Well, I've been kind of having designer's blockage, so it was kinda rough creating these, hope they're at least alright. I've been toying with the idea of Wraths for a while now. I intended to bring Wrath of God back in the last set, but it would make no sense flavorwise, and it'd make control decks either suck until then, or be extremely good already in order to survive WITHOUT it. With this in mind, I made a CYCLE of Wraths instead.
Lyn's Wrath Sorcery
Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or higher.
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I'm not sure about the mana cost. Or the effect. Or anything. It's weenie-oriented, that's for sure, but I'm not sure it's constructed material, I mean, how many big guns are your opponents bound to have anyway? Still, if you can 2-for-1 them with this, it might be good. I mean, they drop a wall, follow it up with another wall and are confident you can get past those (Plumeveil + Wall of Reverence, anyone?), tapping out. You untap, get rid of them and swing. Mana open to activate Lyn's Acolyte, even. Simple, yet beautiful. Also, a nice wrench to throw at Hypergenesis after it vomits its hand. Or Dragosntorm. Or Living End. Anyway, you get it.
Abel's Wrath Instant
Destroy all creatures. Those creatures' controllers put a 3/3 green ape creature token onto the battlefield for each creature destroyed this way.
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This one I love. Love the flavor, an angry Mage turning their opponents into Apes! Always loved Pongify when it first came out. Also, notice you can actually fizzle a spell aimed against YOUR creatures, meaning, this can be used in aggro decks just fine. Also, if you DO want to use it in control decks, even if you might be tempted to deem it too weak, remember you can actually Engineered Explosives for 0 after it, effective nullyfing a board you would otherwise not be able to playing monoblue. Also, I LOVE instant-speed wrath effects, this way, they swing at you, you nuke their board, nullify the attack, swing back with whatever chimps you have left, and nuke the board AFTERWARDS.
Baal's Wrath Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. For each creature destroyed this way, you lose 2 life and put a 2/2 black zombie creature token onto the battlefield under your control.
R
This one's NICE! Sure, it might be overpowered. But seriously, you ARE taking a free swing from probably tapped creatures to do it anyway, so I think it ties in nicely with an angry necromancer rising their enemies and allies alike from the very soil they just died on!
Morwen's Wrath Instant
Morwen's Wrath can't be countered.
Choose one - Morwen's Wrath deals 3 damage to each creature and player; or destroy all artifacts with converted mana cost 3 or less and Morwen's Wrath deals 1 damage to each creature and player.
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Nothing new. Volcanic Fallout, slightly better and with an added bonus in case it IS relevant (i.e., aggro on aggro matchup, you're ahead and they drop an equipment that COMPLETELY NEUTERS YOU (I'm looking at you, Umezawa's Jitte with 1/1 Faerie Tokens!). Oh, yeah, this COMPLETELY WRECKS Thopter Foundry + Sword of the Meek combo. HUZZAH!
Aalistair's Wrath Sorcery
Choose one - Creatures with power 2 or less gain +3/+3 and
trample until end of turn; or creatures with power 3 or greater gain +3/+3 and
trample until end of turn. At end of turn, sacrifice each creature affected by Aalistair's Wrath.
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Yeah, I know. It CAN be used "for free" in control decks as more wrath effects, but seriously, how many of those do control decks really need anyway? Also, since I'm encouraging monocolored strategies, I don't want to FORCE people into an archetype. Want to play green? Go ahead. CONTROL green? Sure, help yourself! We're colorbleeding anyway! But keep in mind that it won't be as effective as, say, white. Heck, even red.
I'm not sure what to make of these, but I loved the overall flavor feeling of them. They all affect combat somehow, meaning they CAN be played in any type of deck, and msot of them are not awfully expensive, enough that even COMBO decks could squeeze them in as aggro stoppers, I mean, seriously, which black combo deck WOULDN'T want a wrath effect that leaves them with bodies on the board to block some more? Heck, even TRADE! Unless you're combo'ing with your life points, it's pretty nice.
Stay tuned for the next batch, by the way, you're in for a surprise!