While I don't usually find room in my limited
decks for a card like this very often, I don't
see anything particularly wrong with Castigate.
In Ravnica/Guildpact limited, this card is
probably just fine as a defensive card in a
defensive, control-minded black/white deck. In
most limited decks, however, Castigate just
won't do what you want it to do. In most cases,
your deck will be splashing either black or
white, meaning that you won't be able to play
Castigate at the right time as often as not. As
a splash card, Castigate is pretty bad, giving
you the ability to MAYBE remove a threat from
your opponent's hand from the game. This is
simply not the kind of card you want to draw
late in the game when your opponent's hand is
empty or maybe only holding an unneeded land.
Don't get suckered in by this card in limited
play. In constructed, this card could have more
value in constructed formats that don't allow
you better options, like Duress.
This seems to
be inferior to most of the other discard cards
black has available. However, if you are trying
to get rid of a particular combo piece or stop a
card that goes in and out of play, you can use
this to remove it. If you aren't worried about
this type of situation coming up multiple times
in a tournament, I would ignore this card
altogether.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 1.5
Christine
Gerhardt
Castigate
Another card that, when found in my sealed deck
pool, makes me a sad panda. It's not totally
useless, and I have actually sided it in before
(against one nasty thing, but instead found
another nasty sitting there, Blazing Archon).
One nice thing is it removes it from the game,
which is so much better than sending it to the
grave.
Probably a lot more useful in casual play where
you always play against the same play group and
know what to expect from your opponent's deck.
Constructed - 2.5
Casual - 3
Limited - 2
Phoenix Tamer
Castigate
Remember on Wednesday when we were talking about
our friend Conjurer's Ban? Well this card can
play a very important role in its effect. Not
only do you get to look at your opponets hand,
but you pick a card and remove it from the game.
Now, as i was told long ago, almost any removal
is very good within itself. I'd pick this for
for Limited and Constructed definately to add
balance, and im sure even we'll find this in
casual too.
