especially powerful in mirrodin block-constructed^^
FugimSky
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(9 votes)
isnt that platinum angel in the card art?
BrilliantIdiot
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(24 votes)
I ws looking through my old cards when I stumbled across this and thought
"HEY, THIS IS BILLY MAYS HERE WITH OXIDIZE. REMOVES THOSE GROUND IN GOLEMS, LIFTS THOSE SET IN EQUIPS."
Waza
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Personally I'd put the cost for artifact destruction at a little dearer than enchantment destruction and a little cheaper than creature destruction. I kinda think that one mana artifact destruction is a bit cheap... and that the "can't be regenerated" clause is a bit unnecessary.
stygimoloch
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
@ FugimSky: I believe so. A pretty cute way for WotC to clue people in that Platinum Angel was very vulnerable. Oxidize is comfortably among the top level of targeted artifact removal ever printed.
A3Kitsune
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@Waza, green has (and had at the time) Naturalize. Oxidize is more limited, in that it can only destroy artifacts while Naturalize can destroy artifacts and enchantments. Therefore Oxidize has to cost less then Naturalize, ie: less then 2 mana. And less then 2 mana would be 1 mana.
Also, in Mirrodin block the "can't be regenerated" clause is necessary, in order to put a control on "regenerate target artifact" effects.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
White has always had erase. Its too bad green didn't get "exile target artifact." Especially in block with Darksteel stuff
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(7 votes)
Probably the most efficient artifact removal I've ever seen...
Eternal_Blue
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
red has been known to hate artifacts since, well, the beginning of magic. and yet shatter costs twice as much as this and does not include the non-regeneration clause. this would have been better costed at GG or G1 and made a sorcery instead.
Blackworm_Bloodworm
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
@Eternal_Blue: It's safe to say green hates artifacts more, since I could actually see red having artifacts in some form or another. Goblins like to tinker and make things too, often dangerous things prone to self-destruction.
Artifacts go against green's entire philosophy. Green cares more about how unnatural and offensive they are than how much red cares about how much fun they are to smash and how hard they are to make.
Carnophage_4ever
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
No better nor worse than Naturalize. Less complete than Naturalize because it doesnt remove Enchantments, but is only 1 cmc. It doesnt matter that much since these days artifacts are generally much better than enchantments. In the end, strictly better than Shatter, and it fits since green is The most artifact-hating color.
Feralsymphony
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Come on Wizards, just print a red version of this already...
@Izzet_Guild_mage Not anymore. Smelt is now on the field.
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This might be the only Magic card name that directly references a phenomenon from chemistry.
Wonderful and essential when it was first printed, nowadays this guy's slightly less useful than Nature's Claim in Constructed sideboards, where 4 life's a small price to pay for the added versatility. It's still "strictly better" than Smelt, if you allow color variation in your definition of 'strictly.'
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Hope it works before it... something something dust?" I got nothing.
Comments (21)
"HEY, THIS IS BILLY MAYS HERE WITH OXIDIZE. REMOVES THOSE GROUND IN GOLEMS, LIFTS THOSE SET IN EQUIPS."
Also, in Mirrodin block the "can't be regenerated" clause is necessary, in order to put a control on "regenerate target artifact" effects.
It's safe to say green hates artifacts more, since I could actually see red having artifacts in some form or another. Goblins like to tinker and make things too, often dangerous things prone to self-destruction.
Artifacts go against green's entire philosophy. Green cares more about how unnatural and offensive they are than how much red cares about how much fun they are to smash and how hard they are to make.
Wonderful and essential when it was first printed, nowadays this guy's slightly less useful than Nature's Claim in Constructed sideboards, where 4 life's a small price to pay for the added versatility. It's still "strictly better" than Smelt, if you allow color variation in your definition of 'strictly.'