The problem the Abyss faces is that black decks that would want it aren't hurting for powerful 4 drops. In general I prefer Smokestack, Braids, or Nether Void to the Abyss, and there's only so many 4 drops you need.
It's not that it isn't good enough, it's that there are other things that are better.
I don't think they're even the same deck really. Braids has a much harder colour commitment and while Nether Void goes in a similar deck it preforms a different function.
Honestly, I think the card is for creatureless decks, ones that run Man Lands and Man-Rocks like Rakdos keyrune the best of the Keyrunes and one that's on colour.
When you play The Abyss you're not really going for a Stax or Pox deck, as you're targeting their creatures and part of the benefit of the card is shutting down a specific aspect of the game, not just attempting to blow up everything as a whole like Stacks or Braids.
So yea, I honestly think it's a whole different design space than Stax or Pox when it really comes to it.
I think it's a pretty good card and I would run it if I owned one.
Sure it might be oppressive to an extent, but it fits in multiple decks as it can go in Tokens, black recursion (Ghast/Crawler), and even Lands.dec. Also it promotes drafting for your sideboard as much as for your main plan, so that you have answers to cards like this.
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I don't think they're even the same deck really. Braids has a much harder colour commitment and while Nether Void goes in a similar deck it preforms a different function.
Honestly, I think the card is for creatureless decks, ones that run Man Lands and Man-Rocks like Rakdos keyrune the best of the Keyrunes and one that's on colour.
When you play The Abyss you're not really going for a Stax or Pox deck, as you're targeting their creatures and part of the benefit of the card is shutting down a specific aspect of the game, not just attempting to blow up everything as a whole like Stacks or Braids.
So yea, I honestly think it's a whole different design space than Stax or Pox when it really comes to it.
Sure it might be oppressive to an extent, but it fits in multiple decks as it can go in Tokens, black recursion (Ghast/Crawler), and even Lands.dec. Also it promotes drafting for your sideboard as much as for your main plan, so that you have answers to cards like this.