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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut.com |
Huge creatures from
the grave getting you down? This should take
care of them. In limited, it's aiiiight. In
casual, not very fun.
 Constructed:
4.5
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 3
Current Price:
Diabolic
Edict $2
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Thursday -
Diabolic Edict
A great card to be able to take out untargetable
creatures (assuming it is the only creature on
the board). This has been used, both back when
it was Type 2, and now in Extended, as a great
defense. These days, it is used as a defense
against Reanimator, and it does a great job
taking out the Sutured Ghoul that that deck
produces. Highly recommended, at least as a
sideboard card, if you are playing black.
In casual, it might help, and it might not. I
would much rather play stuff like Terror and
Dark Banishing than this.
In limited, it doesn't have much affect at all.
Your opponent will have too many creatures, and
it likely won't help to get rid of his worst
one.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 2
Limited: 1.5 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Thursday - Diabolic
Edict
I'm glad we have this card on the list for the
week. I'd been pretty rough on cards up to this
point and I was beginning to sound like a jerk.
Anyway, this card is an amazing constructed
card. It's instant speed removal that doesn't
target a creature in black. That's huge.
It would seem to me that this is just an OK
casual card honestly. Limited players would take
this card simply to have more removal.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 3 |
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Diabolic Edict
"Eat something!" were the encouraging words that
James Jenkins, charter
member of the Texas Guildmages many years ago,
would say whenever he cast
Diabolic Edict. It was from a Subway commercial
back then where Blond Haired
Clever Guy (he was in all their commercials back
then) checks out this
super-skinny super model and tells her to "Eat
something". At first, we
didn't think this card was amazing, since it
didn't target. It didn't take
long to learn that this could be its greatest
advantage. Black decks would
run this card as well as Terror. Terror the
non-black creatures, then use
Diabolic Edict to get rid of the remaining
creature that Terror could not
touch. Removing untargetable creatures like
Morphling was one of the best
uses of this very good card. In limited, you
always played as many as you
could get.
CONSTRUCTED: 4.0
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 4.0 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Diabolic Edict
Ah, one of the staple cards of Magic. This card
is so good it has become synonymous with a TYPE
of card. If the card makes your opponent
sacrifice a creature, you say “edict you,”
whether you are casting an actual Diabolic Edict
or not. I can’t say enough good things about
this card. It has its limits, namely not being
able to pick which card they sacrifice, but the
card is always an even trade, and cheap removal.
Casual: 5
Constructed: 5
Limited: 5
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Thursday-Diabolic
Edict
Removal at instant speed is pretty good.
Diabolic Edict has always been a good card and
really saw a lot of use in the extended format.
It surprises your opponent in combat and its
casting cost has always made it extremely
appealing to splash. In every format I would
play this card if it was available. I thinks its
one of the best creature removal spells in
blacks history.
Constructed 4
Casual 4
Limited 4 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Diabolic Edict
Welcome to the card that helped make Morphling
less of a problem in your life. This incarnation
of Edict (kudos to whoever can name all of the
other Edicts) has seen play in a whole slew of
decks; its ability to deal with monsters like the
aforementioned shapeshifter and Masticore has kept
it appealing through the years. It’s been
surpassed by Chainer’s Edict in the eyes of most
people due to the flashback ability, but this is
still a fantastic card.
In limited, it lacked the punch that it had in
constructed. Your worst creature in limited is
generally much worse than your worst creature in
constructed; you’re not getting much punch out of
this. Nonetheless, this is still playable;
dealing with the turn-two guy in Tempest draft was
pretty important if you wanted to try to get ahead
in tempo.
This is a fine card for casual play, though a bit
too focused; you might want to look at Innocent
Blood to perform a similar effect and yet be able
to deal with everyone at the table. This fits
really well into this casting cost for Mental;
casting this EOT, then flashing back Chainer’s
during your main phase is pretty funny.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 2.5
Casual: 3.0
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Jason
Chapman |
Diabolic Edict is on
my list of best spells ever made. Cheap efficient
creature removal is always a blessing whatever
form it takes. A spell that doesn't rely on
damage, doesn't allow for regeneration, and
diminishes the power of sacrificing in response is
just icing on the cake. The mixed blessing with
this card is that you can't choose a target. In
formats where Blastoderms and similar cards abound
this is a great effect. Against most creature
heavy and weenie decks this isn't so good and the
Edict needs to be backed up by mass removal.
Constructed - A great
card for most any deck - 4
Limited - A solid
pick every time - 3.5
Casual - Yep here
too - 3.5
PEZ - One of the
signature cards of this format - 4.5
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Diabolic Edict
I’m surprised that we didn’t review this when
its replacement came out in Torment. (Chainer’s
Edict) Now we get the original. This is a one
hit wonder and it’s an instant. Very useful for
MBC. It would definitely see play today. I
haven’t seen it used very much in extended, but
I doubt it will make too much of a difference as
Extended has a little less control than aggro.
But a nicely timed Edict can be a nasty surprise
for your opponent.
In Casual, it’s control. It might actually be
fun to play this. Making them sac a huge
creature can be fun.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 2 |
