Actually, sinkhole is the original. Considering that sinkhole was ridiculously broken, this is still outstanding. A cheap removal spell, with options. Land removal turn 3 wreaks everything.
Detonativity
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Strictly better than Demolish, making it good enough for me. Red Rain of Tears that cans regeneration on manlands and can also bury artifacts. Very nice all around.
boneclub
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
This card is AMAZING! It's the Red (and original) Creeping Mold! It's Artifact removal that will never be dead against non-artifact decks!
EDIT: @crimson149: I'm not saying it's the original land destruction spell, because it wasn't. I'm saying it was the first (as far as I can tell) artifact removal spell that wouldn't be dead against non-artifact decks.
Richard_Hawk
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Ahh much better art. Super useful now that artifacts are prevalent again.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Richard Kane Ferguson art had Kaervek though! And he looked so happy!
Atali
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(8 votes)
Not strictly better than Demolish, since it is considerably less splashable.
Also, why would they put the lame-ass 7th ed. artwork in the Premium deck? Richard Kane Ferguson's art was phenomenal on everything, and this was one of his best.
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
"Actually, sinkhole is the original."
Stone Rain and Ice Storm were also printed in Alpha. You can't say one came before the other.
Sothasil
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
For mono red its great. The card is flexible, 3 to destroy a land is excellent in and of itself, and regen prevention on top is suhweet.
blurrymadness
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is turn TWO remove. Any red ritual OR Sandstone needle will get you there turn two no problem. Turn three do it again. Turn 4 you should have 3 lands left over and decide whether a third land needs to go or not. I have a green land removal ooze-themed deck, and it's brutal.
The3rdEmpire
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ crimson149 I bet you're one of those players on MTGO that quits the second that someone plays a LD spell.
Anathame
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
the RKF version has much better art.
Kragash
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"Stone Rain and Ice Storm were also printed in Alpha. You can't say one came before the other."
It's possible that Wizards printed the cards in order of color. Black being the first on the alphabetical list, Sinkhole probably got printed first... making it the original land destruction card.
All this is a hypothesis though. :)
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Much worse art. No flavor text. :(
It's possible, nay, even likely that they would have had to pay RKF extra money to reprint his art in PDS:FaL, whereas the 7E art was paid for in a single sum and could be re-used indefinitely then.
Naftal
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I believe the reason this art was changed in 7th edition was because the original RKF art shows a barbarian that takes up almost the whole picture, looking like a creature card. This art has a guy blowing stuff up, the explosion being the central point. It actually looks like a sorcery.
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Actually, sinkhole is the original. Considering that sinkhole was ridiculously broken, this is still outstanding. A cheap removal spell, with options. Land removal turn 3 wreaks everything.
EDIT: @crimson149: I'm not saying it's the original land destruction spell, because it wasn't. I'm saying it was the first (as far as I can tell) artifact removal spell that wouldn't be dead against non-artifact decks.
Also, why would they put the lame-ass 7th ed. artwork in the Premium deck? Richard Kane Ferguson's art was phenomenal on everything, and this was one of his best.
Stone Rain and Ice Storm were also printed in Alpha. You can't say one came before the other.
It's possible that Wizards printed the cards in order of color. Black being the first on the alphabetical list, Sinkhole probably got printed first... making it the original land destruction card.
All this is a hypothesis though. :)
It's possible, nay, even likely that they would have had to pay RKF extra money to reprint his art in PDS:FaL, whereas the 7E art was paid for in a single sum and could be re-used indefinitely then.