Magic: The Gathering

[Yygdrasil]

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Scared?

Not at all. That card was never anything but stupid right from the start.

[Malacite]

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I miss it (and browbeat)

[Firewind]

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To be fair you get the same effect from an Izzet Staticaster for less mana: e.g wiping tokens.

[Malacite]

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Holy tits. Holy tits. HOLY THUNDEROUS BOROS TITTIES!!!

[Firewind]

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18 damage in one turn. Thankfully there are no standard legal cards like that.

[Taskmage]

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Oh by the way, Boros Charm. It has double strike. Swing.

[Yellow Mage]

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I'm not seeing the combo with Spirit Flare, FW. Note that Spirit Flare says that you need to tap the creature in question.

Boros Charm, as TM pointed out, is many times more threatening. At the very least, you're getting a chunk of damage through, even with First Strike blockers on the other end.

Also, I remember playing with Pyroclasm when it was Standard legal, and I don't remember it being that big a deal. I think there were decks that had it in the sideboard? Then again, this was the same Standard that had Kor Firewalker, so make of that what you will.

[cidbahamut]

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All I'm seeing is an inferior Ball Lightning.

[Malacite]

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Shows what you know.

This guy just adds to the list of already great 4-drop finishers. Works well late game with charm yeah, provided the other side doesn't have a giant fatty or first strikers.

Absolute limited bomb too, 12-point swing for 4? I'll take it.

[cidbahamut]

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Shows what you know.

More than you?

It'll do fine in limited and even in-block, but I wouldn't expect it to survive into the more expansive constructed environments. Ball Lightning hits the board for 3 mana and no color concerns. If you need the lifelink then you're trying to buy yourself time and have already lost.

[Yellow Mage]

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Ball Lightning is better for mono-Red, i.e. cid's concerns.

Spark Trooper, being marginally less mana-intensive than Ball Lightning, is more playable in multicolor decks.

All-in-all, yes, it's a worse Ball Lightning, even accounting for the Lifelink compensation. Doesn't mean it's not going to cause some swingy board states to happen, however.

[Armando]

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Spark Trooper, being marginally less mana-intensive than Ball Lightning, is more playable in multicolor decks.

How is it less mana-instensive if it requires the same number of colored mana, uses two colors instead of one, and requires an extra mana on top of that?

Am I missing something here?

[Yellow Mage]

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You don't have to pay 3 Red, is what I was getting at. If you had something like, say, Steam Vents, Hallowed Fountain, and Sacred Foundry in play, you've already taken care of the colored mana cost.

[Malacite]

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How is it less mana-instensive if it requires the same number of colored mana, uses two colors instead of one, and requires an extra mana on top of that?

Am I missing something here?

It doesn't have a triple mana-cost to it, which in a multi-color deck would be very prohibitive - especially if you want to run this in Naya. And no, Cid, you clearly don't know wtf you're talking about. This thing is a BOMB in limited and will absolutely see play in constructed - Even late game, this guy can be utterly crazy with Aurelia on the field. Speaking of which, she's still the only big Boros rare I've been horribly disappointed with - they should have at least given her 5 toughness, or possibly bumped her down to 5 mana but for an effect like hers, and with haste, that would be messed up. I just don't like that she's in Mortar range, even if she can end games the turn she lands.

EDIT: Not just Aurelia, but Boros Charm (late game) and Silverblade Paladin say hi 2 Sparky. At this point I'm honestly more interested to see what new tools the guilds will have to work with once ISD block rotates out, because then we're going to lose a lot of staples like Champion of the Parish.

[cidbahamut]

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Once it rotates out of Standard it won't see a whole lot of play in constructed. Ball Lightning is still the better card.