A replacement for Path in Modern
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Posted on March 30, 2016, 10:01 p.m. by Atony1400
A card to replace Path to Exile in modern, but in black:
Pull into the Dephs 
Instant
Destroy target creature.
If that creature entered the battlefield from the graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
You lose 4 life
What do you think? Is 6 life to much or too little? Is the card too weak or too strong? Do you think it could replace Path? Let me know below!
I agree that 6 seems like a lot I would much rather it be 3 life but the thing is that this could never replace path. The fact that path exiles is very very important.
March 30, 2016 10:31 p.m.
AwesomeName says... #4
Yeah, I feel that 3 or 4 life is where you want to be at.
March 30, 2016 10:38 p.m.
Don't forget that Ulcerate is also in the format and sees zero play.
March 31, 2016 12:28 a.m.
MMM..... I'd consider playing this card as a 1-of. It doesn't replace path because exile is just so important and because most decks don't mind giving them another land, whereas 4 life is sizeable, especially if you're also running fetches/shocks/thoughtseize/dismember etc.
I mean what you've basically designed is Dismember that destroys instead of gives -5/-5. It's decent but 4 life is definitely something..... I'd play it as a 1-of.
March 31, 2016 8:38 a.m.
VampireArmy says... #10
Keeping track of whether a creature entered from the yard would be quite taxing and cause many more problems than it fixes. I advise adding "this turn" to that clause.
March 31, 2016 8:49 a.m.
If that creature entered the battlefield from the graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
March 31, 2016 8:50 a.m.
The reasons Dismember is a better card:- You can scale down the life cost if you have mana.- The base mana is colorless.- The effect will get past indestructible as creatures with zero or negative toughness are moved to the graveyard as a state based action.
If you want to improve that, I would improve the card's flexibility. Something like this;
"Put target nonland permanent in it's owner's graveyard. You lose life equal to it's converted mana cost and its controller draws a card."
March 31, 2016 10:14 a.m.
Ledfeelcrank says... #13
I think that this card should be a slight improvement on path since black is supposed to be the king of creature removal. As it is now it seems worse. To be better I think it has to be a 1 cmc instant that removes a creature no-questions-asked with an almost laughable draw back. Imagine Tragic Slip but with more control over getting the -13/-13 than morbid gives you.
AwesomeName says... #2
I'd much rather play Dismember than this card. Can be played in any deck, only makes you lose up to 4 life, and kills indestructible creatures. The loss of 6 life on your card is definitely waaaay too high.
This is nowhere near the level of path. It makes you lose more than a quarter of your starting life total, just so you can destroy one creature? Path exiles, and has a small drawback.
March 30, 2016 10:27 p.m. Edited.