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Gruesome artwork!

Me likey.

And now there are two Thunder Strikes in Standard.

Ah, but Thunder Strike couldn't be played in Theros limited! Now it sort of can. Functional reprints, and all that.

God, imagining that body hanging there, rotting for days.

Red combat trick with first strike #576.

@Totema:
#19, actually:
1. Ambush
2. Lightning Reflexes
3. Headlong Rush
4. Flaming Sword
5. Incite War
6. Savage Beating
7. Psychotic Fury
8. Viashino Bladescout
9. Kindled Fury
10. Slaughter Cry
11. Thunder Strike
12. Rally the Forces
13. Vampiric Fury
14. Wrecking Ogre
15. Viashino Shanktail
16. Furious Resistance
17. Weapon Surge
18. Coordinated Assault
19. Rise to the Challenge

(White has 13, by the way.)

"Lets put a pin in it" - Heliod said, thinking.
"Pin the chimera on the mountain" - Therosian children's game

It's funny, because many people don't consider how dangerous unexpected first strike is in Limited.

Remember that Limited is a game of card efficiency. The winner is the person who can utilize their cards best. You could have a 10/10 Nemesis of Mortals, but it won't matter if they have a Sedge Scorpion. They can hold off a creature which cost you a minimum with just . The scorpion's owner benefits most.

Now what if you were able to save your scorpion? What if you could have your cake and eat it too? Rise to the Challenge is exactly that: a cake paradox breaker.

Sure, you used one of your slots in your deck for a very situational piece of removal, but you can get rid of something without losing something yourself.

Also, this card helps heroic, which can make this a 2-for-1.