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CardName: Spire Elemental Cost: 2RR Type: Creature - Elemental Pow/Tgh: 4/3 Rules Text: Haste Sacrifice a Mountain: Put a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with haste onto the battlefield and Spire Elemental deals 3 damage to you. Sacrifice that token at the beginning of the next end step. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Battle for Zendikar Rare

Spire Elemental
{2}{r}{r}
 
 R 
Creature – Elemental
Haste
Sacrifice a Mountain: Put a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with haste onto the battlefield and Spire Elemental deals 3 damage to you. Sacrifice that token at the beginning of the next end step.
4/3
Updated on 25 May 2016 by Samuel

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2015-08-28 22:40:38: Samuel created the card Spire Elemental
2015-08-28 22:50:50: Samuel edited Spire Elemental
2015-09-04 13:37:10: Samuel edited Spire Elemental

This seems ridiculously powerful. Getting 16 power with haste on turn four seems to be completely broken. Maybe restrict the activation to once per turn?

Or, you know, an extra activated ability of {r} would keep this saner. Would still be spectacular. Personally, I'd probably err toward {1}{r}, but I'm guessing the card needs to be tested to get a full understanding of what feels right.

Of note: This card makes a pretty solid defensive card, too. It's also one of those rattlesnake cards that you never need to activate the ability to seize control of a group game, since no one will attack into that. Maybe those elementals should say "This creature can't block."

Really? My instinct is "I can attack you, lose a few creatures; and you're crippled forever? CHARGE!"

2016-03-14 01:41:06: Samuel edited Spire Elemental
2016-05-25 01:56:41: Samuel edited Spire Elemental

Nerfed even more, still probably a great finisher for a red aggro deck.

2016-05-25 01:57:19: Samuel edited Spire Elemental

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