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Balancing Act

{2}{W}{W}

Sorcery

Odyssey

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Each player chooses a number of permanents they control equal to the number of permanents controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Each player discards cards the same way.

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Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

{15}

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

Rise of the Eldrazi

Read rules for Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
This spell can't be countered. When you cast this spell, take an extra turn after this one. Flying, protection from spells that are one or more colors, annihilator 6 When Emrakul is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.

15/15

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Hellcarver Demon

{3}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Rise of the Eldrazi

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Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice all other permanents you control and discard your hand. Exile the top six cards of your library. You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

6/6

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Date Posted: Sun Apr/07/13 at 1:25 pm

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

The hard part is getting the demon to connect for combat damage. When his ability goes on the stack, cast Insidious Dreams to pitch the hand you are going to lose anyway and set up the top of your deck with Emrakul and Balancing Act.

Cast them for the Hellcarver's ability, Emrakul, THEN Balancing Act. The balancing act will resolve first, forcing them to sacrifice down to one permanent, like you have, as well as discarding their entire hand. Then Emrakul will enter, give you your free turn, and unless you are incompetent or sickeningly unlucky, the game. Your opponent should never be able to break Emrakul with an empty hand and no permanents on the field.
Date Posted: Sun Apr/07/13 at 1:59pm

Draco_lich
Posts: 1073
Joined: 07-May-10

isnt it easier to do balance with emrakul, and ashnods altar and zuran orb?

sacrifice a lot of creatures (8 creatures is enough with ashonds altar) to cast emrakul, cast balance as your last card in hand... use zuran orb as balance is on the stack to remove all lands from play
Date Posted: Sun Apr/07/13 at 9:08pm

Atogatog
Posts: 125
Joined: 20-Apr-11

Have to say that draco is right since Balancing act is a sorcery and can't be played in response to the demons ability
Date Posted: Sun Apr/07/13 at 10:41pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

since you are casting balancing act as a result of hell carvers ability you get to ignore the sorcery timing restriction.
frankly i fail to see how 4 cards plus 8 additional creatures is easier than 2 cards




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