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2011-02-04 13:15:01: Sorrow edited Vein Feeder
2011-02-04 03:06:43: Camruth commented on Dissipate

if worried either make it which Wizards would print or go for which makes it almost impossible to splash keeping it from being strictly better than Cancel
2011-02-04 01:22:20: Jack V commented on Dissipate

Yeah, I'd never heard of it until I did a gatherer search (I should stop being surprised by that, any day now). But OTOH, it was printed when counterspell was still around, so it doesn't really say whether this is fair better-than-cancel spell according to modern costing standards. It clearly wouldn't break anything, but I lean to the view they wouldn't print it (although it wouldn't do any harm in a homemade block, just be very slightly off-baseline).
2011-02-04 00:45:46: Alex commented on Dissipate

Actually, since this is a precise word-for-Oracle-word reprint of Dissipate, I somewhat retract my objection. I hadn't realised Wizards had already printed this card :)
2011-02-03 21:02:01: Jack V commented on Dissipate

I wasn't sure on counter-spells: I thought cancel was the baseline, but apparently they are prepared to print spells that are slightly strictly better than cancel. I agree this is probably a smidge too much better, as you'd essentially always play it, but data points:

Faerie Trickery - Lorwyn, This spell, but counter target non-faerie spell. Just as good in most situations.
Dissipate -- Identical spell, but from Mirage
Stoic Rebuttal -- Strictly better than cancel
Hinder -- From Kamigawa, not sure when the new baseline came in

Seventh Edition -- includes counterspell
Eighth & ninth edition -- include several not-strictly-worse-than-counterspell-but-not-as-good spells
Tenth -- includes cancel

In a block, I think this spell is not overpowered, nor is adding another cancel to standard likely to be a problem, it just seems ineligant to obsolete cancel directly. Other options would be to cost it at UUU (and maybe give it a choice of putting the card in the library), or costing it at 1U or UU or 1UU and making it slightly more restrictive.
2011-02-03 20:30:17: Sorrow edited Dissipate
2011-02-03 20:28:13: Sorrow edited Distant Cloud
2011-02-03 20:23:44: Sorrow edited Royal Claims
2011-02-03 20:23:18: Sorrow created the card Royal Claims
2011-02-03 20:21:30: Sorrow created the card Lack of Morale
2011-02-03 17:38:51: Sorrow edited Bloodpool
2011-02-03 17:38:31: Sorrow edited Cavern Creek
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2011-02-03 17:24:43: Sorrow edited Trachol, Worldbuilder
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2011-02-03 17:22:07: Sorrow edited Rainbow Deliverance
2011-02-03 17:19:49: Sorrow edited Ignoble Terrapin
2011-02-03 17:12:57: Sorrow edited Root of the Problem
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2011-02-03 17:06:14: Sorrow created the card Midnight Blossom
2011-02-03 16:59:30: Alex commented on Geomancer's Blast

Nice - Goblin Medics as an aura.
2011-02-03 16:59:08: Sorrow created the card Root of the Problem
2011-02-03 16:55:11: Sorrow created the card Geomancer's Blast
2011-02-03 16:53:32: Sorrow created the card Crippling Power
2011-02-03 16:50:30: Sorrow created the card Terramorphic Expanse
2011-02-02 20:19:21: Sorrow edited Bloodpool
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