Unstable Footing makes this redundant.
Posted By:
Nebetsu
(1/16/2012 7:21:25 PM)
I'm prefering Unstable Footing because it's an instant and the damage can't be prevented.
@Dr_Fletchers
If you play this combo, consider 2x Fire Servant + Lightning Bolt for a even more whopping 12 damage :)
Plus another 12 damage for a single mana (Lightning Bolt again), no need to use Reverberate because Reverberate's costs = 2x Lightning Bolt's costs :)
Posted By:
b00neyman
(1/31/2012 11:10:18 PM)
HMMM .... Not bad in the right situations ...Play it with Semblance Anvil ,choise sorcery and it will cost 3 . Play it in a deck with Seething song , and it will be funny . I dont have many standard cards because I stopped buying cards for a while and there is a tournement tomorrow , so i might just use this guy ..( and do a little better than last week with a 2 rounds out of 5 wins , but I used only 1 rare so I was pretty satisfied ...lol.
I used a BAD monored/artifact pauper deck at FnM and won 6 out of 14 matches or 2 out of 5 rounds . It had one rare in it : semblance anvil .
Posted By:
cioskookycards
(3/1/2012 3:54:27 PM)
I really love this card, even though I started out playing MTG hating it and how it seems to be less useful in limited as cards like Fire Servant or Chandra's Spitfire gets cycled out. Funny how I appreciate simple, starter deck cards like this one the more and more experienced I become.
Even without stuff like Reverberate or Fire Servant, however, I find this card to be quite powerful in starter-deck-like decks, even against decks full of almost nothing but rares. Often times, after my hand's empty and all my small creatures like Goblin Arsonist or Furnace Scamp are gone, and my opponent's about to finish me off with his/her Hero of Bladehold, it's often drawing this card that wins me the game. Even though now the new Brimstone Volley has proven quicker than this, I still feel a heartfelt bond with Lava Axe/... (see all)
Posted By:
Binaro
(3/3/2012 6:34:15 PM)
i am going to be blunt here, if you ever cast this card and ONLY do 5 damage with it, your doing it wrong. chandras -2, reverberate, fire servant, furnace of rath, quest for the pure flame, it dosent matter, just boost it.
once, i combinded this with a reverberte, a twincast, a leyline of lightning and a furnace of rath on the field. after it resolved my oppenent took 32 damage to the face.
Posted By:
theoneandonlyjoseph
(3/26/2012 6:04:16 AM)
It's a simple and effective game ender. Especially with Fork or Reverberate. There might be better red burn out there, but this card works well alongside other said burn and will win you games.
Posted By:
Quentil
(4/8/2012 10:20:29 PM)
alternate flavor text:
If you manage to boost this you probably win, if you don't you should stop playing magic
"Catch!" is still beter though
Posted By:
KnexWiz
(4/24/2012 7:28:51 PM)
I like this flavor text better, truth be told. ^_^
Posted By:
Pigfish99
(5/15/2012 8:49:45 PM)
First of all, this is a pretty bad card. Second of all, it really annoys me that they took out the awesome flavor text, not only because it was awesome, but because of the redwoods reference in this one. R&D has stated that they don't like referencing real world, and I completely agree with them (I didn't like Portal: Three Kingdoms). "Redwood" is an unambiguous reference to the Earth, and I feel that they should keep those out of Magic; instead, they could reference a Yavimaya tree. I understand that they don't want to make newbies feel "out of touch" because they don't get old references, but come on, is there really anyone who's going to quit because they don't know what Dominaria is?
Posted By:
Superllama12
(9/9/2012 5:03:15 PM)
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Posted By:
azure_drake222222
(2/2/2013 1:23:38 PM)