I believe the idea of the card being called Storm Seeker and the art being a sword in the field seems obvious to me. The sword is acting as a lightning rod during a coming storm. Why a sword? Well this is MTG where swords, daggers, staffs and the like are common place. As for why the sword is in the middle of a field? Well if the field is mostly flat then the sword would then be the most elevated and metal thing out there. Drawing in the damage from the lightning.
Perfect Sense. ;)
Posted By:
kashonismw
(1/23/2013 12:43:40 PM)
I bought a collection the other day that included a playset of these and I realized that I had completely forgotten about it. I don't feel bad about using it because it is the only direct damage spell in my red-green spiteful visions deck. This working at instant speed is a great deal of fun.
I love cards that make you ask "how many cards are in your hand?" and watching opponent's try to figure out what you have in hand.
Posted By:
kiseki
(10/14/2011 6:05:46 PM)
Why is it a sword in a field? Why is it seeking storms? Is the storm what does the damage, or the sword? What does it have to do with the size of your hand? WHY IS IT GREEN!?
Posted By:
ROBRAM89
(2/20/2011 8:25:33 PM)
Don't criticize it for not being originally red. It's just plain unexpected, and that's why it's awesome.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(5/10/2011 9:39:40 AM)
This is a great example of a card that enriched one of magic's colors-- in this case green.
Some might see this and laugh, and say, "They sure were silly back then. Green doesn't do direct damage!"
But that's precisely why this is a good card. I'm not saying the colors shouldn't be mostly devoted to specific types of abilites (black is discard and graveyard recursion, blue is card draw and counterspells, etc), but having a few totally oddball cards in a color really makes it interesting.
Posted By:
Nickkom
(1/30/2010 3:08:21 PM)
It makes a little sense when you think about it from a color enmity perspective: it was made solely to punish Blue. Though I guess that still would have made more sense as a red card. But you could basically rationalize anything as being green if you put words like "Nature" somewhere in the title.
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(4/10/2010 11:53:41 PM)
Turns out, timeshifting has been happening for a while now!
Posted By:
Weretarrasque
(10/14/2009 7:48:09 AM)
I love the flavor. No that is not sarcasm, the flavor is obvious. Whatever your imagination can come up with....
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(2/1/2012 11:47:37 AM)
back 15 years ago this card kicked ass and when i pull this deck out now day.s and hit someone with my trusty stormseeker my oponents dont know what to do cc smithh
Posted By:
fackme
(3/3/2010 10:52:48 PM)
fantastic card with a blue/green deck
Posted By:
DiscardDeck
(5/1/2009 12:45:58 PM)