@syrazemyla: If you cast this or any other X spell without paying its mana cost, X is always 0. You wouldn't want to use this with Spellweaver Helix.
Posted By:
adrian.malacoda
(8/26/2012 4:45:34 AM)
Meh
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(12/5/2012 9:40:55 PM)
Instant-speed X-spells are powerful, particularly against control decks. You could wait until your opponent tapped out, hit him with a big Ghitu Fire at the end of his turn, then follow up with another, even larger X-spell on your own turn. That should be enough to drop most any players up against a burn deck.
Posted By:
Kirbster
(12/6/2012 10:49:09 AM)
Seems like a steep price for instant burn damage. It would cost 5 cmc for 2 damage which is a Shock and 6 cmc for 3 damage which is a Lightning Bolt. It could find its use in commander games where cmc is more of a joke than a thing and there is so much time in between turns making instant speed spells more valuable.
Posted By:
Soul__Power
(6/5/2014 7:48:09 PM)