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ThunderboltremovalBudget$0.12A cheap red instant that can go to the face, serving as flexible burn in the same aggressive red spell slot. It sacrifices recursion for easier targeting of players and flying creatures.Lightning StrikeremovalBudget$0.11Same broad role of efficient instant-speed burn that can target a player or planeswalker. It deals less damage but is cleaner and more universally playable.Searing SpearremovalBudget$0.08Very similar efficient red burn at instant speed with the same 3-damage rate. It does not recur, but it fills the same early-to-midgame damage role.Skewer the Criticsremoval$0.21Close functional replacement for aggressive face burn, especially in decks that can enable spectacle. It hits for 3 instead of 4 but costs less.Lava Spikeremoval$0.98Pure player burn in the same deck archetype, aimed at closing games quickly. It is more efficient in mana but narrower because it cannot hit planeswalkers.Roiling Vortexutility$1.53A red damage source that pressures life totals over time and helps finish opponents. It is not an instant, but it serves a similar anti-life total role in red decks.Price of Progressfinisher$4.63Another potent red life-total punisher that can end games quickly in the same color identity. It is swingier and usually stronger in nonbasic-heavy formats, but not an instant to the face.Boros Charmremoval$5.00Although multicolor, it includes a direct 4-damage mode that mirrors Pulse of the Forge's damage output. It is more flexible overall, but the face damage mode is comparable.
