Thanks to the spree mechanic, you can customize this instant to fit the momentwhether youre blanking creature abilities, protecting a creature with indestructible, or blowing up the entire board
Some of this mechanical dissonance also recently caused a stir among Magic: The Gathering players when Norman Osborn, a human, was given the Goblin creature type simply because his supervillain name is the Green Goblin
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Since the mana generated can only be used for Artifacts, this card was restricted instead of banned
Of course, when what you sacrifice is Lord of Extinction and you have Stalking Vengeance on the battlefield, things get dicey
When a Goblin deck has enough creatures in play, Brightstone Ritual can add lots of red mana at once to cast a single massive spell, like City on Fire, or several cheaper ones