Suddenly, its a 5-mana board wipe that only hits your opponents creatures, making it a much more one-sided move in your favor
Whats worth knowing: Foils often feel different (sometimes thicker, sometimes curlier, sometimes both)
While a common non-foil reprint might be valued at less than a dollar, a highly sought-after, graded foil variant of the same card can command prices ranging from $50 to hundreds, or even thousands for iconic pieces like certain most expensive MTG cards
Whether youre answering a Goblin Guide, a Wrenn and Six, or a Signet, this card is an incredibly efficient and flexible removal spell
Black decks used it to leave you without a hand thanks to cards like Hymn to Torach while they had a full one thanks to Necropotence
After that, we didn't see another actual five-color legendary creature (although there was a lot of five-color support with Fifth Dawn and Genju of the Realms) until Time Spiral nearly four years later with Scion of the Ur-Dragon
