CardName: Lithus, Forged in Volcano
Cost: R3
Type: Legendary Planeswalker - Lithus
Pow/Tgh: /4
Rules Text: For every {2} in the cost of an artifact spell you cast, you
may pay {r} instead.
[+1]: Up to one target creature gets +X/+0 until end of
turn, where X is equal to the number of artifacts you
control.
[-X], Sacrifice X artifacts: Lithus, Forged in Volcano deals
X unpreventable damage to target opponent and each creature
they control.
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: [Racial Profile] -- Pyrfolk Rare
Lithus, Forged in Volcano
R
Legendary Planeswalker – Lithus
For every in the cost of an artifact spell you cast, you may pay instead.
+1: Up to one target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
-X, Sacrifice X artifacts: Lithus, Forged in Volcano deals X unpreventable damage to target opponent and each creature they control.
So artifacts cost half as much, as long as you can pay in red? That's kinda interesting. Not exactly red's traditional wheelhouse for mana ramp, though.
Why "Up to one"? When would you ever activate that and think "Nah, I'll give this to no creatures".
Finally - that ultimate. Big badda boom Detonate variation. Is it an interesting tension that the loyalty abilities want you to play lots of cheap artifacts, while the non-loyalty ability lets you play more expensive ones? Or is it just odd? I'm not sure.
Overall, I think I like this. Though the non-ritual nature of that first ability means it's really stretching red.
in the cost of an artifact spell you cast, you may pay
So artifacts cost half as much, as long as you can pay in red? That's kinda interesting. Not exactly red's traditional wheelhouse for mana ramp, though.
Why "Up to one"? When would you ever activate that and think "Nah, I'll give this to no creatures".
Finally - that ultimate. Big badda boom Detonate variation. Is it an interesting tension that the loyalty abilities want you to play lots of cheap artifacts, while the non-loyalty ability lets you play more expensive ones? Or is it just odd? I'm not sure.
Overall, I think I like this. Though the non-ritual nature of that first ability means it's really stretching red.
@Vitenka: For plus abilities that target, you always want to say "up to one" in case there are no legal targets, but still want to tick up your walker