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CardName: Cenote Mechanism Cost: {U}{U} Type: Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Return target non-land permanent to its owners hand. When a land card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, you may return this from the graveyard to your hand. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Strike The Earth Common

Cenote Mechanism
{u}{u}
 
 C 
Sorcery
Return target non-land permanent to its owners hand.
When a land card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, you may return this from the graveyard to your hand.
Updated on 16 Nov 2011 by Vitenka

Code: CU05

History: [-]

2011-10-27 12:12:58: Vitenka created the card Cenote Mechanism

Undercosted? I really want something like Capsize, but I don't want to pay that much for it.

Maybe creature-or-artifact only?

2011-10-27 18:47:54: Vitenka edited Cenote Mechanism

Made it a sorcery - that hopefully balances it. (Will monitor)

Hmmm. Sorcery is certainly sensible. But it's possible this could stillbe problematic along with anything saying "Sacrifice a land: Some effect". Which this set naturally has a few of. It'd give you quite a few turns of "Bounce that dragon. You recast the dragon? I rebounce the dragon."

That said, a set needs some format-defining cards. Just be aware that's what you're risking creating here.

Yeah, this is a pretty big incentive to play with lands. Which green and black will then do horrible things to you for having done. Which seems fair in-format.

Will monitor, I guess.

I'm not even saying if you do any playing with lands. Just if we've each got 7 lands, you have a big 6- or 7-mana creature, and I have this, this will keep your creature off the board and all your mana occupied for at least 4 turns. Which is pretty massive.

But only if you have ways of sacrificing (playing with) lands. And not every punishment for doing that is something you can bounce.

I really really want some retreivable bounce though. How about if the opponent can do something landy to prevent you getting it back, instead?

Well, like I say, this may not actually be problematic. Just strong.

2011-11-04 14:08:25: Vitenka edited Cenote Mechanism
2011-11-16 09:17:43: Vitenka edited Cenote Mechanism:

non-land. 'a' graveyard, not 'the'.

The "nonland" change is very sensible.

Also, for clarity, choose one of the templates "land card is put into a graveyard from anywhere" (includes mill and discard) or "land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield" (more explicit that it's only from the field).

2011-11-16 11:00:40: Vitenka edited Cenote Mechanism:

clarified as anywhere

Note, if I do encycle it; this is a candidate for the blue "If you don't, opponent gets big benefit" card.

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