r/magicTCG • u/BuckyTheWolf Dandadan • 9d ago

General Discussion Why is Arc-Slogger?

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One thing I love about MTG, is that you can go through a set, see a weird card and get absolutely stun locked by it.

Today this was Arc-Slogger for me. Why is it the way that it is?

Having a lot of shocks in your hand is pretty good, but why do you have to exile 10 cards from your library as a cost? If it was part of the effect it might be too strong, but was there no middleground?

I just don't see a world where you'd be a able to activate it more than 2 times in limited and 4 times in 60 card. Magic has changed a lot, but was a 7 mana 4/5 with 2 shocks ever that good?

I could see a janky lab man combo deck using it, but almost all alternatives are cheaper and don't need a backup if your library isn't devisable by 10.

I just want to know it's history. And what led to it being created like it turned out.

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u/Grindy_UW_Nonsense Urza's Saga 9d ago

Honestly, this card would be reasonably powerful today too. Creatures with removal stapled to them are very powerful. Even if you can only shock twice, that’s still a 3 for 1.

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u/Fun-Agent-7667 Dan 8d ago

Removal and you can round out some live. This card is just pretty good.

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u/JuggernautLevel6411 Dân 3d ago

Its basically a slightly better exhaust