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Echoing Decay
Darksteel
Reviewed January 13, 2005
Constructed: 2.93
Casual: 3.17
Limited: 3.72
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Jeff Zandi
5
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Echoing Decay
This card is extremely efficient creature
elimination, particularly for
constructed formats where the opponent is more
likely to have multiple
copies of the same creature in play. For its
cost, there really has been no
more powerful removal spell in black this side
of Terror itself. A top pick
in limited formats as well, Echoing Decay is one
of the best utility cards
Wizards has produced in years.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 4.0 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Echoing Decay
There was a brief time when the Myr Incubator
deck made this card a valuable sideboard card,
With that Iron Works setting the deck off pretty
early and quickly. But nowadays it just doesn't
do as much for you as you would want it to. As a
limited card it's still great, and in a casual
field it still can be a funny multi player
trick, but in constructed, I'd pass on it for
now.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 4 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Echoing
Decay - Thursday
Overall, I'm not that impressed with this card.
However there are two things that make it
useful. The first is that there are a lot of
solid toughness removing cards. The spot
removal is decent but nothing like this is
available in Standard play. The other thing
that makes this good is the existence of Rude
Awakening. You can stop all of those scary
lands in one fell swoop.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 4
Limited: 3.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Echoing Decay --
I put Echoing Decay amonst the top five black
removal spells in Type II right now, alongside
Barter in Blood, Rend Flesh, Devour in Shadow,
and Death Cloud. Echoing Decay does hang out low
on that list, but it does have its uses,
especially against any weenie strategy, where
the possibility of killing two creatures at once
can be huge.
For casual play, Echoing Decay has to get a
lower rating, since it doesn't really do a lot
that older cards don't do better. However, if
there is a player roaming around with anything
even resembling a token deck, then Echoing
Decay's stock rises.
In limited, I have no issues running this card,
since any removal is usually good removal. In
this case, good removal is great removal.
Echoing Decay also provides for nice combat
tricks.
Constructed Rating: 3.0
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 3.5 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Echoing Decay
Straightforward in most situations, nice and
cheap at instant speed, and devastating when it
gets the multi-kill. Quite the anti-goblin card.
A good consideration in any deck that needs some
black removal.
constructed 3
casual 3
limited 3 |
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Chris
Gerhardt
*
game store owner
(Shuffle and Cut) |
Echoing Decay
Destruction of
most any type finds usefulness in limited
play, and Echoing Decay fits the bill. It
even gains a bit of favor because it
actually negs the creature instead of
damaging it (damage can often be prevented,
while negs are harder to deal with). It's
well costed, and can be used at instant
speed, also a big plus.
Constructed
- 2.5
Casual - 3
Limited - 4
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Scott
Gerhardt |
Echoing Decay
This card
probably doesn't have quite the impact today as
it would have had against things like Decreee
tokens, Squirrels, and Goblins. Overall, a
solid weenie removal spell if that's the
problem. I think you'll find today's
environment has generally better removal, but
this is almost always a sideboard candidate. In
limited, it's a very solid, almost always
playable card.
Constructed: 3
Limited: 4
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