Commune with Lava
XRR Instant
Exile the top X cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
I bolded the parts of the card that I think are important. This seems like it could be pretty good, but I'm not sure this plays nicely with most of the strategies people support in red. Thoughts?
I think this card is pretty weak. I don't even know if a red Stroke of Genius or Braingeyser would be good, and this seems to be a lot worse than that.
Seem like a bad Braingeyser to me? Ok, in an unusual colour, but still Geyser has not been cube material for years.
Kinda what I was thinking.
But geyser was never in red. I wouldn't play Jackal Pup in white or black but we go with what we have. For me non-creature based red draw options look like this
Wheel of Fortune
Faithless Looting
Tormenting Voice
Commune with Lava
So it is a miss for me and maybe there isn't a cube large enough to want this. Maybe it would have to be a Storm focused cube for that, and even then maybe not. I just don't think it is worth completely disregarding. I wonder if it also did X damage to target player, or there was some other twist.
Commune with Lava
XRR
Instant
Exile the top X cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
I bolded the parts of the card that I think are important. This seems like it could be pretty good, but I'm not sure this plays nicely with most of the strategies people support in red. Thoughts?
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
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Outpost Siege
Tormenting Voice
Act on Impulse
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and Chandra, Pyromaster not long before that
Eventually, they will get it right.
Kinda what I was thinking.
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But geyser was never in red. I wouldn't play Jackal Pup in white or black but we go with what we have. For me non-creature based red draw options look like this
Wheel of Fortune
Faithless Looting
Tormenting Voice
Commune with Lava
So it is a miss for me and maybe there isn't a cube large enough to want this. Maybe it would have to be a Storm focused cube for that, and even then maybe not. I just don't think it is worth completely disregarding. I wonder if it also did X damage to target player, or there was some other twist.
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