Comments on: Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Revealed in Arcana

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:44 +0000

Annihilator could be used as a drawback, but only on something insane. Consider:

2
Stone of War
Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
Creatures your opponents control gain Annihilator 1.
You cannot lose the game.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:01:34 +0000

I’ve been chatting with James about using annihilator as a drawback. For your consideration:

0
Artifact of Death
Tap: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
Creatures your opponents control gain Annihilator 1.
Artifact of Death cannot be sacrificed.

Anybody have an opinion on this one?

By: jordon morrissey

jordon morrissey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:27:51 +0000

I saw this card and then bought a play set of flash, only to realise it is banned in legacy and restricted in vintage. oh well. you see with flash this generates the same amount of CA as ancestral recall and at the same time puts the combo backn into your library, i thought it would be absurd in legacy but i was wrong.

By: unixtreme

unixtreme — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:21:47 +0000

Any 3cc or even 4cc card with Annihilate could see play in Vintage, even with the creature-involving weaknessess any stax deck could consider playing them because the one-side effect comparing to smokestack.

Annihilate in a relatively low cc card could be broken.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:29:50 +0000

A. Ogre seems outside the realm of possibility.

T1 arbor elf.
T2 annihilator ogre.
T3 win

I don’t think they’ll put annihilate on anything under CMC 5 (without heavy drawback). Just a hunch.

By: joe

joe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:01:24 +0000

Sean, I beg to differ… consider as a hypothetical:

Annihilator Ogre
3
Creature – Eldrazi Bear
Annihilate 1
2/2

Most broken card ever? Or within the realm of possibility?

How far would it have to go to become obviously within the realm of possibility?

Annihilator Plant
4
Creature – Eldrazi Plant
Annihilate 1
0/2

??? Would this see play? Somewhere between the ogre and the plant lies your answer.

Your thoughts?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:48:07 +0000

Just to clarify, ‘cast’ is just the new term for ‘play’. It’s a big deal because you get to draw the cards even if he is countered.

I’m not a big fan of ‘Annihilator’. How many cards could possibly have this mechanic? I’m sure it will be one of those keywords where one or two are maybe playable in constructed and the others suck (like clash). I honestly can’t see them printing a creature with anywhere decent P/T for less than 4 mana.

One thing I do like is the new card frame. It’s awesome! I can’t wait to see more of ROE.