This is some intricate kind of creature removal for seven mana, keeping or even getting a fatty on your hand in order to do any damage is a bit unfortunate. Then again this is from Rise of the Eldrazi, with quite a bunch of fatties and crazy mana accel.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Bout the flavor- I wish it blew up X lands.
Ameisenber
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
In the prerelease, this won me every game i used it:D Awesome in limited , as you have all the or so eldrazis.
HippyRei
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card was insane in Sealed deck.
lukemol
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Why is this rated so low? 7 mana is not hard to get in Rise of the Eldrazi, especially if you're playing red. When you've got a Pathrazer of Ulamog in your hand that you don't have quite enough mana to play (as happened to me in several rounds), then it's quite useful. I wish I'd had one at the prerelease, it would have actually given me a chance at winning more of those rounds. 7 mana for 11 damage to multiple creatures (potentially belonging to multiple opponents)? Count me in!
It's certainly situational though. If you don't have any fatties, don't use it. But 7 CMC or higher isn't hard to come by in this set.
Donovan_Fabian
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is really good in a way, it combos with a bunch of cards and see beyond to create a deck that has eldrazi, but never plays them. Rather you use eldrazi spawn for lots of mana, then keep a big creature in your hand and use its large power/toughness to slam opponents for lots of damage or other affects.
coyotemoon722
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This works in Green/Red/Eldrazi BIG TIME. That 7 mana isn't hard to come by in that deck, you show your 8 mana fatty and bye bye his guys. Way underrated.
Osmodius
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Revealing Emrakul just gave your opponent one more reason to concede.
blindthrall
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Even if you're not showing a big one, a creature with just 4cc is just as mana efficient as Lavalanche. True it doesn't hit the player, but it's easier to cast.
EvilCleavage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is amazing late game! Clear the opponents board with this and your finisher fattie, and then smash that mother with it next turn!
EDIT: For people talking about the affects of this outside the set, it does great late game. Here's the thing people, even if you have a 4cmc creature in hand you can wipe almost all your opponents creatures. The only drawback is that you have to wait def. later in the game. I like casual a lot and this ends up coming out pretty fast.
Azure_Dreamer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lol. now imagine if you just drew Emrakul that turn with enough mana to cast Disaster Raius... multiplayer pwnage >:3
Use this card in a R/G speed deck. Use elves for mana pumping & then watch the look on your opponent's face when you reveal a fatty Eldrazi. This spell is worth a solid 4/5 in my book.
I was disappointed when I first got this but I stuck it in my dragon deck and have found it to be very powerful. I cast it to clear the way for my 6 mana dragon, reveal next turn's hellkite overlord.
I also find that this is one of the most potent pieces of removal in multiplayer. ( the only one that beats it is scourglass)
achilleselbow
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If it dealt damage to the player like Lavalanche does, it would be very good. But there are probably less expensive and more reliable ways to clear your opponent's side of the board. Also: @Osmodious: Revealing Emrakul is not going to be any more effective than revealing any decently-sized creature 99% of the time. @blindthrall: "Even if you're not showing a big one..." ...uh huh huh
gromgrom777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
pretty terrible. not playable even in casual
desolation_masticore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
With , and a high cost creature in hand... you realize you need to rethink your deck.
Demonic_Math_Tutor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
THis card is why i played red green casual eldrazi last april.
Seems good for EDH. Big creatures + Wrath effects= EDH. Oh, and Sensei's Divining Top, too.
Macsen
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I rated it low because of the casting cost and the fact that all the Eldrazi are too damn expensive (monetarily). In sum: it's a rare that requires other rares or mythic rares to be descent, hence it is only good if you have cash to spend. A truly good card should combo off commons, indeed it should combo off as many cards as possible.
jfre81
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Having someone reveal Emrakul, the Aeons Torn from their hand to play this is just as devastating as Emrakul himself. Probably not as useful outside limited or constructed but you could still wipe out a legion of weenies/tokens with the kind of 3-5 CMC creature you'd likely have in any red deck. Solid sideboard, worst case.
Now, if I had a Mogg Maniac or three on the board then I'd beg you to play this and show me Emrakul. :o
I second the EDH suggestion. I run this in my Mayael the Anima EDH deck, with a total of 23 fatties each with CMCs between 6 and 12. It's a great one-sided board wipe, better than Lavalanche in EDH because it wipes ALL your opponent's boards.
I think it deserves a higher rating than 3, maybe 3.5 or 3.75. (if only we could have more nuanced ratings....) I think it's closer to 3.75 because although its use is limited, it's just so excellent at what it does. So I guess I have to give it a 4, reluctantly..
humor_love
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Big card advantage for Red, especially in multi-player - which is where this card shines the brightest (the designers didn't create a Commander version of this card on accident).
If you're playing a creature-heavy deck and have a good supply of big creatures, this is better than Starstorm, which is certainly saying something. If you're not worrying about your creatures, Starstorm beats Disaster Radius in versatility and usability/playability.
I've been fine-tuning a mono-Red Giants and Dragons deck, and I'm going to play an iteration of it that includes both Disaster Radius and Starstorm.
This is probably a 3.5 - 4, as Wanderer25 suggested. However, given the necessity for big creatures in hand, as well as the sizeable casting cost (and given that I can't rate between 3.5 and 4), I've gotta go with 3.5 - which is still a 'good' rating.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Obviously Eldrazi goodies. The bare minimum for an Eldrazi spell is 7 anyways, so converting your, say, Hand of Emrakul to "Wipe target opponent's field" is totally worth it.
Like most cards related to the Eldrazi, situational, but damned hilarious.
The_Jabberwocky
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Macsen - So you rate cards based on how much cash you have to spend to use them?? That is ridiculous. Cards should be rated based on their playability, power and usefulness. I can understand people slightly adjusting their ratings for nice artwork and flavor, but the price tag on a card should have absolutely no affect on its rating.... the price is simply a result of supply and demand.
Villainous1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That art is scary. Looking at it, I actually feel a slight pang of unease... imagine standing in that desolate, defiled wasteland watching a gigantic, ageless cosmic abomination crawl through the dust haze. The fear that if it turned its attention to you, there would be no escape from a horrifying death - I mean, just look at all those bones. The skeleton in particular... *shudder*
Few cards give me the creeps the way this one does.
leomistico
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Macsen, actually this card can be bought for 1€ each, maybe even less, and can be used with a lot of common, for example some green creature like Havenwood Wurm, just to name the first that comes in mind. Another really valid one is Scornful Egotist. In the same set? Hand of Emrakul Ulamog's Crusher Emrakul's Hatcher and others... Really, I don't understand what you're talking about...
I play this in a Intet deck, where this belong I think. Casting it for free from below Intet and revealing another big creature that you can cast thereafter is really where this card shines!
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Then again this is from Rise of the Eldrazi, with quite a bunch of fatties and crazy mana accel.
It's certainly situational though. If you don't have any fatties, don't use it. But 7 CMC or higher isn't hard to come by in this set.
EDIT: For people talking about the affects of this outside the set, it does great late game. Here's the thing people, even if you have a 4cmc creature in hand you can wipe almost all your opponents creatures. The only drawback is that you have to wait def. later in the game. I like casual a lot and this ends up coming out pretty fast.
I also find that this is one of the most potent pieces of removal in multiplayer. ( the only one that beats it is scourglass)
@Osmodious: Revealing Emrakul is not going to be any more effective than revealing any decently-sized creature 99% of the time.
@blindthrall: "Even if you're not showing a big one..." ...uh huh huh
Now, if I had a Mogg Maniac or three on the board then I'd beg you to play this and show me Emrakul. :o
Tribal Sorcery: Eldrazi
...what could've been...
I think it deserves a higher rating than 3, maybe 3.5 or 3.75. (if only we could have more nuanced ratings....) I think it's closer to 3.75 because although its use is limited, it's just so excellent at what it does. So I guess I have to give it a 4, reluctantly..
If you're playing a creature-heavy deck and have a good supply of big creatures, this is better than Starstorm, which is certainly saying something. If you're not worrying about your creatures, Starstorm beats Disaster Radius in versatility and usability/playability.
I've been fine-tuning a mono-Red Giants and Dragons deck, and I'm going to play an iteration of it that includes both Disaster Radius and Starstorm.
This is probably a 3.5 - 4, as Wanderer25 suggested. However, given the necessity for big creatures in hand, as well as the sizeable casting cost (and given that I can't rate between 3.5 and 4), I've gotta go with 3.5 - which is still a 'good' rating.
Like most cards related to the Eldrazi, situational, but damned hilarious.
Few cards give me the creeps the way this one does.
Hand of Emrakul
Ulamog's Crusher
Emrakul's Hatcher
and others... Really, I don't understand what you're talking about...
I play this in a Intet deck, where this belong I think. Casting it for free from below Intet and revealing another big creature that you can cast thereafter is really where this card shines!
4/5