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CardName: Forbiddance Cost: 2WW Type: Enchantment Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: When Forbiddance enters the battlefield, choose a color and a card type. {U}{U}: Counter target spell if it's both the chosen color and the chosen card type. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Link's Unplaced Cards Rare

Forbiddance
{2}{w}{w}
 
 R 
Enchantment
When Forbiddance enters the battlefield, choose a color and a card type.
{u}{u}: Counter target spell if it's both the chosen color and the chosen card type.
Created on 21 Feb 2012 by Link

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2012-02-21 14:58:08: Link created the card Forbiddance

I've considered many different variations on this. This is just one possible iteration of the idea.

This seems very strong. Follow a WOG with this? All you have to do is leave 2 mana open to stop all their instant burn spells. Playing a threat-light control deck? Drop this on your opponent naming creatures and you've gone a huge way towards sealing the game.

That said, I think it's maybe not too overpowered. This thing is probably a little format-warping, but aggro can get by with varying the burn spells while control can always grab their silver-bullet Disenchants from the sideboard.

What this really punishes is decks that use all the same type. Maybe the "choose a type" could force you to choose it from a card in a visible zone.

I like it. I find it unfortunate that it will work too well against the decks it works well against. But even then, it would probably play Rochambeau with the deck to beat, forcing Fairies (to take an example from 2009) to not pack as many blue creatures.

Though, I got to admit, I like escape clauses for cards like this. I know you prefer straight up griefing, though, so that's business as usual.

­:)

What would you like for an escape clause?

I don't know. I admit, it's easier said than done, since the card is so clean, and adding anything would take away from that. I think if I designed the card I would have, instead of countering, drawn you card, and gained you 3 life. A bit silly if you have 6 blue up. Your card is probably better, though. ;)

You know, this is pretty similar to Declaration of Naught, except that it costs more, in two colors, and is broader to compensate.

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