CestinShaman wrote:
That's one thing about MTG that is bugging me. Of course, over time all the numbers are going to get higher, and effects are going to become more and more devastating. It just seems like it's all going too fast, you know? Drawing 4 when you play Kozilek, that's cool. But Annihilator 4? That's just too much. And the other effect is a little overboard too, I think.
Keep in mind that he
does take 12 to cast.
Yes, it's kind of ridiculous - but when you're putting something like that out, you
are basically saying "either you have an answer right now, or you lose in a few turns". You would be even if it were something else that
doesn't take out four things a turn even if it gets chump-blocked. (Say, going back to Ice Age, Polar Kraken.)
Really, power creep hasn't been
that prominent at the top end. Most of it has occurred at the bottom end - where you'd be spending one mana for a 1/1, now that same one mana gets you (usually) a 2/1, a 1/2, or even occasionally a 2/2. Two mana gets you, instead of a 2/2, a 3/3 (or right in that range).