Extinguish All Hope

Extinguish All Hope Card Query

The card Extinguish All Hope kinda confuses me. It is a black card with 2 black pips. But to my understanding this should be a white card. Am I missing something? One of my thoughts was that its black to meet some demand for the theros block but I can’t come up with that reason.

Both white and black get mass creature removal, so either can have this effect.

Black Creatures Extinguish All Hope Theros White

Wrath of Khan Attempt

Would you attempt to print a card named Wrath of Khan?

Would I? Of course. I tried to make Wrath of the Gods in Journey Into Nyx (it got changed to black and renamed Extinguish All Hope). Would R&D? Less likely.

Black Card Printing Extinguish All Hope God Journey into Nyx Nyx

Black Wrath Effects

I see my question about black wrath effects caused some stir. Good. Anyway, what I meant was, are unconditional wrath effects in black? Other than Damnation, black wrath effects tend to be conditional (extinguish all hope) or profit off of the death of creatures (decree of pain). So, my question is: Are equalizing wrath effects such as wrath of god or supreme verdict really in black?

We don’t do many vanilla wraths because we like mixing it up and there is always great flavor in black mass kill.

Black Creatures Decree of Pain Extinguish All Hope Flavor God Supreme Verdict Vanilla Wrath of God

Damnation in Theros

Was Damnation considered for Theros? It was noticeably absent in Modern Masters and it seemed like a perfect flavor fit for a block about Gods.

We prioritize using designs that can only be done in a particular environment to maximize design space. Extinguish All Hope only works in Theros block while Damnation can go in other blocks thematically (I won’t speak developmentally).

Design Space Extinguish All Hope Flavor God Modern Modern Masters Theros

Color Pie Damnation

Is there a particular reason why Extinguish All Hope is black instead of white? Does this mean that Damnation effects are in black's colour pie for real now?

Black is allowed to do mass creature kill.

Black Colors Creatures Extinguish All Hope White

Enchantment Creatures Protection

How did y'all come to the decision of making Extinguish All Hope destroy nonenchantment creatures instead of all creatures?

It started as a spell called Wrath of the Gods. It didn’t destroy enchantment creatures because those are the gods and their creations.

Creatures Destroy Enchantments Extinguish All Hope God

Creative Team Joke

Extinguish All Hope doesn't kill Hopeful Eidolon. I assume the creative team will be fired? :P

Let’s just give them a warning. : )

Extinguish All Hope Hopeful Eidolon

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