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Geosurge

Multiverse ID: 218004

Geosurge

Comments (64)

AnTzero
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Now Pyretic Ritual doesn't seem as silly as it was. Still not going to say whether either of them are good though.
Mekh
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (7 votes)
I love how they explicitly said artifact or creature to avoid this being abused with Dragonstorm
Flyheight
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (4 votes)
Mono-R dragons here I come!
PhyrexianFailure
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (2 votes)
What are some good targets for this? I want someone to break this because it looks cool.
Leonidus78
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)
So now the red chancellor can come out on turn 4 ... great
rinoh20
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
ummmmm..... turn four titan seems fair. heres a goblin guide for your troubles.
Keino
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0) (47 votes)
I'm surprised to find that guy still standing there...

Pyretic Ritual
then
Seething Song
now this...

He is going to explode one of these days...
guitargamer79
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
Turn 4 Myr Battlesphere, Platinum Angel, Red Chancellor, Inferno Titan, Spine of Ish-Nah, Steel Hellkite, Wurmcoil Engine, just for starters....
krauser-gogetthegirl
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0) (1 vote)
i cant wait to get my hands on this. badass. absolutely badass. that being said, there is alot of seven drops i can see benefiting me on turn four.
raadface
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Man, I love this card but the drawback is just killing me xd

na lol it's still a good card, but without that drawback it would have been awesome to link with other red mana ramp spells like Rite of Flame, Seething Song, etc.
Still a good card though, just wish it didn't have that drawback
lorendorky
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Can you pay for the kicker on a creature with this as well as its normal mana cost? If so Deathforge Shaman is looking for a home.
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0) (3 votes)
@keino LOL. @Guitar Gamer DIDO
Nutmeg_alpha
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Turn 4, cast Koth, use his second ability (granted with only mountains in play) and cast Geosurge. Has a nice synergy in standard, I'd say.
VINCRISTIANO
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0) (7 votes)
With Mountains lands with Koth's emblem ‘Tap: This land deals 1 damage to target creature or player.'"

With Koth's '-2: Add Red to your mana pool for each Mountain you control.'

With Geosurge

then, lastly cast Fireball

surely devastating

Well, Koth is the coolest Planeswalker, damn good guy
Amnatto
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)
People who are saying turn 4 whatever, please not that it becomes turn 3 with a simple Pyretic Ritual. An awe inspiring card. I really hope it seems some tournament play.
TheDonMega
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)
look out! here comes SPINE OF ISH SAH
bfugitive
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
T2 Sphere of the Suns with this yields T3 Titan, Chancellor.
themlsna
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dragons, much?
Exclaimer999
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Duh, okay, another red mana format breaker. Im good with that.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@VINCRISTIANO: That won't be a very big Fireball. And what are you going to do with the leftover 7 mana?
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Forget the red Cancellor - turn 4 Spine of Ish Sah, now that's something!
darkgnosis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am deeply, deeply, deeply saddened that I cannot use Dragonstorm with this.
Ninjazilla
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Perfect, just what my dragons needed, even MORE mana rampage. Hello turn 4, well...almost anything!
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ guitargamer79:

I already get those out turn 4. I get Butcher of Malakir out turn 4. This is just an Easy button for doing stuff like that.
bluemaxx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
pyrretic ritual, priest of urabrask, then this!

could somebody tell me what WotC is planning here? this looks to me that they're planning to make another Storm! but a variant of storm for that matter. I believe Wizards just mentioned that they won't bring back storm again for it's nearly broken-ness.

ps: i'm looking at my Storm Entity right now.
RowanKeltizar
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (1 vote)
well, technically, if you have an Iron Myr or a Sphere of the Suns, You can use this on turn three.

ACTUALLY:

Turn 1: Play land
Turn 2: Play another land, Play Pyretic Ritual, play seething song, play Geosurge, play Steel Hellkite, Myr Battlesphere, etc...

PRAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A COUNTER YET!!
FiveColorFinder
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Urabrask and a 3-drop on turn four. I'm liking it.
endersblade
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can play Caged Sun early :-P

Other than that, I'm pretty sure it's obvious what all can be abused with this card.
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yay my hellkite igniter will see more action now!
TheKeiser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
@ guitargamer79

Turn 4 Geosurge, Koth, -2, THEN Myr Battlesphere, Platinum Angel, Red Chancellor, Inferno Titan, Spine of Ish-Nah, Steel Hellkite, Wurmcoil Engine, etc...

Scratch that, if you turn 2 an Iron Myr you can turn 3 Geosurge, Koth -2 your 3 mountains, Inferno Titan. Turn 4 swing with titan, mountain, myr, you've done 18 damage overall, 6 of which can be distributed how you please among creatures/players.
Gelzo
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)
Okay, that's seven red mana. Seven...

I have to say, I sort of dislike how you have to count out the mana. I'd prefer if it were more legible at a glance.
DeathDark
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I had a good combo for this card in standard, but I seem to have discarded that card.
NocteMundi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
About to get better with M12.

Turn 4: 4 Mountains, Chandra, The Firebrand
Turn 5: 5 Mountain, bolt opposing player, -2 Chandra, cast Geosurge to add 10 mana to your mana pool, cast Furyborn Hellkite with bloodthirst activated.
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
interesting, both pyretic ritual (and dark ritual) and seething song add 2 mana, but this one adds 3.

on that count alone I'd say this card is good. 4/5
calebbevers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i think people are just wanting to pair chandra with this card just to pair it with chandra. turn four, gut shot, geosurge, furyborn hellkite.
TherealphatMatt
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
BlackKWYte
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I agree that guys pushing his luck grandstanding all throughout the expansions.
Macsen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This doesn't do shit for my fireballs!!!!
Dr_Fletchers
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Did I hear anyone say lets go Furyborn Hellikte, burn those bitchsAncient Hellkite and finish them off Flameblast Dragon!!!!

As you can see this card has potential to unleash mayhem if used properly.
deth2munkies
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Problem is that decks that want temporary mana acceleration don't want to use it playing creature or artifact spells, they want to play storm spells that are all instants or sorceries.

It has a few cute combos so it's not totally useless, but it's nowhere near Seething Song, Rite of Flame, Dark Ritual, or any of the other mana boosters.
PhantomDust
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Spend this mana only to cast anything except Dragonstorm.
iUseBreakOpen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card would be $5 a piece IF you could also use the mana to activate abilities. 7 mana is the exact amount required to play and activate Goblin Charbelcher.
Konvay
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Can Geosurge be used to pay for X in a creature spell cost? It says "to cast creature spells". Is the X is part of the cost, though it is counted as 0 converted?

Card I'm mostly looking at casting is Primordial Hydra
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a major slap in the face if it is played against you. Even without the combo chains mentioned before, if your opponent has seven mana on turn four prepare for some serious life and/or tempo loss

@konvay
Yes, you can use the mana to pay X in creature spells because the X is part of the casting cost, but if you're going to use this on something like Primordial Hydra, green ramp is a lot more stable and efficient than red ramp is.
ilovealara
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (10 votes)
A biography of that guy who adds red mana to your mana pool:

This man was once a Prodigal Pyromancer. But, his friend, Simian Spirit Giude, introduced him to the glory of adding mana to ones mana pool. He tried it in a fiery blast known as the Pyretic Ritual. He grew to loving this peaceful act of creation. But something was troubling his friend, the Spirit Guide. There were legends of a bloating sorcerer doing what he called the Dark Ritual. This man by the fire tried to equal the sorcerer, but all he could do were enact the Rite of Flame. He made Seething Songs. But, he could never defeat the black-mana aligned wizard. He allied with Koth, and started this rite. Desperate to confront his enemy, the Priest of Gix, he set unto the world a Priest of Urabrask. But the fact that he could never equal the Dark Ritual drove him mad. Then, in a suicidal rage, he betrayed all and took to the Infernal Plunge.
Demonic_Math_Tutor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
The only reason why I rated this a four is because you can play Elbrus the Binding Blade on turn three and equip ir to your invisible stalker on turn four. Then, you proceed to rape face.
Axelle
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@Keino: Well, he didn't explode...he just fell into the fire.
Darkness1d
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turn one, mountain, and goblin fireslinger.
turn two, nother mountain tap to ping, then infernal plunge sac goblin, use other mountain and 3 for geosurge, and throw out a 12/12 fury born hell kite.
next turn swing'n'fling.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
@darkgnosis:

why not?! thats a GREAT iDEA!

Turn 1: Mountain. Simian Spirit Guide, Rite of Flame, Pyretic Ritual, Seething Song, Geosurge, DRAGONSTORM!

@Keino
yeah I think he WOULD explode after that :P
Fetch, oh, I dunno...Lightning Dragon. 3 Lightning Dragons and 3 Dragon Tyrants = the most frikkin {R} s EVER!!!!
lol. 7 card combo on turn 1. if you get it, you DESERVE IT! xD

EDIT! just read the bottom of Geosurge for the first time ever.....ooops....lol. Well, I'm still going to cast Dragonstorm with this in casual, if I can find people willing to ignore that rule. I will have to think of something equally fun for them to do that R & D pooped on in exchange. Maybe I'll let them cast JTMS for 3, lulz. Or use more than 4 Squadron Hawks o.O Because in Kitchen Table Magic, ANYTHING can happen.


BTW: you CAN use this in a LEGAL Dragonstorm deck, if you're clever. Make sure you count your mana right so that you have enough for Dragonstorm BEFORE this goes on the stack. Play this, play Dragonstorm off that other mana, choose Moonveil Dragon as one of your targets. Pump the 7 mana from this into Moonveil Dragon. :D
Snafinturtle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarthParallax
Apparently you need to read it once more, man. It can only be used for creature Spells. The activated ability of spells and creatures may not be paid for with this mana.
Sorry bud :P
Thisson
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
6 pages of comments, but nobody suggested Charmbreaker Devils yet?
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is something I'd love to do some day:
T1: Mountain, Raging Goblin (any other 1-drop creature would work too)
T2: Mountain, Infernal Plunge (sacrificing the aforementioned creature). Tap another Mountain and use the RedRedRedRed to cast Geosurge. And with that mana, cast Akroma, Angel of Fury.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Desperate Seething Geosurge!
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
vini.
vidi.
went to buy one on mtgmadness.
vici.