Feed the Serpent

Changing Primary Role of Exile

With standard currently containing Baleful Mastery, Eat to Extinction, Epic Downfall, Extinction Event, Feed the Serpent, Final Death, Necrotic Fumes and Shadow's Verdict that all exile creatures including 2 exile boardwipes.Post rotation there will be 6 black cards that exile creatures and 5 white cards that exile creatures, one that gives them a 3/2 and one that allows them to put a permanent card onto the battlefield. Has black now taken the primary role of creature exile from white?

White and black are the two colors primary in it. There will be ebb and flow.

Baleful Mastery Black Colors Creatures Eat to Extinction Epic Epic Downfall Extinction Extinction Event Feed the Serpent Final Death Necrotic Fumes Primary Serpent Standard The Exile Zone White

Exile Effects in Kaldheim

There seems to be a significant number of Exile effects in Kaldheim (Ravenform, Feed the Serpent, Crush the Weak, Divine Gambit). Was there a design reason that the team wanted this much Exile?

Yes, Kaldheim has a graveyard as resource theme.

Crush Crush the Weak Divine Gambit Feed the Serpent Kaldheim Ravenform Serpent The Exile Zone The Graveyard

Changes in Black Planeswalker Removal

I remember a while ago, black planeswalker removal was only at rare and above in order to not confuse players with text that rarely came up in draft. Is Feed the Serpent a sign of a change in R&D's opinion on this?

Yes, we’re more willing to reference planeswalkers at lower rarity on kill spells.

Black Draft Formats Feed the Serpent Planeswalkers Rares Rarity Serpents Spells

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