Interacting: Removal For Your Deck

Interacting with your opponent is very important being responsive or reactive that's what magic is all about. Learning when to be responsive and when to react is always hard that's why you need to play the right removal.

In this post I want to get out of the way why some removal is bad(situational) and others good(works almost all the time).

Why is Path to Exile good? You know its good because everyone tells you its good but why is better then say Divine verdict.

Well lets look at Path and see why it's good no conditions need to be meet to remove a creature.
It only cost 1 mana.
It's only downside is it gives your opponent a free basic land(not much of a downside).
And it removes Platinum Angel.

Now lets look at Divine Verdict first a condition must be meet.
It cost 4 mana.
Does not remove Platinum Angel.

Why do I say Platinum Angel? Because as you play you realize there are quite few creatures out there that don't have to attack to make your life miserable. And you need to be able remove these creatures to win.

The point is out right removing a creature is always better then disabling it.

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Message: Hi there, my name is Stephen. I will be a regular contributor to Reckless Bear. I have been a regular on the FNM scene since 2001. My focus at an FNM besides winning obviously is to help my fellow player improve and at the same time help myself be a better Magic player. My hopes for this blog are for at the very least 2 weekly columns. The first being a tournament report where I discuss where I went right, where I went wrong and everything else in between. The second being a general strategy and/or advice column primarily geared toward helping newer players improve their play faster than they would by simply going to an FNM and getting their butts whooped. If this blog gains ground, which I hope, I want to also write a mailbag column, where I publish and answer reader questions. I also want a catch phrase something cool like Evan Erwin's. But with that said I hope to have my first tournament report up by Sunday, and my 2nd in the days following. National Qualifiers are just around the corner folks and we need to be prepared. Until next time, I'm Stephen and may your cascade never whiff.

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