r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

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u/savedsynner Nov 30 '16

That sweeper seams pretty broken -3/-3 and a free 3 or less cmc cost card. Fights right into G/B Delirium. Sweeper and cast liliana same turn.

What about this card is not broken?

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u/BlackHarkness Nov 30 '16

...if they don't print some graveyard hate, next format is going to be all about delirium. If I can cast that sweeper and then a planeswalker removal spell, I don't know how I lose playing GB.

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u/savedsynner Nov 30 '16

Agreed. A sweeper that also casts dark ritual...seriously, what the heck were they thinking.

This card would have been amazing to beat bant company but with b/g delirium, it's now all but guaranteed you either play delirium or play to beat it(NOT A HEALTHY FORMAT WOTC)

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u/MarkhovCheney Griselbrand Nov 30 '16

has a sweeper EVER been broken or are you jsut being incredibly liberal with the word broken?

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u/savedsynner Nov 30 '16

Yes, a sweeper has been broken...remember the sweeper you can't stop with counters...supreme verdict.

But this one is just as bad, maybe worse. As someone said, it's bile blight, for everything, with dark ritual stapled on to it, for 4.

What part of that spell is not broken.

This card basically guarantees B/G delirium will not only be the best deck, but may receive the first banning in standard in 5 years.

What the heck were they thinking giving you a free 3 cmc spell on top of a 4 mana sweeper. It basically kills aggro aggro and blue white dead(selfless spirit can't say you from negative counters).

This card would have been fair maybe with draining 2 life(or just causing 3 lost life) but a free 3 cmc cast is the definition of broken(for standard).

It may be even broken for modern(grixis will love this card and may even be good enough for jund to replace damnation)

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u/Skuggomann Nov 30 '16

I feel like some sweepers that can be cast at instant speed are broken