This thing is a pest. Remember all those "dies to doom blade" comments? Well yeah, but with this they have to take it out 3 times!!!
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(8/19/2012 1:04:43 AM)
Avacyn's Pilgrim. Flashback Problem solved.
Posted By:
AnimeGeek441
(9/20/2012 7:01:23 PM)
I have had this card played against me before and it has hurt. It has me thinking of building my own variant of the 4C decks that seem to be hitting standard recently. This is an article regarding one such deck I am thinking of modifying for my own purposes.
http://www.mtgnoob.com/2012/10/new-standard-4c-rites.html
Posted By:
Trillenium
(10/25/2012 2:18:46 AM)
what's better than 1 thragtusk?
How about a card that gives you two more?
Posted By:
mdakw576
(3/15/2013 4:33:01 AM)
so if I use it on my dead Mikaeus, the lunarch do I get Mikaeus, the unhallowed? :D
Posted By:
zomboss
(4/19/2013 6:00:09 PM)
Defined a deck and a format. Still a boogeyman. One of the best reanimation spells ever printed. Best of all, it has flashback. 4.5/5
Posted By:
Pick15
(6/3/2013 9:31:21 PM)
I don't understand the logic behind the cheaper off-colour Flashback.. thinking of putting this in my modified M13 Exalted Intro deck with Sun Ti.... and Sin Collector.
Posted By:
TowerDefender
(6/21/2013 10:02:57 AM)
@zomboss
No, you just get a dead Mikaeus because he enters as a 0/0. :P
Posted By:
Gcrudaplaneswalker
(8/16/2013 10:22:15 PM)
@C5r1a5z0y and anyone else doubting how this card is awesome:
This card is amazing for a few reasons, most of which have been mentioned. CAN be used in monowhite, CAN be used in monoblack, CAN be used in white/black, CAN be used twice... That last one ties into why I like it a lot more than other reanimation cards. There's several abstract deckbuilding concepts that exist (exempli gratia: the mana curve, the CUMULATIVE mana curve, utility, card advantage, etc.), but there's one that I never found a name for. I call it deck slotting.
Deck slotting is an argument for why Lava Axe can be a decent card. It's not as utility-friendly as, say Lightning Bolt (only hits players, not creatures/players), and it's not NEARLY as efficient as Lightning Bolt (5 mana for 5 damage is terrible compared to a boon)... however, Lava Axe has a literally more powerful effect for the same slot that Lightning Bolt uses, meaning that you'd have more room in the rest o... (see all)
Posted By:
MacBizzle
(10/17/2013 8:13:33 AM)
An absolute house in W/B, it made Junk standard viable,
6/5 if you've got the colors.
Posted By:
Petertracy
(2/26/2014 6:23:13 AM)