Correct. You need a legal target when activating. If all targets are not legal while resolving it does not resolve. So removing the frog while the activation is on the stack, makes the ability go poof.
Sets (NEO) Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Previews
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Yeah, that’s right.
Worth noting that the card crews as "power + 2", so the pilot cannot crew the plow on its own, since it will crew as power 4, not power 6.
In Maro's article the other day about how New Kamigawa came about, he confirmed that there was a keyword about having both an artifact and an enchantment at the same time, but didn't quite make the cut as a named mechanic. As such, I claim victory! (and am also really just hyped to see this theme explored.)
Chris Taylor
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Yeah this card is BONKERS
Was the important part of scavenging ooze the lifegain? Like I know it was important, but this gets counters off fetchlands
Onderzeeboot
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And doubles as an equipment!
A Disenchant variant that can be removal and sometimes has a body? I'm in love. The more ways to incorporate these sorts of effects the better in my book, and that ART.
I can't wait to draft this set and will probably hold onto several boxes to do just that once it's reasonable to do so. Holy shit. Is this an overreaction? Yes. Do I regret committing to it? Heck no.
edit: huh, there are a lot of artifact creature and enchantment creatures in the set, so this is probably going to be great in retail limited.
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I'm pretty sure I'll cube the red fencing ace. I don't like how the art doesn't really look at all like a creature, but double-strike is a solid infect-esque build-around mechanic, it's an artifact creature for all that's worth, it has a very decent floor, and since you can tutor for it with stoneforge mystic it gives a lot of consistency to such archetypes. It's possible I'll try the flametongue robo-archer as well, but that's not as obvious of an inclusion.
I find it cathartic, so you're welcome to as far as I am concerned.
It’s a shame that you’re limited to removing a deathtouch counter, otherwise this would create a nice synergy with Master Biomancer.Anyone mentioned this card yet?
It also doesn't help that you can't use it with Offspring's Revenge
I think realized at some point that *a lot* of reasonably-powered mechanics become oppressively OP as the game goes on for decades. There's real power creep and it's not even intentional. (Well, mostly unintentional.)
+1/+1 counters have existed since Day One and there's a critical mass of effects abusing them. (And people like me are also extremely vocal whenever they do too many mechanics w/+1/+1 counters...I got extremely sick of them for a while there.) At some point, they had to start looking for alternative types of counters. I agree they're a bit weird (and hard to physically do without special dice in real life) but I do think it is a smart direction to try.
It's also quite ironic because I'm really not a huge fan of the slicing/dicing of everything in Magic but this case I think it really works and serves a very necessary purpose.
That's a lotta juice for a common.
I'm really loving this card, it's a standout of the set for me. I don't love the fact that it's base stats are 1/1, but I'll gladly take another actual creature I can tutor with Stoneforge Mystic.
I'm pleasantly surprised that people have had such a warm reception towards the Reconfigure mechanic. When I initial saw reconfigure my first thought was "this is going to summon an internet hate parade talking about how creatures as equipment are inelegant" or something along those lines. Instead, the response has been very positive. I'm quite happy there!
I like this hotshot! Having an artifact 2/1 for 1 that is also an artifact is new space, and it opens up a lot of possibilities for weaving artifacts and aggro together without having to play super parasitic cards. Depending how many other good flat artifact and reconfigure creatures are in this set, I think Toolcraft Exemplar might actually become a good option again for Cubes with non-invasive artifact themes.
As for the crew "trinket" text, I think that might actually end up being relevant after this set. There are some decent looking vehicles that have high crew requirements which this enables pretty well. I'm not saying the synergy is going to be the reason anyone plays this card, but I don't think it's going to be worthless, either.
I want to be this guy. Well, maybe not the second one, but definitely the first one
LOOK At this motherfucker's hair!
.I'm really liking Reconfigure for mono-red. Outside of some random Phoenixes, Red can have a hard time re-building after board wipes. Normal Equipment can help to bridge the gap after the wipe by keeping some amount of "power" on the board, but they can't do anything without a creature to attach to. These reconfigure cards are great because they stop being creatures while equipped, so they fall off and become creatures again after a board wipe. This means they can wear more equipment even if you don't draw another creature in the immediate future!
Seems pretty good. Not the most embarrassing rate for an equipment that provides double strike to begin with, but also is in a better color for buffing power than white.
I think Twinshot Sniper is probably "better" than FTK in the sense that it's more flexible and more synergistic, but I don't think they really fill the same role. This is a removal spell that bridges the gap between artifacts and discard, FTK is a value top-end 187 card that can be an (increasingly medium) beater after the fact. I think I'm more likely to cube with Twinshot Sniper in the future, but that's only because I have not been overly impressed by FTK when I've played it and it never really does what I've needed my red 4s to do in the various iterations of my main cube.
I think this card is actually a lot better than FTK in my list:
Having a card that comes down, kills a small thing, and then upgrades some small aggro idiots into a reasonable threat in the late game is really quite nice. This also dodges most sorcery-speed creature removal, so it can be pretty hard for the opponent to interact with. In addition to being aggro top-end, Midrange can use this reasonably too as some sort of dork slayer. The "soft glow" treatment I listed above is also very pleasing to look at. As an upside, Surgehacker Mech can be completely crewed by Siege Rhino. If that doesn't make the card good, I don't know what does!
Onderzeeboot
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4 mana is a lot these days, and so is crew 4. I'm not immediately convinced Surgehacker Mech is better than Twinshot Sniper looking purely at the abilities. Obviously Surgehacker Mech is colorless, but... I don't know. If you deal more than 2 damage with it, you probably have one or more vehicles on board that you can't crew.
Well, crewed vehicles can crew vehicles right (cornercase where you have one creature with power 2, one vehicle with crew 2 and power 4, one vehicle with crew 4)? Still, I agree that vehicles suffer from the problem of being bad in multiples.
Onderzeeboot
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Yes, but a vehicle that is used to crew another vehicle gets to attack just as many times as a vehicle that isn't crewed
It's an expensive equip, but it'll turn most creatures into a threat to deal with I reckon and the ward helps offset the tempo hit of doing the equip
Really nice piece of removal! We are actually being granted a bounty of this type of effect, as this was also spoiled:
Flexible instant speed removal that is still fair while allowing for force of will type plays.
