Can this be used to play Elemental echo costs? Or are those "costs" and not "abilities." As you can tell, I'm pretty sure of the answer. I just want confirmation.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One of these equals plus a Llanowar elves equals turn 3 Thorn Elemental. Turn 4? I'm thinking Double Cleave and Giant Growth on Thorny and swing. Boom. Game over. But that's Thorn Elemental being its obscene self; this card does for Elemental decks what Vedalken Engineer does for artifact decks, except that elementals tend to come in a variety of colours and require two or three or four coloured manae per each, and thus benefit more from Smokebraider's abilty than (generally colourless) artifacts benefit from the Engineer's.
chinkeeyong
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
These ladies are completely amazing in any sort of Elemental-themed deck. They can accelerate into Ball Lightning and Ashenmoor Gouger for offense, then drop an Incandescent Soulstoke into a hasty Mulldrifter to get your hand back up and ready for more. Incredibly useful. 5/5
Asinine-Ultimatum
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's very strange that a red creature is tapping for mana.
GrimjawxRULES
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ZEvilMustache: Echo is a delayed triggered ability. It's not an activated ability, so you can't spend Smokebraider's mana on it.
ultratog1028
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My UR elemental deck is impossible without these. Turn 1 flamekin harbinger, turn 2 this, turn 3 nova chaser championing harbinger. If the chaser dies, fetch another. Run out of chasers, search for supreme exemplars.
Axelle
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Red mana production is cool.
patronofthesound
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Zevil
It says rite in the oracle that u can use this for additional costs, so presumably yes. Ask a judge to be sure
blurrymadness
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Pretty awesome with Obsidian Fireheart. Not only gets him out earlier but almost adds a blaze counter himself. Getting any kind of other ramp on the field can get you blaze counters by T3 :D
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It says rite in the oracle that u can use this for additional costs, so presumably yes. Ask a judge to be sure