In addition to be a strictly better Fog, this is incredibly flavorful to me. You sly fox you, avoiding all that damage. Of course, a bit of fire might change that...
Posted By:
WokeUpDead
(6/13/2011 9:51:37 PM)
Alliances wasn't crappy. . .
Posted By:
kajillion
(7/1/2011 1:48:34 AM)
This is strictly better than Fog, but in practice... I have a red/green deck that has one of these in it (I only have one), and I've used it many times, but I've literally never once had an opportunity to make use of the "kicker". Invariably, either I don't have enough mana to do it, or I don't have red creatures to block with at that moment, or the red creatures I do have are all too small to kill anything they're blocking anyway.
Still, it makes no sense for it to be rated lower than Fog. It can't hurt to have the option, after all.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(6/27/2011 6:52:36 PM)
Since this both predated and inspired kicker as a mechanic, I think we can call this the prekick.
...the kicker kickoff?
... the kickstarter?
... ok fine. We'll stick with kickass. :)
Posted By:
Salient
(2/11/2013 11:22:49 AM)
@Dr_Draco: I know, but it's from before kickers. That being said, they did go back and reword all of the domain cards...
Also, mad love for a strictly better fog.
Posted By:
Ideatog
(10/19/2009 11:33:02 PM)
With how heavy Zendikar is on kicker, I wouldn't be surprised to hear they avoided specifically giving it kicker because there'll be cards that get a nasty boost whenever you kick something. Possibly.
Posted By:
BrilliantIdiot
(11/20/2009 12:23:49 AM)
Cool kicker-class card, obviously strong in a Green/Red combo deck.
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(12/29/2009 3:46:17 AM)
Proto-kicker!
Posted By:
Test-Subject_217601
(9/11/2010 1:32:12 PM)
Rating system makes no sense. This is rated lower than Fog when it's strictly better. Same for Essence Filter vs. Tranquility. Seems like people just rate popular cards higher and rate cards lower just for being from crappy expansions.
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(4/28/2010 11:41:02 AM)
I like this card. It's a very unusual design. Clearly seated in green, but with a red twist on it. But I would think that, if they had to redesign this card for a modern set, they would change "red creatures" to "creatures you control." You already had to spend red mana to activate the ability, it would make sense that you probably had red creatures or red/green creatures and so on in your deck.
But this card should not have kicker. It was not originally printed with kicker, and there are cards that interact with kicker. So giving it kicker would change the functionality of the spell.. then again, Wizards has changed other things, like creature types, in the past, and those changes altered the functionality of cards, so it's not impossible for them to do.
Posted By:
Talcos
(3/3/2011 6:11:58 AM)