Good in general, as it hits all creatures rather than non-flying. Also good because it's 3 damage, 3 mana (you can cast through gaddock teeg and even kill him if he's been pumped once.) It exiles, which is useful for Dies effects, especially Undying/Gravecrawler.
It's an easy way to take just a couple damage from an aggro deck then punish them hard with a 2 or 3-for-1. What's more, it teaches them Game 2 to slow down, which gives your midrange some time to develop. Pyroclasm is decent, but I feel this is more of an all-round good card for casual decks; and 3 damage is enough to punish heroic mechanics more easily.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(1/30/2014 12:30:04 PM)
Easily modern playable and rated less than 4? Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Posted By:
casualhorror
(2/19/2014 9:03:48 PM)
Looks like Wizards judged (correctly, in my opinion) that all the resilient creatures in Melira Pod needed an efficient answer.
Posted By:
absreim
(9/17/2013 11:19:31 PM)
RAINING BLOOD!
FROM THE LACERATED SKIES!
Okay, it's fire, but whatever.
Great sweeper, great Voice of Resurgence killer.
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(9/17/2013 3:42:43 PM)
Funny, better than Wrath of God in some situations, regardless of the name...
Posted By:
Cyberium
(9/17/2013 5:45:12 PM)
MAKE IT RAIN!
Posted By:
SpaceMagic
(9/19/2013 9:37:22 PM)
Reminds me a lot of Slagstorm as Doaj mentioned. It also reminds me a decent amount of Flamebreak.
Posted By:
DritzD27
(9/17/2013 3:40:17 PM)
@absbreim: Definitely.
Anyways, if I wanted to get picky about design, I'd suggest a Volcanic Fallout that can be countered but that has the "exile instead of die" stuff.
As it is, it's pretty good and hopefully will see play in Modern.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(9/18/2013 6:18:06 PM)
Seems like a toss up between this and Volcanic Fallout for the better card. That 3 damage seems like it's going to be extremely relevant most of the time though.
Posted By:
rollinsclone
(9/22/2013 6:20:04 PM)