Here's what my version of this would have been to match the epicness of Gaea's Cradle Tolarian Academy and Serra's Sanctum, "{T}: Shivan Gorge does 1 damage to target creature or player for each mountain you control."
And that's it, it doesn't produce mana at all. Now THAT would match the epic craziness of the other 3 cards while still capturing the essence of red, Phyrexian Tower is ok, but NOWHERE near the best 3.
Posted By:
Layk
(10/27/2012 2:01:47 AM)
Tamanoa, Furnace of Wrath and Quest for Pure Flame could all slightly help this card :)
Posted By:
lorendorky
(7/5/2011 2:28:56 AM)
Whoops here I am all proud of my idea and sarroth thought of it first...
Posted By:
jtwhat87
(7/25/2011 2:22:45 PM)
Uncounterable, repeatable, colorless, non-target damages, that doesn't even cost you a card. You seriously are understimating this card... The only drawback is that it doesn't give you {R}, but only {1}... I would like it a lot better!
Other cards that do something similar are more expensive and, to be honest, quite different:
Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Keldon Necropolis
Keldon Megaliths
Stensia Bloodhall
Valakut is for combo decks, this is more general-porpouse, so I like much more.
Also, I like this art better than the new one...
4.5/5
@ DarthParallax: I really like your version. In order to use it properly you have to do something before in the same turn, since it can't trace previous damages... So it reflect the "act now" philosophy of red! And a simple Pyroclasm can give you a lot of 
, reaching the brokeness of the other land of this cycle. A non-... (see all)
Posted By:
leomistico
(6/27/2013 8:43:43 AM)
This isnt so great when you compare it to its other 4 cycle members... but that doesn't mean its awful.
enables the casting of Rakdos *RTR one*, give you a mana sink, damages ALL opponents in a FFA game, and even in 1v1 gives your burn deck something to do when you inevitably run out of cards
dDon't look at this in a vacuum, look at this with other spells of its color, its an uncounterable *Still stifle-able* burn spell that deals 1 damage and never goes a way.
4/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(12/20/2013 6:43:01 AM)
Sigh... people... if you hate this card because the ability is weak, you are missing the point! Being able to do 1 damage when you have nothing better to do is great. Not to mention, if you are using Chandra's Spitfire in multiplayer, this is way more powerful than Valakut.
Posted By:
OlvynChuru
(5/10/2014 7:58:12 AM)