This is another one that makes perfect sense to me, and I dont have any meaningful argument against, save that it is so expensive that those who cast it have earned it, no matter the power level
They work in conjunction with flashback spells like Increasing Vengeance to mitigate the discard effect
Carnage Altar Ever since Phyrexian Vault debuted way back in Mirage , weve seen a connection between sacrificing creatures and drawing cards rocking the block
To this end, Brian Hacker actually played 61 cards in his Tempest Block Constructed Humility/Prayer deck, so as to not have to worry about resolving a Grindstone, if push came to shove
Its common to trade up or to trade down, where the dollar values might not match perfectly, but both players walk away with cards they need to complete a deck
The way that this blue enchantment changes the basic layout of everyones turn shifts Magic from a game about hidden information and probabilities into a gamble to see whos afraid of which cards