The "Destroy Magic" Spell

[CookieMagic]

Can someone explain the usefulness of this thing? LOL I assume you want to do this on your turn when you know someone is about to fight Eagle King/Lord of Darkness .etc. and they seemed to need magic objects/spells to win.

Another scenario I could think of is preventing someone from moving to the Valley of Fire by negating the Talisman magic? (is this correct or Im crazy)

Anyway, beside these niche situations did you guys use this spell to any good degree?

[vidal22]

it doesn't prevent th talisman from allowing you to enter the valley of fire but it does prevent the casting of the crown of command spell. But the other reasons you mentioned are what i sometimes use it for, but mainy-it is just a spell i cycle at the end of my turn if i am a spell caster

[cheshirecatgirl]

It also prevents a player to use the Arnkell.
So if he/she already entered through the portal, they have to step back out and try again next turn.

[CookieMagic]

Ah The Arnkell point is good!

[Marik]

If someone has a stuffed bag of holding and nothing else, it'll force them to ditch a bunch of stuff. Same with other magic containers. It also allows you to take stuff that was in the bag.

Lugh's cloak and Nuadu's torc require 5 of craft/strength, so you can force someone to ditch them if they only have 5 craft/strength because of a magic object. You can also use it when someone has a dragon bracelet or a +1 flail or any magic item that strengthens them to beat them and take their items. If you have followers that enable you to get onto someone to win that fight for you, it can be very good.

It's just clunky due to only being able to use it at the start/end of your turn. So you need followers/destinies that enable its usefulness if you want to use it in a bout of combat. Though you can always use the ferry or Clear Path to get onto someone anyway.

The big things that prevent Destroy Magic from being used in practice is that, if you have it, you either have spellcasting or you got it at the start of the game. So you're likely going to cycle/sell the spell before it becomes useful, or in the latter case, you're in a situation where you're better off keeping it to protect against Grilipus dragon rage. So you need to randomly get it at the right time in order for it to be usable.

[vidal22]

Ah, yes, i forgot about that=i have used it before to steal the bag of holding from someone who had it and i knew i was gonna land on them the next turn-i had totally forgotten about that