Utility cards rarely generate that much excitement. When Terminate was reprinted, but there is not much to say about it, it will be the same with Smother.
People cannot form a combo around Smoother, and it is not likely to be able to create any new deck. Jund already has Terminate and Maelstrom Pulse which are better, so Smoother is likely to replace those two cards.
Hence, Smoother will probably go into Vampires deck, by replacing Disfigure. However, their performance is not that good right now. Furthermore, Smother unfortunately does not touch the current two very popular creatures:
- Baneslayer Angel
- Bloodbraid Elf
Path to Exile takes out almost anything, short of Malakir Bloodwitch and Sphinx of Jwar Isle, while Terminate is much better than Smother if you can afford the red splash and Maelstrom Pulse takes out not only Baneslayer Angel, but also planeswalkers if you can splash green.
Smother's usefulness has been pretty established, being able to take out Goblin Welder, Psychatog, and Tarmogoyf. It is a quality removal but only in the right environment and against the right threats.
Smother is highly splashable, however, Smother does not really spur discussion on any viable archetypes not being played in Standard right now as tier one deck. Hence, Smoother is not going to be as popular.
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