Black destroy cards are too cheap

shadoshi · Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Posts: 22

Why is it that they feel comfortable giving black all these cards that are extremely cheap on mana, have no negative effect, and yet can destroy almost any creature on the field? how is that fair? i mean at least with burn spells it has to be a weak creature or it costs a good deal to play. black cards are too cheap to be as powerful as they are in my opinion. anybody else feel this way or think that i'm wrong? i'd love to hear how you can justify this.

Russell_Nash · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 673 Location: Burn Ward

Conkisstador · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 400

almost all black removal has downsides... and looka t flavor: black should have THE killspells.

what black spell i the end-all?
deathmark only 2 colors.
doomblade nonblack and regen.
shriekmaw sorcery and nonblack.

there hasn't been an end-all answer since damnation. and they deserve to have it, tbh.

all that being said- why do you have an issue with it. there's only one black deck in standard and the ones in older formats DON'T PLAY this 'amazing removal' because blue removal is better.

SugarShark · Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 454

because black creatures suck
hold on I almost got the mana for my cosmic horror

white removal should be at a lower level because their creature quality is so high

rickyJ · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 10

I recommend staying away from magic...=( If black scares you

kumagmd · Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 101

1UU - Counter target spell. THAT spell sucks.

1U - Counter target creature spell. THAT spell sucks.

1U - Counter target non-creature spell. THAT spell sucks.

Doomblade, not so much.

Great Sable Stag FOREVER!

kumagmd · Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 101

1UU - Counter target spell. THAT spell sucks.

1U - Counter target creature spell. THAT spell sucks.

1U - Counter target non-creature spell. THAT spell sucks.

Doomblade, not so much.

Great Sable Stag FOREVER!

pascal3000 · Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 20

Its called Color-Pie

Its the reason
Black destroys
Red deals direct damage
White exiles
Blue Bounces
Green hugs trees

Black gets to revive stuff from the graveyard
Red gets to be hasty
White prevents damage
Blue draws cards
Green buffs stuff and accelerates mana

i could go on

Every color has its specific characteristics and abilities. Some spells are doable for other colors, but will always be cheaper in their "native" colors. A multicolored spell will take aspects of both colors most of the time to still stay true to the color pie.

Example:
1BR Blightning = 2B MindRot + R Lightning Bolt
BW Zealous Persecution = BB Marsh Casualties + 1W Glorious Charge

skittles · Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Posts: 11

I've noticed 'beginners' always complain about black destroy spells. Eventually they learn they aren't as imbalanced as they thought they were. I must admit, I was the same way, but then again I always ran a casual black deck so I didn't do the complaining.

dwarfas · Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 55

bring back counterspell and force spike for blue. For god sake's at least a @#%@#$ mana leak.

wait #$%@% mana leak last thing I need to see is aggro decks splashing 1 island and 4 sac lands for mana leaks.

Give me counterspell you jerks. at least UU counter unless you pay 4.

Cancel has nerfbat written all over it.

pascal3000 · Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 20

EMA · Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 53

I wish the topic title was "blue counterspells are too cheap"