Deceptively good looking. It's actually amazingly difficult to resolve.
holgir
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
True words, it's hard to pull off but when you can manage it, it's card advantage galore.
Despite being in the enemy colour, Linessa, Zephyr Mage reminded me of this card. But her grandeur ability doesn't require targeting.
BinarySpike
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I love playing this card as I yell in a deep scream-o-ish voice "DECIMATION!"
Diachronos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
So you're pretty much eliminating 4 things for 1 mana each. May be hard to pull off, but that's pretty damn efficient in my opinion.
nammertime
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(9 votes)
Guys, just use this in an EDH deck. It's actually not that hard to pull off... especially if you're willing to target your own stuff should one of the types of cards be missing on an opponent's side. You know, take one for the team.
channelblaze
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Efficient and all, but it's so hard to resolve. I find the enchantment clause to be too limiting. You have to destroy your stuff fairly often so that you are 3 for 2ing your opponent for 4 mana....I would probably rather just mind spring then.
KillerWhiskey
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Truly, incredibly difficult to play. However, if you were to build a deck around wish cards, namely Burning Wishes, you would be able to have more control on the time you want this to be in your hand. If it can't resolve in the given circumstances, then you wish for something else that can. If it can resolve, just wish for it and create a massive card advantage. I imagine one feels incredibly gratified seeing this one go off.
Baconradar
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
I wouldn't say it's hard to resolve. I'd say it's hard to cast.
@baconradar: no, something like phantasmagorian is hard to resolve.
blindthrall
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I am in love with this card.
tcollins
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
hmmm.. could be fun in multiplayer, target your own Precursor Golem then copy it for his two buddies...destroying up to 9 other permanents...also if they aren't playing any creatures you can target the Golems for the artifact and the creature requirement!
JenBroness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Sarcomancy is an enchantment you probably want destroyed if you have it out. Hatching Plans definitely wants to be gone! You can target some enchantments and respond by sacrificing them, like Quest for the Gemblades or Quest for the Gravelord. Ashnod's Transmorgrant and Liquimetal Coating can turn your opponent's creatures into artifacts; then this card lets you kill 2 target creatures.
Just some ideas.
Talcos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is perfect for EDH. Invariably, in a game with multiple opponents, you will have an artifact, creature, enchantment, and land that needs to be destroyed. Decimate can take care of all of them at the same time, and for only four mana.
Besides, if you can't make the count (say you're lacking an enchantment), you can always destroy something of your own that you don't mind losing. For instance, would you give up a token creature to get rid of an enchantment, artifact, and land? It still seems like a very good deal to me.
Flop_It_Out
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
surprised this wasn't printed in the mirror mastery commander deck.
If they ever change the rules in magic, making cards like this and Hex legal to cast even if there isnt the required legal targets on the field.
It should be that way, if you cast hex and they sac all but 1 creature in response, the spell doesnt fizzle that creature still gets nuked. But if there is only 5 legal targets for Hex you cannot cast it at all.
Same with this thing, if you can hit a creature, artfiact, and a land, you cannot cast it at all because you need to have all 4 targeted when you cast. But if they sac one or 2 or even 3 things in response, then the spell will go off just fine.
If they made the needed change then this would be allot better.
Victorkm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It does work like that according to MTGO. I cast it on all 4 legal targets the other day and the blue player bounced one of the targets, and it still resolved.
Enelysios
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is by a very large margin my favorite destruction card ever printed. (Though Decimator Web honestly has the flavor down better) It may be hard to resolve properly, but when she hits, she hits like a tonne of bricks!
Lets be honest, the snag is usually an enchantment, but in aggro with Rancor? Sure I'll let that take the hit in exchange for killing three of your cards! Occasionally I have to take a more drastic hit and lose an equipment like my Mage Slayer in addition. Guess what? That is still breaking even for card advantage! This thing can be that potent when she goes off!
MisterAction
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I wish you didn't need to target one of each. Yes, it would make this a bit overpowered, but it would be worth it to have a card that says:
Choose one - Destroy target creature; or destroy target enchantment; or destroy target land; or destroy target artifact; or destroy target creature and target enchantment; or destroy target creature and target land; or destroy target creature and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment and target land; or destroy target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target land; or destroy target creature, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment, target land and target artifact.
Stinga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Wow, I just took a good look at the art. One lazer is hitting the guy (creature) on the bluish aura around him(enchantment) one is hitting his sword (artifact) and one is hitting the dirt(land). The rays are even the right color for what they are wrecking! Red for the land and creature (stone rain and friends/all the burn). Green for the artifact and enchantment (all that naturalize back to basics stuff). Well done Mr Horley.
the thing I love about this card is the art, truthfully.
"Oh dear, here comes the rainbow lasers! AH! MY SWORD! AH! MY UMBRA! AH! MY LIVER! AH! THE DIRT!
YOU FIENDS! HOW DARE YOU HURT THE DIRT!"
Nagoragama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A contender for the most literal art possible award.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is really easy to cast now due to Theros block.
MattLynn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just wish this functionality matched the flavor. Decimate implies a tenth of everything being taken or destroyed, much like Tithe does. Tithe is a more specific tenth, being in more of a tax/finance (religious charity) type tenth.
See Pox & Smallpox for a good representation of flavor & function matching.
Cleo_Kaerf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is truly brilliant. Four mana for four permanents? It just seems broken to me. How is this not worth more than Vindicate? This is only up for $5.99 when Vindicate is priced at $29.99. Absurd.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@MattLynn
Decimate is an actual word, and it does not mean "to reduce by a tenth." Don't let Decimator Web fool you. This card is fine the way it is.
jollyreddragon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@OlvynChuru Decimate is an actual word, and that is actually the exact historical meaning of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)
Comments (32)
Despite being in the enemy colour, Linessa, Zephyr Mage reminded me of this card. But her grandeur ability doesn't require targeting.
Something like Argothian Wurm is hard to resolve.
You can target some enchantments and respond by sacrificing them, like Quest for the Gemblades or Quest for the Gravelord.
Ashnod's Transmorgrant and Liquimetal Coating can turn your opponent's creatures into artifacts; then this card lets you kill 2 target creatures.
Just some ideas.
Besides, if you can't make the count (say you're lacking an enchantment), you can always destroy something of your own that you don't mind losing. For instance, would you give up a token creature to get rid of an enchantment, artifact, and land? It still seems like a very good deal to me.
this is a perfect card for EDH and could have been bonkers with Riku of two reflections
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/84884596_b8338d0a8e.jpg
P.S. Combos with Enchanted Evening and Mycosynth Lattice...but why would you Decimate when you could Primeval Light or Hurkyl's Recall?
It should be that way, if you cast hex and they sac all but 1 creature in response, the spell doesnt fizzle that creature still gets nuked. But if there is only 5 legal targets for Hex you cannot cast it at all.
Same with this thing, if you can hit a creature, artfiact, and a land, you cannot cast it at all because you need to have all 4 targeted when you cast. But if they sac one or 2 or even 3 things in response, then the spell will go off just fine.
If they made the needed change then this would be allot better.
Lets be honest, the snag is usually an enchantment, but in
Choose one - Destroy target creature; or destroy target enchantment; or destroy target land; or destroy target artifact; or destroy target creature and target enchantment; or destroy target creature and target land; or destroy target creature and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment and target land; or destroy target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target land; or destroy target creature, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment and target artifact; or destroy target enchantment, target land and target artifact; or destroy target creature, target enchantment, target land and target artifact.
trololololol
"Oh dear, here comes the rainbow lasers!
AH! MY SWORD!
AH! MY UMBRA!
AH! MY LIVER!
AH! THE DIRT!
YOU FIENDS! HOW DARE YOU HURT THE DIRT!"
See Pox & Smallpox for a good representation of flavor & function matching.
Decimate is an actual word, and it does not mean "to reduce by a tenth." Don't let Decimator Web fool you. This card is fine the way it is.
Decimate is an actual word, and that is actually the exact historical meaning of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)