"Bane of Progress:Gobbling Opponent Advantage "

"Bane of Progress:Gobbling Opponent Advantage "

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

What I love about things is when they give so much value  , more value than you could ever have hoped for. For my constant readers it is no surprise that I love blowing things up and have tried it in almost all the colors but the best colors to blow things up with would be Red and Green. Green seems to have been blessed with a lot of this nowadays so when I was reading the spoiler for Commander 2013 one of the first things that caught my eye was Bane of Progress.

At the cost of 6 mana and starting stat of 2/2 it may not look that impressive however when you consider its come into play ability you might want to give it a second look.

Now in EDH games players normally try to insidiously gain advantage from their rivals. A mana rock acceleration here  , a little enchantment that lets you draw more cards, a Sensei's Divining top here. Like I said before you notice it those little things begin to pile up and those little advantages become one massive advantage and it won't be long before your friend sitting across the table starts churning up infinite combos and win the game or it could be the other guy. All because we are used to dealing with big threats but not the little threats that are piling up all around us. EDH is such a treacherous game. You might lose the game if you are not paying enough attention to the little harmless trinkets that are being dangled in front of you. Well , Bane of Progress is the greatest answer to all of these little baubles and more.

When it comes into play it looks at all the artifacts and enchantments and sneers at them before gobbling everything up to make itself stronger. Yup. It will all of these things and more. Ever faced Sharuum? That Sphinx is an Artifact , Bane of Progress makes lunch of it.Thank of all the time a Souped up Mono Colored EDH deck with a Caged Sun or Extraplanar lens has defeated and you smile because if they ever try anything like that again you know that opponents would end up with a big pile of nothing and you would end up with a humongous Elemental that could hit them in the face. 

So it would not be much of a stretch to see the Bane of Progress grow to Epic proportions. All you need to count is the number of Rocks(mana acceleration) and Enchantments in play. Now imagine the look on your friends faces when this resolves unopposed. Priceless.

Keep on brewing. Keep on Playing.