Past in Flames

Adventures with Snapcaster

New • 06 Sep 2019 • Asked by obsolete-pixel • 23 Comments

How do adventures work with cards like Snapcaster Mage or Past in Flames? Can I Snap Bring to Life from the Animating Faerie if it's in my graveyard? If I do, does it get exiled as a result of the adventure or does it get exiled because of Snapcaster (in essence, could I cast the creature half from exile?) Similarly, for cards that care about multiple card types in the graveyard (Tarmogoyf), does the card count as a creature AND a sorcery? Thanks!

It’s just a creature card in your graveyard.
Card Types Card Types Cast Creatures Faerie Past in Flames Snapcaster Mage Sorceries Tarmogoyf The Exile Zone The Graveyard

Color Identity Balance

New • 20 Dec 2018 • Asked by noblecuriosity • 37 Comments

Blue excelling at many low as-fan things vs. other colors excelling at a few high as-fan things means blue's splashy (set-selling) MEMORABLE cards get to be more varied and unique. Ex. All Modern Masters mythics: U: Keiga, Snapcaster Mage, Temporal Manipulation, Tezzeret the Seeker, Vendilion Clique. 5 radically different effects, 2 blue-exclusive. Vs. R: Bonfire of the Damned, Comet storm, Kiki-Jiki, Past in Flames, Ryusei; 3/5 are damage boardwipes, the other 2 could be bends in U. See issue?

I’ve talked plenty about how Snapcaster is pushing more towards red and Vendilion Click is a black card masquerading as a blue card (aka a heavy bend). Things are more balanced than they seem.
As-fan Bend / Break Black Blue Bonfire of the Damned Colors Comet Storm Keyword Abilities Modern Modern Masters Mythic Rares Past in Flames Red Snapcaster Mage Temporal Manipulation Tezzeret the Seeker Vendilion Clique

Snapcaster's Color Appropriateness

New • 27 Jul 2015 • Asked by ioctorawk-blog • 21 Comments

Is Snapcaster Mage a violation of the color pie? I feel like it is red due to cards like Past in Flames.

Both Blue and Red do it.
Blue Color Pie Colors Past in Flames Red Snapcaster Mage

Recoup in Sorin vs. Tibalt

New • 02 Mar 2013 • Asked by goblinbowlingteam • 16 Comments

Was it really necessary to include Recoup in Sorin vs. Tibalt? All that showed was how screwed over red mages were in Innistrad that something along the lines of that spell wouldn't be printed (instead we got Past in Flames which was too expensive and only helped out a deck that everyone says they hate). And it couldn't be because that would have been too powerful because blue still got Snapcaster Mage then!

Recoup is in modern color pie. I’ve even said in this blog, that I wish I had thought to talk to Tiago Chan and tried to convince him to print Snapcaster Mage as a red card.
Blogatog / Tumblr Blue Card Printing Color Pie Colors Innistrad Modern Past in Flames Recoup Red Snapcaster Mage

Red's Graveyard Interaction

New • 26 Dec 2012 • Asked by crowsinateapot-blog • 1 Comments

Why doesn't red get more graveyard hate? Grim Lavamancer, Harvest Pyre, Past in Flames, Incinerate and Pillar of Flame all exist. What prevents red from getting cards like cremate / purify the grave, and/or mass graveyard removal?

Red tends to keep things from going to the graveyard rather than remove them from the graveyard.
Grim Lavamancer Harvest Pyre Incinerate Past in Flames Pillar of Flame Purify the Grave Red The Graveyard

Combo Play Concerns

New • 22 Sep 2012 • Asked by nickdangel-blog • 4 Comments

as a combo player thanks for make my life even harder. Could you print something good for us? or the days when we could play with no creatures are over? Past in flames was very good, then, dryad militant... really? i know that you are improving creatures, but this.. there's no balance, just like in the early magic

A combo player is not the opposite of a player that plays creatures. Many great combo decks throughout history had creatures as a key part of their combo.
Card Printing Creatures Dryad Dryad Militant Past in Flames

Spell Color Choices

New • 06 Jul 2012 • Asked by theyreforevermyhurt-deactivated • 1 Comments

I've been incredibly curious about this for the past week now; You may have answered but I'd really like to know. Why is it that Yawgmoth's Will and Past In Flames are the two spells that can do what they do? Or intrinsically, why black and red? :] Just curious, my friend.

The ability is now a red (and blue) ability.
Black Blue Past in Flames Red Spells Yawgmoth's Will

Snapcaster Mage Origins

New • 24 May 2012 • Asked by soulflame-blog • 9 Comments

Did you ever consider making Snapcaster Mage red (or blue-red)? Since red really likes to play with the graveyard using flashback (Shaman's Trance, Past in Flames, Recoup etc).

If I had made Snapcaster Mage from scratch, I would have made it a red card. Why is it blue? For one, I didn’t make it, it was designed by Tiago Chan, winner of the last Magic Invitational. Tiago made it blue and we tried to keep the card to his vision. I do wish I has asked him about changing it to red to see if the idea interested him.
Blue Flashback Past in Flames Recoup Red Shaman Shaman's Trance Snapcaster Mage The Graveyard

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