Bitter Ordeal

Mechanic Trivia

Mark my birthday ask must have got eaten a few days ago! May I have some trivia on Bitter Ordeal from futuresight or the Bushido mechanic from Kamigawa?

We considered bringing Bushido back once but opted not to because of the name.Happy Birthday!

Birthday Bitter Ordeal Bushido Kamigawa Mechanics

Single Gravestorm Card

I recently learned that "Bitter Ordeal" is the only printed card with the keyword "Gravestorm". I'm surprised R&D would create a new keyword and then only use it once. Is there a story behind this card and will we potentially ever see Gravestorm used again?

It was from a set called Future Sight which has numerous keywords “from the future” that only showed up on one to three cards.

Bitter Ordeal Card Printing Future Sight Game Design Gravestorm Keywords Story / Lore

Bitter Ordeal's Speed

Why bitter ordeal wasn't instant? I Love it but it's hard to use ( and abuse :-P) at sorcery speed..

I like questions that come with their own answers. : ) Our goal is not make cards that are easily abused. Certain effects are primarily done at sorcery speed because they can get a bit ugly when done at instant speed. “Extracting” (slang for removing a card from another player’s library) is not normally done at instant speed because the intent of it was not to counter effects that search the library for a card.

Bitter Ordeal Instants Search Sorceries The Library

Milling Mechanic Philosophy

When it comes to milling, Blue seems a lot less discriminating than black. Blue's effects value quantity (Traumatize and many more) while Black has cards like Sadistic Sacrament and Bitter Ordeal that value quality. Isn't that strange, flavor-wise ? I have trouble seeing a black mage actually caring about which memories he will erase, while a blue mage settles for a not-so-subtle mass memory destruction. Could you explain ?

Blue’s a little kinder than black. Blue makes you forget. Black breaks into your mind and rips pieces out.

Bitter Ordeal Black Blue Flavor Mill Sadistic Sacrament Traumatize

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