What are everyone's thoughts on Ice Storm? I haven't run it (or Stone Rain) in the Cube but I love land destruction as an effect. I think LD is better suited in green compared to other colors. I am imagining the dream scenario on the play of:
Me: T-1 mana accelerant (elf/BoP/etc)
Them: T-1 awesome land (duel, vivid, LoA, etc),
Me: T-2 Ice Storm.
At this point I'd be two mana ahead on the board & could drop a tasty 4-drop like Vengevine or Thrun. Last I checked eidolon's thread it showed that only something like 9 people ran Ice Storm. Since I built my Cube it's always been one of the "last cards out" but I'm thinking of just giving it a try for a few months.
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I just cut Sinkole in my 450 cube, but in black it was a pretty lonely effect. As you mentioned, green can accelerate, and I run Mwonvuli Acid-Moss and Plow Under in green currently. I can certainly see playing it. I'd love to hear some other opinions on this!
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Green can cast Ice Storm turn 2, but red can't cast Stone Rain turn 2. This card is much better than Stone Rain for many reasons, being in green, supporting green aggro, and having awesome art.
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What are everyone's thoughts on Ice Storm? I haven't run it (or Stone Rain) in the Cube but I love land destruction as an effect. I think LD is better suited in green compared to other colors. I am imagining the dream scenario on the play of:
Me: T-1 mana accelerant (elf/BoP/etc)
Them: T-1 awesome land (duel, vivid, LoA, etc),
Me: T-2 Ice Storm.
At this point I'd be two mana ahead on the board & could drop a tasty 4-drop like Vengevine or Thrun. Last I checked eidolon's thread it showed that only something like 9 people ran Ice Storm. Since I built my Cube it's always been one of the "last cards out" but I'm thinking of just giving it a try for a few months.
Thoughts?
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I like it. It is a useful effect and green acceleration into LD is powerful. Our last draft had a RGw land destruction deck that was pretty effective.
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So I run Winter's Grasp instead. >>
I play the worse card, so I definitely would play the better card.