Nonbasic hate for aggressive red decks. Against modern version of control, which often tap out to drop PWs and such, could easily swing 6-8 damage on turns 3-4.
Can its damage be redirected to PWs? I forget if the exact wording of the replacement effect requires targeted damage from spells or not.
Posted By:
TheLibertinistic
(12/31/2010 3:31:46 PM)
Very good. You have six lands out? you are dead.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(4/4/2011 12:40:43 PM)
@Sothasil if you'd reverberated it anymore, you'd be dead lol
In legacy, almost every competitive deck uses nonbasics IIRC like duals and wastelands, rishadan ports etc. (except high tide and maybe a few monocoloured decks) which would warrant this card being mainboard for sure. expect this card to deal least 4 damage when it hits the table
it's imprintable with isochron scepter too :D
Posted By:
wxnbvq1
(4/18/2011 7:40:17 PM)
I fail to see how this is risky in your burn deck.. 4.5
Posted By:
Kryplixx
(4/25/2011 2:08:33 PM)
@wxnbvq1
From what I understand the effect is non-targeted and pings each player for however many non basics they have out. That's what makes the card so good, you can mess up a couple of opponents in multiplayer with it if they're both running non-basics while not messing yourself up too badly with the right deck construction.
I only run two non-basics in my mono-red deck, and they're rarely out at the same time so it'll ping me for 2 usually, but if it means doing 4 damage to myself by reverberating this to do 16 damage to one person and 8 damage to another it's hard deal to pass up for a 4 tap and two cards lol.
Posted By:
Sothasil
(5/31/2011 1:11:06 AM)
If this resolves in eternal formats, you'll usually win.
Its no wonder this card is at least 3 bucks these days. I'm glad to own one of these simply from buying the Fire and Lightning premium deck. Ironically though, my circle of friends I play with the most don't run very many nonbasic lands.
For me, its definitely a sideboard card, but I can see how devastating it could be against any multicolored deck.
Posted By:
wiseguy20
(10/29/2011 11:07:49 PM)
Potentially devastating in multiplayer Commander if your deck contains few non-basics.
2 mana to deal over 6 damage (depending on which turn you cast it) to each opponent? Me likes.
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(3/6/2012 9:53:18 AM)
Ridiculous against affinity with artifact decks. Doesn't seem like it, but when a guy has four seat of the synods and other artifact lands. Fear progress. Fear it.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(3/21/2012 3:54:31 PM)
Not a bad card. Would be an excellent choice for the sideboard.
Posted By:
dberry02
(5/13/2012 5:39:22 PM)
@DrJack:
It's called a "hate card" for a reason. It gives players a huge bonus against certain cards to discourage players from them. If this makes you think twice about running lots of dual lands, then the card has done its job. No one says Seedtime is broken because it costs the same as Time Walk. No one says Relic of Progenitus is broken because it kills dredge for 2 mana. No one says Stony Silence is broken because it messes with artifacts at a cheap cost. Cards like these are all necessary for a balanced metagame because every deck has to think about what hate they'll run into, and if a single deck becomes too good, everyone can sideboard in hate to stop it.
Besides, it's not like this has done anything to stop Legacy's abundance of dual, fetch, utility, and man lands. Personally, I think that basic lands deserve more relevance in the metagame, especially since lands are quickly becoming the mos... (see all)
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(5/30/2012 12:31:50 PM)