ITT: borderline broken shit

>>46575150
anon you have literally all the makings of an aggro babby. i bet you think cancel or counterspell is overpowered as well.

>>46575150
I really don't think Lightning Helix is particularly overpowered. I mean, it's good. Great even, but it's not even run in every burn variant.

Lightning bolt.

Lightning helix is a close second, but the R/W mana requirement severely limits the amount of decks that can use it.

Anything that uses any of my opponents as long as he wins

>>46575150
It's shit, that 3lifegain might as well not even be there and having to pay W for it makes it a pain in the ass

>>46575150
>Broken cards
Anything that helps my opponent win
>Balanced cards
Anything that helps me win

>>46575191
>herp derp

Cancel only exists because Counterspell IS overpowered

>>46575150
>itt cards i don't like buhu

>>46577739
Cancel exists because Wizards is slowly and/or not so slowly watering down the power level of magic. We've gone from Counterspell to Cancel (and all its variants) to the abominations of counterspells released in SOI. They're an embarrassment.

As for actually broken cards, I'd vote for Desacration Demon. A 6/6 in the air for 2BB? What were they thinking?

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It's even more broken now that mana burn doesn't exist.

>>46575150
>Lightning Helix
>broken

It's fairly underpowered compared to most similar spells. Lightning Bolt is 3 for R. Shock is 2 for R. Incinerate is 3 + no regen for 1R. And there are many other variants. The only reason I would run Lightning Helix in a RW deck is for novelty, or if I don't have the other options for some reason. Requiring the extra colored mana (and being RW, rather than RR or something similar) is actually more restrictive than you might imagine.

>>46580040
>Actually broken cards
Literally the power nine.
Channel.
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Tolarian Academy
Time Walk
Prime Time
Balance
Biorhythm
Sundering Titan
And I'm sure there's more that I'm missing.

>>46580040
>watering down the power level of magic

breh have you seen some of the fatties in older sets?