The art is awesome, especially compared to previous printings of this card. The flavor text is a little cheesy, but oh well. I like the old, cheap counters, though I can understand why they've been ramping up the mana costs.
Posted By:
Notoriety
(8/12/2010 8:12:05 PM)
At least mana leak is reprinted in standard. I my self have 4 counterspells and would rather use those but at least there is mana leak now. By the way, these counterspells are like $4 on Starcity. Luckily I have 3 from duel decks.
Posted By:
murder100
(8/17/2010 10:55:47 AM)
With the acceleration of the MtG arms race among different types/colors of cards, this is bound to get reprinted.
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(9/6/2010 4:57:55 PM)
Probably the best card ever to be "strictly worse" than another card, Mana Drain.
Unless someone Mindslavers you and you have a Blaze in hand. Very good chance of that happening, right?
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(11/1/2010 12:38:22 PM)
"question? If I commandeered a counterspell, could I change the target of the counterspell to itself?"
counterspell cannot target itself. however, if you're just trying to use commandeer to stop someone's counterspell, you can have the counterspell target your commandeer instead. This same trick works with Misdirection, Ricochet Trap, and similar cards
Posted By:
TimeBecomes
(11/10/2010 6:29:18 PM)
@ClockworkSwordfish: There's always something to imagine. When my spell gets countered, I like to picture myself in sorcerous robes, my arms raised above my head, as a portal to another world opens above me. You see a looming shadow within the portal, coming closer. My opponent quickly shoots a bolt of energy at the portal, and it begins to close. The monster within quickens his pace, running to escape before his universe is closed to this one. Just as he reaches the edge of our world, the portal shuts, and the last thing you see is a single, bloodshot eye glaring as its chance to wreak havoc disappears.
I think wizards had this idea of powerful mages doing battle across the universes, and if you try to incorporate that into your thinking as you play the game, you'll have more fun. I know I do :)
Posted By:
Faildini
(12/15/2010 1:39:17 PM)
Wow, flavor text and art are both AWESOME
Posted By:
Trizeam
(2/11/2011 6:48:39 PM)
artwork is freeesh, plus it balances out those equally annoying mono black instants such as DOOM BLADE!, which i have to shout every time i cast it....
Posted By:
sly92
(2/12/2011 9:38:32 PM)
@supershawn
Uh, no, this card comes from the Jace and Chandra Duel Decks. Chandra is the pyromancer mentioned in the flavor text. (You'll also notice the flavor text says "her", while Prodigal Pyromancer is a he)
Posted By:
Veritus7
(3/10/2011 4:38:44 PM)
art and flavor text are both awesome
Posted By:
mdakw576
(1/2/2010 2:37:09 AM)