as Standard seems to keep getting faster and faster. Now it’s back, however, with a traditional smorgasbord of counterspells, removal, and board wipes. Powerful creatures like Beza and Overlord of the Mistmoors help you catch up and pull into the lead once the enemy’s assault is curtaile...
From here, crank up the number of removal enchantments, then you want card draw and more copies of board wipes to fill things out. Yorion is going to do a phenomenal job of flickering cards like Omen of the Sea and Elspeth Conquers Death to generate free value off of their entry. In ...
The Ruinous Powers deckis full of demons, board-wipes, and gets lots of value out of the extremely strong Cascade ability. 1/7 <> <> Blood for the Blood Godis one of the most entertaining new cards in the deck, named after the catchphrase of the Chaos GodKhorne‘s followers. It’s...
Green’s wheelhouse is ramp and big creatures, which it excels at compared to other colors. Removal and sweepers? Well, that’s a different story. So what are the best green board wipes in Magic? Let’s dive in and find out!
Also, it’s helpful that this nails all the token creatures that planeswalkers produce, and gets that much bigger afterwards as a result. We’ll see a little bit of Farewell doing good work, but the star of the board wipes will be this rare and if the control decks look good this wee...
5.0 – I will always play this and build around it. The most powerful cards that warp games and formats or give repeated, powerful advantages. Some will be nigh-unbeatable planeswalkers, efficient board wipes with upside or bombs that are super-difficult to remove (Vivien, Monsters’ Advocate ...
t overcommit to the board, as shatter still exists. Don’t worry too much about teferi; he’s just a tempo play, and a bad one at that. Bearer will give you a lot of card draw after theyShatterand instant speed board wipes aren’t the worst as a result; just try to force them ...
White devotion receives Tier 1 potential withHeliodand Archangel of Tithes at the top end of the curve.BrimazandWingmate Rocadvance the board without over committing.Banishing LightandChained to the Rocks(if splashing red) remove problems while also increasing devotion. ...
The lack of board wipes meant that the fight was to resolve a few threats through his counterspells and bounces, and bounces were net negative in terms of card advantage. However, blue does have a lot of deadly enchantments and artifacts post-board that could wreck a tricolor creature-based...
Killing Wave also gets around hexproof (to an extent), and pressures decks that aren’t overly concerned about board wipes (like BWR Aristocrats). Increasing Ambition is a small piece of tech that offers crucial assistance, such as: grabbing a Thrag to help transform Chalice; grabbing a Mind...