the graveyard, hand, and library are actually creature cards; only when in play are they technically considered creatures. Minute difference, but that's how they can write it that way without affecting the graveyard.
GlassJoetheChamp
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is incredibly satisfying to use against Dredge.
"Sure, you can have your Narcomoebas back. You'll just have to mill yourself to death first."
Zefyrus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Flavor text should be: "You're terminated, f*cker" -Sarah Conor
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Heeeey it's that crazy beam of crazy destruction again!
Happyface1515
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The rares I got In my fat pack: Demonlord of Ashmouth,Terminus, Riders Of Gavony, Moonsilver Spear,Somberwald Sage, Ulvenwald Tracker, Reforge the Soul,Rite of Ruin,Exquisite Blood. Foils:Terminus(that means two terminus),Reforge The Soul( same as terminus),haunted guardian, and butcher ghoul. Some good pulls.
BorosGeneral
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners library" "on the bottom of their owners library" "bottom of their owners library" "library" And suddenly, as if by miracle, all EDH decks felt a giant slap across their face.
MarcusNoble
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Managed to get a foil one after buying an Avacyn restored fat pack. As if I needed a better reason to like this card in my anti-aggro deck.
@Continue ...Are you for real? A 'creature' can only exist on the battlefield. In any other zone, it is card. Just a card.
Terminus is my bane. There just isn't much that can be done to defend against this. 'Bottom of library' is so much more brutal than the graveyard.
ankyfdarkness
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This card has an unbelievably cool name. Terminus means the end of something, like a road or rail-line, or in this case all creatures getting escorted straight to the "end" (bottom of library) of a deck.
Wicked name and wicked card.
Kurraga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
One of the best sweepers in the game. Even without the miracle, it would be worth playing (not in as many decks, but definitely in some, especially multiplayer) the fact that it can be played for W is just demb.
ThePieManOfDeath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Even ignoring the insane Miracle cost, this can be more useful than Wrath of God or Final Judgment if you have a lot of creature tutors.
DacenOctavio
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"Hey there, big boy" said Mystical Tutor with a suggestive arching of her eyebrows, "When's the next time I'm going to see your sweet ass?"
Shipping it! So shipping it. I ship them so hard, they're the OTP of my Numot, the Devastator EDH deck.
Lifegainwithbite
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
How is this so low-rated? It can get rid of anything! Hexproof, indestructibility, none of it matters. It has the potential to be cast for 1 mana (and not that hard either) and it really hurts reanimation decks. What's not to love? 5/5.
TastetheJace
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Please tell me everyone else read Gcrudaplaneswalker's comment in Peter Cushing's voice?
5/5 comment.
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Terminus, Brainstorm, and Squadron Hawk have sick 3-way synergy. Any two of them work great together.
Conservator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Stops indestructible and shroud. Also I love the name and art!
Salient
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Terminus? They 'ardly know us!
anonymous1burger
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In an unbanned modern world, this would be Cawblade's missing piece it never even needed. Jace w/ Squadron Hawk Jace w/ Miracles This w/ Squadron Hawk. I will stop talking now before the idea of that deck ever existing forces more bannings.
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Whenever I hear people about how to make a creature almost untouchable, like with other cards that give it hexproof or indestructibility, my first thought of an answer to that is always Terminus.
I loooove cards like this. My fondness for no-creature decks partially contribute to this. Board wipers like this one, especially for ONE WHITE MANA, are just the kind of ENOUGH!!! spell that everyone should have on hand.
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Sorry, guys. If you think this card is either balanced or fun, you've really lost touch with reality. With "miracle" cards abound, we may just as well just determine each game's outcome with the flip of a coin.
konokono
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The Turians don't found colonies in the Terminus Systems... SHEPARD
FarisV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Aaaand your Mystic Veiled Avacyn is finally dealt with. Hit my Terminus button, that was easy.
@konokono loved your comment. literally made me laugh out loud. ME FTW!
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reminds me of Final Judgment, which is a more radical solution, but the Miracle cost probably makes this better.
Drewskithelegend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really quite stupid for {w} which is really what miracle is all about anyways. This is one of the few that is just as powerful for 6 as for 1. It's also a welcome sight in a block that contains Avacyn, angel of Hope,Geist of Saint Traft and the like.
plaern
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Sir, the planetary surface is being overrun by the swarm.. our forces cannot hold them for much longer" "-prepare the Orbital bombardment..."
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Surprisingly hard to play in a creature strategy, but welcome in a correctly built control deck. To those who consider this a skilless card, here are some tips and questions about its use:
1.) Know when to hold 'em. Terminus costs 6 if you have to pay for it normally, but that is a good deal better than using it when you have board advantage or, at times, when you can use targeted removal in your hand. Just because you draw something on its miracle doesn't always mean that its the correct time to use it. Having access to that board wipe a few turns later could be the difference between a win and a loss.
2.) Stack the deck. Scry is obviously very potent with miracles. Theros' revival of the mechanic brings new tools to use. Scry is a mechanic that takes some skill, you need to know what you need to draw, and whether you should just drop the whole stack onto the bottom of your deck is always a difficult question. Well, with miracle you also need to consider when to set up miracles. You could keep burying your terminus with your Crystal Ball until the time is right, or you could float it to the top when you are in need. When I scry 2 and don't see a miracle, I know I can quickly draw two cards without worrying about wasting a miracle. (Use loot effects to dump missed miracles in your hand.) Not seeing a miracle coming up can be as important as seeing one. Noxious Revival and Brainstorm also get shout-outs for being miracle enablers.
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"No sir, I don't like it!"
Recommended course of action?
Exterminatus?
Negative, strategic value Absolute.
With creatures and aggro strategies seemingly getting stronger every set,
cards like this are a necessity to keep things in balance.
Also, the art is incredible- I must have one in foil!
Its hard cast is still fair, and its Miracle cost! My goodness! INSANE! This card will be played, often times over Day of Judgement now.
Very good card.
Jesus Christ, Son of God Avatar
You have Miracle (you may play cards for their Miracle cost)
Hand +7
Life +20
Mono
So many possible funnies with this. Shoop da woop, fus ro dah, orbital friendship laser....
"Once again, White gets the job done with its orbital laser (see also Gaze of Justice and Harm's Way)"
Also sunlance. One of these days there will be a card depicting the other side of the orbital laser. I have a gut feeling it is a care bear.
I basically yell that every time i miracle this card. In french, it means: Final stop everybody gets off.
@Vspells77 Permanent cards are only considered to be the permanents they represent when on the battlefield. So creatures in the graveyard, hand, and library are actually creature cards; only when in play are they technically considered creatures. Minute difference, but that's how they can write it that way without affecting the graveyard.
"Sure, you can have your Narcomoebas back. You'll just have to mill yourself to death first."
"on the bottom of their owners library"
"bottom of their owners library"
"library"
And suddenly, as if by miracle, all EDH decks felt a giant slap across their face.
...Are you for real? A 'creature' can only exist on the battlefield. In any other zone, it is card. Just a card.
Terminus is my bane. There just isn't much that can be done to defend against this. 'Bottom of library' is so much more brutal than the graveyard.
Wicked name and wicked card.
Shipping it! So shipping it. I ship them so hard, they're the OTP of my Numot, the Devastator EDH deck.
What's not to love?
5/5.
5/5 comment.
In standard, this card doesn't care about Voice of Resurgence's elemental token, Lotleth Troll's regenerate, or Falkenrath Aristocrat's indestructibility.
5/5
Hit my Terminus button, that was easy.
@konokono loved your comment. literally made me laugh out loud. ME FTW!
"-prepare the Orbital bombardment..."
1.) Know when to hold 'em. Terminus costs 6 if you have to pay for it normally, but that is a good deal better than using it when you have board advantage or, at times, when you can use targeted removal in your hand. Just because you draw something on its miracle doesn't always mean that its the correct time to use it. Having access to that board wipe a few turns later could be the difference between a win and a loss.
2.) Stack the deck. Scry is obviously very potent with miracles. Theros' revival of the mechanic brings new tools to use. Scry is a mechanic that takes some skill, you need to know what you need to draw, and whether you should just drop the whole stack onto the bottom of your deck is always a difficult question. Well, with miracle you also need to consider when to set up miracles. You could keep burying your terminus with your Crystal Ball until the time is right, or you could float it to the top when you are in need. When I scry 2 and don't see a miracle, I know I can quickly draw two cards without worrying about wasting a miracle. (Use loot effects to dump missed miracles in your hand.) Not seeing a miracle coming up can be as important as seeing one. Noxious Revival and Brainstorm also get shout-outs for being miracle enablers.
3.) Sculpt your draw. Just because you are playing miracles doesn't mean you have to give up on card drawing. You lose powerful tools like Howling Mine, Dark Confidant and Phyrexian Arena, so use Underworld Connections, Temple Bell, Desolate Lighthouse and the ever lovely Think Twice.