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CardName: Spark Excisor Cost: 2 Type: Artifact Creature - Construct Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Rules Text: {1},{T}: Add {C} for each card that shares a name with this creature in revealed zones {4}: Untap target creature Flavour Text: The Brothers War left traces of energy across the continent. Enterprising individuals soon began taking advantage of this. Set/Rarity: Cards With No Home Uncommon

Spark Excisor
{2}
 
 U 
Artifact Creature – Construct
{1},{t}: Add {c} for each card that shares a name with this creature in revealed zones
{4}: Untap target creature
The Brothers War left traces of energy across the continent. Enterprising individuals soon began taking advantage of this.
Illus. AI
1/2
Updated on 26 Apr 2023 by Izaac

History:

2023-04-25 23:45:41: Izaac created the card Spark Excisor

So, there's some baggage in whether "revealed zones" is defined in rules text and whether a creature permanent can share a name with a card but let's assume that all works because you can always reword it.

If you have two of these revealed, they tap for one mana each. Not great. If you have three running around they're all sol rings (only the ones on the battlefield mind you). This creature cannot generate infinite mana unless you somehow get 6 copies of it revealed. And that doesn't win the game unless you then have something to use the colourless mana or the untaps with.

Outside of a vacuum, 4 mana is an expensive untap but it's flexible so maybe that's too strong? It's the same rate as Staff of domination so I feel it's not broken. Additionally I can imagine games that go long, you've had a few of these creatures die and sent to exile so the next one you play is tapping for 3 or 4 mana all by itself. Is that broken? I don't think so given that there are plenty of other dorks and rocks which can give you similar mana amounts. Like timeless lotus. It costs more than this but you've need to get to at least turn 5 before this could produce that much mana.

I actually think I like this card and wish it existed. It's a neat little win condition I could see myself building a deck around in brothers war standard or pioneer.

2023-04-26 03:27:05: Izaac edited Spark Excisor

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