For Challenge # 044

Ooooh. I'm in trouble with the type of cards I design. ;)

I really like this card, but I wonder if it should really say "When an effect an opponent controls makes a player skip a phase..." Though I have a hard time thinking of a recent card that can easily skip a phase, non-broken cards like False Peace infer that it would be all too easy to get a silly combo between this card and a card that was really cheap because it cost you a phase. I also wonder if this should say "step, phase or turn", since, you know, all three occurances are rare enough, and it's a funny answer such a devestating event.

As far as skipping steps, remember that the first player skips their first draw step automatically, so that would be a mighty fine time to play this.

Also, you can trivially skip the declare blockers and combat damage steps by attacking with 0 creatures.

Oh, you're right. There may be a way to monkey around the first turn, but not combat. Okay.. no steps.

Ending the turn involves skipping phases and steps, so using Sundial of the Infinite during combat opens up the window for playing this at a cost of and an extra card. It's just a 4/4 flyer, after all...

That brings up an interesting question of "When exactly does this spell get cast?" I mean, you can't cast it during the skipped phase... since it's skipped. Does the trigger carry over to the next phase? Or does that need to be more clearly defined?