Underwhelming at common; bumping its rarity up isn't doing it any favors.
RapSnitchKnishes
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Wildly overcosted, one of the worst cards in Time Spiral and surely one of the worst in Born of the Gods.
Ferlord
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
It's a piece of removal... I suppose... but it's far too costly to be honestly considered.
Paralyzing Grasp was decent. for the second part is totally fair. Some might argue that Claustrophobia is better. Some might say that is harder for some decks than .
But no matter how you spin the story, this is DEFINITELY too expensive.
Purplerooster
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Removal and card advantage. Where do I sign up?
avimkv
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Take that Inspired decks!
At least at uncommon rarity, it won't show up as much.
BlakeHN
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(6 votes)
They probably upped the rarity because it 's anti-Inspired tech... I can see what they were going for, but not sure that they made it there...
anotherfan321
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Actually, what upped the rarity is not Inspiration, it is a mechanic in both Theros and Born of the Gods.
Bestow. No longer can players pile up Bestow creatures on one guy with no fear of removal. If you do, all of it will be for naught with this card.
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Mana cost aside, the context they're putting this in is unflavorful for what it does. Banishing someone into the very cosmos itself is more like an exile, or at least bounce effect. In time spiral it at least made sense.
Arachobia
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Disgusting. Reprinted + raised in rarity!? Knock this sucker below 1
Petertracy
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Blech, it doesn't even have the courtesy to tap the creature it's enchanting.
Syrtees
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
It should be noted that this is currently the only card in Theros limited with this kind of shut down effect. The only other card that comes close is Chained to the Rocks, but it pretty much requires you to run .
True, it's still ridiculous, but it shuts down that one enormous-bestowed-creature decktype that's becoming popular in limited.
EyeballFrog
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Yeah it's 6 mana, but I'd play Sip of Hemlock in sealed and it doesn't draw me a card and lets all those bestow guys fall off.
Callahan09
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Just awful. At this cost, it should definitely tap the creature. Or, it should cost . Sure, that makes it a strictly better Paralyzing Grasp... but so what? That card isn't very good in the first place. Compare to Hobble, Stupifying Touch, and Tainted Well for other hosing auras that cantrip, and in my opinion this could also cost about 3 CMC and be A-OK.
Sweater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Thank God you get to draw a card, or I might've thought this was over-costed!
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
That's not the kind of reprint I hoped to get from their new reprint policy...
Phelplan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I honestly think that removal cantrips are pretty powerful. Everyone seems to overlook that this card replaces itself. I haven't used this card yet, but I have used Scatter Arc and people are always surprised to have their plans dashed plus an extra card for me- it wins games.
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Paralyzing Grasp was decent.
But no matter how you spin the story, this is DEFINITELY too expensive.
At least at uncommon rarity, it won't show up as much.
Bestow. No longer can players pile up Bestow creatures on one guy with no fear of removal. If you do, all of it will be for naught with this card.
Banishing someone into the very cosmos itself is more like an exile, or at least bounce effect.
In time spiral it at least made sense.
True, it's still ridiculous, but it shuts down that one enormous-bestowed-creature decktype that's becoming popular in limited.