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Inferno

Multiverse ID: 15815

Inferno

Comments (11)

DaaNz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0) (2 votes)
so what's it like living in king lake?
Ace8792
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (4 votes)
This is the better version of Flame Wave, it does 3 extra damage to each creature and costs the same mana and is a instant not a sorcery.
Buridan
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0) (3 votes)
I don't think that it is better, since it hits you and your creatures as well
A3Kitsune
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
"Wandering mage"? That's a Jaya Ballard quote, attribute it correctly.
Deathtamoor
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Why did they change it to, "Wandering Mage"?
Equinox523
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
@Ace8792 Not quite. Flame Wave is a one-sided "burn you and your creatures", this burns all.
Drewsel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you disapprove of this card, than you're not thinking red.
Nagoragama
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
The attribution of Jaya Ballard quotes to "wandering mage" is one of the many reasons why 7th edition sucked.
SirZapdos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
I understand that for 7th edition, the designers wanted to create a new type of world, where the four paladins battled for supremacy. Hence why they didn't want to reference characters like Jaya Ballard, Task Mage who wouldn't be a part of that world.

Why not just create new flavor text though, especially since everyone loves Jaya? I thought 7th edition was an interesting twist on a core set, and I don't hate it as much as everyone else, but I don't like this card.
Kirbster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You have been given a zero for failing to properly cite your sources. See me after class.
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Amusingly, the Wandering Mage was one of Jaya's contemporaries in the Ice Age 'block'. Maybe the historian who transcribed the quote for this card merely mixed them up?