Languish Vs. Ritual of Soot
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Posted on April 28, 2021, 6:18 p.m. by Mtg_Mega_Nerds
Hello all. I want to add Liliana, Waker of the Dead to my Grixis Superfriends deck. I have 6 boardwipes, and I think that is too much. I want to take out one to have 5 boardwipes and be able to include liliana. What should I take out, Languish and Ritual of Soot ?
GuruThePlayer says... #3
Languish kills indestructible creatures so my vote is here
April 29, 2021 1:29 a.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #4
I think the majority of meaningful creatures in EDH have 4> toughness--they also mostly sit at the 3ish cmc range, but I think the first stat is more prevalent. My vote is Languish
April 29, 2021 1:40 a.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #5
*As in Languish is the card you should run, over the Ritual. Sorry
April 29, 2021 1:41 a.m.
TriusMalarky says... #6
I actually like Ritual more. The thing is, it's actually rather unlikely that a 4 CMC creature sees play without at least 4 toughness, probably more. And when a creature does dodge Ritual, it's because the opponent is playing a deck that doesn't care about board wipes very much anyways.
But it depends on your meta.
I like it in Modern( and sometimes Pioneer) where it acts as Damnation but slightly worse and doesn't cost $30, especially because there are very few creatures that it doesn't hit, and the ones it doesn't hit don't even die to languish anyways because they're 6/6 titans or a 5 toughness Delve threat(or occasionally an eldrazi).
April 29, 2021 4:15 a.m.
RNR_Gaming says... #7
Meta dependent. They both remove things well but in certain scenarios one out performs the other. In a low to the ground metagame they'll both do well. Languish laughs at cards like Heroic Intervention and Wrap in Vigor ; however it may not be a good match for Doran, the Siege Tower or Arcades, the Strategist - Granted, defender decks are niche but it should be a consideration. Basically, if your meta has a loads of low cmc creatures with high toughness run Ritual and if it's just low to the ground creatures with protection/industructable shenanigans run languish.
psionictemplar says... #2
I would pull a languish between the 2 on the principle of being able to kill larger creatures with Ritual.
April 28, 2021 6:40 p.m.