Lavalanche or Balefire Dragon?
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on April 18, 2020, 7:24 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
I have a copy of Lavalanche in two of my EDH decks, and it is a very awesome card, but I am considering replacing it with Balefire Dragon.
The dragon may appear to have a higher mana cost, but it actually is a better investment, because a player would need to spend nine mana to deal 6 damage with lavalance, but only seven mana to deal the same amount of damage with the dragon, and, while spending a greater amount of mana on lavalanche will cause it to deal a great a mount of damage, it is very easy to make creatures more powerful, allowing the player to spend their mana on other costs. Also, of course, the fact that the dragon makes the effect much easier to repeat than does the other card is a very nice bonus, as well.
What does everyone else say about this? Should I replace Lavalanche with Balefire Dragon?
GhostChieftain says... #3
As always, it depends on the deck. I would personally not run either one of them, but the dragon will generally be better.
April 18, 2020 9:28 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #5
The majority of users here have voted for Balefire Dragon, so I shall make that replacement.
April 18, 2020 10:22 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #6
GhostChieftain, you are correct, and, upon second thought and considering your words, Balefire Dragon makes sense for my red/black/green deck, but not for my five-colored deck, so I shall keep Lavalanche in that deck.
triproberts12 says... #2
Assuming you have haste enablers, most definitely. If there's easy ways to make infinite mana in the decks, though, flexibility as a win con or Wrath is nice..
April 18, 2020 8:31 p.m.