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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Decree
of Pain is an expensive yet insane Wrath of God
for black, done one better. You get to draw a card
for each creature destroyed this way. As long as
you're not putting yourself in danger of decking,
the ability to draw to replace your cards is game
breaking. While I think this may be too slow for a
current constructed build, this card is CRAZY good
in limited. It's very common to make it to 8 mana
in a limited game, and this card will turn the
game on it's end and spill the favor into your
court if you can pull it off.
Constructed:
3.25
Limited: 4.75
Current Price:
$5.95 |
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Judge
Bill
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Decree of Pain
This is the one
Decree that is most likely to be cast straight
up. You can either cycle this, give everybody
-2/-2, and draw one card, or you can cast this,
kill everybody, and draw a bunch of cards. Once
Wake and Mutilate rotate out, you might see a
lot more of this, as this is actually a pretty
good card for black to have in its arsenal.
In limited, this
thing is just insane. Just be careful not to
deck yourself out with this. :)
Constructed: 4
Limited: 5
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Tyler Grund |
Decree of Pain
On to the black version. You can expect the black
Decree to not only be
powerful, but ruthless as well. In this case, its
both. I really like
Decree of Pain since it gives black a true to life
Wrath of God with a HUGE
cantrip attached. Unlike the Decree of Silence, 8
mana to hard cast this
sorcery is far from a bad number. This is a card
used only in late game, and
waiting until 8th turn to wipe the board and grab
yourself a hand full of
cards is fine by me. Until now, all black really
had for mass removal is the
-x/-x ability, or tricky sacking and choosing, or
sacrificing enchantments,
but with a no strings attached "wrath" this makes
one of my top picks of the
decrees.
The cycling ability is just as useful. They chose
to have it cost only 5
mana and I personaly think its one mana
UNDERcosted. a -2/-2 to all
creatures at instant speed will amost certainly
wipe a board clean in the
current environment. Since it sees no color, it
effects all creatures and
thats powerful. To top it all off, you get to draw
a card. So, kill what you
can at the oppents end turn, draw a card, then
untap and start your
turn...its like you just wished a bunch of the x/2
creatures to dissappear
and they did without you doing anything:)
In limited, this card is sick. Its creature
removal to the max. This card
would make me go black...probably top pick.
Constructed: 4.2
Limited: 4.4 |
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Crimson |
Some really cool black
mass destruction cards are Decree of Pain and
Plague
Wind. Both are really effective cards, but which
one matters on how your
deck works. If you generally dont want a lot of
creatures out, Pain is your
thing. Or if your deck is creature heavy, Plague
Wind is effective. Decree
of Pain's cycle is great. It lets you kill all the
little creatures and draw
a card at instant speed. Perfect to take care of
those elves soldiers.
Decree of Pain
Casual Rating: 4 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Decree of Pain
Cantripping Infest for a couple more mana is well
worth it in many decks,
but after seeing the power of this spell
hard-cast... in limited and in
constructed, this spell wins games. It should, at
it's mana cost, but
still...
constructed 3.6
limited 3.5 |
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Danny Tatro |
Decree of Pain
This is a good one, but in constructed its
just too freakin expensive! The cycling however is
good, but most people just play infest. You are
paying 2 more mana for the cantrip...
In limited its insane. The cycling is
excellent, and if you somehow cast it- it
literally says: "You win the game."
Construced: 2.5
Limited: 5 |
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