Lightning Rod
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Posted on Nov. 12, 2015, 7:54 a.m. by tyforthevenom
Type : Artifact Creature
Cost: 
Abilities: all instants and sorceries opponents control are redirected to Lightning Rod,
Defender, Protection from Owner (we all know what protection from player does just assume the protection is from the player who cast it)
Power: 0
Toughness: 1
Thoughts?
canterlotguardian says... #3
GG you have just single-handedly nullified every Burn deck in existence.
November 12, 2015 8:01 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #4
Ummm, it has protection from it's owner not protection from the opponent. It eats a single burn spell and then dies. It is entirely too good though because although it doesn't nullify burn completely having what amounts to a Counterspell for hampers burn inordinately.
November 12, 2015 8:26 a.m.
greenkingwashere says... #5
Seems to me it's just a worse Spellskite. I would rework it to be something more anti-red and maybe be able to tank 2 burn spells.
November 12, 2015 8:57 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #6
It's 1 mana is the attraction and no further investment
November 12, 2015 9:10 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #7
I guess having protection from the caster means you can't make it indestructible or do something stupid with it, but it just feels off. I mean jam 3 or 4 in a side board and call it a day against Burn decks. I'd balance it out by have an activate ability along the lines of Spellskite
November 12, 2015 9:37 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #8
It's funny how many people forget many of burns spells target players and can't be redirected to creatures
November 12, 2015 9:40 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #10
tyforthevenom are you always this hostile towards constructive criticism?
November 12, 2015 10:01 a.m.
I suppose it is balanced. But as many people has said, it just feels different. Not necessarily a bad thing, just. Different :)
November 12, 2015 10:04 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #12
CanadianShinobi if I seem hostile it's coz of how you're interpreting my words by no means am I hostile, maybe tired and grouchy but that happens when you're 24 hours into your 32 hour double double shift
November 12, 2015 10:18 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #13
I think the flavor would be better represented as such:
Lightning Rod 
Artifact
All players and other permanents have protection from red spells.
It may be broken though.
November 12, 2015 10:39 a.m.
I will admit that I read the original wrong and it is not broken but THAT is broken as hell holy crap cant even Destructive Revelry it
November 12, 2015 10:41 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #16
The point of a lightning rod though is to attract Lightning Bolts
November 12, 2015 11:33 a.m.
pleasiodmakerblooloo says... #17
I actually think that this card is completely fair. You can't give it indestructible or protection with your own cards, some spells simply can't be redirected to creatures and finally, as others have pointed out, it only eats up ONE spell before it dies.
November 12, 2015 11:34 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #18
pleasiodmakerblooloo against a white based deck you can almost consider it a 1 mana ramp spell lol also if this hosed any deck it'd be infect
November 12, 2015 11:57 a.m.
Wizard_of_the_Broke says... #19
I think it's reasonably fair, but the wording should be changed.
Something like this (though someone might have a better version):
"If an instant or sorcery your opponent controls could target Lightning Rod, change that spell's target to Lightning Rod. If that spell could have multiple targets, it must target Lightning Rod in addition to any other targets."
Spellskite's wording and ability have always been problematic and created a need for several rulings and disambiguations. I worded it the way shown above because otherwise it's unclear what happens when the opponent casts something that can't target Lightning Rod (like Thoughtseize). Also, though I think it's fair to blank a bolt or removal spell, I think stuff like Electrolyze would balance it out a bit, and it seems the original wording would force all the damage to Lightning Rod, or require some new ruling.
November 12, 2015 1:17 p.m.
I do like the original, although my first thought was "goodness would this be broken with Deadeye Navigator. I would suggest you alter it to the following:
Cost 2Artifact CreatureFlash
When Lightning Rod enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand you may change the target of target instant or sorcery spell to Lightning Rod.
When Lightning Rod becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. If it cannot be sacrificed, exile it instead. This ability has split-second.
0/1
November 12, 2015 3:08 p.m.
That seems relatively balanced, if not a little under powered. It's a great concept though
November 12, 2015 3:11 p.m.
As it is worded now, it is amazing against your average pump based infect deck.
November 12, 2015 3:54 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #23
I was planning to make my own card by the same name, with no similarity to this one, so I hope that, when I do post it, no one thinks that I am copying you.
As for the card itself, a card that redirects all instants and sorceries to itself is extremely overpowered, and needs to have some sort of cost, beyond mana, to balance itself out. Also, "protection from owner" is a very weird ability, so I would consider rewriting that ability to something else.
EmblemMan says... #2
this would make every single burn spell and burn deck obsolete from the game
November 12, 2015 7:56 a.m.