More like Dumb Cannon. Far too much mana investment- why pay {3} and a creature when you can play Lightning Bolt for {R}? On top of a 6 mana investment in the artifact itself? Meh.
BorosRecruit
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Ideatog Well, you can activate this damage nearly an infinite number of times, whereas you're limited to 4 Lightning Bolts. Perhaps the creators of the card thought that was worth the excess cost.
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I like the art and the name, but I don't like the stats. When you activate it the first time, you spent 9 mana and sacrificed a creature of a specific type, to do what a lightning bolt can do as well. Yes I know, it's basically a lightning bolt on a stick, but it's a disgusting stick.
As kryptnyt says, fodder cannon is better. It can't kill players and costs more to activate, but you can sac creatures of any type, and it deals more damage.
syrazemyla
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Saprolings are ideal for this. And this is better than Fodder Cannon, as it can hit players.
Also, it costs more than Lightning Bolt because (a) it's not red, and (b) it's reusable.
Needless to say, great in EDH for repeatable colorless removal.
Arachnos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Useful to turn crappy tokens and useless 1/1 chumps into decent damage in late game, but costs a bit too much for what it does, IMO.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I choose Phelddagrif. Mainly because the image of an opposing mage succumbing to a meteor shower of Phelddagrifs raining ballistic mayham from above sounds both rediciulous and adorable.
Alsebra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Spawn tokens (from Eldrazi spells), Thrull tokens (from Breeding Pit), Goblin tokens, human tokens...the possibilities are endless. Sure, it's a big mana outlay, but to bolt things turn after turn can turn the game.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
...This is it? This is the card called "Doom Cannon?" A sub-par sacrifice engine?
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Being able to kill something with protection from your color is always awesome, but even then, that's 9 mana just to kill a white knight or something of it's ilk. Now, if you run this with March of Machines and Training grounds it becomes a 6/6 with conditional colorless lightning bolt, granted it's kind of forcing you to play in the deck, but let's be honest, it's a lot more helpful when it can be used more affordably or just smash someones face in by itself.
GoldmeadowGoatToken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's like that Nerf gun, the Stampede, that thing is like $100 but you're just buying the awesome name. The toy is pretty much garbage (I used to work at a Toys R Us, I'm not like a Nerf enthusiast or anything) it is belt-fed and has something obscure like 200 darts and breaks after shooting it ten times. The point of this rant is, WotC wastes cool names/art/concepts on cards that are better off as drink coasters.
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As kryptnyt says, fodder cannon is better. It can't kill players and costs more to activate, but you can sac creatures of any type, and it deals more damage.
Also, it costs more than Lightning Bolt because (a) it's not red, and (b) it's reusable.
Needless to say, great in EDH for repeatable colorless removal.
Now, if you run this with March of Machines and Training grounds it becomes a 6/6 with conditional colorless lightning bolt, granted it's kind of forcing you to play