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'''Wrath effect''' is ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' slang for the removal of most, if not all, creatures in play by any spell or ability or, | '''Wrath effect''' is ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' slang for the removal of most, if not all, creatures in play by any spell or ability, as the effect of an instant or sorcery spell, an activated ability, or a triggered ability, or, loosely, any card that can produce a Wrath effect. The effect is named after the card <c>Wrath of God</c>, the first ''Magic'' card to feature a mass-creature-removal effect. The precise board impact of a Wrath-effect card is dependent on the current board condition, or state; but, as a general rule, Wrath effects are extremely powerful and a form of [[card advantage]]. | ||
As a slang term, no definitive definition of a Wrath effect exists; but, it is commonly understood that cards such as <c>Wildfire</c> and <c>Destructive Force</c> and cards that do damage to all, or a subset of all, creatures are not Wrath effects due to the additional consideration of creatures' toughnesses and [[State-based actions|state-based effects]]. | As a slang term, no definitive definition of a Wrath effect exists; but, it is commonly understood that cards such as <c>Wildfire</c> and <c>Destructive Force</c> and cards that do damage to all, or a subset of all, creatures such as <c>Earthquake</c>, <c>Hurricane</c>, and <c>Pyroclasm</c>, regardless of the amount of damage dealt, are not Wrath effects due to the additional consideration of creatures' toughnesses and [[State-based actions|state-based effects]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:49, 20 January 2013
Wrath effect is Magic slang for the removal of most, if not all, creatures in play by any spell or ability, as the effect of an instant or sorcery spell, an activated ability, or a triggered ability, or, loosely, any card that can produce a Wrath effect. The effect is named after the card Wrath of God, the first Magic card to feature a mass-creature-removal effect. The precise board impact of a Wrath-effect card is dependent on the current board condition, or state; but, as a general rule, Wrath effects are extremely powerful and a form of card advantage.
As a slang term, no definitive definition of a Wrath effect exists; but, it is commonly understood that cards such as Wildfire and Destructive Force and cards that do damage to all, or a subset of all, creatures such as Earthquake, Hurricane, and Pyroclasm, regardless of the amount of damage dealt, are not Wrath effects due to the additional consideration of creatures' toughnesses and state-based effects.
Wrath effects
White
- Akroma's Vengeance
- Austere Command
- Catastrophe
- Day of Judgment
- Final Judgment
- Kirtar's Wrath
- Magus of the Disk
- Mass Calcify
- Martial Coup
- Phyrexian Rebirth
- Planar Cleansing
- Rout
- Sunscour
- Terminus
- Winds of Rath