Unholy Heat

Thoughts on Unholy Heat

Hi Mark, I hope you're having a good week. What are your thoughts on the card Unholy Heat? I've heard many players say it's too close to a red Doom Blade. And yes, I know there is the Delirium hoop to jump through before you get the 6 damage. But in Eternal formats like Historic and Modern, this happens incidentally. What do you think? Does this card bypass Red struggling against high toughness creatures?

6 is the upper limit for red direct damage. The hoop should matter for some portion of the game, although I get how it might be easier late game.

Creatures Delirium Delirium Doom Blade Eternal Historic Modern Red Unholy Heat

Evaluating Unholy Heat's Efficiency

Hi Mark, my birthday is coming up and I have a color pie question for you.Is Unholy Heat a break, a bend or just super efficient?

It’s just very efficient. 6 is where we cap red direct damage (not involving an X).

Bend / Break Birthday Color Pie Red Unholy Heat

Color Pie Imbalance in Older Formats

Hey Mark! I have a question about the color pie and how it relates to non-rotating constructed formats. As I understand it black is supposed to be he best at spot removing creatures and planeswalkers but in formats like modern and older it’s options have to compete against the likes of Unholy Heat, Prismatic Ending, Path to Exile, Lightning Bolt, etc all of which do this thing in more powerful ways than black’s options like Fatal Push. Does the council of colors have any interest in balancing out this aspect of the color pie for those formats or does the color pie simply matter less in these places than it does for limited and standard?

There’s not much we can do to color correct older formats; they’re very much formed by the mistakes of the past. If you prefer playing with a more pure version of the color pie, limited and Standard are better formats for you.

Black Color Pie Colors Constructed Council of colors Creatures Fatal Push Lightning Bolt Limited Modern Path to Exile Planeswalkers Prismatic Ending Standard The Exile Zone Unholy Heat

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