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7/06/22 Seal of Doom

7/07/22 Paperfin Rascal

I'm just going to come right out and say it - I like clash.

7/08/22 Essence Drain

Not a great rate for that effect nowadays if it ever was. I don't think Essence Drain even makes the cut in a pauper lifedrain theme deck because there are so many better options at common.

7/12/22 Necromancer's Familiar

7/13/22 Plagued Rusalka

7/14/22 Blistercoil Weird

Kinda out of color for red but I like the untap functionality. Good budget combo piece for the casual table.

yeah, good for a casual ur storm build. Blue spells can help make this thing unblockable and do big damage. For mono red, there is crash through for trample and cantrip.

7/15/22 Aquatic Incursion

7/18/22 Tectonic Edge

Tec Edge is right where I want casual low powered LD to sit. I wish we would see this in more sets given how important color fixing has become in more recent sets so actually getting a wasteland effect vs a Field of Ruin effect is huge

Agreed. I'd reprint Tectonic Edge in any environment where I was putting any kind of land theme or the duals were particularly good just as a safety valve against decks that get overreliant on something other than spells...

Tec Edge is good at keeping manlands under control during it's time in Standard. Should still be good in the casual table.

7/19/22 Bellows Lizard

Firebreathing can be good but not when you have to pay two mana for an activation. If you're building that "tribal" deck Flamekin Brawler is the one-drop you'd play, surely.

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7/19/22 Bellows Lizard

I use pygmy pyrosaur to teach beginners on how firebreathing in red works. Yeah, I know it's a bad card, but it's also for educating beginners that it is important to be also able to block. Ok, now here we have bellows lizard which can block and cost one less to cast.. but it's firebreathing is worse than the pyrosaur.

7/20/22 Servant of the Scale

7/21/22 Pugnacious Pugilist

first time to see this card. I would probably be using the the Blitz ability a few times.

7/22/22 Ichor Explosion

For three or four mana it'd be fine -- most boardwipes fall in that range, and you're going to lose the creature you sac anyway -- but s-s-s-seven mana?

one of the worst board wipes I've ever seen. Should have been an instant, but even being an instant won't save it from being terrible.

7/26/22 Shrapnel Blast