
Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
CommentsStandard 24 Eng.FUsr.—
Well below Doomsday Excruciator (46): five-mana sorcery removal followed by a seven-mana 5/5 flyer is too slow for current curves.
Could be wrong if A future red ramp or control shell could value the built-in two-for-one more than current context suggests.
Pioneer 16 Eng.FUsr.—
Far weaker than Carnage Tyrant (43) as an expensive payoff, while neither a five-mana removal spell nor a 7-mana 5/5 is efficient here.
Could be wrong if Unexpected mana acceleration or a creature-heavy metagame could create a narrow ramp use.
Modern 8 Eng.FUsr.—
Reanimator has vastly better payoffs such as Atraxa (77) and Griselbrand (80); hard-casting is implausible and Spew Flame is far off-rate.
Could be wrong if A new cheap Dragon-specific cheat effect would be needed to make the otherwise blank creature relevant.
Legacy 5 Eng.FUsr.—
Sneak/Show and Reanimator have much stronger payoffs than Atraxa (83), and this creature offers no ETB effect; the Adventure is unusably slow.
Could be wrong if Only unusually efficient future Dragon cheating or a graveyard-specific payoff could change its prospects.
Pauper 22 Eng.FUsr.—
A better immediate floor than Bramble Wurm (18), but five-mana sorcery-speed removal and a seven-mana 5/5 remain far too slow for Pauper.
Could be wrong if A slower red ramp shell could exploit the card advantage if the format's pace drops substantially.
Commander 27 Eng.FUsr.—
Dragon decks can use both halves, but it is far below Hullbreaker Horror in impact: five mana for creature-only removal and a vanilla 7-mana flyer are replaceable.
Could be wrong if More Dragon cost reduction or tribal payoff density could make the two-spell package a worthwhile thematic inclusion.
Limited 72 Eng.B+Usr.—
Five damage should answer most creatures, then the exiled card later supplies a 5/5 flyer. The delayed, mana-intensive sequencing keeps it below bomb status.
Could be wrong if Unknown speed, removal quality, and how often five damage misses key creatures could move it substantially.
“A costly Adventure that supplies removal plus a later flyer, but its rates are far too slow outside Limited.”
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