Uhg...I want to like this card but i can't. 5 CMC 4 power dude isnt bad with a playable ability, but when you have to sac your dude at sorcery speed, no matter the effect its just underwhelming. This guy could have sacced for 10 damage to a creature and still only have been moderately playable. Not the worst ever, but not great by any means
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Worthless. Thats all this card is. And thats all that I have to say about it.
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Spitebellows seems far superior in every conceivable way.
Iiory
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
there is no players of this card yet....come on be the first
Plantboy81
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I found a use for it in a draft when there was a shortage of creature removal, but there are much better cards to use in a constructed format.
FogRaider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a disappointment that they wasted such a cool art on this. He only needed a little push to not be crap, like saccing at instant speed, or having the choice to target players, or 1 CMC less, or having haste, or...list goes on. I wanted so bad for him to be good.
littlebeast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's not bad, but Spitebellows is better.
FragNutMK1
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Elementals born of Jund are as cruel and unuseable as the plane itself.
Sir_Kaeru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
two words, totem armor
Shiduba
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this card, a pity they didn't make his ability instant speed.
You guys have clearly never played a Shards draft. There this guy reads: 4R, Deal 4 to target creature. In Limited, this is eminently playable, and even high-pickable. Removal is important.
Yeah there are better cards, yeah he's not usable in Constructed. But that's not what this card was designed for.
JFM2796
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pretty unplayable, but not to the point that it is funny, like Chimney Imp. The flavor text is similar to Urborg Elf.
Paladin85
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At 5 mana, there are already plenty of good red creatures with the same CC or less such as
Note that almost all the above creatures have better P/T ratios for the cost
This would have been half playable had it not have the sorcery restriction, it already has only 1 toughness which is vulnerable to everything
1.5/5
Vedalken_Arbiter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Any one of three things could make this card work. Four toughness. Ability to hit players as well as creatures. Ability at instant speed.
thexmanlight
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The sad part is, if someone decided to ping this, you couldn't even sac it in response...
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Such a low rating for a card that is *obviously* designed with limited in mind! And on that note, he's actually decent - 4 damage kills a lot of significant creatures, and even though he's expensive, often in limited you can't be overly picky (I recall Heartstabber Mosquito being a very high pick in limited (admittedly it does have CA over Bloodpyre Elemental), and that cost *seven* mana to kill a creature!
Deserves a 3-3.5/5 if you're analyzing it from it's limited playability. Overall, that probably brings it down to a 2.5.
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card would be decent if it sacced at instant speed. (It would have been outrageously good if it could sac at instant speed prior to the Magic 2010 rules, since it would be an almost guaranteed 8 damage to something, with half of it going wherever you want.)
Or if it had haste.
Honestly, it should have had both. A Ball Lightning is 6; this costs two more, so making it, say, , but with haste and an instant-speed sacrifice would've been playable, fun, and balanced.
Earthdawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"ARE YOU MAD BRO!?!?!" is all I can think of when I see the art. That elemental is trading with SOMETHING lol :)
Shiizu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's pretty bad, but compared to others at this rating this one at least has SOME uses sometimes. It will kill creatures if they've only got 4 toughness.
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Yeah there are better cards, yeah he's not usable in Constructed. But that's not what this card was designed for.
Savage Firecat
Skizzik
Flametongue Kavu
Dragon Whelp
Note that almost all the above creatures have better P/T ratios for the cost
This would have been half playable had it not have the sorcery restriction, it already has only 1 toughness which is vulnerable to everything
1.5/5
Four toughness.
Ability to hit players as well as creatures.
Ability at instant speed.
Deserves a 3-3.5/5 if you're analyzing it from it's limited playability. Overall, that probably brings it down to a 2.5.
Or if it had haste.
Honestly, it should have had both. A Ball Lightning is 6; this costs two more, so making it, say,