i want to really like this card. but i have yet to see how cascade really plays out. i've seen it play but have yet to use it
2097
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(3 votes)
What if the cascaded card is a sorcery, can it still be played?
Synt4x
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(6 votes)
I really like this card. The fact that it's an instant makes it possible to hit a counterspell (though Grixis colors aren't so popular lately) makes it awesome. Also, an EOT removal spell that can get you a guy is a two-creature swing for 5 mana.
I like the way this card plays out. I also like that Wizards is starting to print larger amounts of burn on cards to hit creatures, like Fiery Fall before this card. Not very black but in an all-gold set why not.
LeGaCy_13
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i love this. i remember cascading into a singe mind ogre hitting an inkwell leviathan.
Significant-Backlash
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Ok guys would cascading into Wild Ricochet work the way I'm thinking it would?
asmallcat
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I really like the cascade mechanic, and this is certainly one of the more powerful cascade cards in terms of it's actual effect with cascade aside. I mean, an instant 4 damage to a creatre for 3r or even 2br wouldn't be unheard of, and fore one more CMC you get the cascade. Great card. God cascade is fun, except when you hit a one-drop.
VrtraTheory
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(8 votes)
@Vinifera7
Cascade does trigger (and resolve) before the original spell resolves, so you could target your own Bituminous Blast and copy it if you happened to cascade into Wild Ricochet. However, you can't get a "re-cascade" off of the copied Blast -- Wild Ricochet does not PLAY the copied spell, it just creates a new copy on the stack, so no Cascade will trigger.
own-dizzle
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's partly the 4 damage, but it's mostly the cascade. A lot of awesome cards can be cascaded that have a converted cost of 4 or less. Necroskitter, perhaps.
Iiory
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
cool art ,cascade,dmg-ok you are comming with me in my Grixis deck
God_of_Destruction
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hey Legacy_13, u hit Inkwell leviathan? well ive hit Progenitus...once with a Singe-Mind Ogre and the next game was with Hellhole Rats... Love this card for any black/red decks that specialize in owning the battlefield with creature killing... 5/5
PaladinOfSunhome
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Kill a creature and get somthing else into play? Not bad.
3.5
BryanFR
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
correct me if i'm wrong. could i cast this spell and with the cascade pull a Swans of Bryn Argoll, put it in play and deal 4 damage to it just to draw 4 cards?
Vinifera7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Significant-Backlash: If I understand the Cascade mechanic correctly, the spell with Cascade doesn't have to resolve in order for Cascade to trigger, it triggers as soon as the spell with Cascade goes on the stack.
So I'm fairly certain that cascading Bituminous Blast into Wild Ricochet would allow you to choose a new target for the damage, then copy Bituminous Blast, allowing you to deal another 4 damage to another target, then cascading again!
Edit: VrtraTheory has corrected me. Cascade works when you cast a spell, but not when a copy of a spell is put on the stack. You will get a copy of Bituminous Blast, but it will only deal 4 damage; it will not Cascade.
Shiduba
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
1. Kill something 2. Get something to the field 3.???? 4. Profit! Seriously, cascade with 4 mana or less is awesome. But I think that Bloodbraid Elf is a better cascade card but this is great too.
Qazior
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ BryanFR
No, it doesn't work because you must choose target when you cast the spell
VirtueVsVice
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Irritating how {R}{B}{G} got better Cascade spells than anyone else. This and Bloodbraid Elf >=(
spectermonger
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I love cascade...it's like a not broken version of affinity, allowing you to play spells into more spells. This one is especially good, as it's an instant and can cascade into many other spells that you would be playing in a RB deck...eg, thought hemorrhage, removal spells, hypnotic specter, nyxathid, abyssal persecutor, blightning, etc.
jstorrie
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Should see a resurgence in popularity now that Wall of Omens is almost always available to blast. Check the synergy with Surreal Memoir, too.
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Cascade does trigger (and resolve) before the original spell resolves, so you could target your own Bituminous Blast and copy it if you happened to cascade into Wild Ricochet. However, you can't get a "re-cascade" off of the copied Blast -- Wild Ricochet does not PLAY the copied spell, it just creates a new copy on the stack, so no Cascade will trigger.
3.5
If I understand the Cascade mechanic correctly, the spell with Cascade doesn't have to resolve in order for Cascade to trigger, it triggers as soon as the spell with Cascade goes on the stack.
So I'm fairly certain that cascading Bituminous Blast into Wild Ricochet would allow you to choose a new target for the damage, then copy Bituminous Blast, allowing you to deal another 4 damage to another target, then cascading again!
Edit: VrtraTheory has corrected me. Cascade works when you cast a spell, but not when a copy of a spell is put on the stack. You will get a copy of Bituminous Blast, but it will only deal 4 damage; it will not Cascade.
2. Get something to the field
3.????
4. Profit!
Seriously, cascade with 4 mana or less is awesome. But I think that Bloodbraid Elf is a better cascade card but this is great too.
No, it doesn't work because you must choose target when you cast the spell
God my Jund deck was OP for tapletop magic.
3.5/5 Stars