Fade into Antiquity

Green's Exiling Rarity

New • 12 Jul 2018 • Asked by gophilipbowles • 37 Comments

If all colours have access to exiling, what are the reasons for the scarcity of the effect in green? Only three green cards (plus one Un-card) can exile a target permanent: Fade into Antiquity, Splinter (part of a cycle of exile effects) and Unnatural Aggression (from a set with exile as a theme, in which other Eldrazi colours got more exile effects than green did). It's rare enough that it appears to be a defining weakness of the colour in a world of recursive and indestructible threats.

Green is fifth in the effect, but is still allowed access to it.
Colors Cycles Eldrazi Fade into Antiquity Green Indestructible Rares Splinter The Exile Zone Unnatural Aggression

Color Capabilities

New • 22 Apr 2014 • Asked by markdash • 15 Comments

If Green is supposed to be better than White at artifact/enchantment destruction, how do you explain Fade into Antiquity versus Revoke Existence?

Green is supposed to be better than average than white but that doesn’t mean one of white’s best cards can’t be better than one of green’s worst.
Artifacts Better Than One Enchantments Fade into Antiquity Green Revoke Existence White

Reprint Rationale

New • 23 Jan 2014 • Asked by yewlas • 25 Comments

It seems odd to reprint Revoke Existence in the same block as Fade into Antiquity. Isn't green supposed to be better at Naturalize effects?

It is, but the existence of the gods in tournament play means that we need different colors to have answers.
Card Printing Colors Fade into Antiquity God Green Naturalize Reprints Revoke Existence

Green Exiling Effects

New • 16 Sep 2013 • Asked by sunbyrne6 • 10 Comments

O Great Guru of the Color Pie, what's the deal with Fade into Antiquity? I don't associate Green with exile effects at all, that's usually White's thing.

Exiling is just a means to really get rid of something. While certain colors use exile more often, every color has access to exiling.
Color Pie Colors Fade into Antiquity Green The Exile Zone White

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