it's a funny idea to combine an effect like that from Erratic Explosion with scry.
Silverware
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
May be able to help you setup your deck and deal decent damage, but its a hard card to promise consistent damage on.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(8 votes)
Allright, I play Riddle of lightning. Let's see... I have a mountain, a Lightning Bolt, and a BROODSTAR.
Omenchild
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Not bad considering how expensive many suspend cards are. I wanna see this bring out my Emrakul
IRHennessy
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
With Rise of the Eldrazi, this card became BEASTY in red/blue insant decks.
Controlled_Khaos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
GLEEMAX
Gabriel422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Bought 4 of that 9/14 Wurm for 10GGGWW (Autochro-something Wurm) to build a deck. Sadly, without a Brainstorm effect to put the Wurm back from the hand to the library, the "15" dream scenario did not happen often.
(or not often enough for me, a semi-Spike, to like it)
I am Conan. I will solve the Riddle of... Lightning?
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Draco is still my favourite candidate for these kinds of cards.
RunedServitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a good if rather high-mana cost card, and I think I'd like it more if every time I played it, I don't scry three lands and then reveal a fourth. EVERY DANGED TIME.
Potentially a dud, potentially a bomb, and can help set up your next few draws.
Not the best burn spell ever, but fun to be certain.
syrazemyla
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
That guy is hardcore. He's using lightning to cook bacon.
wholelottalove
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Too much mana for a high chance of failure.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hilarious in my blue-red Eldrazi deck. It features things like Sage of Epityr to fix the draw in preparation for this spell, and shoots the opponent for a ton of damage. While it's far from reliable, this is a very fun common to play in slower formats.
El_Pared
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
not quite as fun as Undying Flames but much more versatile. I might just have to remake my Exploding Wurms deck for this card though. It was pretty fun flinging an Autochthon Wurm at people.
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Combos aside, this card is solid in "big fat dragon"-style decks, where there are plenty of 8+ cost cards to go around.
This is one card whose name and abilities I thought would be perfect for Theros and its scrytastic spells in each colour... maybe over the next two expansions? As a signature of sorts for Keranos?
Parasitian
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
SilverstarWolf, wow you were spot on with that prediction!
Pigfish99
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
SilverstarWolf: guess what, you must've scryed right, because its a confirmed reprint for Journey into nyx!
Anyways, the cost of this card is a bit high, but considering its a damage spell, and topdeck manipulation, IN RED, you really can't argue. sure, the damage is dependent on the top card, but if you run a cost heavy deck, you really can't go wrong. Plus, If you have something like Lurking predators, you can potentially get that big creature into play early, too.
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(or not often enough for me, a semi-Spike, to like it)
Autochthon Wurm.
Not the best burn spell ever, but fun to be certain.
Anyways, the cost of this card is a bit high, but considering its a damage spell, and topdeck manipulation, IN RED, you really can't argue. sure, the damage is dependent on the top card, but if you run a cost heavy deck, you really can't go wrong. Plus, If you have something like Lurking predators, you can potentially get that big creature into play early, too.