Path to Exile is a classic piece of removal in Magic: the Gathering that has been largely overshadowed by its older counterpart Swords to Plowshares. Both will be reprinted in the Lord of the Rings: Commander product and in this edition of The Overthinking MTG Podcast, HamHocks42 compares the two and discusses what decks would want one or the other.

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Overthinking MTG is a podcast where our host, HamHocks42, takes a look at a random card from Magic: the Gathering and talks about it for a while. Often, though, he ends up yammering about whatever's on the top of his mind that the card reminds him of and a half hours passes and it turns out all he's done is share his thoughts on recent news related to Commander, Magic: the Gathering Arena, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or humorous anecdotes from his kitchen table jank days.

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Path to Exile
{W}
Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

“Go now, Wormtongue, whither you will. But then, if we ever meet again, I shall not be merciful.”
—Théoden

Swords to Plowshares
{W}
Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms.

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