I agree with Fiber. Force of Will is better because its versatility, Mana Drain can fill your mana pool. Power sink is limited to decks with mana advantage, but there is the best counterspell i guess. Counter first spell that opponent casts on his turn, then he got completely silenced for rest of his and yours turn. In right circumstances, this is just broken. And thats why they stop printing it. 5/5.
Tackle74
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow some of you have never played with Force and Drain much if you think Power Sink is better. Now we can all think of a circumstance where a spell is better then others but overall Mana Drain and Force of Will are clearly superior.
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Force and Mana Drain are both insane. This is not insane, but it is quite good, of that there's little doubt.
themlsna
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best art on Power Sink. Reminds me of D. Alexander Gregory.
Bulhakas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Gud3r1an
Actually, my bet is that Wizards stopped printing this card because it became considerably weaker, yet still quite good, granted, after the 6th edition rules update. If you think it's broken now, you should have seen the way it worked before.
jfre81
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
In some cases even better than Counterspell as it's more splashable. Run in a deck with a simple, innocuous mana fixer like Prophetic Prism in a nonblue deck and they'll never see this coming.
Power Sink could be reprinted today as an uncommon. I don't give any rating for Power Sink because I agree with his actual rating (4,25).
NoobOfLore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Like Mana Leak, except your opponent doesn't have the choice of saving his mana for later.
zackhammer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strategy discussion aside, the art on this version is easily the best. "Mom, get OUT!"
TrazocW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Blue Sun reads Power Sink and sighs, dreaming of what could have been.
Werewolf-
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This USED to be insane. Now it's not nearly so as much. You see it's classified on the original card as an "Interrupt"--before the rules change later, Interrupts were a special kind of instant spell that couldn't be responded to except by other Interrupt spells. Nowadays if someone tries to Power Sink you you could just tap all your mana and play whatever instant-speed stuff you've got in your hand in response...in the old days, if someone Power Sinked you, unless you had another Interrupt, you were shut down for the turn.
Fanaticmogg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You could compare this to Time Stop. Both say "You're not casting that, and your not casting ANYTHING ELSE this turn!". Time Stop has the bonus of also preventing your opponent from doing anything that doesn't need mana as well, and can even be a "simple" Time Warp if you cast it before they even draw. Power Sink's advantage is its lower cost, which can be a pretty big deal. Of course, later on, you might have to pump 6 or more mana into it to counter anything anyways, but at that point you probably have the mana to spare.
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It just stops his plans on your turn, period.
Actually, my bet is that Wizards stopped printing this card because it became considerably weaker, yet still quite good, granted, after the 6th edition rules update. If you think it's broken now, you should have seen the way it worked before.
Power Sink could be reprinted today as an uncommon. I don't give any rating for Power Sink because I agree with his actual rating (4,25).