Winnowing
Mana Cost:
Type: Sorcery
Oracle Text:
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
For each player, you choose a creature that player controls. Then each player sacrifices all other creatures they control that don't share a creature type with the chosen creature they control.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price ( USD): $0.39
USD: $0.39 · EUR: €0.29
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Character Background
Winnowing reads like a white, ceremonial judgment that selects one species to remain while culling the rest—a sorcery that trims boards down to a single tribe per player. It best supports tribal and midrange/value strategies, acting as a tempo-accelerating board-control play that converts creature parity into advantage by leaving your chosen tribe intact and decimating diverse opposing boards. Convoke makes it especially potent in token or go-wide decks: tap swarms to help pay it and preserve only those of your tribe. Deckbuilding tip: build around a single robust tribe with lords and anthem effects so Winnowing clears opponents but leaves you with a powered-up army; include cheap creatures to convoke and answers for changelings or type-changing effects, which can nullify the card. In multiplayer it's also a political tool—pick the weakest opposing tribe to neuter the table. Be mindful of single massive nontribal threats and have targeted removal or sideboard options ready.
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