Just like the title implies firestorm does not apply its burning effect. While I don't mind the global nuke the burn would be nice to have as my mage is all about that spell.
Question! Should Firestorm be a Black card as well as its current Red, since it has a "drawback" for the caster?
Don't think so, Misguided Heal, Bad Medicine and Unholy Frenzy isn't drawback marked either. Then again, this can be argued to be worse for you than those.
Interesting question. What about volanco then? I honestly don't mind it either way but you've made me think, thank You Sir Knight
I personally don't think so because in the end its a big attack i mean you wouldn't make fireball black because 2 out of 5 times it will hit your friends if you want to use it optimally and i do see your point i just think true attacks self damaging or not shouldn't be marked as drawbacks. I would be 10 times as inclined to make overhead slam or what ever that card is black red in that case as discarding a card is much worse most of the time.