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AWOL

Multiverse ID: 74231

AWOL

Comments (31)

skoll92
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0) (3 votes)
i was under the impretion that the wording has been changed to "exile"... so where does the creature go now?
Rainyday2012
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (10 votes)
@skoll92: To Urza's Hot Tub, obv.
Spideredd
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
one of the more fair cards in unhinged. perhaps it could be reprinted one day?
person1234
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
btw, updates like "Exile" and whatnot tend to not make their way into un- land
Alpha-Black
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (5 votes)
My absolute favorite card of all time. There have been so many times where I've wanted to absolutely remove Baneslayer Angel from the freaking game forever. Unfortunately, Unhinged is not Standard-legal. Or anything-legal for that matter.
BelloAbril
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Useful against Mirror of Fate ? lol
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)
I wonder how long before they print this or something similar in an actual set. Now that the removed-from-the-game zone has a name and cards can be retrieved from it, there's a need for a new "You're not getting this back" zone.
BlackAlbino
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
awesome if u want to screw around with someone who's favorite card uses regenerate alot. =
TyroG77
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
My sister actually uses this in her main deck
ROBRAM89
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
It's hilariously appropriate that this is now officially the only card that can fully remove a card from the game.
SleetFox
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Presumably the errata'd version of a Barren Glory-style reprint would be something along the lines of "Exile target attacking creature. For the rest of the game, it cannot be targeted from the exile zone."
Garfunculus
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0) (3 votes)
It says "forever", and this is Unhinged, so I wonder if one could argue that if this was used on a Platinum Angel, that card stays exiled for every game you play from then on with that person.
Sironos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Power-exile attacking creature for 3CMC without drawback? Wow, this is great!
Just1Micky
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Ah bugger, he's gone AWOL again : /
infernox10
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0) (4 votes)
I think they should make another card like this:

"Lighter 3Red
Sorcery
Remove target card from the game.
Forever."
Flopfoot
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
What is the interaction between this card and Karn Liberated's ultimate?
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm thinking that the card stays super-exiled even after the game is restarted.
This is, of course, purely speculation. Half the fun in playing with Unhinged cards is arguing with your friends over how they interact with other cards.
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Someone recently asked MaRo, the Un-Rules Manager, about this on his tumblr account and he responded that this would not happen. Apparently AWOL actually creates a new zone, and like the old "removed from the game" that was turned to exile, it isn't "removed from the game" enough for the purposes of a Wish. I think it would be more fun if a wish could get it, but then the point of the card - to absolutely remove the card from the game - is defeated if wishes could get them back. This also makes me think that an AWOL'd card would not be returned to a library if the game was restarted with Karn Liberated.
Skollar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Synergy with Cardboard Carapace?
Axelle
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Strictly better than Rebuke.
CorkBulb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Man, that guy is GONE
Arachnos
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Not even Riftsweeper can save you now...
Totema
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Banish target attacking creature, then throw it in a dungeon in the place you banish it to.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@SleetFox: That doesn't actually stop the Misthollow Griffin. What you probably want is:

Exile target attacking creature. For the rest of the game, if it would leave the exile zone it instead does not leave the exile zone.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
R&D's Done it Again! 2Black
Instant

Return a card from the absolutely-removed-from-the-freaking-game-forever zone to its owner's hand.
Winhert
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Because we need one more level of graveyard!
personsunknown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yo bro I know you like exile so I put some exile on your exile so you can exile while you exile.
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
with R&D's secret lair, this makes a card impossible to play with- forever. not just in the current game, but it's completely useless for all eternity.
DeepGreen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I laughed.