so. apparently, Browbeat and Book Burning mean that Red actually used to be better at both drawing cards and at milling than either Blue or Black was at either. (If you check the banned/restricted lists and use the Standard legal card pool at the time these two cards were around. IE barring Ancestral Recall, Yawgmoth's anything, Necropotence, etc....)
The Color Pie is SUCH a lie, lmao.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(11/2/2011 8:18:05 PM)
These type of cards were really confusing me when i was starting Magic...
Posted By:
mtgraptor
(3/18/2013 2:09:50 PM)
@wolfbear2: Not entirely correct. You have to choose the target as you cast it.
Posted By:
chinkeeyong
(9/25/2011 12:01:02 AM)
@freedomman
hah, this isnt YuGiOh where one card is meant to target exactly ONE other card! xD
but yes.. it face shots you if you dont wanna mill..
but c'mon, a face shot in red? you'd probably rather mill if you know whats good for you..
Posted By:
Brastus
(10/28/2011 4:49:45 AM)
Fledgling Dragon, Ancient Grudge, Devil's Play, Firebolt, Giestflame, Reckless Charge, Rolling Tremblor, Sieze the Day...
Red certainly can take advantage of this, although it's still not a stellar card
(And yes, you do want to mill yourself. That's the only way the choice is going to make any player think twice at all with this card)
Posted By:
sir_dwar
(12/14/2011 11:07:09 AM)
@DarthParallax no, this was a mechanic in odyssey where red got a bunch of off-color pie effects that the opponent could just replace with a super efficient burn spell. And they stopped printing cards like Necropotence LONG before odyssey.
Posted By:
littleteapot
(1/26/2012 6:23:00 PM)
Black/Red Dragon reanimator deck. 2 mana for 6 damage almost every time, cuz they don't want your baddies in the graveyard, and if they decide not to take 6, you'll probably kill them with your dragons in a couple turns. we're talkin turn 4-5 ish, dead if you get a good hand. don't play it til you have your reanimation tho, that'd be dumb.
Posted By:
NinjaShadow
(3/12/2012 2:48:28 PM)
It has a purpose, but it is a very narrow purpose. Should have been uncommon.
Posted By:
TheManakinTransfer
(8/20/2012 2:33:10 AM)
@TheManakinTransfer - Two mana to either mill 6 cards or deal 6 damage? You really think that should be uncommon??
Posted By:
Alsebra
(8/29/2012 1:09:39 PM)
Pariah enchanting Stuffy Doll choosing opponent, with a furnace of rath out, this card = 24 damage to opponent.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(1/9/2013 4:13:11 AM)