Comet Storm

Suggestion for Scientific Realism

Some other suggestions for "Technically Correct Science World":

Finally combining dogs and wolves under the Canid type
Comet Storm becomes Meteor Storm since the projectiles entered the atmosphere
Pooling Venom becomes Pooling Poison, since it's not injected
Lightning Bolt now only targets the tallest object on the battlefield

: )

Comet Storm Dog Humor Lightning Bolt Meteor Storm Poison Pooling Venom Venom Wolf

Color Identity Balance

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

Legendary Sorcery Costs

I've looked into the legendary sorcery spells and it is definitely true that they are way cheaper than they should be compared to non-legendary. The theme seems to be either it's 2 mana cheaper, or that it does a 2-3 mana effect it wouldn't do in a vanilla version. When you look at similar cards to them (Genesis Wave, Part the Waterveil, Comet Storm (instant, I know), March of the Tomb, Pick-your-wrath-effect, and Rise From the Grave) you'll find them to be elegantly and aggressively costed!

Thanks for doing the homework. : )

Comet Storm Genesis Wave Instants Keyword Abilities Mana Part the Waterveil Rise from the Grave Sorceries Spells Vanilla

Mechanics and Kicker

Technically, a lot of mechanics are just kicker renamed. In that they could be kicker but with the rules on the card instead of the reminder box. (Eg: Strive and Comet Storm)

Most of the mechanics players think are “just Kicker” technically aren’t.

Comet Storm Keyword Abilities Kicker Mechanics Rules Strive

Comparing Comet Storm

You like to bring up Barren Glory as an example of a black-bordered functional reprint of a silver-bordered card, but has anyone pointed out to you that Comet Storm is not a functional reprint, but just strictly better than The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service?

Strictly better? Coney Storm doesn’t provide you with any phone numbers. : )

Barren Glory Black Card Printing Comet Storm Keyword Abilities Nightmare Power Level Reprints The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service Wizards of the Coast

XY Spell Complexity

The topic of people's math abilities has been brought up here and the issues that X spells bring but is an XY spell really that bad? Could you do say one at Mythic Rarity or something? A spell like Comet Storm just seems clunkier to me using multikicker when it could just be YXRR deals X damage to 1+Y targets.

We printed Fireball once with XY, so we’ve done the experiment. It didn’t go well.

Card Printing Comet Storm Keyword Abilities Rarity Spells

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