I tested it because of the positive reviews in this thread, and the consensus in my group was that it deserves a slot.
I've gotten a bit unlucky in i never seem to draw it or draft it, so all my experience has been via stories from my playgroup.
A couple key members of my playgroup who were initially very skeptical and tried to convince me not to to test it, were eventually won over by the card, so that's a big complimentary sign.
The key interactions are with power cards like mana crpt/sol ring/black lotus where the aftermath side gives insult an extra oomph and it's interaction with fireblast.
1 drops -> Fireblast + Insult//Injury give Mono red the ability to goldfish a turn faster than any other card combination in the archetype. Thats very big in a cube that supports combo archetypes like tinker -> sphinx of the steel wind, channel -> emrakul, reanimate griselbrand etc.
I've gotten a bit unlucky in i never seem to draw it or draft it, so all my experience has been via stories from my playgroup.
A couple key members of my playgroup who were initially very skeptical and tried to convince me not to to test it, were eventually won over by the card, so that's a big complimentary sign.
The key interactions are with power cards like mana crpt/sol ring/black lotus where the aftermath side gives insult an extra oomph and it's interaction with fireblast.
1 drops -> Fireblast + Insult//Injury give Mono red the ability to goldfish a turn faster than any other card combination in the archetype. Thats very big in a cube that supports combo archetypes like tinker -> sphinx of the steel wind, channel -> emrakul, reanimate griselbrand etc.
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Turn 1 mountain, monastery swiftspear attack.
Turn 2 mountain, black lotus or mana crypt, insult, 1 mana burn spell, fireblast, attack with swiftspear
24 you GG , Merry christmas
With black lotus, you can techincally do it on turn 2 without even exposing swiftspear to sorcery speed removal.
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