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You people miss the point of newbie cards like this. This card is has awesome art and is very elegant. I love it! I sometimes take these out, dust them off, and throw them in an oldschool burn deck with Lava Axe! Ahh so much fun.
Posted By: dberry02 (1/10/2011 8:21:04 PM)
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Turns mana into pain as simply and elegantly as possible.
Posted By: PhyrexianFryCook (6/5/2011 2:17:03 AM)
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Good, solid, straight burn spell. Yeah, there are other cards that are similar, but any red player is never going to feel bad about pulling this guy out mid-game.

3.5/5
Posted By: Gaussgoat (1/16/2010 5:01:59 AM)
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I like it! In EDH when you can only have one of anything, the more X burn the better. I have all of the X burn cards in my deck including this one.
Posted By: RowanKeltizar (6/14/2011 10:46:54 PM)
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Blaze is the better-designed card by far while Fireball has the better name, again by far. I can almost taste Wizards' regret.

Edit: Reprint with "X+1 damage" please. I think it will be balanced today.
Posted By: Gabriel422 (8/30/2011 5:36:04 PM)
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That's more of because Banefire is newer, as a card game progresses as far as mage, it's a sure thing that cards will become out-dated. Oh and look at Demonfire
Posted By: YariMatthews (11/29/2009 12:39:44 AM)
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Yea well look at kaervek's torch
Posted By: Qazior (3/26/2010 9:06:13 AM)
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This card is just fine exept there are 5 cards strictly better...
Posted By: Kindulas (2/5/2011 11:21:40 PM)
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I love this card! It's great for getting rid of annoying creatures, or otherwise you can keep it till you've saved up a ton of mana (with Lotus Blossom or Mercadian Bazaar or something simular) and burn your opponent into losersville.
Posted By: Blobnoid (8/20/2010 10:11:19 AM)
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I hate this 'yu gi oh' like mechanics. If you have a common, then there is an uncommon that is strictly better, if it's an uncommon then there's a rare that's strictly better.

Banefire
Posted By: BelloAbril (11/1/2009 1:52:10 AM)
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