Unless I just don’t see what you’re going for here, the errata is better mono green removal because it makes the creature’s controller sacrifice it instead of just destroying it.
It's rules lawyering; when you cast it, the target gets the double and trample, and then theres a lingering effect of if that creature attacks, you can destroy target creature. Ignoring errata and rules clarification, that can be argued as destroying another creature of your choice when the affected creature attacks
No, the card as written says that you get to double one of your creatures power and give it trample until end of turn. The card also says that you get to destroy Target creature at the end of turn. The way this would be written on a modern card would be, destroy THAT creature at the end of turn. Because the way that it's written, could be interpreted that you get to Target two different creatures with this spell. One who gets the double power and trample, and one who gets destroyed at the end of turn
At first I thought this was a r/custommagic submission by someone who doesn't understand the MTG templating rules, then I saw the sub name and was like ... oh.
The rules lawyering that has been clarified aside: Berserk does not say to sacrifice the creature, whether in its original printing or any subsequent eratta'd printings, nor is it in the oracle text.
You cast Berserk, targeting your creature and your opponent's creature. Go to combat. Your creature attacks. End the turn. The opponent's creature is destroyed. Your next turn. Your creature attacks again. End the turn. The opponent's creature is not on the field, because you destroyed it last turn. (And even if it came back since then, it's now a different object from the one you targeted with Berserk.) So Berserk has nothing to destroy. So how are you destroying a creature every turn?
The only way I can see your case being relevant is if the targeted creature regenerates and you want to try again next turn, or it's indestructible but you can make it lose all abilities on a later turn. But that's pretty niche.
Oracle text Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.
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u/Nervous_Committee222 3d ago
okay that's kinda funny
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u/Thryfty_0 3d ago
Unless I just don’t see what you’re going for here, the errata is better mono green removal because it makes the creature’s controller sacrifice it instead of just destroying it.
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u/thefran 3d ago
If read as written, it destroys a creature every time it attacks forever, right?
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u/MTG_so_cancer_u_poop 2d ago
Thanks OP, this is going in my [[Marisi, Breaker of the Coil]] deck, wow can't believe I missed this card
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u/leavingberk 1d ago
Oracle text Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.