[SCD] Virtue's Ruin in storm combo SB

[Pulp_Fiction]

For those who don't know Virtue's Ruin is: 2B, Sorcery, Destroy all white creatures. I have been running it on and off for a little bit of time but it has never proved to be useful but I still see certain situations where it would be very useful. Against multiple hate cards like Teeg, Canonist, Meddling Mage, and possibly even Pridemage can make things a little unpleasant on occassion. Usually I just Slaughter Pact of Chain the problem away and win, but I still see situations where this could be very, very good. Massacre is NOT better since it won't remove Teeg.

Is it worthy of a SB slot? Clearly it isn't needed in TES, but decks like DDFT and ANT could potentially use it. What are the combo player's thoughts on this card?

[Valtrix]

Eh. If you're worried about it, deathmark is probably just better. They likely won't have multiple hate bears and you don't need to get up to 3 mana for it. If you're worried about multiples then I guess this could work.

I guess the real question is this: How many times are multiple hate bears relevant?

EDIT: If you're worried about people playing multiples of the same creature, there's echoing decay for :1::b: which gives -2/-2 to a creature and all creatures who share a name with that creature...At instant speed too. Or you could just go for infest too, and have it be useful against other aggro.

[Tacosnape]

While I admit I don't know the exact manabase capacities of every deck in this field, specifically their capabilities of getting double black out of three mana reliably (Though I assume with all the rituals that this is ridiculously high), wouldn't Infest be a better choice to fill that role, given that it kills every card you listed plus it randomly being useful in other rare situations?

(EDIT: Run-on sentences ftw)

Granted, it's nowhere near as cool as Virtue's Ruin, but what is?

[DrJones]

I think Virtue's Ruin is cool, but Massacre is usually more useful overall. I do prefer Nature's Ruin, though, or the slighty better (if you don't run green regenerators) Perish.

I even played reign of terror once. It wasn't too bad, but now is too slow for today standards.