Searing Spear
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@ AncientKavu: Unfortunately, its mana cost did too.
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Posted By: j_mindfingerpainter (8/28/2012 10:34:38 PM)
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Sometimes you are stapled as a burn spell in consturcted with a rating of 5. Sometimes you are just a strictly-worse made for standard and limited.
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Posted By: 3045 (8/28/2012 11:33:19 PM)
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and just like that, we're back to two pathetic Incinerates in standard. Thunderbolt is so bad I cry a little whenever I see it, at least this one can bold the Avacyn's Pilgrim
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Posted By: jontagion (11/20/2012 3:52:20 PM)
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I mostly prefer Galvanic Blast for any deck with some artifacts.
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Posted By: Lifegainwithbite (12/24/2012 5:12:22 AM)
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I hate how they have new art on the FNM Promos, but never any new flavor text. It's just so dissappointing.
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Posted By: pedrodyl (1/2/2013 2:54:28 PM)
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Lightning Bolt is the standard for comparison not just because it's good, but because it was the first. Back when I started playing, everyone had Lightning Bolts, and everyone took them for granted. When they replaced Bolt with Shock, it felt like a slap to the face, since it was strictly worse than something everyone was very used to. Yeah, Incinerate was usually worse than Lightning Bolt, but at least it wasn't strictly worse, so it still felt OK. This, though, doesn't.
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Posted By: sonorhC (1/3/2013 1:58:11 PM)
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Worse than Lightning Bolt. Still Constructed playable. Deserves much more than 3.1/5.
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Posted By: Axelle (1/13/2013 2:35:47 PM)
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@Axelle I think the reason it's so low is that while it's a total beast in current Standard, it's completely trumped by both Lightning Bolt and Incinerate in literally every other constructed format besides block. In light of this, I think a rating of 3-3.5 (slightly above average) is fair.
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Posted By: Augthail (1/14/2013 10:01:54 AM)
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Love the flavor text, and a good burn spell for standard.
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Posted By: ddharrisjr (3/21/2013 10:08:38 PM)
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Personally I like this a lot better than shock. The one more damage is definitely worth one more mana.

Of course Lightning Bolt is my favourite, but this works too.
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Posted By: Sabisent (7/5/2013 2:49:24 AM)
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