it might as well say "target blue player loses the game"
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I can't express my surprise the first time I went "activate Stalking Stones" in my mono-blue deck and my opponent responded "Boil, Electrostatic Bolt your stalking stones". I scooped. Then they printed Spectral Shift in Fifth Dawn, and I made a habit of drawing my mono-red opponents into the very same trap the very same way :)
PhyrexianLobbiest
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Pretty useful as a one sided land sweep in a Blue Red deck that's running this along with Mind Bend.
SGLinkmaster
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I absolutely love this card! It eats counter psycho decks alive. Only downside is that you have to live in fear of Spectral Shift.
shadygrove
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
@Zoah.
If you're playing control in blue, you should always have mana open for a counterspell. By the same logic, if you opponent has to constantly keep four mana open in case you slip and tap out, they are at way more of a disadvantage than you.
allmighty_abacus
★★★☆☆ (4.0/5.0)(10 votes)
when other lesser mages go against blue control mages they get frustrated and scoop.
When red mages go against blue control mages they destroy everything in sight, at instant speed.
Take that you boring turn-magic-into-solitaire babies!
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
They should reprint this. Hell, they should print something to blow up lands, jeez, people and their Primeval Titans and fetchlands these days. Watch them overextend the land resources of their library, then lower the boom and they'll learn. They'll all learn...
masonthekiller
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Boil and Flashfires. Yeah. I'm hatin'.
jsttu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Evil card. This card and others like it such as tsunami or flashfire should never have been made. They aren't good enough for tournaments but when successful they break the game to casual players with known decks. If a friend has a mono white deck it doesn't matter how good it is if they lose all their lands. The great thing about Magic: The Gathering is the almost unlimited possibilities and creativity available. This card limits that. There is a reason you do not see these effects anymore.
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Zoah:
As shadygrove said, them having to keep 4 mana open all the time is a huge disadvantage. If I see my opponent tapping mana for something, but they still have cards in their hand and untapped lands, I immediately think that they will cast an instant, and I should probably keep at least 3 mana open. Of course, sometimes you really need to cast a frost titan or Lorthos, in which case I make sure I have a creature that can counter or a force of will. As a blue player, I tend to tap out all my lands only under extreme circ-umstances or if I can counter without paying mana. This card may at first seem very deadly, but if you do run control blue, you should almost always be able to cast a counterspell.
Sothasil
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Someone tried to spectral shift me once. I used reverberate and they scooped. True story.
JoshMagic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
oh look, red has something on blue now... lol 4/5
BastianQoU
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@fastpond: not 'target blue player', but 'all blue players'.
Rendin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quicksilver Fountain and Power Conduit/some other 'remove a counter' card makes this very playable against non-blue opponents, though it can be slow without extra upkeeps. As an added bonus however, you can pump up your creatures while you wait.
Fenizrael
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 for a broken as hell card.
Probably a good thing you don't see cards like this anymore.
penguinmage25
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am a serious blue mage and cards like this I HATE
Zoah
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Target blue player loses the game. That's it. The end! I hate this card! There are other cards that say "Destroy all plains" or whatever, but they don't activate at the speed of an instant, and they cost the same as this one.
Edit: to address this more calmly (Being that everyone hates this comment) here is the advantage this card gives: A, you can not tap out all your manna in this turn, because if you do they untap theirs. B, you aren't allowed to play anything on their turn until they have less then four. So you can't counter anything else. C. If you have only one counterspell left, you can't use it on anything else. D. They can play it as early as turn four and it's a solid win condition. So even tapping out as early as turn three, could result in a rather sound defeat. E. If they have a quick deck, and don't have much else to spend manna on, as is often the case with red, holding onto their manna might not be so hard.
Boiling Seas Now that's what the card should look like.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cast Silence before you use this. Your opponent will either immediately use a counter on that, in which case their counter will be used up and you can proceed with this card, or they will leave Silence unanswered and won't be able to do anything for the rest of the turn, freeing you up to use this. This would require the construction of a red/white deck, which is perfect when running Balefire Liege.
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
UP WITH COLOR HOSERS! They don't make color hosers anymore because they say that they are not funny to play for those who get locked down by these cards. Of course they are! But they are instructive: they teach children not to play one single color!
myztikrice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why does this exist
Dabok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you use sideboard this against a friend who plays mono blue. That friend must have done something terrible to you lately. Or you should redefine your "friendship" :P - Nah, it's cool since blue can still counter this, but yeah, it's an ABSOLUTE color hosing spell.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The flavour text sounds pretty suicidal, when you think about. The entire world's water cycle depends on the seas, and all life depends on water, so I imagine that, even in a fantasy world, the destruction of the oceans would also mean the extinction of most life on the plane, I'm sure.
I'm not a fan of griefer cards in multi-player, but, I HATE blue. It's such a busted color. o.o; What? Counterspells are so mean XD TAKE THAT BLUE MAGE! Blow up all your islands!
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
0.5/5 for being a really depressing and unfun card. Cards like this ruin the spirit of magic. 'Hey look for 4 mana, I can be a complete douchebag and it's legal in modern'. This puts me off modern. I bet most modern decks side this in..
Necrotize
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think its a great card to have for EDH when you're going against that ONE blue player that is basically playing the completely pimped out Azami deck that ruins everyone's fun because they think EDH should be super competitive and no fun. Get sass for nuking their islands after they just drew 3-4 cards a turn and didn't miss a land drop for 10 turns? Tell them to suck it up, play for fun, and stop sucking the joy out of every other non-tier 1 with their copypasta deck.
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3.5
If you're playing control in blue, you should always have mana open for a counterspell. By the same logic, if you opponent has to constantly keep four mana open in case you slip and tap out, they are at way more of a disadvantage than you.
When red mages go against blue control mages they destroy everything in sight, at instant speed.
Take that you boring turn-magic-into-solitaire babies!
As shadygrove said, them having to keep 4 mana open all the time is a huge disadvantage. If I see my opponent tapping mana for something, but they still have cards in their hand and untapped lands, I immediately think that they will cast an instant, and I should probably keep at least 3 mana open. Of course, sometimes you really need to cast a frost titan or Lorthos, in which case I make sure I have a creature that can counter or a force of will. As a blue player, I tend to tap out all my lands only under extreme circ-umstances or if I can counter without paying mana. This card may at first seem very deadly, but if you do run control blue, you should almost always be able to cast a counterspell.
not 'target blue player', but 'all blue players'.
Probably a good thing you don't see cards like this anymore.
I hate this card! There are other cards that say "Destroy all plains" or whatever, but they don't activate at the speed of an instant, and they cost the same as this one.
Edit: to address this more calmly (Being that everyone hates this comment) here is the advantage this card gives:
A, you can not tap out all your manna in this turn, because if you do they untap theirs.
B, you aren't allowed to play anything on their turn until they have less then four. So you can't counter anything else.
C. If you have only one counterspell left, you can't use it on anything else.
D. They can play it as early as turn four and it's a solid win condition. So even tapping out as early as turn three, could result in a rather sound defeat.
E. If they have a quick deck, and don't have much else to spend manna on, as is often the case with red, holding onto their manna might not be so hard.
Boiling Seas Now that's what the card should look like.
They don't make color hosers anymore because they say that they are not funny to play for those who get locked down by these cards. Of course they are! But they are instructive: they teach children not to play one single color!
That friend must have done something terrible to you lately.
Or you should redefine your "friendship" :P
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Nah, it's cool since blue can still counter this, but yeah, it's an ABSOLUTE color hosing spell.