Blightning
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When I first got into magic, I was unsure of how powerful this card was.

I am no longer unsure.
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Posted By: TherealphatMatt (10/15/2011 6:06:07 PM)
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This card is too good. Three mana and it grants card advantage. The damage is merely icing on the cake.
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Posted By: Mylon (1/17/2010 11:59:28 AM)
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In my experience playing Jund, 80% of the time I'll play this on turn 3 even if I have a Sprouting Thrinax at hand. A couple of Blightnings in the first 10 turns or so usually spells victory, that's how powerful this card is. Card advantage plus direct damage, what more can you ask for?
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Posted By: durdent (12/22/2009 9:20:39 AM)
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My prog metal band just found the new name for its hit single instrumental.
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Posted By: Shadoflaam (6/29/2012 10:39:53 AM)
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What's the matter with these comments? How about:

Blightning rules!!!1

Now that's more like it. Seriously though, this card is insanely powerful, especially for a common! I LOVE IT!
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Posted By: True_Mumin (6/13/2009 6:31:45 PM)
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@Mylon: The damage is more than just 'icing on the cake'. Otherwise, it would be worse than Mind Rot.

@ratchet1215: It costs one less because it's a multi-colored card. They make up their 'better than' abilities with requiring you to pay more than one color. Call me shallow, but I think all multi-color cards should be at least somewhat better than mono-colored cards. (Except for those that have a large amount of colored mana symbols in their cost)
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Posted By: Blackworm_Bloodworm (7/14/2010 9:53:23 PM)
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@Caldlow: Blighting has two separate effects:
"Blightning deals 3 damage to target player."
"Target player discards two cards."

Preventing one does not prevent the other. Though, according to the syntax of the card, if you cannot target a player with the first ability, the second ability has no target.
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Posted By: Kelrath (12/18/2010 7:10:48 AM)
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Aggressive discard spell ? yes please.
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Posted By: True_Smog (11/8/2009 12:00:29 PM)
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The gold standard for Mind Rot-ish cards.
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Posted By: DacenOctavio (9/7/2011 1:51:32 PM)
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I got a lot of this when I unpacked my Alara Reborn box. I didn't use it back then, and my brother (who usually build deck by using cards that I don't use) use this spell against me. Then I know how disturbing the effect is. Sometimes I kinda "don't care anymore" the lost of 3 life, while thinking which cards I should discard..
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Posted By: storophanthus (4/23/2012 8:13:27 AM)
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