I don't understand why anyone would play this card when Shock is R for 2 damage and Lightning Bolt is R for 3...
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
because you can deal the damage to seperate targets...but that still doesn't make it that playable, though.
Orim-s_Thunder
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Actually it was played in extended because it was good against elves.
Having entered the gathering during the Apocalypse, all the burn in Odyssey is iconic to me.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Kills Bob. Twice.
xDavid
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This just won a game for me, surprisingly
I was testing out a new red goblin/burn deck and had to include this because I ran out of Shocks. I had gotten my opponent down to 1 life and didn't have any burns in my hand, and he had just played Night Soil, which created lots of Saprolings to block my goblins. The flashback surprisingly made me win. I never knew Lava Dart actually could be decent
channelblaze
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
I don't think it's as good as bolt, and it looks pretty bad in the abstract, but it's good since it takes out a pair of BoP for 1 mana (or any other utility creature) and ups ur storm count by two (also for 1 mana), and pings something for 2 (or 2 things for 1) while its at it.
DespisedIcon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is better than it looks, especially to kill pesky utility creatures. Flashback is what makes it really shine though.
gromgrom777
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
complete crap outside of kiln fiend/wee dragonaunts decks, or storm decks. but thats where it shines, as one mountain nets you two spells. on par with Manamorphose
dberry02
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Not particularly good, but VERY FUN! Especially when you declare your victory with a thousand shots to the face. :D
Set phasers to stun! pew pew
divine_exodus
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Lightning bolt...
qaq456
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
XDavid: if you had played Shock wouldn't have Shock done the 'extra' damage?
Maraxas-of-Keld
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Trust me, this is not as bad as it looks. It is really mean against elves, which is why I run it in my sligh.
Hoonster
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Apparently, this was used when it was printed . . Well, Arc Lightning was a powerful burn spell when it was printed. Even though it deals one damage and has horrid flashback cost, dividing damage is very powerful effect. Recent print, Forked bolt, made Lava Dart completely unusable. 1.5/5
Richard_Hawk
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
flashback can be a game winner (or loser) here. severely underated at a 2.5 rating as of today i think,
leroque
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
great card for Chandra's spitfire +6/+0 for R
Mike-C
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Looks like a troubled, bored & poss high or drunk Harry Potter looking for a fight after Hermainy Granger turns him down.. Haha. I Harry "The lava dart slinging" Potter hereby challenge thee to.. DART TAG!!! >:-|
This found its way into sideboards of red decks back then, brought in for the mirror match.
Against a deck with lots of 1/1's you'd have gladly spent a Shock (or even a Bolt) on, Lava Dart does the job while also giving you another removal spell late game.
This card destroys any deck wanting to use a utility creature. Blast it at instant speed and then keep the flashback play in your back-pocket scaring them from playing others in their hand.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's like some sort of precursor to both Geistflame and Gut Shot. Completely unexpected, even at the best of times.
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Nowadays, Burning Vengeance turns this into a mini-Fireblast...the important thing about Lava Dart isn't that it deals 2 split damage, though, but that it provides two spells cast at instant speed for 1 mana. This is highly relevant for some effects like Storm count, Gelectrode, etc.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
it's liek a wierd cross between Fireblast, Firebolt, and Shock. All three of those cards, frankly, are better, but this card is actually plenty good if you have a land-saccing theme, and I'd love to run it with Grim Lavamancer.
Shock is the least interesting, but better than the others in most situations (even Fireblast since unless you built a whole deck around the Philosophy of Fire VERY Spiked, Fireblast puts you potentially hugely behind, and to -build- such a Spike deck often requires a mild investment which newer players would consider a little much until they see just how worth it it is. Of course other decks require even more investment, but a good many decks don't have to be Spike-tuned to be good. Fireblast.dec is not one of them though.
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Having entered the gathering during the Apocalypse, all the burn in Odyssey is iconic to me.
I was testing out a new red goblin/burn deck and had to include this because I ran out of Shocks. I had gotten my opponent down to 1 life and didn't have any burns in my hand, and he had just played Night Soil, which created lots of Saprolings to block my goblins. The flashback surprisingly made me win. I never knew Lava Dart actually could be decent
Set phasers to stun! pew pew
if you had played Shock wouldn't have Shock done the 'extra' damage?
Well, Arc Lightning was a powerful burn spell when it was printed.
Even though it deals one damage and has horrid flashback cost, dividing damage is very powerful effect.
Recent print, Forked bolt, made Lava Dart completely unusable.
1.5/5
Against a deck with lots of 1/1's you'd have gladly spent a Shock (or even a Bolt) on, Lava Dart does the job while also giving you another removal spell late game.
Shock is the least interesting, but better than the others in most situations (even Fireblast since unless you built a whole deck around the Philosophy of Fire VERY Spiked, Fireblast puts you potentially hugely behind, and to -build- such a Spike deck often requires a mild investment which newer players would consider a little much until they see just how worth it it is. Of course other decks require even more investment, but a good many decks don't have to be Spike-tuned to be good. Fireblast.dec is not one of them though.
bring on the dragons!