No comments on Burning freaking Wish? Well, I love the Wish cards; I think they further highlight the versatility and, well...the "magic" of Magic that these cards know they're part of game and that there are more cards outside of the game, cards that you might need. The Wish cycle is one of my favorites of all time; 5 stars for power, uniqueness, and contribution to the game.
Pantheon
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(29 votes)
Looks like that Djinn is wishing to cop a feel!
Zoah
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Strange, this one is the only restricted "wish" card...
NeverendingDream
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Not that strange when you think about it... low mana cost and ability to fetch up brokenness like Yawgmoth's Will would be ridiculous as a 4-of in Vintage
markarmor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Up there with Glittering Wish as some of the best casual search cards. Pshaw, who needs a sideboard when you've got 10,000 cards to choose from.
phantom.lance
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
not ready for your opponent's deck? fetch in any metagame card you've got lined up. 5/5
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Strange indeed, Zoah...I was surprised to learn it when I finally did. But then, I'm quite unfamiliar with eternal formats, so who knows :P
allmighty_abacus
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(15 votes)
I love how in non-sanctioned games you can search your entire collection and not just your sideboard. Also this is silly:
1. Play 1 sharazad 2. In the subgame, use burning wish to tutor up another shahrazad. Play that one and have a subgame within a subgame. 3. Win the subsubgame (or actually lose it, it doesn't really matter) Thanks to M10 rules change, any cards in the exile zone get shuffled back into their respective libraries at the end of any subgames. This includes the recently exiled burning wish. Oh, your graveyard gets shuffled back in too, so now you get an extra shahrazad
before you know it, your deck has like 10 shahrazads in it.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
That is awesome, where you can take a completely unrelated card from another deck...oh, a Darksteel Colossus? I have nothing to exile it in my deck...aha! Here is my Path to Exile!
Lateralis0ne
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Erm, Superllama? Path's an instant. You need to find a sorcery with this.
Just saying. You'd be better off with the newer Revoke Existence.
Cloworora
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Go check out how many sorceries are restricted cards in Vintage and picture a sideboard with nothing but fifteen of those with four of these mainboard and you'll figure out why this card was restricted. It defeated the purpose of restricting them.
In my opinion, this is what Karn Liberated's ultimate should have been based on: X: Choose X cards you own from outside the game, then put them into your hand.
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
A Burning Nursery Rhyme I've wished for balance, wished for will, wished for final combo kills, I've wished for time enough for gains, for growth and wind and hurricanes, I've wished for what I most desired, and--once--to set myself on fire; I've wished Tutor could seal the deal; I've wished to spin the golden wheel. My wishes carried me the day, until they took three-fourths away. That brought an end to all my rhymes... but I still dare to dream, sometimes.
Ferlord
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
although this may be a foolish question, but can you wish for cards that are banned in the format that you are playing in?
For example: I'm playing EDH (commander) and I choose to receive Balance. Do the banned rules apply to my choice, or does it have to follow the rules?
I'm assuming it does (and you can't choose Balance), because then i'd see it in many, MANY more decks.
Just imagining someone (somehow) owning Time Walk and then retrieving it from this is just a scary thought. I already know how game-ending Time Warp and Time Stretch are in EDH... never mind their richer, more eviler father.
adrian.malacoda
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
@Ferlord
According to the rules for EDH, "Abilities which refer to other cards owned outside the game (Wishes, Spawnsire, Research, Ring of Ma'ruf) do not function in Commander unless the optional sideboard rule is in use. If sideboards are used, wishes and similar cards may retrieve sideboard cards." As usual, I would presume a sideboard can't contain illegal cards.
DaJoshMaster
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
@ DacenOctavio If a replacement effect would cause a spell with rebound that you cast from your hand to be put somewhere else instead of your graveyard (such as Leyline of the Void might), you choose whether to apply the rebound effect or the other effect as the spell resolves.
Copypasta from the rulings on Cast Through Time... wow that's awesome! xD
auriscope
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I've always thought it was funny why this was restricted in vintage. When YawgWill was restricted, people ran four of these and sideboarded 1 YawgWill so they were effectively still maindecking four YawgWill.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When wishing, red mages have a 35.98% chance of summoning Djinn Grabby who, upon materializing, proceeds to grope the wisher for a period proportionate to the difficulty of their wish. This is the primary reason why Jaya Ballard, Jhoira, and Chandra rely on skill rather than 'instant' solutions. Squee on the other hand wishes quite a lot....... you get lonely being immortal.
Valafax
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@adrian.malacoda @Ferlord re; Cast through time. If a spell moves itself into another zone as part of its resolution (as Arc Blade, All Suns' Dawn, and Beacon of Unrest do), rebound won't get a chance to apply.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dear Salient-
Three Wishes are granted, Big Wishes and Small- but if you Wish a Fourth You'll lose them all!
(We're unrestricting it because one isn't enough to be Bad. Abuse the priviledge and we'll take it right back. You've been warned)-WOTC
Interesting that this is the one that's banned. I get that it's the cheapest and that Sorceries are often win-conditions (I'm looking at you Tendrils of Agony), but I wish I knew why this was worse than say; Brain Freeze and Cunning Wish, or Death Wish with Tendrils (which is actually in color..)
Maybe it was Dragonstorm..? That would make a lot of sense actually..
FourEx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i'm not as much a fan of this wish because...sorcery cards aren't usually gamebreakers, especially in red.
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Shoulda wished for some pants.
Jake4U
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I when i got done reading this card i just started laughing
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(own more than 4 shahrazad)
1. Play 1 sharazad
2. In the subgame, use burning wish to tutor up another shahrazad. Play that one and have a subgame within a subgame.
3. Win the subsubgame (or actually lose it, it doesn't really matter) Thanks to M10 rules change, any cards in the exile zone get shuffled back into their respective libraries at the end of any subgames. This includes the recently exiled burning wish. Oh, your graveyard gets shuffled back in too, so now you get an extra shahrazad
before you know it, your deck has like 10 shahrazads in it.
Just saying. You'd be better off with the newer Revoke Existence.
X: Choose X cards you own from outside the game, then put them into your hand.
I've wished for balance, wished for will,
wished for final combo kills,
I've wished for time enough for gains,
for growth and wind and hurricanes,
I've wished for what I most desired,
and--once--to set myself on fire;
I've wished Tutor could seal the deal;
I've wished to spin the golden wheel.
My wishes carried me the day,
until they took three-fourths away.
That brought an end to all my rhymes...
but I still dare to dream, sometimes.
For example: I'm playing EDH (commander) and I choose to receive Balance. Do the banned rules apply to my choice, or does it have to follow the rules?
I'm assuming it does (and you can't choose Balance), because then i'd see it in many, MANY more decks.
Just imagining someone (somehow) owning Time Walk and then retrieving it from this is just a scary thought. I already know how game-ending Time Warp and Time Stretch are in EDH... never mind their richer, more eviler father.
According to the rules for EDH, "Abilities which refer to other cards owned outside the game (Wishes, Spawnsire, Research, Ring of Ma'ruf) do not function in Commander unless the optional sideboard rule is in use. If sideboards are used, wishes and similar cards may retrieve sideboard cards." As usual, I would presume a sideboard can't contain illegal cards.
If a replacement effect would cause a spell with rebound that you cast from your hand to be put somewhere else instead of your graveyard (such as Leyline of the Void might), you choose whether to apply the rebound effect or the other effect as the spell resolves.
Copypasta from the rulings on Cast Through Time... wow that's awesome! xD
re; Cast through time.
If a spell moves itself into another zone as part of its resolution (as Arc Blade, All Suns' Dawn, and Beacon of Unrest do), rebound won't get a chance to apply.
Three Wishes are granted,
Big Wishes and Small- but if you Wish a Fourth
You'll lose them all!
(We're unrestricting it because one isn't enough to be Bad. Abuse the priviledge and we'll take it right back. You've been warned)-WOTC
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dragonstorm-13-01-13-1/
Maybe it was Dragonstorm..? That would make a lot of sense actually..