Redress Fate – Duskmourn
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2024
Ratings:
Constructed: 3.00
Casual: 4.75
Limited: 3.25
Multiplayer: 3.50
Commander [EDH]: 4.00
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 is bad. 3 is average. 5 is great.
Reviews Below:
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about mass reanimation spells, it’s that they always enable combo decks, and enchantments and artifacts tend to do the same – and break game states in half just in general. Redress Fate would have been amazing for some kind of unholy hybrid of Miracles and Parfait (enchantment-based control/prison) in Legacy . . . a few years ago, before Sensei’s Divining Top was banned. If you can’t ensure frequent or at least plausible miracle castings, your best bet is some kind of super-ramp, probably relying on artifacts; conveniently, Commander tends strongly towards that. You might also like to look back at Esper cards from Shards of Alara, as a lot of them were based around generating value in some manner, and having them be unable to die will make opponents feel cheated.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 3
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander [EDH]: 4
This is part of the Commander subset, so scores reflect this.
One of the fan-favorite effects is mass-reanimation, and Replenish was a card that has long been both a combo piece and a card with a lot of intrigue. Redress Fate is a spell that immediately calls to mind that older card, though the caveat of sorts is that this is only Replenish if you get the miracle cost. Miracle is a very interesting mechanic for an effect like this, though there is the caveat that this also brings back artifacts, opening up a couple of angles that this doesn’t normally have. Eight mana is a lot for this if you have to hard-cast this, though, and I feel like the delta between the best-case of this and the worst-case is massive. It’s still a spell with a lot of potential, and it can lead to a massive blowout if the board allows for it, but I don’t feel like this will shine as a “plan A” of any deck.
Constructed: 3 (can function as a Replenish of sorts, though it’s not as effective because of its need to play around the miracle cost)
Casual: 5
Limited: 3.5 (eight mana makes this a hard sell)
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander [EDH]: 4
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