Puns aside, ridiculous card, hard to gauge how much play it will see in standard, but I fear it all the same. Good for pushing offense, good for playing defense, and late-game you can hop it from an attacker to a blocker to further antagonize your opponent.
SkyknightXi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Considering what happened to Xenagos (and hopefully Heliod), more like God-sendoff...
sweetgab
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is probably too slow for Standard. Purely in terms of power, I think Loxodon Warhammer is somewhat better because lifelink tends to be the swingier ability on a creature with a +3 power boost. One should not compare this to the five Swords (e.g. Sword of Fire and Ice), because there is a huge difference in power level.
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Godsend God-Send God's End *head asplodes*
Vogie
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
The population of Godse, ND, love the card with their namesake. Not many cards feature references to North Dakota.
DJK3654
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the resemblence to lobotomy is uncanny for the weapon of Heliod's champion...
Brimaz's armament of choice? This seems like it'll send mono white decks over the top in standard. Try getting passed a Guardian of the Gateless with this thing.
I really don't wanna sit across the table of Hexproof decks with this thing either.
Dabok
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This does pack quite a bit of punch, but in the mean time I don't consider it absurdly overpowered because of the cost. 3 to cast and 3 to equip means that the opponent has ample time to get rid of this or at the very least prepare for the upcoming problem.
4.5/5
RedJaron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My guess is that it was originally intended to be Legendary Enchantment Artifact - Equipment, but all that couldn't fit on the card.
Powerful card, but the cost will keep it in check a little. Would love to pull one of these at pre-release.
So... Godhunter Octopus is practically useless against gods, and this gift from the heavens is the perfect answer to them.
cactido
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The creative team confirmed that the name is because it was given to Elspeth by Heliod (a godsend) and because she uses it to kill Xenagos (a god's end). Something so simple and so incredibly creative. Also, MaRo said it isn't a "Legendary Enchantment Artifact -- Equipment" because it wouldn't fit on one line of text.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
White's gotten it good in this block. REAL GOOD. I didn't think they would have printed anything this good after Brimaz, King of Oreskos.
DmitryM
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reads +3/+3, target creature gains protection from creatures. most of the time.
I'd rather run Prowler's Helm, this card can be scary if your opponent has no creature nor artifact removal, but really. All in all, this card is just meant to make Timmy even more sad.
Unless the meta changes to a more aggressive strategy, this card won't see play. It can (1) be dissolved, cancelled, stymied hopes'd, anul'd, etc, (2) lose a turn to equip turns cards like doom blade into timewalk.
Although, would be funny to see this be used on mutavault. 5/5 mutavault is... irrelevant vs large token production.
JailedWanderer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
The more I look at this card, the more I like it.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@MisterAction: I prefer to read it as "God's End".
Flyinpenguin117
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Compared to Sword of Kaldra:
Pros -Lower casting and equip cost (3 each) -Exiles before damage is dealt, avoiding triggering Boros Reckoners or Phyrexian Obliterators, or Deathtouch if equipped creatures doesn't have first strike -Locks out cards exiled with it, which is awesome in Commander
Cons -Colored mana cost, can't be run in all deck colors -Doesn't boost as much as Kaldra's -Can only exile one thing- Kaldra just needs combat damage, so any amount of creatures blocking it until its maximum power are exiled, leading to potential wipes with things like Odric or Master Warcraft -Doesn't have support from other cards like Kaldra
So neither is truly better than the other. I'm planning on running both in my Iroas commander deck.
Melubb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Powerful artifact, but the cost 6 mana is expensive and slow. 4 stars.
ToAsTy42o
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like how it doesn't actually go through the opponent's deck and take out the card it exiled (like Slaughter Games or Surgical Extraction). That way if your opponent draws said card, it becomes a dead draw.
Darth_Versity
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Absolutely amazing card, especially for EDH. Stop the opponent from ever casting their commander again
swagtusk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Good card, and come on people it will not stop a player from recasting their commander.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
+3/+3 and pseudo evasion. Also great attacking deterrent if you are on the defensive. Not sure how competitive it will be though, it doesnt go thud when it hits the battlefield and that 3 equip cost will keep it from trying to compete with the swords of X and Y.
Oxman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I have been waiting for this card to hit the Gatherer for weeks! I am so excited! It's Nevermore and Sword of Kaldra glued together, but with a lower mana cost, lower equip cost and no need to even deal damage to exile things. That being said it's not strictly better than either. It really doesn't act exactly like the sword or the enchantment, but it FEELS like both, and I like that.
EDIT: I see a couple posts about exiling someone's commander for good, and that doesn't work. In order to prevent the card from being cast it checks whether or not the card is exiled, but their commander would have moved to a different game zone. I wish it worked the way you want it to.
desertmedik
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Godsend + Witchstalker= awesome
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like that they chose to give Elspeth's sword a card. I wouldn't mind seeing this done to other random weapons here or there. Or maybe Venser's helm could be a card.
McBrideCZ
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Godsend on a creature with double strike and Iroas, God of Victory on the table...so much win!
Vursor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A good card to have on the board, regardless of deck type. I don't find this card to be overly situational, a buff is a buff. This just happens to have added effects.
That being said, this seams pretty good in EDH, espicelliy if your meta has a lot of really similar lists, you can exile someones noncommander and keep any of them from casting it
4/5 Stars
fountain_soda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Impressive weapon, deters attackers, but is expensive to equip and vulnerable to removal.
Works nicely on a creature with vigilance, or when you can keep the three colorless to move it to another creature after your attack phase.
On the kitchen table, I'm loth to cast the card until I can also equip it immediately, and seen the opponents burn some removals already. That makes it more of a middle or later game type of play to secure the upper hand.
cronotose
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@fountain_soda
You really don't need to wait for 6 mana and several removal spells to be gone because its in white. Turn 3 drop this, turn 4 equip it to whomever, they try to doom blade it or whatver, you use your 4th mana to drop Gods willing.......or Brave the elements........or Ajani's presence. Even just in standard white has so many cheap ways to save its creatures. Godsend on Fabled Hero protected by 1 mana cards is how I got through the quarterfinals at game day yesterday.
That being said I really wish it were 2 to equip. Other than that, I really do think its better than the swords in a number of situations (though not all).
Depending on the format and the meta, this card could be anywhere from a 1/5 to 5/5, but since it's targeting exile that doesn't target is so unique and powerful, I tend to lean towards the latter. I mean my word, how do you stop a monstrous fleecemane lion equipped with this thing? Final Judgement?
Drewskithelegend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Esper stone blade has a new toy for sideboard at least. I think giving the creature vigilance would have been reasonable given the price but as it stands, it is solid at the very least.
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I can't describe how much I want to Hull Breach this thing into oblivion.
Puns aside, ridiculous card, hard to gauge how much play it will see in standard, but I fear it all the same. Good for pushing offense, good for playing defense, and late-game you can hop it from an attacker to a blocker to further antagonize your opponent.
God-Send
God's End
*head asplodes*
I really don't wanna sit across the table of Hexproof decks with this thing either.
4.5/5
Powerful card, but the cost will keep it in check a little. Would love to pull one of these at pre-release.
I'd rather run Prowler's Helm, this card can be scary if your opponent has no creature nor artifact removal, but really. All in all, this card is just meant to make Timmy even more sad.
Unless the meta changes to a more aggressive strategy, this card won't see play. It can (1) be dissolved, cancelled, stymied hopes'd, anul'd, etc, (2) lose a turn to equip turns cards like doom blade into timewalk.
Although, would be funny to see this be used on mutavault. 5/5 mutavault is... irrelevant vs large token production.
The more I look at this card, the more I like it.
Pros
-Lower casting and equip cost (3 each)
-Exiles before damage is dealt, avoiding triggering Boros Reckoners or Phyrexian Obliterators, or Deathtouch if equipped creatures doesn't have first strike
-Locks out cards exiled with it, which is awesome in Commander
Cons
-Colored mana cost, can't be run in all deck colors
-Doesn't boost as much as Kaldra's
-Can only exile one thing- Kaldra just needs combat damage, so any amount of creatures blocking it until its maximum power are exiled, leading to potential wipes with things like Odric or Master Warcraft
-Doesn't have support from other cards like Kaldra
So neither is truly better than the other. I'm planning on running both in my Iroas commander deck.
4 stars.
EDIT: I see a couple posts about exiling someone's commander for good, and that doesn't work. In order to prevent the card from being cast it checks whether or not the card is exiled, but their commander would have moved to a different game zone. I wish it worked the way you want it to.
4/5.
That being said, this seams pretty good in EDH, espicelliy if your meta has a lot of really similar lists, you can exile someones noncommander and keep any of them from casting it
4/5 Stars
Works nicely on a creature with vigilance, or when you can keep the three colorless to move it to another creature after your attack phase.
On the kitchen table, I'm loth to cast the card until I can also equip it immediately, and seen the opponents burn some removals already. That makes it more of a middle or later game type of play to secure the upper hand.
You really don't need to wait for 6 mana and several removal spells to be gone because its in white. Turn 3 drop this, turn 4 equip it to whomever, they try to doom blade it or whatver, you use your 4th mana to drop Gods willing.......or Brave the elements........or Ajani's presence. Even just in standard white has so many cheap ways to save its creatures. Godsend on Fabled Hero protected by 1 mana cards is how I got through the quarterfinals at game day yesterday.
That being said I really wish it were 2 to equip. Other than that, I really do think its better than the swords in a number of situations (though not all).
Depending on the format and the meta, this card could be anywhere from a 1/5 to 5/5, but since it's targeting exile that doesn't target is so unique and powerful, I tend to lean towards the latter. I mean my word, how do you stop a monstrous fleecemane lion equipped with this thing? Final Judgement?