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Hero's Downfall for more ~elegant~ card 2K16

I just think you are packing too much into one unit, especially since the unit is a land. On the base, it's a waste++, and then it offers you bunches of options, some of which can grant you card advantage! The very first idea that popped into my head is having a {C} generating land with Land A...

Free card advantage? Count me in! This is still very powerful. Lands in your deck that enter untapped, search for other lands, and can be cycled to get 2 cards in your hand? Wow.

Not whydirt, but convoke is probably one of the most fair cost reduction mechanics there is. In order for Stoke to be free you need 4 untapped creatures you are willing to tap, two of which have to be red.

I think the only development problem was the creation of lands that allow T2 thought-knot seers. I think {C} mana is a really cool concept and decent execution, I just wished they had spent the whole block with it, rather than messing with a million one-set mechanics we'll probably never see again.

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Definitely a "playgroup mileage may vary" card. Seems to be that way for all of the degenerate negative effects. Stuff like land destruction, locks, etc. Its really interesting because a lot of the dichotomy ends up being "Let people have fun playing the game without such swingy plays and non...

RE: Forbid Word on the street is that locking people out of the game is mega lame. It does take some effort to get there, but is the potential for such a horrific nongame really worth it? In your environment especially, you can combo off with Life from the Loam, or pair it with powerful draw...

We've had extensive discussion in other threads about {C} mana. It's a pretty hefty downside. Also it's 4 mana for Redeemer + upside, while Caller is only ever 3. I play Redeemer in standard, and it's a fine card, but the cost is very real even there. I had it in my cube for a while, support...

Or if you have extra mana. Or if you have any sort of "traveler", including curving from Vorapede into this. Or if you just have a nice hand for post-haups. Card is busted.

Vile redeemer is a lot harder to cast unless you explicitly support colorless. I do like it though.

Oh believe you me I'd think so too, but I have some reliable sources that are telling me it's more than meets the eye. Also your cube is miles higher in power than some, so I could see the reason for hesitation.

Feel obligated to point out that it seems your cube doesn't run Zendikar Resurgent, Tzenmoroth :p. And RGx ramp sounds like exactly the deck for ZR. And enchantments stick around after obliterate. Just sayin'. I might consider it if I didn't hate Armageddon-type effects. At least Wildfire and...

zendikar resurgent -> obliterate

Wotc is obviously still ok using this sort of trinket text if they'll do it with devoid and changeling, and five colored dots is a lot cleaner than 6 words that don't fit on the type line. True about the ability tho. Should probably have an "activate once a turn" clause.

I think Utopia Channel would be a lot cleaner with the wording from this (switching color for basic land type): transguild courier Very cool concept though. A painland for any deck.

genesis glory valor wonder filth anger brawn A cool way for cards to have a spell effect on a non-etb body. Are any of these worth it besides maybe Genesis? Anger seems cool, even if a sad little body for 4 mana. Glory too good? In the same vein, there are the creatures from JOU that did cool...

I like the card in EDH, at the very least. It's conveniently self-balancing in that the lower power the creature you choose, the lower power creature you get to keep. I suppose if you have 10 1/1's out it's pretty insane... but then again, so would be Dictate of Heliod or even Rally the Peasants...

I like the magus. Being able to do it EOT before your turn seems really strong.

I bring up Yeva as its one of the ways to give (some of) your creatures flash. And people's response to it historically is perfect: I just think giving your stuff flash isn't powerful enough, enough of the time, to warrant it. The only flash-granter I'd run would be prophet of kruphix