Ok, it's removal. It's not lightning bolt, or incinerate, though; but it'll still see play when those aren't available. Searing Spear clone--so EDH wants one, at least.
It is good, but honestly, I bet every red mage would rather have had lightning bolt.
Still, it is a very nice card, and will likely see a lot of play in red decks.
lol, that's like saying "every blue mage would rather have counterspell / mana drain then cancel. Searing spear reprint is good. Plus red has a LOT of new toys in this set, this will be a welcomed addition
I was holding out on hope that Lightning Bolt was coming back but this is the next best thing
Very happy with this
I was very unhappy with this, specifically because I was holding out for a Bolt reprint. If there was ever a set that had lightning bolt written all over it.
Was Searing Spear not popular?
It's the same card.
It was used, it was not popular. It's a terrible card, it's just the only option available.
Wooh, boy. That's a huge sigh of relief knowing that red decks still have a way to get rid of 3 toughness creatures reliably. I wouldn't have minded seeing this deal a little extra damage vs. enchantment/enchanted creatures, but this works all the same.
Good, this was rapidly becoming a needed card to have in the format though couldn't they have just made searing spear. Hell that even fits better in the flavor given the popularity of the weapon in Theros.
Other than for EDH purposes, I don't see why they just didn't reprint Searing Spear. Does it exact same thing, with the exact same cost, at the exact same speed. Didn't WotC recently say something about not liking to do functional reprints of cards? (Yes, I know we just got Elvish Mystic which is a functional reprint of Llanowar Elves but they said that they are wanting to move away from referencing other places in the core sets and also move away from have plurals on a single card. But still.)
Since small targeted burn is completely and utterly unplayable in EDH, yeah, this is just a reflavoring. Which is fine; I much prefer lightning to spears.
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Really the most irritating part of this is the playset of searing spears that now aren't standard legal. I understand that it's a common, but that's seriously annoying.
Lightning Bolt fits so well flavorfully, and it's not like it's SO crazy powerful that it can't be reprinted. So far there haven't been a ton of misses for me in the way they've gone about this set.
This is one of them.
I mean, is it's not like Red/Anything is particularly setting the world on fire.
This thread is full of idiots... Lightning Bolt is NOT being reprinted.
Many times has a writer in Wizards said so, because of the plain and simple fact that it's too powerful for what it costs. x/3 creatures shouldn't be able to die at instant speed for one mana without a signifigant drawback. (like PTE giving you a land)
I absolutely guarantee that LB will not be printed in M10, and you can quote me on that.
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Very happy with this
Still, it is a very nice card, and will likely see a lot of play in red decks.
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I'd also prefer a version of lightning bolt that does 5 damage instead of 3, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen.
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lol, that's like saying "every blue mage would rather have counterspell / mana drain then cancel. Searing spear reprint is good. Plus red has a LOT of new toys in this set, this will be a welcomed addition
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Spoiler EditorIt's the same card.
a replacement for Searing Spear in my rdw
it's a decent card but we already have Searing Spear reprint that....
or at least make the new one slightly different.
Anyway... this existing is good news to red decks now that Searing Spear is rotating.
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I was very unhappy with this, specifically because I was holding out for a Bolt reprint. If there was ever a set that had lightning bolt written all over it.
It was used, it was not popular. It's a terrible card, it's just the only option available.
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Lightning Bolt fits so well flavorfully, and it's not like it's SO crazy powerful that it can't be reprinted. So far there haven't been a ton of misses for me in the way they've gone about this set.
This is one of them.
I mean, is it's not like Red/Anything is particularly setting the world on fire.
they want to make regeneration relevant. sheesh now I have to spend a couple of bucks on another set.
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