Magma Jet or Flame Rift

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Posted on April 6, 2014, 11:16 p.m. by mmdw34

I'm playing legacy burn and I have everything decided but I cant choose between Flame Rift and Magma Jet My main pros of each are below, please let me know what you think

Flame Rift - 4 damage for 2 mana, 2 more damage than magma jet, burns life faster

Magma Jet - Still 2 damage, Helps to scry away 2 potential bad cards, can hit creatures

GoofyFoot says... #2

My friend who plays legacy burn says you should definitely play Flame Rift .

April 6, 2014 11:20 p.m.

xlaleclx says... #3

Flame Rift is a must in legacy burn. Magma Jet is bad

April 7, 2014 12:13 a.m.

Maximize damage always. Legacy Red Deck Wins never wants a burn spell to deal less than 3 damage, hence Lightning Bolt , Rift Bolt , Chain Lightning , Lava Spike , and Fireblast .

So, Flame Rift :-D

I run two in my RDW as in an Aggro mirror I may not want to see too many. Are you running Price of Progress ?

April 7, 2014 12:16 a.m.

mmdw34 says... #5

Yeah all the legacy staples are in, I play this deck well I just was told so many times about magma jet and I just wasnt sure what other people thought. Like sure each of them have their ups and downs but flame rift is more of what I want. My motto for burn is always "if your worried about your own life total then your playing burn wrong" so im not worried about taking 4 from flame rift

April 7, 2014 2:20 a.m.

xlaleclx says... #6

The only life point that matters is the last one.

April 7, 2014 2:22 a.m.

Right on and agreed.

Magma Jet may be good in Modern though.

April 7, 2014 2:28 a.m.

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