A bit narrow. Answers any creature, but it's not
a kill spell, its countermagic and needs to be
treated as such. For two mana, you can usually
find stronger counterspells, i.e. Spellstutter
Sprite. Maybe not so much with Mana Leak and
Rune Snag out of Standard, and it is interesting
to try and compare this to Negate, but I'd
rather have a soft counterspell like Mana Leak
than a conditional one like this.
Constructed- 2.5
Casual- 2
Limited- 2
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Remove Soul
This card was first released in Legends, so
there was a time - hard as it is to believe -
when this effect was not part of Magic. I almost
can't imagine such a thing, personally; even
though it took a long time for this card to
emerge from under the shadow of Counterspell, it
is an elegant, powerful, and often essential
card, providing blue decks with an answer to
devastating threats like Troll Ascetic and Giant
Solifuge.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Miguel
Tuesday 1-20-09
Remove Soul
Constructed:
Don't you wish you could counter all creature
spells? The ideal world for a blue mage. There
is a lot of good creature in standard that you
do not want to see in play. There are a few that
are not affect by the spell, Demigod of Revenge
is one them.
Casual:
It is a common that has been around for a long
time. You can really make someone mad by
countering one of their big bad fatties.
Limited:
It has been a long time since we did a triple X
draft. It is a great card for blue, but it is a
big set and you will be lucking to get more than
2 or 3 copies. If you do, and build a good
control deck, you should win easily. Makes me
want to break out some X edition boosters and
get 7 other players together for a triple X
draft.
Overall a solid counter spell. I wonder if it
will show up in 11th edition...
Constructed: 3
Casual: 2
Limited: 4
Later
Miguel
Jake
Tuesday - Remove Soul
Definitely a good card to have in a blue control
deck if you're in a aggro heavy meta. Oft ten
though it's the noncreature cards that can wreck
you. Most decks run just a wrath type of effect
to deal with creatures. It is a common and in
the casual crowd it is mostly creature decks so
that's a plus. Limited it's also pretty good and
easy to add in a more controlling or slower
deck. Constructed mainly runs Negate.
