MTG Commander 2015 - Karmic Justice Reprint Review

by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist

Originally printed way back in Odyssey, Karmic Justice is an Enchantment that has seen a good deal of EDH / Commander play. According to EDHREC, it has seen the most play in Hokori, Dust Drinker decks, with Heliod, God of the Sun and Hanna, Ship’s Navigator being second and third. Honestly, it would probably see more play with greater availability. With the reprint in Commander 2015, Karmic Justice will probably drop from its current $7 price tag, and appear in more lists.

Karmic Justice has a strong effect. If one of your noncreature permanents is destroyed by a spell or ability an opponent controls, you get to destroy a target permanent that player controls. That includes lands. Talk about serious retribution for your stuff being destroyed. If someone wipes out all of your enchantments and/or artifacts, you can deal out some serious punishment. And in those rare cases where all lands get destroyed, the payback will be serious. Note that Karmic Justice’s effect does not activate if the permanents in question are exiled - as they aren’t truly destroyed.

This is an excellent reprint. Many of today’s players have never even heard of or seen this card in action. While it will definitely hurt the price of the original Odyssey non-foil version, the $20 Odyssey foil should be a great investment now that more people will want to play this card.

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