This week one of our House Wizards
shares his list of top boardwipes!
Those pesky things that ruin your plans just when you have the upper hand. Or about to have it.
Those spells that clear the board for you to dominate your opponent.
So let's get started with our Top Boardwipes!!!
Enter the House Wizard:
When I started writing this post I was hoping to make a list of the
best board wipe in MTG. But after having a great conversation with
one of my friends about what are the best board wipes, I
remembered a statement I learned in college, “There is no perfect
pasta sauce: there are only perfect pasta sauces”. Because what
boardwipes give to a deck isn’t the victory of the game but the
chance to delay the game to give you more option or to seal the
game totally. So with that idea we will talk about the most
essential board wipes in MTG. These are just my opinion on what
the best board wipes are that can help you decide on what wrath
effect would be perfect for your deck.
1) Volcanic Fallout
Aside from the blue hate (I will hate blue forever, nothing will change that.) this is one wins for its value as a red weenie removal. With a very affordable casting of 3 mana, It can’t be countered. It deals 2 damage to all creatures and all players. And after all that, it’s an instant.
If that isn’t value I don’t know what is! Because not taking in to account that it can save you from infinite token combos such as earthcraft + squirrel nest combo. It can establish board dominance against mana dependent decks that use mana dorks (yeah those pesky elves), and it’s damage can be redirected to planeswalkers instead of dealing it to players (Editor’s note: Hmmm.. interesting I never thought of that before).
This card is mostly seen played in the EDH format but it is also being used in the Tiny leaders format because of its synergy with commanders like Shu Yun that can survive Volcanic Fallout due to Prowess mechanic.
2) Armageddon
But a well-timed geddon can give back the tempo of the game to you and at best it could win you the game.
The only downside of this card is it requires you to master your deck and understand it. Because misunderstanding the use and/or timing of this card can easily spell your defeat.