Probably the strangest card I've seen in a while. A big, hasty creature without trample, but recurs as a Ball Lightning.
I can get behind that.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(4/3/2012 10:51:15 PM)
I like it. It improves on Ball Lightning's original Design, by making it a lot higher CMC, meaning it's not quite so terrifying to race (2 turns is a lot in Red), but with the added benefit of dealing roughly double damage, which is to say that Timmy cards are more fun than Spike cards USUALLY.
Inferno Titan might be a little better, but when you are thinking of making a Red 'mana=damage' deck, and going for elemental creatures that sacrifice themselves and stuff to cram as much fire-and-lightning based artwork as possible, Thunderblust still very nice.
If you have Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning, I would suggest substituting Hammer of Bogardan with this as they have close CMC's and similar 'return' effects.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(2/22/2012 3:02:05 PM)
What?
THUNDERBLUST is evolving!
THUNDERBLUST evolved into BALL LIGHTNING!
Posted By:
RunedServitor
(9/2/2012 10:12:50 AM)
My friend uses this with the card "where ancients tread".. No ones mentioned this combo at all... He deals you 5 at least from the enchant, plus 7 if you dont block, 10 if you do block cus hes very likely to reenter the battlefield.
Posted By:
kriskoman
(10/4/2012 4:55:15 PM)
I love the fact that it comes back as a Ball Lightning. Interesting use of the persist mechanic!
Posted By:
Equinox523
(4/30/2009 12:50:04 PM)
Very interesting card. Well designed.
Posted By:
Kryplixx
(10/18/2009 2:38:00 PM)
This card is really fantastic, it has all the power of a ball lightning, can come back once, and gains trample when it does. One could easily see how smacking a giant growth on it or a colossal might would be pretty devastating. It combos nicely with cards like where ancients tread too, comes into play does immediate 5, attacks for 7, and if it dies it does another 5 when it renters play and leaves you with a 6/1. It can also combo with mayael's aria, quillspike, or fate transfer, allowing you to cancel out or move its negative counters to other creatures so it can persist indefinitley. Horde of notions will play it from the graveyard. That's about as much as you can ask for at only 5 cmc.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(11/27/2009 4:30:22 PM)
That's 5 mana for 13 damage. Which is fantastic. It'll probably end up wrecking a creature on the first run, because no one wants to take 7 damage to the face. On the second run, it might take out a second creature, and almost certainly deal some trample damage. That's what we in the biz call card advantage.
Also, the art is wicked. 4.5/5.
Posted By:
Zulp
(4/25/2010 8:14:30 PM)
Good. GOD.
Posted By:
Ragamander
(6/19/2010 11:52:37 PM)
@kryptnyt: On second thought, that WOULD work - if you gave them first strike.
Also? This guy's awesome.
@exodus: Actually, a blunderbuss is a type of gun.
Posted By:
littlebeast
(2/1/2011 10:11:18 PM)