New Phyrexia had all those spells that cost 0 mana to play. with the untap clause and the fact that you actually get to cast your spells, I'm beginning to think this guys better than nivmagus elemental
Posted By:
RAV0004
(9/28/2012 4:53:49 PM)
He seemed pretty underwhelming at the prerelease. I expect he'll do better in a casual constructed deck.
Posted By:
ZEvilMustache
(9/29/2012 4:41:51 PM)
could be delver 5-8 if that was your jazz, surprise blocks a 4/4 on the ground with a mutigenic growth. mark my words very powerful one drop. must also look awesome in foil
Posted By:
ARAZord
(9/30/2012 6:37:26 PM)
This card seems very underwhelming at first glance, but it plays much better than it looks on paper. I managed to pick up 4 during the prerelease and they're a staple of my Izzet deck.
It has great synergy with a more red style Izzet, attack with it and lay some hate down to kill potential blockers, buffing it up and untapping it to block. Later in the game it gets up to a 2/2 or 3/3 almost constantly. It's even better with multiples out.
It's power lies in that it's weird. It's almost completely unpredictable because of the untap clause. My friend who plays Azorius detains these guys over my bigger creatures because of it. Could it have afforded to be +2/+2 instead of just +1/+1? Yeah, sure. But for now it's still a weirdly (haha) good card.
Great flavor. Great art. Great card. 5/5
Posted By:
Unfortunately
(9/30/2012 7:57:48 PM)
Casual question, would this creatures untap ability trigger for the cast copies of spells made by dual casting when they resolve?
For example, say I had this creature enchanted with dual casting and played Pyretic Ritual then copied it with dual casting's ability, could I use the mana generated from the ritual to copy the second ritual and keep untapping? because infinite mana and an infinite/infinite creature turn three would be downright terrifying but something tells me theres some technicality or rule preventing that, has anyone else thought of this?
Posted By:
Rasher
(10/8/2012 3:44:49 PM)
@Rasher Unfortunately, (or perhaps fortunately), spell-copying effects like dual casting don't count as "casting" a copy for the purposes of abilities like Blistercoil Weird's (or Guttersnipe's).
Posted By:
Otterbee
(10/10/2012 4:22:15 PM)
Wow. This is the worst card in this cycle and it's still pretty good. Teleportal him for maximum awesome. 4/5
@Lord_Of_Gelectrodes: Sorry man, but the other four have this guy beat. Dryad Militant is great flashback hate and is a 2/1 to boot. Rakdos Cackler is pretty much always a 2/2 with just a minor drawback (not blocking never hurt Gravecrawler). Judge's Familiar is a 1/1 flyer and a limited Force Spike/Mana Tithe in one. Slitherhead is pretty much a two-in-one card thanks to the free scavenge. As for Blistercoil Weird, his effect is really cool, but if you don't have any instants or sorceries in your hand, he's just a 1/1. Sure, Slitherhead (the second-worst in the cycle) doesn't get anything cool on the battlefield, but at least he's a free counter or two (or four) later on down the road. This guy is a decent uncommon, but compared to the other four, he comes out in last.
Posted By:
Continue
(11/13/2012 4:12:16 PM)
Another creature to throw in your Kiln Fiend deck. The untap is nice if you're in desperate need of a blocker.
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(11/24/2012 1:37:12 PM)
I feel this card deserves higher than a 3.3...
This is typically how my mono R burn/creature deck goes in a 3 person FFA
T1: mountain, blistercoil weird
T2:mountain, pyretic ritual, kiln fiend, lightening bolt, swing with blistercoil (6 damage to one player)
T3:mountain, searing blaze, assault strobe kiln fiend (20 dmg to 2nd player)
and now I can go back to finishing off the other player!
I think he fits very nicely in my mana curve, and gives a temporary substitute until I can get a kiln fiend or Charmbreaker Devils out (provided I have one in hand)
Alternatively, we have this
T1: mountain, blistercoil weird
T2: mountain, pyretic ritual, assault strobe, brute force, lightening bolt for 19 damage!
Or, if you didnt have a pyretic ritual in hand:
T1, mountain, blistercoil weird
T2, mountain, brute force, assault strobe ( or lightening bolt), still 9-12 dmg on turn 2!
He gives very nice tempo to a burn deck is all I'm saying
Posted By:
Zethe
(1/3/2013 12:41:12 PM)
Kryptnyt, this guy could actually sing the real words to that song. Because he is blue, after all.
Posted By:
Totema
(1/19/2013 1:22:24 AM)