best best best best case it can be 1 cheaper for the cost of not hitting 2CMC or less things. Clearly just a limited card but like, not even that interesting or good there?
You know what, you’re right! I still think the card’s close to unplayable with how restrictive it is (and the fact that utter end is like, not playable at baseline) but I hadn’t quite realized how it flexes into other colors which is valuable. Not hitting small things is so rough though
oh for sure cat's out of the bag. i'm just p okay with just ride's end being The Beans Removal Spell, assuming that Beans sticks around (which ig isn't a true lock, but prognosticating standard bans is a doomed endeavor)
Also, at worst it's sideboard material for Abzan decks, since it's bad against Agroo and Tempo match-ups.
But overall it's a pretty good impression of a coditional extra copy of a kicked Tear Assunder for all combinations of W, B and G. At least in the match-ups it's not a dead card.
I think this style of hybrid spell works well in Commander and Limited and that's about it. I don't see how you ever resolve this and feel good about it in Standard or Modern
Modern no shot, standard I think beans is gonna bait people but we already play better spells to trigger beans and some of those are already questionable and conditional
Rides end wants to hit the 1s and 2s out of Red decks pretty often. This not hitting those and needing 3 colors to be efficientish, I just don't see it.
Despark but three color and targets one mana less (despark is exile perm 4 or more).
I think with these you are expected to be okay casting it for CMC 4 but ideally 3 mana esp on limited. 5 if desperate and having severe land/removal issues. 6 never.
I seen them...they vary in quality. Some really solid...some...honestly, would only play in beans and debate on playing beans tbh. Still, solid limited cards.
I guess with this card and beans, do you have the mana and the board state to safely pay two more so that you get a draw/replace this card from beanstalk vs wanting to cast this for lowest possible 3 mana so you can cast 2 spells maybe?
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It can also be played in 2 other color pairs for the same price as Utter End as well as in any deck running the colors.
It is competing with Kicked Tear Assunder in Golgari, but in Match-ups with enough High MV permanents, it's some extra copies.
Relevant depending on what pops off.
But overall it's a pretty good impression of a coditional extra copy of a kicked Tear Assunder for all combinations of W, B and G. At least in the match-ups it's not a dead card.
I wasn’t asking what makes it bad
I was asking why they made this one worse lol 😂
Also, think of it as a conditional Tear Assunder available in monocolor and it broadens in quality a bit.
Hits pretty much verything but beans.
Could even see it in Golgari decks as an extra kicked tear assunder in those match-ups.
If a solid mono-green or mono-black deck emerges, they might even have a few against some specific match-ups.
I think with these you are expected to be okay casting it for CMC 4 but ideally 3 mana esp on limited. 5 if desperate and having severe land/removal issues. 6 never.
But definitely gets better if you're in Abzani colours.