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Decree of Annihilation

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Decree of Annihilation

Comments (46)

h4mx0r
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Hilarious for casual multiplayer games especially if you know the game is going to go on for a while. Obviously this card has no place in serious play, but it has it's hilarity in casual with friends.
Plantboy81
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
It's even more hilarious in EDH. Too expensive for serious play.
Ragamander
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (11 votes)
Barren Glory survives this.
GrimGorgonBC
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (4 votes)
Suspend this along with some fatties with Jhoira.
Duddits
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0) (5 votes)
Would Eldrazi Monument protect your creatures from Decree of Annhilation?
EternalLurker
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)
@Duddits: What? No.
SleetFox
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
This is the most thorough mass destruction card in the game. Enchantments and (now) Planeswalkers survive it, but aside from that, there's absolutely no way to survive this without temporary exile effects. Some fun could be had with this and suspend cards, Admonition Angel, Journey to Nowhere, and Oblivion Ring. Hmm... That'd be a really interesting casual deck. A Boros nuke deck, if you will.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
Not the ultimate destruction card, since planeswalkers and enchantments survive, but nice that it also exile everything from graveyards.
Andon_A
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Duddits: No. This hits everything, regardless of protection or indestructability, as it is a sweeping exile.
wolfbear2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
once had a deck that used Jhoira of the Ghitu to suspend Eye of the Storm and this... stick a few token makers, some drawing, maybe some land search, and everything else being 1 drop spells. It took about one game before everyone started beating me up before it could go off.
metalevolence
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (6 votes)
there's also the little instant speed nigh-uncounterable cantripping armageddon snuck in at the bottom...
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
grrr... need 8th land, got to cycle this... DOH! lol
DacenOctavio
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (3 votes)
Chandra Nalaar likes this. Chandra Ablaze sneaks this into her ultimate after you either cycle it or use her first ability.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (9 votes)
With R&D's Secret Lair, you can do what farewell to arms couldn't; remove hands from the game.
Qazior
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
Norin the Wary for the lulz
LTJZamboni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best way to lose friends is to play this card.
MyrBattlecube
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (3 votes)
I would love to see this receive errata that allows it to exile Planeswalkers. Make it the most absolutely fantastic red mass destruction spell ever.
Zoltantf
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (3 votes)
In some way, a more expensive Apocalypse. It is still very good. Exiles opponent's hands, and graveyards. A real " kill em all, and let god sort it all out" kind of card.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
IT REMOVES ALL HANDS FROM THE GAME.

"Ok everyone, I brought the butcher knife. now, it'll only hurt for a second. give me your hands..."
Fordin
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
@ Duddits: No, Eldrazi Monument only protects them from destruction, not from being exiled.
no_body
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i call this the game reset.
KarmasPayment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Suspend this along with some fatties with Jhoira."
~GrimGorgonBC

"You win the game," looks at the other EDH players, "Want to play for second place?"

I would love to see this receive errata that allows it to exile Planeswalkers. Make it the most absolutely fantastic red mass destruction spell ever.
~MyrBattlecube

Notice how it doesn't hit enchantments either?
Shadoflaam
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@OpenSeasonNoobs
Dude it's been a year and a half. How long does it take to make a deck like that?
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (32 votes)
"Hey guys, I'm back, did I miss any--HOLY SHIT!!!!"
--Norin the Wary
brockdjwest
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Guys, Oblivion Ring doesn't change a thing as this doesn't touch enchantments, so whatever your ring'd doesn't come back. Same with Journey to Nowhere.
Crash21
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (1 vote)
One of the best combos with this card:

Tawnos's Coffin + any Eldrazi or anything else with annihilator

The Coffin is removed from play - so after decree of annihilation resolves, your Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is returned to the battlefield as effectively the only permanent.
GlassJoetheChamp
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Oblivion Ring doesn't work here, but creatures with Champion do. Combo with a Changeling Berserker and as long as you exiled a decent creature, you've pretty much won the game.
GottaRunGottaRunNow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Played against a friend of mine a lot with this in his Jhoira of the Ghitu EDH; suffice to say hilarity ensues when it gets suspended in a 4+ player game and everyone goes mad for four turns. However, he usually got the last laugh when It That Betrays got suspended straight afterwards.
Atogatogatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Complete lockdown with Karn Liberated. Just keep using his +4 on your opponent's hand(s).
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gentlemen... ANNIHILATE!
OpenSeasonNoobs
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Type your comment here.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Decree of Annihilation: 8(2red):

Restart the game. Break the game in anyway you wish.

Cycling 5(2red): Stop the game for about 10 turns. Sort of harder the break here.


PS: I can't get coloured mana symbols to work. Sorry.
Atali
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarthParallax
Not to be contradictory, but Red does have a way to eliminate enchantments and planeswalkers: Apocalypse, and is getting another with the upcoming Worldfire (tough you couldn't have known about that in May.)
Alsebra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarthParallax - Avacyn doesn't stop your stuff from disappearing too...indestructability doesn't stop exiling.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
This is probably going to rise in value in foil thanks to Avacyn, Griselbrand and Kaalia. Gentlemen, we have now reached a world where this feels like simply a reasonable sideboard card against horrendously broken stupidly powerful Dumb Shit.

Here's some good reasons to have this in your Commander 'sideboard' (ie your onhand binder of stuff.)

Kaalia of the Vast. Griselbrand. Venser's Journal. Avacyn. Worldslayer. Lich. yeah. (say in exact same voice Iron Man did in Avengers)

Griselbrand's Journal combo means you have to be able to exile hands (and probably graveyards, because Kaalia is going to be running big dumb creatures and has access to White and Black)

Avacyn + Lich + Worldslayer means you really need to be able exile the whole battlefield before you're overrun.

Enchantment + Planeswalker removal is something Red probably will never have.

Noobs: Worldfire is banned. Too bad you couldn't have known about that in July.
I'm not thinking of running this WITH Kaalia- specifically, anyway. I'm thinking of running this in any Commander deck that has Red, because there's some truly broken shit out there and you need a button to destroy EVERYTHING. Apocalypse is...errgh...needs better art. Yeah, I'm one of those guys that cares about art and flavortext and junk. >.>
oxydus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
strictly worse than gitaxian probe
IamjustnotCreative
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wait is that Karona's shadow?

Karona, False God
ThinkOriginal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@iamjustnotCreative
Yup. Karona's Shadow appears in all five of the Decrees, as each is depicting a decree made by Karona.
myownworst
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmm...8BlueBlue Psionic Annihaltaion

"Exile all artifacts, creatures, enchantments, planeswalkers, and lands from the battlefield, all cards from all graveyards, and all cards from all hands."

And now Blue just got more obnoxious to play against!

Seriously, they're no wipe-out cards in Blue and it makes me want to break stuff.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When you absolutely positively must get rid of EVERYTHING



(except enchantments..)


@myownworst
Upheaval?

The difference between this and upheaval is that upheaval is readily breakable (mostly because it's in blue), and this isn't. Oh, and this is like, {100} less.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sorry, red mages, no enchantment removal for you. We suggest you use this to your advantage by running stuff like Curse of the Pierced Heart which will proceed to slowly kill your resourceless opponent.
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
...All that, but it doesn't remove enchantments? Jeez, you'd think 8RR would be enough.
Guys, use Apocalypse instead. The truly fun and balanced red card that removes those pesky enchantments.
yuvalg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with R%26D's Secret Lair to force everybody to play with their feet.
TheWallinator74
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If this doesn't get reprinted in From The Vault: Annihilation...
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Koth of the Hammer. Cast this on turn five with help from koth, and then topdeck a mountain and win.