Here is the Spec Score for the perrenial best burn spell: Rarity: Common (-20 pts) Inventory Levels: High (0 pts) Power Level: High (10 pts) Casting Cost: 1cc (+5 pts) Color Intensity: 1 color (+5 pts) Copies Played: Four (+15pts) Format Dominance: Multi-Format (+15 pts) Uniqueness: Semi-Unique (+5 pts) Price vs
While it won't push out cards like Toxic Deluge or Damnation , it's a more than serviceable black board wipe that will probably see some play in Commander
Mono Red aggro seems fringe playable if you can get enough Akoum Hellhounds (GR sometimes plays it, nobody else should want them), some additional beaters, a handful of Roil Eruptions, and a few Inordinate Rage for good measure
Look closely and you might even see the Phillips curve
Then, that many charge counters go on Lux Artillery
By the end of 1994, the game had printed over a billion cards