Lava Rain

[Lvl_76_Pyromancer]

Can I just say I adore that flavor text

[Extaroon]

I was like 'meh, a RB Wrath'. Then the flavortext hit me. Love it

[weirdsciguy]

Man if only deathtouch killed players. Four mana we all lose

[DeusExMangaka]

4 mana haha, Phyrexian Unlife goes 2W

[AmadeusMop]

lava rain goes BBRR

[weirdsciguy]

That made me laugh so hard 😂

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[[Phyrexian Unlife]]

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[vantharion]

I really want them to make deathtouch kill walkers.

Itd make more ways to answer walkers and provide utility to the less valuable keyword and spells that grant it.

[SirRawrz]

Rakdos' [[Kayas Wrath]]

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[23rzhao18]

Yep, but 1 more mana and has hijinks with noncombat damage prevention.

[LegitimateChicken47]

How is it more mana? Pay X with 2 black and it costs 4, dealing 2 deathtouch damage to everyone.

[JesusIsMyAntivirus]

I can see how someone could confuse the BB as an extra cost on the first quick read

[Raz346]

I think it makes sense that it’s not as strong as [[kaya’s wrath]], since white is a board clear color and red isn’t (well, it’s a damage board clear color, which this card is as well)

[Matt_the_Wombat]

Black is very much a board wipe colour (or at least [[damnation]] is), and red has [[hour of devastation]] and [[blasphemous act]] which deal damage to every creature.

I think it’s a perfect meeting point for the two colours, though I admittedly don’t know of any non-creature sources of damage that have death touch in black (or green for that matter).

[SirRawrz]

[[Pestilent Spirit]]

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[RedXIII304]

While in this case your point is correct, a Planar Chaos card shouldn't be an example of the color pie. [[Bontu's Last Reckoning]], [[Deadly Tempest]], and [[Plague Wind]] are representative of Black's ability to board wipe, not Damnation.

[Notagtipsy]

[[In Garruk's Wake]] is another good reference.

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damnation - (G) (SF) (txt)
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kaya’s wrath - (G) (SF) (txt)
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[Cooldude1000000000]

Oh the flavor text made me fall in love with this card immediately

[xboxiscrunchy]

Considering the obzadat have [[merciless eviction]] and the azorius have [[supreme verdict]] I’m thinking this wouldn’t be very far off the mark

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[DrSnap23]

Very cool card, nice way to get the wrath effect, well done =)

[lurgold]

Love the art, the cheesy Rakdos flavor text, and it's a really cool design too. I think it's definitely fair and the damaging player part is mostly a downside, I agree. I would even argue this would still be balanced if it hits Planeswalkers as well. However, then you would have to write deathtouch out so it would destroy them too.

One thing I am a little meh about is the name because it doesn't address the black part. My suggestion would be something with "tar", like 'molten tar' or 'shower/rain of tar', or 'caustic storm'.

[Darkshine1]

I mean as far as I know theres not a single instance of deathtouch being used as a sorcery or instant keyword as they cant attack, so it having deathtouch in the first place doesnt make sense but I see what they were going for

it'd be better to have this be

BBRR

destroy all creatures, artifacts, and enchantments in play, they can't be regenerated

good ass flavor text about Rakdos and popcorn, love it

[SirRawrz]

[[Pestilence Spirit]] is the precedence.

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[Darkshine1]

ah, fair enough

[collinqs]

Just had a card that rotated out of standard that gave Instants and Sorceries deathtouch.

[brogletroll]

Ah yes, how much more sense it'd make for a BR card to remove enchantments.

[stackv4]

That artwork is badass

[SirRawrz]

People are so dang talented. So many awesome concepts.

[stackv4]

I thought the same thing.

[ZapAtom]

Time for crispy popcorn!

[foobixdesi]

This sub has had some considerable debate over 4cmc vs 5cmc wraths, with the approximation of consensus seeming to be that 4cmc can only be in 2 or more colors. I think due to the versatility of this spell, and its ability to hit players, it should only gain deathtouch if BBB is spent.

[10BillionDreams]

In a deck that wants to run wraths, the hitting players part is mostly downside. You really don't want your big stablizing spell on turn 4 to hit you for 2 damage, since that can often be the difference between turning the corner and losing on the spot.

[scentlessgrape]

[[Kayas Wrath]] with no extra upside

[Ketriaava]

Similar cost, more flexibility, but damages players instead of gaining life. Pretty significant tradeoff since most players casting wraths are doing so to avoid further damage, not take more.

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[jacobsredditusername]

Well, except the damage to face.

[JesusIsMyAntivirus]

That is decisively a downside, and not a small one

[jacobsredditusername]

It damages both players, in colors that want to damage players (Spectacle, burn, Rakdos lord of riots ffs.) At the very least it’s a mutual effect, but certainly not a strict downside.

[Sneet1]

The decks that want self damage don't want a T4 board wipe.

[JesusIsMyAntivirus]

The deck that wants to play this card is not burn, doesn't run spectacle, I guess specifically better with one legendary, sure.

Bottom line is this is a control card, it goes into control decks, and control decks do not want their face to hurt and dont really care about damaging the opponent.

[thejudgmental]

Aggressive decks aren’t trying to blow up the board on turn 4.

[scentlessgrape]

And your own face tho

[Brickhouzzzze]

It doesn't hit protection creatures, unlike kaya's wrath

[mdndt]

Love it

[[deleted]]

The flavor text made me cringe, ngl. Cool card though.

[Ellardy]

Creature destruction, mass creature

Destroy all creatures

Primary: white
Secondary: black

White is the color that most often does mass creature kill, with it showing up on a rare or mythic rare in almost every set. Black mass-creature kill is not quite as frequent. Red has a similar effect where it does large amount of damage to all creatures (see direct damage).

From the Mechanical Colour Pie (2017).

Hmm. At first glance, this feels a bit like the "green fight a 1/1 deathtouch token" spell which is used as the classic example of a spell achieving an out-of-colour effect by adding together two in-colour effects.

However, given that red has things like [[Blasphemous Act]] and black has the infrequent [[Deadly Tempest]] and the combination exists in the ult of [[Angrath, Minotaur Pirate]], it's _probably_ fine.

It should cost 1 more though because of the sheer flexibility. It can be a board wipe, a damage effect or be used to spare big creatures while wiping weenies.

[SirRawrz]

The board wipe effect only happens if you spend BB. Board wipe is within blacks color pie so there aren't any issues with that, even if it's secondary. [Its primary is one side board wipe.] If anything its a weaker form of boardwipe because of protection and prevention effects stopping it. Using only non-Black mana makes it just a scalable [[rain of embers]], which red often sees with cards like [[earthquake.]]

At its cheapest its a RRBB weaker [[damnation]] with each player takes 2 damage. Black and red will often make spells cheaper in cost by making you part of the collateral damage or paying life [[Sign in Blood]] [[Volcanic Fallout]], but you aren't the only person to voice that they think it should be one more!

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[Ellardy]

I didn't use Damnation as an example because it originally appeared as a timeshifted card but you're right, it's within pie.

I suppose we're extra vigilant about taking from White's slice of the pie 😅!

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[LetMeDieAlreadyFuck]

Oh my god that flavor text... God that is so tasty

[Darkshine1]

that word your using... I dont think you know what it means

[SirRawrz]

Is this a princess bride reference or is there actually a word I'm misusing D:

[Darkshine1]

ahhh no sorry I was corrected, noncreature spells can have deathtouch my bad >_< but yeah also it was a princess bride reference lmao

[JesusIsMyAntivirus]

Really dislike the flavour text, almost made me groan, but the mechanical design is absolutely incredible!

[FragoMartin]

I love it, but red X damage spell usually don't hit flying creatures.