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CardName: Grim Reap Cost: WBG Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Exile target graveyard. You gain life equal to the number of cards exiled this way. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: ![Assorted] Wedge Uncommon

Grim Reap
{w}{b}{g}
 
 U 
Instant
Exile target graveyard. You gain life equal to the number of cards exiled this way.
Updated on 15 Nov 2024 by SecretInfiltrator

History: [-]

2017-03-30 09:00:53: SecretInfiltrator created and commented on the card Grim Reap

Source

former names (pre-release): Fruits of the Earth, Dreary Harvest

alternate rules text:
Exile all cards in target player's graveyard. You gain life equal to the number of cards exiled this way.
2017-03-30 09:06:11: SecretInfiltrator edited Grim Reap:

color order corrected

The alt rules text is obviously the more traditional and the one we would expect to appear if a new card like this popped up in a new set.

> color order corrected

Well, as far as I know, those colors orders are rather flimsy in that you can order them as you choose depending on the set context. Like, didn't WotC change them around in Khans to pronounce the wedge combinations or something like that?


Anyway, pretty cool card. The colors make perfect sense. The most similar cards printed so far seem to be Honor the Fallen and Jund Charm. Also in addition to those cards like Gnaw to the Bone, Rakdos Charm, and Tormod's Crypt make me think this wouldn't be particularly exiting nor powerful. Still a good design though.

2017-03-30 09:25:33: SecretInfiltrator edited Grim Reap

Since I didn't mention it: The currently used card text is a conscious experiment at a templating change inspired by the wording of Circu, Dimir Lobotomist.

I have privately used a rule to order colors that up until Khans of Tarkir differed from the way WotC ordered its colors for a while. This color order emphasizes the relation between colors and is the "correct" order as far as I am concerned.

I remember when originally designing this card how close I was to wanting this to be a spell with converted mana cost 2. I don't think this effect would necessarily be an effect wrong on a gold-hybrid, but it also seems fine as a little less exciting card IMO.

2024-11-15 14:23:39: SecretInfiltrator moved the card Grim Reap from [Assorted] Card Repository into ![Assorted] Wedge

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