Where are the Planar Voids???

[c hurrle]

I often wonder why we see so few Planar Voids when they have such a tremendous impact on the current metagame. Tog variant decks, Dragon, Welder variant decks and any of the many Wasteland/Strip Mine/Crucible decks are greatly impacted by this one-mana ENCHANTMENT. I capitalized the last word in the last sentence because many who use Oxidize, Rack and Ruin or other artifact-specific answers have no way to deal with it. Why hasn't anyone tried building a deck that utilizes this card as the extremely flexible answer it is???

[MIZEnhauer]

i would say that there are few planar voids because ground seal is jusrt as good if not better

[Jacob Orlove]

Planar Void does nothing to help you win, and it doesn't actually stop decks like dragon or cards like welder. Pure hosers need to be a lot better than the void to be playable.

[c hurrle]

Ground Seal is as good as Void (actually better since you draw a card) IF you are in green. About half of the decks that come to mind that play with green are hurt by playing Ground Seal, though. Stompy and Madness are the exceptions I can think of.

As for Dragon and Welder not getting shut down by Planar Void, I disagree unless you are making the argument that cards that are already in the yard can be targeted. That's valid unless you go first and play a Planar Void.

At any rate, the Void is an option that is underexplored in Black...

[Jacob Orlove]

You can respond to void's trigger by activating goblin welder or targeting the dragon with necromancy (on the void controller's turn). So, it doesn't actually stop those cards, it just makes things a little tougher for them.

[c hurrle]

You're right. I forgot that the Void's ability is triggered rather than static. JO has answered my question as to why we aren't seeing this card. Nothing to see here, people; move on.  

[Matt]

Oracle wording:

Whenever a card is put into a graveyard, remove that card from the game.

It starts with 'whenever', so it is a triggered ability.