When I pulled this card I was blown away, a lightning, and a discard 2!? For 3!? WHAT! And on top of that, the art is bad a**. Every time I'm going through my deck or multicolored cards, this one always catches my eye. The art and flavor is awesome, and I'm still shocked (no pun intended), that this is a common!!
Posted By:
EvilCleavage
(5/31/2010 9:14:46 PM)
Ahhh, B/R discard
Posted By:
Guest1467942152
(11/14/2008 10:09:39 AM)
This card hurts a lot more than it reads. Combined with Megrim, they just took 7 damage and lost 2 cards. I once hit with this thing with 2 Megrims out and it won the game. Regardless, even 3 damage and discarding 2 cards can be crippling.
Oh, and the name just rules.
Posted By:
One_Winged_Angel
(8/9/2009 10:25:01 PM)
one word OP
Posted By:
OutlawD1
(7/8/2010 1:18:10 PM)
Sadly, this made many people go crazy, even outside of the Magic world, after being continually hammered by this. Do not take this card lightly.
Posted By:
NuckChorris
(8/17/2011 7:35:25 AM)
The funniest thing about this card?
It's hard to remember that IT doesn't actually have Cascade :P
@Henrietta: And actually, yes Lava Spike is in the same league as Lightning Bolt. 3 damage, 1 mana. That's why those decklists look like they do. Overanalyzing Lava Spike and Lightning Bolt and thinking one is better than the other is using a Blue mind to evaluate Red cards. *yes*, you're TECHnically right, but the reality is that the differences hardly matter- you target the opponents' faces with both cards, every time, you play them as soon as you draw them, you make your deck to hit all its land drops, and you deal 21 damage in 7 cards: 1 card on turn 1, 3 cards on turn 2 (Fireblast), 1 card on turn 3, and any damage not dealt yet on turn 4 (up to 9 cards can be played by Turn 4 using just Lava Spike/Lightning Bolt/Spark Elemental/Fireblast/Chain Lightning and Mountain/a... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(10/21/2012 2:47:58 AM)
One of the few cards I've ever rated a 5/5
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(1/10/2013 2:06:52 PM)
for players of the burn deck this card grants you the edge a bit quicker by draining their opponents hand while you burn away yours. if it discarded only one card i would oppose its use, and as an instant it would be almost too good, but its neither so I feel its relatively solid when playing one on one.
When combined with Megrim, it can dish out some serious damage whild discarding.
Posted By:
Fire_hive
(3/19/2009 9:02:29 PM)
Does anyone else find it rediculous that a s s anywhere gets censored like in passage
Posted By:
Rice8021
(5/20/2010 7:47:53 PM)
Awesome name, awesome card. Probably the best card in shards of alara
Posted By:
s0phocles
(11/1/2009 5:01:21 PM)