Vanquish the Foul

Character Emphasis

"I believe there is more info about Ashiok on our site." So the answer is 'yes, players are supposed to do research.' Compare Ashiok to Elspeth. Elspeth shows up on God's Willing at common and Vanquish the foul at uncommon. Ashiok and Xenagos don't have any cards showing them in action. I shouldn't have to read on the website about your signature characters to get a sense of them. Flavor text isn't enough.

Elspeth is the main protagonist of the story. Ashiok is a side character that plays a small role. They aren’t meant to have equal weight in the story.

Flavor God Story / Lore Uncommons Vanquish the Foul

Vanquish vs Smite

Maro, why did you guys decide to put in Vanquish the Foul instead of reprinting Smite the Monstrous? The flavor was perfect, and it was a LOT more useful, as it cost two less, and was an instant instead of a sorcery, plus it was common instead of uncommon, at the tradeoff of scry 1. It also provides a much more usable answer to huge creatures, which so far seems to be rather difficult.

As always I will start by stating that I am not a developer. It’s quite possible Smite the Monstrous was more powerful than the slot they were trying to fill. Remember that each color has to be balanced powerwise which means the most powerful version cannot always be used.

Card Printing Colors Creatures Flavor Instants Mark Rosewater Not a developer Reprints Scry Smite the Monstrous Sorceries Uncommons Vanquish the Foul

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