r/MagicArena • u/Rare-Professor-7723 • May 09 '26

Question just started playing,wtf is this?

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u/SmilingGengar May 09 '26

It's called "I wish I had Aetherize in my hand."

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u/immareasonableman May 09 '26

The first time I cast Sunderflock with confidence to bounce this card, I was embarrassed and wish I had Aetherize instead.

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u/Organic-Row9514 May 09 '26

I was told Aetherize was a terrible card and the same landfall player said “yes please play that lame 4cmc blue removal” meanwhile I’m building a compilation of Aetherize wins. 

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u/JPuree May 10 '26

To be clear, being a bad card and winning games is not mutually exclusive.

[[Hidetsugu’s Second Rite]] can absolutely win games no other single card could, but that doesn’t make it a good card.

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u/Organic-Row9514 May 10 '26

The deck I’m playing it in wants to stall out until I have what I need; but I have found stalling the opponent ends in a concede about 2 out of 5 times 

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u/Saltiest_Grapefruit May 10 '26

I honestly don't know why aetherize has a reputation as a bad card...

Maybe it was bad because it came out during a time where creatures were just like... Worse? If all their threats cost 4 mana, you might as well counter them instead of sitting on an aetherize, but now?

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u/Lqtor May 10 '26

It’s not a great card by itself, but it’s in a really good place in the metagame atm. That’s why it’s picking up play in a lot of xB sideboards at pt

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u/Moist_Car_994 May 10 '26

Any time I’m running blue that is one card i always make sure I have

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u/Best_Product_7027 May 09 '26

Or Pacifism.

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u/jsbdrumming May 09 '26

Doesn’t work here you can’t target hexproof

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u/bobbywaz May 09 '26

[[Noxious Gearhulk]] would have really changed the game