These are the important differences between Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast.
1. Pyroblast can target Phantasmal Image (copying a non-blue creature) to make it disappear.
2. A blue mage can cancel Pyroblast with Misdirection and changing the target to a non-blue permanents.
3. If you have extra mana in a Storm combo, you can use Pyroblast on any permanent to make your Tendrils of Agony bigger.
There are advantages and disadvantages to either card. I recommend Red Elemental Blast because it's harder to Redirect, unless you play Storm cards or your friends play Phantasmal Image.
Posted By:
Chamale
(12/2/2012 11:54:04 AM)
Water mages? How many of those have we even seen in Magic? Like, the number of cards that depict water being manipulated directly are pretty rare, I can think of maybe 5 right now... Oh well, still a nice card.
Posted By:
Lord_Ascapelion
(1/7/2013 11:24:51 AM)
As of Theros block and Heroic, this is now strictly better than Red Elemental Blast. You can target any of your nonblue creatures to get a heroic effect, and you can't do that with REB
Although I suppose it was really Skulking Ghost that made it strictly better...
Posted By:
DaLucaray
(2/9/2014 1:33:10 PM)