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Oblivion Stone
Mirrodin Rare
Reviewed April 19, 2004
Constructed: 4.4
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.7
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
A nice card for the
control freaks out there. While a bit slow,
there are ways around it, especially if you play
casual:
Seedborn Muse comes to mind, making this puppy
twice as fast.
Myr Retriever also works well with Stone,
recovering it if necessary to do the dirty deed
again in a pinch. Resetting the board is a
very powerful thing and if planned correctly, can
quickly turn the game in your favor.
In limited, it's a
great card that will force your opponent to play
out his hand differently and less optimally than
he would like. He'll have to hold back
valuable cards while throwing some out as bait in
an attempt to get you to blow your stone.
Believe me, he WANTS you to just to get it out of
the way so he can get back to playing things out
as he sees fit. Ideally, you hold off as
long as possible to do inflict the most damage
while saving your best stuff for post mortem.
Constructed:
3.5
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.5
Current Price:
Oblivion
Stone - Mirrodin - $13.70
Combos
Well With:
Seedborn
Muse - Legions - $5.60
Myr
Retriever - Mirrodin - $1.07
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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A great card in any
format. Yes, Nev's Disk is now a bit overpriced.
However, for the extra mana, you get an extra
ability so save as many permanents as you can
turns waiting to blow up the world. In
Constructed (casual or serious), and in limited,
this is a must play card.
Constructed - 4.5
Casual - 4.5
Limited - 5
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Oblivion Stone
When Mirrodin first arrived, Oblivion Stone was
heralded as the return of
Nevinyrral's Disk. Nev's Disk was the most
important all-around removal card
in the early history of tournament Magic. Oblivion
Stone has some advantages
and disadvantages compared to Nev's Disk, it costs
one less than the
original Disk to play, but one more mana than the
Disk to activate. The
impact of Oblivion Stone to constructed play has
been kind of minimal so
far. It's possible that even the original
Nevinyrral's Disk would be less
useful in the current fast-paced constructed
formats. In limited, Oblivion
Stone is a very high pick. Even decks that would
prefer faster cards than
Oblivion Stone cannot deny the power to sweep the
entire board with only
colorless mana.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 4.0
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Oblivion Stone
Nev disk... less to play, more to activate, but
can be used immediately,
AND can save permanents... board sweeping effects
are good in limited to
start with, saving your two or three best
creatures and then doing it is
even better; that goes for casual play too. In
constructed, a new disk
that you can use immediately... makes this card
one of the top 5 useful
cards to come out of mirrodin.
constructed 4
casual 4
limited 4
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Oblivion Stone
The new Nevinyrral’s
Disk. Am I the only one who remembers Wizards of
the Coast saying they would never reprint Disk
because it gave certain colors (mainly black) a
way to deal with things it could normally not
handle, such as artifacts and enchantments? And
what happened when Oblivion Stone came into
constructed? There was a rash of mono-black
control with Oblivion Stones, what a surprise.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the card, but I agree
with the concept that they should never have
reprinted a card in any way like Nevinyrral’s
Disk,
Constructed:
5
Casual:
4
Limited:
5
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Oblivion Stone Play
it on turn three, put a fate counter on your big
creature on turn four, and blow up the world on
turn five. That sounds good to me. This card was
the supposed fixed version of Neviryles Disk and
it’s a fine replacement. I use this card very much
in Standard play in my control decks. The Oblivion
Stone is a solid tool for removing all kinds of
permanents and problem cards. In Constructed it is
a great card and in limited/draft it’s a bomb that
you hope to pull.
Constructed 4
Casual 3.5
Limited 4 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Oblivion Stone
The stone has fallen
out of favor lately, simply because it’s so slow.
Ravager and goblins do horrid things to you before
you’re able to activate the Stone, and other decks
run tons of artifact removal nowadays, making this
much less appealing to use. However, it still
does a fantastic job of taking care of
problem-cards if you don’t happen to have access
to things like Naturalize or Disenchant.
Getting a hold of
these for casual seems kinda silly; you can just
as easily pick up Nev’s Disk, and those do
effectively the same job. Using this for a 3 in
Mental Magic seems just fine, but it’s best if you
have the full eight mana available in order to
prevent this from being blown up.
Wrath effects are
always ridiculous in limited. This is one of
those cards that have the potential to say,
“Shatter me or lose.” Slowing down a game so that
you can activate this and follow it up with some
real threats isn’t too difficult, and the speed
that makes this card less exciting in constructed
isn’t there most of the time. Working around
artifact destruction is still an issue, though.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 2.0
Limited: 4.5
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Jason
Chapman |
Oblivion Stone is
simply awsome control at an acceptable price. Many
types of decks would like to be able to play this
powerhouse. For pure control players, the Oblivion
stone represents a strong reset button that can
allow the deck to clear the opponent's early
threats in order to establish control. In more
aggressive decks Oblivion Stone can be used to
fill up the graveyard for some tricks or, more
importantly, clear the way for a massive threat.
The only downsides are that opponents' will
usually see the card coming and can often find
some play around or removal and that it can often
drain your own resources over two or three turns.
Of course playing and dumping it for 8 still makes
it a great reset for all colors.
Constructed - Strong
control but a little slow for most of the
environment -3.5
Casual - With the
board often full of threats and the ability to
have an impact on group games this is a great
card, although it may be out of flavor for the
format - 4.0
Limited - It is
hard to build a deck to take great advantage of
the stone but mass removal and the ability to save
your key stuff (or even just the threat) makes it
cool -3.0
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Oblivion Stone
I have mixed feelings about
this card. Most control decks will use it, but I
think it’s too expensive. They can destroy their
lands if they want, or they can give you a free
turn. Well, it’s a little better than that, but
I just don’t think it’s worth it. When it’s
played, people are going to start holding back
cards, and both players are either going to
attempt to win within the next few turns, or
nothing will happen. It then comes down to top
decking. Time will tell if it’s useful.
Currently, it’s not bad, but I’m still not sure
about it.
In Limited, you might as
well take it. Clears the board for you.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 4.5
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