Cinder Cloud

Red's Restrictions

You said, "Red can’t “destroy” non-artifact colorless creatures." Well, you just made Fissure, Aftershock, Cinder Cloud, Fleshpulper Giant, Lava Flow, Mogg Assassin, Nosy Goblin, and Stark of Rath cry.

When I talk about the color pie, I always mean currently. Yes, there are often examples from past where we did something we would no longer do.

Aftershock Artifacts Assassin Cinder Cloud Color Pie Colorless Colors Creatures Destroy Fissure Fleshpulper Giant Giant Goblin Lava Flow Mogg Assassin Nosy Goblin Red

Color Pie Rules

So if red doesn't get destroy creature anymore, are cards like fissure and cinder cloud violations of the color pie? Also, could a red and white card have "destroy target creature" on it?

They currently are out of color pie and we don’t do them. Red/white could have “destroy target creature” but probably only conditionally.

Boros (R/W) Cinder Cloud Color Pie Colors Creatures Destroy Fissure Red White

Creature Destruction Roles

Mark, red has always had ways to deal with high toughness creatures. Fissure, cinder cloud, diaochan, lava flow... Why haven't we seen any recent prints that do exactly that?

Because we’ve moved that out of red. Black and red are already very close and it’s important to have distinctions. Red kills with direct damage and high toughness is supposed to be a problem for it. Black is the color with straight-up creature destruction.

Black Card Printing Cinder Cloud Colors Creatures Fissure Lava Flow Red

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