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CardName: Expose the Essence Cost: 1W Type: Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Each player sacrifices half the creatures he or she controls, rounded down. Flavour Text: There is no more time-tested way of keeping everyone honest than by threatening catastrophe for all. Set/Rarity: SM Serious Card Dump Rare |
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A creature-only Balance that is....well...balanced. Nice
And still moderately playable. Indeed nice.
The idea is actually that it's half a Wrath of God, but in such a way that it can't just be used as spot removal for a single creature.
It also makes me wonder the right cost for a variant of this that would hit lands instead of creatures. A spell like that would be a welcome check for excessive ramp, without being the suppressive force that led to an easing up on land destruction to the point where it's almost nonexistent these days.
Owch. If I'm on four land and you cast "Everyone sacs half their land", I'd find that fairly oppressive. Not as bad as Armageddon, sure, but probably nastier than Plow Under (though late-game Plow Under is far more obnoxious).
Even better. If you go second, wait until turn three, watch your opponent play his third land, then play Split Decision on your turn, your opponent sacs two land, and you sac one. Then you can play your third land for the turn... putting you up 2 land to 1 land...
old name (Split Decision) now collides with a real card, so change it