Needle Drop

Instant

Needle Drop deals 1 damage to target creature or player that was dealt damage this turn.

Draw a card.

Combos

• Lightning Bolt + Needle Drop

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

Thebestnoob on Burn, till there's nothin left

1 year ago

whys Needle Drop so expensive ;-;

Dead_Blue_ on Budget Burn

1 year ago

I want to point out that Goblin Guides are only 5$ right now. Pretty much the cheapest they’ve ever been.

Another budget card I’m fond of is Needle Drop

Dead_Blue_ on 【BUDGET】Competitive ▷ Phoenix Chick ◁ Deck!【DMU】

1 year ago

Assault Strobe Madcap Skills

Maybe Shock or Needle Drop over Lava Dart?

Niko9 on Does this infinite combo with …

1 year ago

I like it! Looks like a fun combo, and yep, seems like it would work.

What do you think about Aetherflux Reservoir to go with your infinite spell casting? It would also give you the option to use phyrexian mana spells like Gitaxian Probe to start the combo on 0 mana. After the first two casts, the probe will be netting you life, and will go into reservoir's second ability.

You could also use something like Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip and Lightning Bolt then every other spell cold be bolt and every other could be Needle Drop for double infinite : )

I think the hard part of this deck will be getting the right creatures on board in what's largely a spells deck. It's doable, for sure, but may take a lot of work testing.

And, maybe Angel's Grace might be good in this deck in general. If you plan to be recasting things over and over, that's a great way to stall : )

Quickspell on Does this infinite combo with …

1 year ago

I'm pretty sure this works but I just want to make sure I don't overlook anything.

1. I have Kykar, Wind's Fury and Displacer Kitten on the battlefield.

2. I cast a cantrip like Needle Drop, let it resolve (using or ignoring the optional Kitten trigger) and create one spirit with Kykar.

3. I cast another cantrip like Ancestral Anger, let it resolve (using or ignoring the optional Kitten trigger) and create one spirit with Kykar.

4. I sac those two spirits for {R}{R} and add {2} to play Ardent Elementalist and bring back to hand one of those cantrips, say Needle Drop.

5. I recast Needle Drop triggering Kykar to create a spirit, Kitten to flicker the Elementalist, and that to bring back Ancestral Anger from my graveyard to hand.

6. let everything resolve and have Needle Drop go to my graveyard.

7. Using the spirit created in step 4, I recast Ancestral Anger to repeat steps 4 & 5, creating a loop.

This should allow me to draw my deck (and actually, by repeatedly casting Needle Drop kill at least one opponent who was dealt damage this turn).

It doesn't matter whether I use a sorcery cantrip or an instant, because it always has to resolve and go to the graveyard in order to recurr the other. (Obviously instants allow me to do this on my opponents turn.)

Is this correct?

And do you have any recommendations on how to optimize this?

Fuzzy003 on Ping and Fling

2 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions :) Have been meaning to update this one for a while.

Arcane Teachings was in to give Kyren Sniper some more to do.

Gonna keep Fling over Thud as it also helps against those pesky destroy effects at instant speed.

Love the Cinder Pyromancer. Might not see huge reuse but enough to make him worth swapping out the sniper + teachings.

Thinking of adding something like Needle Drop for some extra draw even if a playset is almost half the cost of the rest of the deck.

Niko9 on best draw cards for modern …

2 years ago

For a purely casual burn deck, I really love running Syr Carah, the Bold for some card advantage. She plays really nice with Rift Bolt because you will be untapping when rifty-B does it's damage. And this is just me, but I like Needle Drop

Uggh, this makes me want to dust off my burn some draw some Izzet deck. Thanks!

wallisface on Red Hot

2 years ago

Some thoughts:

• Banefire, Earthquake, and Red Sun's Zenith are all pretty weak in a burn deck as you don't have any form of ramp, and run a low land base. I would recommend ditching these.

• Flamebreak is an interesting card but I feel like you're putting too much reliance on its effect to avoid having to run creatures. I personally don't see this being as good as just running some creatures... but in any case, i'm not sure this card keeps you safe enough.

• Typically burn runs a few (~12) aggro creatures to help get the job done. Stuff like Monastery Swiftspear can easily outperform a single Lightning Bolt.

• Lava Dart > Needle Drop.

• I'm very confused by the sideboard choices here. Act of Treason and Anger of the Gods seem good and make sense, but the rest of the choices have me baffled... what matchups are you bringing these in against?