[AFR] Magic Missile
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Posted Jul 2, 2021, 8:02 PM UTC
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now we need a creature called "the darkness" to cast it on
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There is an instant called Darkness
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Yeah but we need like a 0/3 wall that’s indestructible and has to be sacrificed whenever dealt non-combat damage and when it dies leaves a 1/1 green elf
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Clever
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Forget that shitty animation, just listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kgx2b1sIRs
If you REALLY want an animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-leYc4oC83E
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Full voice version is missing the narrator wrap-up, which is half the fun. :D Make sure you also watch the animation.
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the goat
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Maybe its just me, but this seems really underwhelming.
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This is a B+ in limited. Post combat bomb
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Clean up the stragglers
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Well, it ain't supposed to be fireball or nothing.
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Man I loved [[Arc Lightning]] back in the day.
I think this has a shot to see play in constructed. At least in BO1. All the top aggro decks run multiple X/1 creatures. This card can very easily be a 2 (or 3!) for 1 and its fail case of kill and thing and go face for 1 or 2 is totally fine.
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Because it’s not instant, there’s too many cmc3’s it has to compete with.
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Doesn't have to be cast on curve though. It has a good chance of 2-for-1 later too.
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Yeah, but later on you should have much better things to play, unless you’ve been getting unlucky on the upkeep, or it was 1RX. I’d grab it in limited for sure though.
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Arc Lightning - (G) (SF) (txt)
^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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If you want to kill a bunch of x/1’s then you can use [[Cinderclasm]],which is an instant, hits all creatures, and costs one less mana. If you pay this card’s cmc for it it will kill all the X/2’s as well.
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Cinderclasm - (G) (SF) (txt)
^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
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Yeah, I think you're underrating the ability to go face.
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I know its not instant but I feel like this is still pretty good.
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Magic Missile? That was my nickname back in college 😏
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Magic Miss Ile?
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wish it were colorless (but keep red cost), otherwise yup pretty much expected
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should have been 1d4+1 damage
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That's a hearthstone card!
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Absolute flavor text miss for not referencing its most common use as a night-light
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Pretty sure that's just Firebolt.
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Now all we need is a Jim Darkmagic card (acquisitions incorporated d&d group for anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about haha)
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Magic Missile!
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Magic Missile! Magic Missile! ...I'm out of mana!
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What about..fireball?
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It is a red card, therefore the mage casting the missile must be red and the missile itself also must be red.
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Kinda feel like this should be either izzet because blue deals in manipulation of pure magic energy itself usually. Or maybe colorless as I saw someone mention above given it would be just about the most basic form of magic anyone could use. Either way, I definitely agree that this should have been an instant spell so it would see some sort of play. Not bad, just a bit underwhelming for such an iconic spell.
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Excellent flavour, pretty good for limited :)
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If this was either an instant or two mama it might be good. But at 3 and sorcery it’s just outclassed.
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About time. I was beginning to wonder.
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Love lit. Happy it's not an instant.
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Magic Missile absolutely should've been blue. Wtf?
So tired of blue getting fucked over.
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Magic missile has always done damage, what makes it blue other than being used by wizards? Should all arcane spells be blue?
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Great flavor, wish it was instant.
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The best spells aren't the ones that deal damage.
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I guess I should preface my thing with you need a quality DM so you don't end up in fight arenas cut off from reality so you have an actual chance to escape but I definitely don't want a damage spell to flee. Especially alone.
I could either do a few d6 of damage
Or
I could throw down a grease spell in a choke point
Use feather fall to jump off a cliff
A short run? Expeditious retreat
A long run? Longstrider
Jump to quickly get over an obstacle
Protection from Good and Evil if whatever is chasing you has a charm, fear, or possession ability
Silent Image is always a good time if you need to stick around, just a dupe of yourself and send them around a corner while you hide
Sleep is of course a doll because while a single spell might not kill an enemy, putting them to sleep when it is just you and them is basically an auto win depending on the edition. Plus if they are a tool using enemy they just dropped their weapon, take a moment to pick that up before you run away if others are coming.
And that all is just the first level spells I would take over a damage spell (some more than others of course and edition dependant). Damage spells just aren't really all that efficient, especially at lower levels.
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I’d actually play it in instant.
Will likely be too strong at instant (at least for limited).