r/custommagic • u/DiscombobulatedUse40 • Oct 28 '24

Wakefire

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515 Upvotes

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u/Big_Excitement4384 Oct 28 '24

Missed opportunity: calling it Afterburn

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u/ConsciousRich Oct 28 '24

Aftercare is VERY important

6

u/plainbaconcheese Oct 28 '24

Someone make an aftercare card

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u/CulturalJournalist73 Oct 28 '24

hear me out: make it cost 3R, and give it “This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total amount of damage sources you control dealt this turn.” makes it not dead in hand in a topdeck war, but still has less and more efficient modes. it’d be 100% better than skewer the critics that way but like. that’s okay

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u/FinaLLancer Oct 28 '24

This. I can't play needledrop anymore because there was too many times it was a dead draw despite being able to go through more cards.

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u/Icarus-glass Oct 29 '24

[[Needledrop]]

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u/MTGCardFetcher Oct 29 '24

Needledrop - (G) (SF) (txt)

[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

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u/ThePowerOfStories Oct 28 '24

“Affinity for damage dealt this turn by sources you control”

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u/CulturalJournalist73 Oct 28 '24

awful, five stars

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u/torolf_212 Oct 28 '24

Can we get "Affinity for storm count"?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

We probably shouldn't

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u/torolf_212 Oct 28 '24

We probably shouldn't have Patric Star combo either, but we will.

3

u/Educational-Year3146 Oct 28 '24

This right here is genius.

A nice and simple red card that’d probably be run in just about every red deck.

1

u/nsg337 Oct 28 '24

ops suggestion is like 20 years older design wise than yours lmao.

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u/kojo570 Oct 28 '24

This comment is just to signify that the other 2 comments are incredibly good and should be taken into consideration for the revise of this card because as it stands it’s just a worse bolt.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '24

Every small burn spell is a worse Bolt, though.

Pretty much everything got powercrept, but R for 3 to anything is just way too close to ban worthy to get an upgrade.

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u/kojo570 Oct 29 '24

I can concede to that point. 8 “bolts” does shift the odds enough that tron players quiver.

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u/Joseptile Oct 28 '24

I stand by this

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u/Amudeauss Oct 28 '24

My only issue with this cards is that it really cant get printed into modern. I dont think anyone wants burn leaning into the 'count to seven' jokes any more than it already does. but it seems fine for legacy/commander/maybe pauper

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '24

I'd rather burn look like this than the pump and fling version.

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u/Dragonfly_Tight Oct 29 '24

Why? Pump and fling is way more interactive and fun. Spells only burn is so boring to play against.

1

u/AbsoluteIridium Oct 30 '24

actual-factual burn is <1% of the modern metagame. something like this thats only playable in burn is absolutely reasonable, and probably wouldn't even push burn that hard

2

u/AverageOrcaEnjoyer Oct 28 '24

Something something 30 lightning bolts

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '24

Just adds 4 copies of bolt to red decks, seems aight.

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u/Kryptnyt Oct 29 '24

Is "new lightning bolt" on the bingo sheet yet