I prefer Hymn To Tourach, but there's nothing wrong with running both. And by 'Nothing wrong', I mean 'Something horribly wrong''.
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(3/7/2013 11:21:34 PM)
I used to have friends and a vibrant social life. Then I put Blightning in all my decks. Now no one will speak to me, acknowledge that they once knew me, or look in my direction.
But I won a few more games, so the tradeoff was worth it, I think.
Posted By:
Enemy_Tricolor
(3/29/2011 10:58:32 PM)
This card is just incredible. A Lava Spike and a Mind Rot smashed together... and it costs 
less than the two spells combined! Of course, that doesn't matter when you cascade into it, but that just makes it even better. 5.5/5
Posted By:
Continue
(12/31/2012 9:04:53 PM)
"While the smell of burning flesh is COMMON in Grixis, the odor of smoldering brain matter is a RARE treat."
Blightning: Common
Posted By:
MisterAction
(6/8/2012 4:31:34 PM)
Don't complain about it being common, be grateful. Widely useful cards should be common. More specialized cards should be uncommon.
Posted By:
Nathreet
(3/3/2011 12:03:42 PM)
It's interesting how much better 3 damage makes this look than Mind Rot. That said, this guy is more of a modern and casual treat (as well as a block terror) and less of an excellent card.
I realize that sounds harsh but I'd point to how many legacy/vintage deck slots can afford to be allocated to it. I imagine this has to do with being mediocre late game and being unable to affect board position; making it a bad top-deck mid-late game and making it hurt your own tempo/board position early game; despite being damage + card advantage.
That said, I may still attempt a 2-of of it.
I hope they eventually make a version of it that can hit creatures or players, but make it {B}{B}{R}; heck, {B}{B}{R}{1} may still be worth that card.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(4/12/2013 8:28:36 AM)
I think this card was so good because of cascade. Its already a hyper efficient spell, and because of the 3 CMC, you almost always got this out for free.
Also another thing that broke cascade. If you Bloodbraid into this, literally both parts of the cascade are worth spending a counter on. So basically cascade is also extremely resistant to counters. I think if they would have made the chain vulnerable to one single target counter, it would have balanced it out more.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(2/6/2013 2:31:06 PM)
Mind Rot is the same Converted Mana cost with Blightning only being more specific so it has to be at least a little better. Also Blightning isn't a "stupid pun" it's a clever and badass name. Regardless of any of that it's a good card without being too powerful.
Posted By:
BrutalJim
(7/16/2009 11:48:26 PM)
No, discarding does NOT count as "damage." Consider the Basking Rootwalla. It has a Madness cost of 0, which means if you discard it, you can play it directly for no mana cost . . . and no rule I have ever seen equates the drawing or discarding of cards with damage . . .
Posted By:
bigdave0908
(12/14/2009 12:30:16 PM)