It's nowhere near as good as Vindicate at six mana, but green can get it off a turn or two early easily enough.
DaaNz
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(7 votes)
at this cmc it should kill three storm crows
Guest57443454
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This was the first card that could destroy any permanent...and actually saw quite a bit of play, it's now been obsoleted for well over 10 years now...
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
A great Green card. I hope Green starts moving toward the "destroy a permanent" flavor.
Mr.Etherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Destroy all permanents?
nammertime
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I still use it in one of my EDH decks.
Hentai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Well, not bad if you are looking for control mono-green? Too expensive for anything else.
A3Kitsune
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Play with R&D's Secret Lair. Not only does this version say destroy the card, it does not say 'target'.
channelblaze
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Technically, shouldn't this not hit tokens?
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I like it. It's not good for 1vs1 matches, but in slow formats like multiplayer games or Commander/EDH, it's quite good. Also, I like playing old cards whenever possible. So having an AN Desert Twister in an EDH/Commander deck makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. :)
BonniePrinceCharlie
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I always thought this card was overcosted. Green back then had cheaper mass removal, with Tranquility and Tsunami. Sure, green didn't have any creature removal, but then again, that's what green creatures are for.
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm wondering which is the green card that has obsolited this.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Solid and absolute removal. Green has cheaper ways, but most of them have some sort of cost or drawback. Too expensive for tournament decks, but it can find a home in Commander. I love the clunky wording - "any card" = does that mean all the cards or just one? And it didn't originally work on tokens since they are not "cards!"
Zoltantf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It cost two green mana! The poor print job on the cc in Arabian Nights, makes this card a bargain, but even for a cc of 6, this card is good. 5/5 for nostalgia.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@A3Kitsune But it also fails to hit token permanents.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At first, it seems kind of underwhelming. 6 CMC to destroy any permanent? That's a little... I dunno, costly!
However, it hit me while constructing a mono-green EDH deck: Green has no creature removal!
Sure, there's Hurricane and Whirlwind, and you could play Brittle Effigy, but the first two only target flyers, and the second only targets 1 creature!
So, either you have to play Lure on a deathtouch creature or Predatory Rampage, or this. Therefore, I think this should be given a chance.
However, if it were in any other colour (even Blue), it'd not be 1/10th as highly rated.
Lord_Ascapelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Flips the color pie the bird.
Equinox523
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oddly enough, modern Magic's successor to this is Acidic Slime, which is a more creature-oriented means of removing things than old spells like this or Creeping Mold. Interestingly, this ancient spell from the game's infancy also kills planeswalkers.
Pongdok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
No-questions-asked removal in green? What's not to like? Yes, it's expensive, but green always has tons of mana and few removal options. Get rid of whatever is stoppin' the stompin'. Bonus points, as always, for using the Arabian Nights one. 4.5/5
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I *** wish everyone would stop referencing the secret lair on any card that has errata >.>
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But it also fails to hit token permanents.
6 CMC to destroy any permanent? That's a little... I dunno, costly!
However, it hit me while constructing a mono-green EDH deck: Green has no creature removal!
Sure, there's Hurricane and Whirlwind, and you could play Brittle Effigy, but the first two only target flyers, and the second only targets 1 creature!
So, either you have to play Lure on a deathtouch creature or Predatory Rampage, or this. Therefore, I think this should be given a chance.
However, if it were in any other colour (even Blue), it'd not be 1/10th as highly rated.