I'm rather sad it's Arcane... And I'm sad it has a silly name...
It will not be reprinted...
Bushido is a cool and versatile ability, but the mere fact that the name is all Asian means it is unlikely to appear in future sets...
Now this card, a disenchant-like card comes out... It has a silly name, meaning it's unlikely to be reprinted in future sets and almost never n a core set... To top it all off, it's arcane which means the chances of reprinting are near zero...
I'm thinking rather too far in the future with reprinting and all, but the main reason I hate this Asian theme is the rediculous naming...
Wow, not only is it back, its much better. YOU gain life, how cool is that. Still even with that and that other 4WW "Wrath" white is not playable on its own. It needs a good "angel" or other fatty and it`ll get better.
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Terashi's Grasp - :2mana::symw:
Sorcery - Arcane (C)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
So Disenchant is back in white!??!?!? And for only one more mana you get Arcane. W00T!
Things to keep in-mind when thinking that this is not whites part of the pie any more...
Frist - 1 extra mana and its a sorcery, MUCH worse then Disenchant
Second - Life gain
Third - While I cant remember where, I do know that at one point it was said on the Wizards site that one of the reasons that White was not allowed to destroy enchantments in Mirrodin was the white creatures 'affinity' towards equipment. It is still is whites pie to destroy anything that it finds as blasphemy towards its 'faith'. That includes artifacts...
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I still think white doesnt deserve good artifact destruction or they should at least give red an enchantment destruction spell to make up for it. Because what they are doing now is tweaking the colour pie which is unflavourful.
I still think white doesnt deserve good artifact destruction or they should at least give red an enchantment destruction spell to make up for it. Because what they are doing now is tweaking the colour pie which is unflavourful.
I have no clue why people keep thinking this is good artifact removal. This is not good artifact removal. On a scale that includes cards like Hearth Kami and Shatter, this card does not look decent.
Red is still much better at Artifact removal, and white still more or less sucks at it. I mean, honestly, it's not even an Instant, which puts it way out of league with other anti-Artifact spells and abilities. And let's not even touch green, which makes Shatter look bad with the ever useful Oxidize.
This isn't a shift of disenchant back to white. White still got Altar's Light I think it was, in Mirrodin--slower and not as good as Naturalize. They said at the time white can still kill both, just not as well. A three-mana sorcery constitutes 'not as well,' in my opinion. Not completely sucky--should be fun for Mental Magic.
Perhaps they are slowing changing the color pie again?
I really think wizards is influneced as much from the inside as they are from the outside. The players really lamented the changing of Disenchant from White to Green. It wasn't anything they could rectify immediately so it has taken 2 years to change. Good to see White have a playable card for once.
Again, this does not necessarily show a shift back. At most, it may signal that they will share Disenchant between two colors -- like card drawing for combat damage is shared between Green and Blue. However, I still believe Disenchant is now a predominantly GREEN ability. Again, I point to Altar's light--it's expensive, meaning Naturalize is still the standard in T2. The card here is slow and still more expensive than Naturalize--it may be used, but I'd think most decks would rather spash green than play something so slow.
Rules question:
What happens if I grasp a darksteel colossus? The first part does nothing, but how about the second? Do I gain 11? If it does, this might just be white weenie's answer to tooth and nail.
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Rules question:
What happens if I grasp a darksteel colossus? The first part does nothing, but how about the second? Do I gain 11? If it does, this might just be white weenie's answer to tooth and nail.
Yup, you gain 11 life.
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Now white has a good tool against ravager, that can be used on turn 3 without the help of green mana-speed, of course you need to do something before turn 3 if you're going to beat ravager. So white will still need another color, but this is a step in a good direction for white.
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Now white has a good tool against ravager, that can be used on turn 3 without the help of green mana-speed, of course you need to do something before turn 3 if you're going to beat ravager. So white will still need another color, but this is a step in a good direction for white.
I think purge would be a better choice for white, and it has been around for a while.
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What most ppl dont see is that its first target is cranial plating ,not ravager or anything else ... thats what actually makes you loose the game before turn 4 .
I wouldn't mind taking out an artifact land with Terashi's Grasp if I went first.
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Is it me or is this a steady downfall of all cards? Frostling being only able to hit creatures, disenchant, but you have to pay one more...pffffff. Wizards keeps watering down cards and making the format alllll about the mechanic.
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AWSOME *does the happy dance for the wannabe-disenchant*
I will never ever play this card IRL! yay
(all torneys I play are T0 so I can use disenchant )
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As long as white doesn't get a counterspell of any sort it can never be too powerful. It will certainly never get Armageddon back.
I hate to reopen this tired arguement, but...
WotC has said repeatedly that 'geddon is still in white's domain. Any symetrical board sweeping type spell is white flavored. They removed Armageddon as an experiment, and they have not only said it MAY return, but that it probably WILL. I'm hoping in 9th, along with Trample.
Have we seen anything new with Splice yet? Perhaps non-mana splice costs? That would help make expensive Arcane spells more worthwhile.
It will not be reprinted...
Bushido is a cool and versatile ability, but the mere fact that the name is all Asian means it is unlikely to appear in future sets...
Now this card, a disenchant-like card comes out... It has a silly name, meaning it's unlikely to be reprinted in future sets and almost never n a core set... To top it all off, it's arcane which means the chances of reprinting are near zero...
I'm thinking rather too far in the future with reprinting and all, but the main reason I hate this Asian theme is the rediculous naming...
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Ravnica Block :
U B Glimpse.dec
Things to keep in-mind when thinking that this is not whites part of the pie any more...
Frist - 1 extra mana and its a sorcery, MUCH worse then Disenchant
Second - Life gain
Third - While I cant remember where, I do know that at one point it was said on the Wizards site that one of the reasons that White was not allowed to destroy enchantments in Mirrodin was the white creatures 'affinity' towards equipment. It is still is whites pie to destroy anything that it finds as blasphemy towards its 'faith'. That includes artifacts...
Pray it isnot yours...
Winners never Quit, and Quitters never Win...
But people who never Win but do not Quit are Stupid.
I have no clue why people keep thinking this is good artifact removal. This is not good artifact removal. On a scale that includes cards like Hearth Kami and Shatter, this card does not look decent.
Red is still much better at Artifact removal, and white still more or less sucks at it. I mean, honestly, it's not even an Instant, which puts it way out of league with other anti-Artifact spells and abilities. And let's not even touch green, which makes Shatter look bad with the ever useful Oxidize.
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I really think wizards is influneced as much from the inside as they are from the outside. The players really lamented the changing of Disenchant from White to Green. It wasn't anything they could rectify immediately so it has taken 2 years to change. Good to see White have a playable card for once.
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What happens if I grasp a darksteel colossus? The first part does nothing, but how about the second? Do I gain 11? If it does, this might just be white weenie's answer to tooth and nail.
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Yup, you gain 11 life.
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I think purge would be a better choice for white, and it has been around for a while.
However, splice goodness
Yeah, I think white is becoming more of a threat now...lets just hope it doesn't get too powerful.
I will never ever play this card IRL! yay
(all torneys I play are T0 so I can use disenchant )
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I hate to reopen this tired arguement, but...
WotC has said repeatedly that 'geddon is still in white's domain. Any symetrical board sweeping type spell is white flavored. They removed Armageddon as an experiment, and they have not only said it MAY return, but that it probably WILL. I'm hoping in 9th, along with Trample.
Have we seen anything new with Splice yet? Perhaps non-mana splice costs? That would help make expensive Arcane spells more worthwhile.
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