Ball lightning is just a great card for any red aggro themed decks. I find it's creature status benefits it quite a bit (as you can't simply cancel it
Creatures are spells. Cancel WOrks.
Posted By:
ghostie1337
(7/27/2009 8:04:07 PM)
I don't know how thrilled I am with this card. I mean it's a good card, right? But Im not partial to cards that I have to dispose of after they've been used once.
You would be partial to it if you had a burn deck. Attack for 6 on the third turn with trample! Even if they have a couple of 1/1s out to double block, its still going to do 4 damage via trample. Hard to get a better creature for a burn deck.
Posted By:
shoalsuser2004
(7/15/2009 8:25:35 PM)
So run 4 ball lightning and 4 spark elemental s and 4 disentomb and then enemies turn into puddles of estrogen
Posted By:
spurmwalefury
(2/17/2010 5:20:50 AM)
@ Fredin
Cancel works. Summoning is a spell. There's also Essence Scatter and white removal instants like Path To Exile that saves your opponent from taking an early 6 damage. As Ceremonialbathory has pointed out, there are cards that give you different mana colours for multi-coloured decks. (More to add to Ceremonialbathory's list would be Ancient Ziggurat or Rupture Spire.)
@ Ceremonialbathory
I think it was Fredin's comment that was rated a .5, not his rating of the card.
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I like this card. Maybe if Sedris, the Traitor King were on the battlefield, you could do yet another 6 damage for {2}{B}, for all you Grixis players out there. Simple, cheap, efficient card that most burn decks should have. 4/5
Posted By:
Bauble
(9/11/2009 12:44:15 PM)
LIGHTNING NEEDS NO FLAVOR
Posted By:
zqft
(3/9/2010 11:57:41 PM)
4.5/5
The only problem is when someone bolts or bursts this. You could even use a Vithian Stinger to kill it for that matter, or, as was mentioned, First Strikers.
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(10/30/2009 1:52:05 PM)
Great balls of lightning!
Posted By:
thezanet
(2/8/2010 5:25:14 PM)
Very nice Fling food.
Posted By:
Totema
(8/21/2011 11:04:05 AM)
Creatures are spells. Cancel WOrks.
i think the previous point is...
say you knew that your opponent was sporting a aggro red deck, its your third turn, and theres a chance he can cast a ball lightning next turn, u wouldnt play anything? in other words set your game back an entire turn, just so u can maybe counter a ball lightning (that he may or may not have in his hand)?
major complaint though, i think space could be saved by not having reminder text for trample (i think most players figured that one out already), and add some flavor? i think in the entire history of ball lightning, there hasn't been a single flavor.
Posted By:
spoonish
(7/29/2009 11:28:20 AM)
Don't ever anger a ball of lightning. Seriously. Have I not said this before?
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(7/11/2009 4:41:15 PM)