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Boiling Seas
Ninth Edition
Reviewed November 18, 2005
Constructed: 2.62
Casual: 2
Limited: 2.06
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DeQuan
Watson
* Game Store Owner |
Boiling Seas
This card is more than acceptable. I liked it
better when it was boil though. Besides, more
players owned those. But you know how it seems
sometimes. You've just got to go out of your
way. Be aware though that this card will work on
any of these new "shock" lands that have blue in
them.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 1.5
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Paul Hagan |
Boiling Seas
I swear, when I saw this card, I thought it was
a misprint and they just meant Boil. Then I saw
the major difference: not an instant, but a
sorcery. Boil's strictly inferior cousin makes
me incredibly sad, but not because its a bad
card. Destroying all Islands is still good, and
if you are a red mage (see yesterday), you
should absolutely be playing Boiling Seas in the
sideboard. I'm just sad because apparently, the
color-hate that is allowed in Standard nowadays
is going to be toned down quite a bit. It would
have been more fun if Flashfires had just been
made into an Instant.
As for limited, Boiling Seas is a definite
sideboard option, especially if you hit that
deck that is running very heavy amounts of blue.
Even if it only destroys three or four lands,
Boiling Seas can swing the tide of the game if
it prevents your opponent from dropping his or
her bombs while you do drop yours.
Constructed Rating: 2.0
Casual Rating: 1.5 (y'all get to play Boil)
Limited Rating: 2.0
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Christine
Gerhardt |
Boiling Seas
Blue got you down? Playing Red? This is one of
the better Blue Hate cards out there, as
sideboards go. But you have to hope it doesn't
get countered. If you can get it off, Seas can
really hurt a Blue deck because Blue tends to
need their mana available in large quantities at
all times. This can really mess with casual
decks too. Not really for limited use.
Constructed - 3
Casual - 3
Limited - 1.5
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Jordan
Kronick |
Boiling Seas
Boil was a
great card. There's no question about that. So
what about it's slower cousin? For years, the
reason that Boil was so good is that it allowed
you to take advantage of a blue player tapping
out for end of turn card drawing effects like
Fact or Fiction. Obviously, Boiling Seas isn't
going to do that. However, the decreased amount
of instant-speed card draw in the current
Standard environment makes it kind of a moot
point anyway. There's a very strong Mono-Blue
deck running in Standard right now, but it's
very counter-heavy, and I don't see Boiling Seas
getting off more than a lucky shot once in a
while. There's definitely a place for this card
in sideboards, but it's not like Boil was,
despite the slower format. In draft, it can be
devastating. Predominantly blue decks show up in
9th edition drafts all the time. And a
well-timed Boil in the early part of the game
can leave the slower blue deck so far behind
that the game is lost. Definitely a reasonable
pick, just in case you get the chance to do
that.
Constructed Rating - 2.5
Casual Rating - 2.0
Limited Rating - 3.25
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