Combined power, or each?

Each

Alternate name: Fall of the Tall.

The theme of the set is big-stuff=good, right? Yet I see this removal aimed at being good at removing big stuff (and it's not the first). Black and white destroy/exile removal is generally already good against big stuff just by not getting trumped by toughness the way fight/burn might by simple efficiency.

I don't feel 2-for-1 common removal that actively hoses your theme is a good way to support your theme.

This does not support the theme, but is conscious of theme. From my perspective, the theme pushes high-cost cards, so it's very likely that playing with the theme, a player will have to play against someone else playing with the theme. I think if there are answers to a theme, then those answers should be available as soon as the theme enters.

WIt h this set, I've asked what would high-cost commons look like? Creatures, there are enough examples. But non-creatures, not as many. The two-for-one on this came about because at eight-cost, that's two Blade Banishes, a common. To me, that seemed a logical progression.

I mean, I could remove the "up to" part to really sting players when the field isn't right for it.