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CardName: Barren // Entoil Cost: w1 // r1 Type: Sorcery // Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / // / Rules Text: If target opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the field tapped, then shuffle. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.) // Gain control of target creature with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap and unlag it. Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Retards of the Bay Uncommon
Barren
  If target opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the field tapped, then shuffle.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
Entoil
 Gain control of target creature with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap and unlag it.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.) |
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A[x], [x]B Fuse
It took me a moment to realize the pattern. I like the idea, but I think, you are a bit too loose with it.
When WotC used the "Shared first letters" pattern for their split cards, they used "three letters in common" as their threshold - and that despite the fact that alliterations are far more easy to spot.
You probably want at least the same - or a full syllable - as your overlap between names.
Mechanically this fuse spell is not very interesting. These are two spells that have nothing really to do with each other, that you can pay at the same time... and that's it.
I suppose the left half targets due to the rules of fused spells. Usually that effect doesn't need to target.
Sure given enough time and effort, a better, more ideal cycle of names may be achieved. Perhaps you could take a stab at it.
This particular card is about competition of resources.
Conceptually being about competition of resources doesn't add anything to it mechanically.
It turns out I already took a stab on some split cards with such a pattern of names e. g. Knife in the Back // Back from the Grave and Abandon Reason // Reason Restored. Though those didn't use fuse. Randomly stumbled over those today. :)