User blog comment:Haosking1234/United Knigdom ( England ) Buddy Challenge First place deck!!/@comment-11372432-20140701013317/@comment-1755882-20140702133521

Burning Wand is definitely not worth it. I don't care for Axia (mainly because its rarity is way too high), but Burning Wand takes a whopping -3000 Power/Defense (1 Critical have shown to be equivalent to 3000 Power/Defense) which is equivalent to -0.75...to be able to -1 by sacrificing its attack for a +0.75 via burn damage. Axia, on the other hand, only takes a -1000 Power/Defense (-0.25) and pays 1 gauge (payment for a +0.5) for +0.75 in burn damage. Axia actually breaks even, Burning Wand's ability to reburn isn't terribly relevant because a smart opponent won't let it live.

Though, Haos, any particular reason for interest in the new Great Spell? Power Ray Maximum is almost always going to do everything that it does. I can only see Great Spell as a Sideboard card, for the very rare match-up where it'd be better than Power Ray.