I agree with the Guest that this is an interesting effect in Blue, clearly an example of how the Color Pie existed but was far from perfect back in the day. However, I thought direct damage spells were ones that targeted.
As for it being here just because it could balance how Red if Red was too powerful of a color, so would a mass bounce spell like Evacuation that targeted only Red permanents and Mountains. Wizards has certainly come a long way since this!
Posted By:
sarroth
(7/29/2011 7:11:50 PM)
An interesting case of the errata slightly changing the play of the card. Given the original wording, if an opponent had three mountains in play and you cast this card with four mana for X, it would have destroyed the mountains and done 4 damage. Now that they equated the damage directly to the mountains destroyed, that's not possible.
It doesn't change how good the card is, because paying that much for a bit of extra burn would be dumb. Just interesting.
Posted By:
Joseph_Leito
(2/2/2011 8:21:37 PM)
As a large number of islands are formed through volcanic activity, its flavor fits perfectly.
Although, an island destroying a mountain by erupting itself would be a sight to see..
Posted By:
BastianQoU
(5/30/2011 12:37:45 AM)
Volcanic Eruption on a Volcanic Island sort of..
Posted By:
adolphus
(11/20/2013 7:58:45 AM)