Name:
Death Smoke
Type:
Spell
Civilization:
Darkness
Cost:
4
Effect:
Destroy 1 of your opponent’s untapped creatures.
Flavor Text:
Savor the taste of fear!
Mana#:
1
Set/Card#/Rarity:
Base Set, 53/110, Common
Attributes:
This is your basic Spell card. If this was a
shield Trigger, it would have a shot at being the
top monster removal card. Oh well. Chances are
they would have tacked on another mana of cost
then, which would not have helped it.
Abilities:
You get to destroy one of your opponent’s untapped
creatures! Click. Click. BOOM! Obviously, this
doesn’t help if your opponent is already blitzing
you with a card-if it’s attacking, it’s been
tapped. However, until the Evolutions come out,
you will always have a window of one turn to nuke
something. This is rally great for clearing high
Power blockers, who wouldn’t yet be tapped though.
Uses/Combinations:
Any deck that can fit in black. Budget decks
should always run black, btw: Some Rippers and
this can make up for a lack of Terror Pits.
Ratings
Newbie Format:
4/5-Easy to get and very effective.
Standard:
4/5-Here most people can afford the good stuff,
but I am not dropping the rating, because in a
Darkness Deck (and many di-
and tricolor decks), you will want to be running a
load of removal.
Limited:
5/5-All creature removal is great in this format.
Yes, some are better than others, but they are all
so good without going into a lot of detail.
Summary
Probably number three for Creature removal, and
number two for creature kill (Terror Pit is tops,
and Spiral Gate is number two for removal).
