I've been trying to figure out how to balance my very wierd 'Vorthos-Spike-Johnny' alignment. Basically I want all my decks to look like movies. Green for epic monsters, White for epic heroes/battes for the end of the world, Black for villains, Blue for 'Xanatos Gambits', Red for Blowing Up The World.
In my quest to try to somehow find cards that do the maximum power of things that also look cool, I decided to look up the Red Cards, and figure out why anyone wouldn't play 20x Lightning Bolt, 20x Fireball, 20x Mountain .dec
The answer is most clearly shown on cards like Hammer of Bogardan or this. Flashback, and a few other powers, are usually not found on the 'Spike' Max Power cards- because they aren't about power plays. they're what you thank R&D for giving you to fall back on AFTER your power play.
If a Kicked Molten Disaster or Multi-kicked Comet Storm is your Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta, then you better have some Flashback in your graveyard like Firebolt, or your tapped out lands b... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/30/2012 10:23:29 AM)
Good Card. Not a great substitute for shock considering its sorcery.
Posted By:
JackP
(7/11/2009 5:36:26 AM)
Blah, it's a sorcery...
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(11/16/2009 10:45:36 AM)
Awful card. No self-respecting red burn spell should be a sorcery unless it deals upwards of 5-6 damage or is named earthquake.
Posted By:
allmighty_abacus
(12/24/2009 9:18:45 PM)
At least the flavor text is amusing.
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(7/19/2009 8:08:30 PM)
Handy card, but it's flashback cost is overpriced. Your better with more burn spells in your deck.
2.5
Posted By:
PaladinOfSunhome
(9/17/2009 6:14:25 AM)
makes a cool combo with spellweaver helix. check it out... otherwise is is a poor substitute for shock. It is not standard either, so that is no fun...
Posted By:
windstonejack
(6/14/2009 3:47:31 PM)
@DarthParallax, the primary reason nobody plays decks of 20 each Fireball, Lightning Bolt, and Mountain is the four-card rule. Though granted that there are a lot of other Fireball-like cards you could use, too.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(10/17/2011 4:41:20 PM)
This is a great card because it is value. Most often, you shouldn't be hitting them with it. You should be hitting their creatures. This card is recurring removal, which is nice. If you care so much about instant speed, here. That is still better than Shock most of the time.
Posted By:
divinewind08
(7/19/2012 7:55:37 PM)
So you're telling me I can have silent departure in red burn? Well that... that's just a wonderful thing.
Posted By:
ToastRecon
(8/2/2012 1:17:15 PM)