Toxic Deluge: Pay to Purge
Toxic Deluge is a practical board reset that asks for a price in life rather than mana. The card name appears on the stack as a sorcery that scales with X. As an experienced commander player you will recognize the flexibility. Pay life to set X then watch creatures lose X power and X toughness until end of turn. That makes it a clean reactive answer to wide token boards and troublesome creature combos.
This printing keeps the original calculus intact. Toxic Deluge works well as the endgame sweep in a control shell or as a catch tool when opponents overcommit. The life payment forces tough choices and rewards careful timing. Because the effect affects all creatures it bypasses protection that targets would not. Use it after combat or in response to an opponent trying to rebuild a board state.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{B}
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Card Type – Sorcery
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Subtypes –
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
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Power / Toughness –
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Loyalty –