A lot better than Geistflame...
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(1/3/2012 5:59:51 PM)
so 5RRR for a bought back shock or 7RRRR for a bought back shock and goblin token.
If you've got the mana to do it, its great, but I'm not sure your time and mana wouldn't be better spent on a Bogardan Hellkite or a Dragon Tyrant, respectively, especially since you'll probably be able to firebreathe the Tyrant for a 24 damage flying trample attack the following turn.
Posted By:
Atali
(2/26/2011 9:01:49 PM)
You know... It's odd that this could be a perfectly valid card.
Posted By:
Zoah
(4/8/2011 11:42:31 AM)
Where's the flavor in this?
Posted By:
Combolulz
(4/28/2011 10:49:59 PM)
Funny how all those keywords made a more or less recent comeback...
Posted By:
Luke_BPC
(1/21/2012 5:09:09 PM)
If you cycle and cast for madness you're getting 2 damage and a card for 3. And it flashes back for 4. So even if the other stuff is usually too costly, it's still strictly better than Fires of Undeath.
Posted By:
bandswithgoats
(1/29/2012 10:59:39 AM)
@zipec
Umm... what?
A card with madness is only exiled when it is discarded. If you choose to cast it, then it goes on the stack and resolves just like any other spell. If you choose not to cast it, then it goes to the graveyard. So it works just fine with flashback.
@DoragonShinzui
They don't. But having buyback is awesome for repeated castings, and even if you don't pay the buyback cost, you can still cast it with flashback later.
For those who don't understand about flashback+buyback together:
You can't flashback a card and then use buyback to put it back to your hand. Flashback's replacement effect will exile it regardless of whether or not you used the buyback option... but you can still pay the buyback cost, of course - it just won't do anything unless you are still playing with mana burn.
Posted By:
strider24seven
(5/27/2013 6:59:19 PM)
1R to Cycle it, and Draw a card.
R to Play it for madness and deal two damage.
4R to buy it back and do it again.
You get an emblem with 5RRR: Deal 2 damage to target creature or player. Draw a card.
That's right, repeatable card draw in red. If only it were legal.
Posted By:
thisisnotmyname
(7/9/2013 12:13:33 PM)
Look at Me, I'm R&D and Old Fogey also had old borders. It could have been a cycle, but as always dimir ruins things...
Posted By:
Megadog
(8/14/2013 7:04:05 PM)