What's the best X cost burn card?
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Posted on June 5, 2013, 4:13 p.m. by DarkDucky
I'm working on a U/R EDH deck and I'm trying to decide which burn cards to put in. Right now I'm stuck between Demonfire , Rolling Thunder , Disintegrate and Fireball . I want to keep only 1 or 2 of these, but I'm not sure which one(s) to keep. I already have Comet Storm , Banefire , Devil's Play , Kaervek's Torch and Red Sun's Zenith included in the deck, since those ones stood out to me the most. Which ones do you guys think should be added or taken out?
The deck is here for reference: Izzet Melek? I think it izz., although I've changed a few minor things since the last update, including some of the previously mentioned cards.
Fireball splitting is nice but needs Mana Flare to be truly effective. Making Rolling Thunder the better of the two. Disintegrate exiles which is not something to ignore. So I'm going with Disintegrate .
June 5, 2013 4:24 p.m.
gufymike, that's pretty much what I was thinking. Fireball seems better than Rolling Thunder if it's used on only one target, but as soon as you're hitting 2 or more Rolling Thunder is more effective. As for Demonfire and Disintegrate , they both exile, but Disintegrate prevents regeneration, whereas Demonfire can't be countered if I have an empty hand. I think it would be pretty rare for me to have an empty hand with my deck (although I don't really know since I haven't tested it yet), which is why I'm leaning more towards Disintegrate but I'm still not 100% sure.
June 5, 2013 4:32 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #5
I think Debt to the Deathless is the best burn card. but it doesnt fit ur deck :/
June 5, 2013 5:43 p.m.
@ APPLE01DOJ , Debt to the deathless is not a burn spell really, your losing life not dealing damage, which makes a difference in in some instances. But I think the best x burn spell is probably Bonfire of the damned or Rolling thunder
June 5, 2013 7:07 p.m.
Bonfire of the Damned looks nice, but I'm trying to exclude cards with Miracle since they don't work well with Melek, Izzet Paragon . I think I'm gonna end up adding Rolling Thunder and Disintegrate along with the ones I already have, thanks guys!
Human_Rogue_21 says... #2
I like Banefire .
June 5, 2013 4:18 p.m.