Death Ball

[SInge]

Death Ball
3BBBBB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures in play. They can't be regenerated. Deal X damage to target opponent where X is equal to the total number of creatures destroyed.

[Dunjohn]

Death Ball - 3BBBBB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Death Ball deals damage to target opponent equal to the number of creatures destroyed this way.

I just tidied up the wording to make it easier for me to get my head around.

The mana cost is a little nutty; unnecessarily so, given that this is basically Damnation with some damage attached. Three Bs would be enough to keep other colours out (Cryptic Command notwithstanding, but this effect isn't nearly as enticing to other colours as Cryptic's). The overall cost is too much anyway. I suppose you could set this up as an instant kill with enough token generators out or something, but given that those tokens could probably kill the opponent by themselves, 3BBB'd probably cover it.

It'd still not be worth playing in most decks, but an effect that powerful needs it. Most decks are either looking for the direct damage or the mass kill, but won't want to pay extra for both at the same time. To be honest, there's not really any point in the damage on a spell like this; you're either trying to kill all the creatures, or kill the opponent.

[Rai Kerensky]

I could see this

Death Ball 3 BBB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures on the battlefield. They cannot be regenerated.
Death Ball deals damage to each player equal to the number of creatures they owned that was destroyed this way.

[SInge]

Death Ball 3 BBB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures on the battlefield. They cannot be regenerated.
Death Ball deals damage to each other player equal to the number of creatures they owned plus your own creatures that was destroyed this way.

Player A has 5 creatures in play.

Player B has 11.

Player C has 8.

Deathball resolves and all creatures are destroyed.

Player B takes 11 + 5 for 17 damage.

Player C takes 8 + 5 for 13 damage.

[phoking817]

that seems kinda iffy with me.... i don't know.... i kinda like rai's version, less math to deal with.

[SInge]

Death Ball 3 BBB
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures on the battlefield. They cannot be regenerated.
Death Ball deals damage to each other player equal to the total number of creatures that was destroyed this way