Random Generator gave me Lich and Ardent Soldier. I'm not a fan of putting a lot of words, and a keyword ability that I might not use, on my cards. This seems to work, though, so I think I can accept it. Another recipient of "This has too many words on it. I suppose that makes it Mythic..."

Hm. Not keen on a card which you have to kick (or use Veteran Armorer or something) to keep alive. I suppose it's a clever anti-reanimation twist, but still. Lich is awesomely kooky and suitable for mythic, but the Ardent Soldier doesn't seem to really work here.

Well, the intent was to allow people to 'cheat' the Lich out for cheap by using something like a Bad Moon. I didn't even think of the anti-reanimation clause... I wouldn't normally have a problem with reanimating something with a casting cost of 6, so that looks more like an error on my part, than a boon.

But, I admit, while the idea seems clever to me, it reads bad. "This card cost 4. Psyche! This card costs 6." isn't very fun to read. Had I the ability to reverse that text to "This card costs 6 (Psst! You might be able to get it for 4)." Would read better, but I have no idea how to flip it.

That being said, I might just toss the kicker altogether, and count the influence of Ardent Militia just in making this a 1/2 creature. I rather like Lich as a creature on the battlefield. I'm surprised Wizards hasn't printed it this way before jumping directly to Dralnu du Louvre.

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Just saying. It doesn't really work.

Le Sigh. More negative comment about what I initially thought was a cool mechanic. You're right. Most players won't recognize the "build around me" potential, they'll just see a card that doesn't work when you pay its normal mana cost.

I rather like the idea of a Lich inspired creature to have a p/t of 0/0, though. I might just increase the cost, remove the kicker, and include something along the lines of "creatures with 0 or less toughness are not put into the graveyard as a state-based effect".