This means you can stack combats so long as you have 3 opponents, requiring you carefully math out the damage to leave each of them alive long enough to end the game in a single phase
It's better than the Secret Lair drop with the line drawings
Now none of these modes are particularly playable on their own, but they are all close enough to playable that this is a very exciting card
Its drawback may look like its very punishing and can allow the opponent to surprise you via a mid-combat spell, but I never really saw that scenario play out since its damage prevention ability is a a conditional static ability so as long as its on when damage is dealt, it wont be prevented. (Thank you, @fenaris!) It usually plays out somewhat like a colorless Ashenmoor Gouger / Chimeric Idol where you typically dont bother trying to block with it (why am I blocking with my aggro guys anyway?) and, if need be, you cast a spell pre-combat to activate it (typically I used a large coin, like a quarter, to denote whether it was on or off)
Based on the latest market prices tracked on TCG Stacked, The Fire Crystal is worth about $10.12 USD for a regular copy and $11.35 USD for a foil copy
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