Good to know that if Safe Passage and Angelsong see more play, red will have an answer. Too bad it can't target creatures or it would have made it into maindeck in aggro decks having problem with baneslayer.
Posted By:
BelloAbril
(1/3/2010 10:05:50 PM)
I need this card for my Uril the Miststalker deck. Nothing quite as annoying as getting beat by Fog...
Posted By:
One_Winged_Angel
(9/7/2010 1:51:15 PM)
great in mono red burn. nothing worse than triggering your quest for pure flame, attacking with your 7/1 from zektar shrine, and casting a lightning bolt, only to have them use safe passage =/. now for 1 mana you can make sure your damage gets through, or 5 for instant speed non-preventable lava axe on its own.
Posted By:
Grimn777
(9/30/2009 7:45:32 PM)
This card can kill Progenitus if its controller uses it to block a creature with 10 power!
Note: Damage is prevented when you have protection from something and that something deals damage to you (rule 702.14e).
Posted By:
nammertime
(12/29/2009 10:36:51 AM)
A good card, not quite properly balanced for kicker, but very very good. According to the old kicker standard (ie, get a slightly worse version of one spell unkicked, and a slightly worse version of a better spell kicked), the kicked price should be along the lines of (4). But it's still fairly balanced.
and @esperlord, creatures with protection can't be blocked, but they can block other creatures, its just that those creatures have their combat damage negated. so if Progentius blocks a toughness 10 creature, and the damage is made unblockable, it SHOULD deal lethal damage.
Posted By:
f_fivefiftyseven
(2/22/2010 6:05:12 PM)
You have no reason to run Lava Axe over this.
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(2/1/2011 2:39:31 PM)
turn 1 - mountain
turn 2 - mountain Kiln Fiend
turn 3 - mountain Lighting Bolt a creature if they have one out, Assault Strobe, Unstable footing unkicked.
swing for 20 damage total, even if they played fog it wouldn't matter because of Unstable footing
Posted By:
Boakes2047
(5/12/2011 5:51:48 PM)
Unstable Footing is strictly worse than Lava Axe. Lava Axe has the super secret HiddenOracle text- 'when you cast this spell, throw something at your opponent and say 'catch'. If they spend their priority catching what you threw at them, they cannot respond to Lava Axe. If they do not respond to the thrown object, then it will hit them in the face, interrupting their attempt to counter Lava Axe.'
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/20/2011 9:28:48 PM)
lava axe still has its strengths, not costing extra mana from chandra ablaze's ultimate for one.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(4/20/2011 3:43:38 AM)
@nammertime: Progenitus cannot be blocked. Unstable Footing only turns off the damage prevention portion of protection abilities, not all abilities.
Posted By:
esperlord987
(2/2/2010 8:15:18 AM)