Players facing a blue deck can no longer skip asking permission when their opponent is all tapped out – at least not when the opponent has a hand of two cards or more and a life total of two or more. There is a clear divide between Magic before and after the printing of this card. May the Force of Will Be with Youįew cards have affected the way Magic is played as much as Force of Will. Among the set’s 144 cards was a cycle which was to become known as the "pitch cards" due to their alternate casting cost, making them castable without mana by exiling a card – and in some cases, as with Force of Will, paying one life. This all changed in the Summer of 1996 with the release of Alliances (June 1996), the eighth Magic expansion. When the blue player has tapped out, there's no longer a reason to ask for permission, since no mana meant no ability to counter. In the first couple of years of the game’s existence, permission simply had to be asked if the blue player had left enough mana untapped to be able to cast, for example, Counterspell, Spell Blast, Power Sink, or Force Spike. All You Have to Do Is AskĬounterspells are also known as permission spells because they make players sitting across anyone playing a blue deck ask "if it is okay" every time they cast a spell.
Being the first counterspell able to be cast without paying any mana, Force of Will forever changed the landscape of the game.
And among the counterspells, few come close to the power level of Force of Will. Part of what makes blue the most loved and hated color throughout Magic: The Gathering history is its ability to counter spells.
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