You can tap all their blockers for an alpha strike and prevent them from engaging in combat shenanigans, you can just burn off a creature, or you can just straight up use it as a Devil's Play to kill them if you have enough mana.
Posted By:
Nagoragama
(4/29/2013 6:33:32 PM)
Just to make it even more of a "screw you" they should have made it uncounterable a la Supreme Verdict and Counterflux
Posted By:
Kaleidostorm
(6/7/2013 4:28:31 PM)
Best card in Gatecrash imo. So versatile.
Posted By:
damnearkilliner
(6/20/2013 1:17:44 PM)
...So if I'm reading this right, I can target all of my Heroic creatures for zero damage? Nice.
Posted By:
FogRaider
(9/11/2013 7:14:52 PM)
I will never forgive this block for how over the top and embarrassingly in love Wizards' was with Boros. Boros players will probably say something like, "Well it'd be alright if it untapped all lands after you play it."
Posted By:
questionflanger
(9/18/2013 11:00:30 AM)
Since Temple of Triumph is among the first dual lands to come out, and still this card has never seen any play in Standard, I think it's safe to say that this card is far worse than what everyone thought. If they have something like Experiment One into Fleecemane Lion into Loxodon Smiter (or anything similar), at five mana this is just a Doom Blade or a Fog. Worse yet, what if they have a Polukranos, Desecration Demon or an Obzedat instead? The thing is, right now very few people play a bunch of */1s lying around for you to X-for-1 with Aurelia's Fury. Even RDW almost exclusively plays with */2s: Rakdos Cackler, Burning-Tree Emissary, Gore-House Chainwalker, Ash Zealot! Some lists run Firedrinker Satyr/auto... (see all)
Posted By:
sweetgab
(10/31/2013 7:22:19 PM)
@sweetgab: This may just end up being played when Journey into Nyx comes out. WotC just previewed a cost-reducer that would work well with this. Battlefield Thaumaturge.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(4/15/2014 1:38:56 AM)
Not sure if anyone else has seen Battlefield Thamaturge yet, but you should really check out the combo that he does with this card.
Posted By:
D1234
(4/16/2014 3:05:57 PM)
*Looks at card*
Hmm. It's another fireball with a semi-interesting control element. Eh, seems alright.
*Looks at card again*
Holy F--KNUGGETS it's INSTANT!
Posted By:
Xelris
(6/1/2014 6:27:43 PM)