Lash of the Whip

Costing Lash of Whip

New • 05 Jan 2014 • Asked by diovonkarma-deactivated20230302 • 25 Comments

Why wasn't Lash of the Whip costed more aggressively? I think it should have costed 1BB, since Dismember was 1BB and did -5/-5 whereas Lash of the Whip does -4/-4, and Theros has a lower power level than Scars of Mirrodin.

If we costed everything to be aggressive with the best we’ve ever done the effect, we would create massive power creep.
Dismember Lash of the Whip Power Creep Power Level Scars of Mirrodin Theros

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