[DGM] Render Silent

This is pretty much exactly what I speculated out of this card when we first heard the name. Power level in the format? I'm gonna guess RWU Control has a boost now.


Render Silent
Instant {R}
Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.
"We have confiscated your spells as evidence. Once we conclude our investigation, you may petition to have them returned."

Nope, not as good as Counterflux or even Dissipate.

Rika wrote:Nope, not as good as Counterflux or even Dissipate.

I wouldn't mind siding Counterflux for this. Late creature aggro dumps are slightly more common than counter wars.

But, still, Silence is such a mediocre 1-mana effect.

Counterflux, Dissipate and Psychic Strike are all better than this for their own separate reasons.

If your opponent's playing a bunch of late aggro creatures, they really didn't play their deck very well.

...it's good.

Rin wrote:...it's good.

Tis be. Could be fun against the dead-end storm that doesn't matter anymore.

Well, Mindbreak Trap will always be better against Storm, but...come on guys, it's good. It's essentially a Time Walk.

Rin wrote:Well, Mindbreak Trap will always be better against Storm, but...come on guys, it's good. It's essentially a Time Walk.

So is silence, but silence is hardly any good anyways.

Rin wrote:Well, Mindbreak Trap will always be better against Storm, but...come on guys, it's good. It's essentially a Time Walk.

It's not that simple.

How many times, in Standard or even Modern, will a player play more than 1 spell each turn? Plus, they won't lose that second spell, they just won't be able to cast it. Dissipate is better because it fucks up Flashback and Graveyard-based strategies, and Counterflux is better for having a second option and the can't be countered clause.

I'm not saying this is bad, it's just not good enough compared to those 2. Dissipate is rotating soon, along with Flashback though. This can have its place, maybe in the sideboard, eventually.

Card is good. Not my fault Standard games end in 3-4 turns.

Rin wrote:Card is good. Not my fault Standard games end in 3-4 turns.

It is good. Just outclassed by so much better cards.

I guess this is why I quit Magic outside Pauper then.

Rin wrote:Card is good. Not my fault Standard games end in 3-4 turns.

False in most cases.

Games aren't that fast even with Naya Blitz on the scene. Control decks are very grindy and slow. Even Reanimator takes more than 5 turns to win.

With Tamiyo's Emblem...XD

-Griselbrand- wrote:With Tamiyo's Emblem...XD

With Tamiyo's emblem, anything is good. :3

Rika wrote:

-Griselbrand- wrote:With Tamiyo's Emblem...XD

With Tamiyo's emblem, anything is good. :3

Which on? xD

Meh. It's a "good" card. But it's not good enough.

I think that it'd be awesome for EDH control decks thought.

Rin wrote:Card is good. Not my fault Standard games end in 3-4 turns.

What the actual f*** standard have you been playing? ._.

None, though from what I've seen it's all about aggro at my locals, so that's all research material I have. Honestly I can't be bothered defeding another perfectly good and playable card from metagame hyenas so I'll just leave this topic.

Standard's always bound to be aggro at a locals because aggro's the cheapest thing to build. Personally, at my LGS, aggro's by far the most common deck and yet the best performing decks are Esper, Jund, Naya Midrange and MBC. Fortunately, it hasn't caught on tons that Rites beats virtually all of those, but Rites is just a bad call in a mostly aggro meta anyway.

When Dissipate leaves the format, it'll be between this and Counterflux. For non-American builds, they'll want this. Othewise, Counterflux all the way.