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I think this card gets too much flack. Hackworthy compares it to Lightning Bolt, and it, of course, looks like crap by comparison. But I think it's important to note that burn spells across the board have diminishing returns in terms of damage dealt and mana invested.
Look at Flame Rift: it also hits only players and is a sorcery (like Lava Axe), but also deals 4 damage to yourself! For just one more damage to the opponent than Lightning Bolt! But Flame Rift is still an excellent card, and I don't think many would deny that. For the damage curve to work the way Hackworthy's comment suggested, Lava Axe would need to deal 15 damage, and Incinerate would deal 6... and burn would reign supreme of all decktypes in almost all formats -_-
For what it does, Lava Axe is perfectly effective - it deals 5 damage for 5 mana, which is better than any o... (see all)
Posted By:
OverlordSmurf
(4/2/2013 5:41:18 PM)
Hmm so to fix this card:
-Make it instant speed.
-Reduce it's cost to 4.
-Have it deal damage to creatures as well.
Now let's compare to Warleader's Helix. It's still not as good as Warleader's Helix but it's still very much playable so I think that's fair enough.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(6/26/2013 10:17:50 PM)
its a great card in the right deck, but its harder to use right than it seems.
Posted By:
O0oze
(7/12/2013 1:55:38 AM)