(One day I'll have to write a column about how I see humor in each colorred currently gets the lion's share.) The only mechanical strike against it was that red traditionally doesn't have a lot of small fliers but at for a 2/2 we figured you weren't paying for the efficient flying body
To get to that stage of the game, they need to hit every land drop every turn
He loves the collectible nature of the game, but never wants to play it
Lightning Bolts generational efficiency translates even into Vintage, where its particularly good at killing Deathrite Shamans, Dark Confidants, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor
The not so low casting cost and the fact that it costs two white mana make it impossible to play more than one, but adding one of those to the maindeck has resulted in a big increase of flexibility when it comes to dealing with stuff that has entered the battlefield already
Ashling, Rekindled is a great way to cycle through cards to find those four-cost spells, and transforming her into Ashling, Rimebound will help you cast them more easily