Hole filling, I chose Shock, and random generator gave me Horned Cheetah. Well, red can't get straight up life gain, so... um... well there's clearly got to be a 'when you deal damage' trigger... but 'equal to the amount of damage' dealt just sounds silly on a Shock.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get out of the way of the gigantic elephant in the corner that told me I was re-designing Lunge. So I just made this Lunge. At least for now. What I really want is something like this:

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~ deals 2 damage to target creature. If [condition is met], instead ~ deals 2 damage target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller.

But... I can't really think of a condition that involves the Horned Cheetah. Maybe "If a creature you control dealt damage (dealt 2 damage?) this turn."? Kind of sloppy, honestly.

EDIT: Oh. Duh. If your opponent gained life this turn. Well, that's what the card will likely change to tomorrow.

If a player gained life this turn.

Yup.

How about "Lunge deals 2 damage to target creature. If it does, it deals 2 damage to its controller."

Although lunge seems great: simple, balanced, and you get to use a reprint in your mash-up set! :)

I really like the idea of a reprint too, Jack... and I'm really tempted to leave Lunge alone. But it ain't really perfect, and I don't think anyone looking at Lunge would say "Oh, that's a shock and a Zebra Unicorn! There will be other opportunities. I'm bound to get a combination which is roughly another existing card. Something like Healing Leaves + Color shift to white.

Shouldn't it say something like "Then it deals 3 damage to that creature's control if he or she gained life this turn." I mean, your commas definitely aren't right.

No, you're definetly right, Link. This comes from too much cutting and pasting.