I guess ok for Limited. but not worth anything else.
DaaNz
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(7 votes)
good combo with spark spray to take out storm crow
VirtueVsVice
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(5 votes)
2 damage would have made this card much more useful.
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(5 votes)
actually i think 2 damage would have made this card pretty awesome. i prefer it to Zap nontheless.
Snaxme
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Cantrip + 1 damage for R. Not bad, but I wouldn't want to waste a slot with it.
nammertime
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(9 votes)
Cheap red cantrips are hard to find.
ninjaduckie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
If the creature or player was not damaged this turn. Do I still get to draw a card?
Kelrath
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
I can imagine some pretty embarrassing losses to this card XD
Evermint
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's cheap red cantrip with a little damage if necessary. .. a niche card, but not bad by any means.
lorendorky
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ Duckie: I'm pretty sure if no target was damaged beforehand, you can't cast this spell.
littlebeast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I like the flavor on this card; other than that it's not great.
Haha, past me says this, and yet I have a deck that LOVES these. It's full of one-drop burn spells, and Pyromancer's Swaths. (and mindstorm crowns, so yes I actually can play them.)
Red players may like to draw cards, but if it's that important to them they'll be running cards like Harmonize.
desolation_masticore
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Storm count, Quest for Pure Flame (as mentioned), Kiln Fiend, Chandra's Spitfire, Wee Dragonauts.
VampireCat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
If you're playing Pyromancer Ascension, you'll generally be packing a pile of damage spells anyway. When this gets copied by the Ascension, you get 2 cards and 2 damage for R. Even better if one of the cards you draw is another copy of this.
ScissorsLizard
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(11 votes)
I've seen someone lose to this card. It was magnificent.
Hovercraft
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Panic is better in a red deck playing a lot of creatures like Hellspark Elemental and Keldon Marauders which you will want to see connect. Panic will deal more damage during a game for you then Needle Drop ever will.
001010011100101110
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
The level of disregard for this card somewhat equates to its underwhelming name.
Just based off artwork, flavor, and such, I think it should have been "Deal 1 damage to target creature without flying." Or something along those lines. Granted, it's a giant in the art, so it's probably excusable, and it's still a good card.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This art just cracks me up. It looks like a gigantic Steven Tyler, except less ugly. And it's dropping needles, not shoving them in his arm
atogatogatogatog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Anthony Fantano here...
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lorwyn cards always seemed to have underwhelming names to cards with decent abilities.
Maybe it's because Kithkin's are half dwarf, half elf (or so I was told), or maybe it's because WotC said, "screw it!".
Regardless, i was going to comment about how a volatile and explosive Ball Lightning can be killed by a small puny needle, but the flavour and the art tell that it's a Giant's needle...
Which, now that I think of it, reminds me of that scene from The Omen where the priest is out near that church and is impaled...
This is underrated. My friend uses this with Guttersnipe and a handful of other low-mana, high damage red spells. It's a mess, it beats a lot of excellent decks just by doing 20 damage in around 4 turns. There are plenty of things which trigger when you play an instant or sorcery which make this 100% worth it.
Petertracy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
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i prefer it to Zap nontheless.
Haha, past me says this, and yet I have a deck that LOVES these. It's full of one-drop burn spells, and Pyromancer's Swaths. (and mindstorm crowns, so yes I actually can play them.)
Couple this with Lightning bolt, Chain Lightning, Lava spike, and Rift bolt.
Maybe it's because Kithkin's are half dwarf, half elf (or so I was told), or maybe it's because WotC said, "screw it!".
Regardless, i was going to comment about how a volatile and explosive Ball Lightning can be killed by a small puny needle, but the flavour and the art tell that it's a Giant's needle...
Which, now that I think of it, reminds me of that scene from The Omen where the priest is out near that church and is impaled...
AH! What is the internet's busiest music nerd doing here?!