For Challenge # 043, but I don't think it's really a success. I based it on the idea that Spike likes Debtor's Knell, but I think this wound up being more Timmy/Johnny.

I think it's a little bit too expensive for the effect. 13 mana to get the first benefit of it, given the cost of Tooth and Nail by comparison. Granted, it's infinitely repeatable over enough turns, but Spike is all about "What am I getting upfront with this card?" He envisions playing this for , only to have it Crushed or Shattered and being down a ton of tempo. Also, the 4-different-colored-mana activation cost looks a little more like the kind of cost a casual card might have than a Spikey card.

Mmm, I was thinking of doing a riff on Debtors' Knell, because that's a big-mana Spikey card, but I don't think I'd have ended up here :P

Okay. I"m terrible at my own challenge. Lol

Yeah, I'm always terrible at my challenges. But I think this challenge (like most!) has had very INTERESTING responses, even if they've not all been successful.

It also has the problem for spike that spike probably only wants one or two 7+ cost creatures, so she's probably better off running something she can cast directly.

In fact, I think this "get any creature you want, every turn" is timmy/johnny. But how about a sorcery that did it once, like a combined green sun's zenith + bribery? That might still be too expensive for spike, but it has the advantage of finding a flexible answer.

­Tooth and Nail was quite popular with Spike back in the day.