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Rest in Peace
- Return to Ravnica
Reviewed
June 27, 2017
Constructed: 3.88
Casual: 3.50
Limited: 3.00
Multiplayer: 3.67
Commander [EDH]: 3.88
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Rest in Peace
It's hard to believe Return to Ravnica was
already five years ago. One of my many heretical
beliefs about Magic is that there were certain
things that it did better than the original; and
even if you don't share that particular belief,
I hope we can agree that Terese Nielsen's art is
always worth having around! As for this card's
game effect, the fact that it has both a
devastating immediate impact and an ongoing
disruptive effect makes it an excellent first
stop for any deck that can play white and needs
a countermeasure against graveyard decks. One of
the things that makes very large formats like
Modern difficult to play is that minor changes
to context can have significant impacts on a
card's use: for example, if something like
Counterbalance or Spell Snare is common, Leyline
of the Void is potentially a more reliable
version of the effect. That doesn't take
anything away from Rest in Peace in itself, of
course.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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James H. |
Game over, graveyards.
Rest in Peace is an extremely potent way to hose
graveyard-based strategies and decks that rely
on having a thick graveyard pile. While it's
symmetrical (and hoses you), it’s not too hard
to make sure you're not hindered too badly by
it. It’s cheap (two mana is really affordable,
and only one white makes it splashable), it’s
potent, and it's hard to remove for the
most-egregious graveyard decks, which are
usually some combination of black, red, and/or
blue (and their only recourse is using blue to
bounce it).
Rest in Peace isn’t ever a card you want to have
in your main deck, but it's a powerful way to
hose decks that ask for a graveyard or rely on
death triggers. What's not to like? It’s a
perennial sideboard card.
Constructed: 3.75
Casual: 3
Limited: 2
Multiplayer: 3.25
Commander: 3.75
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