Multiverse: Burn to Memory

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CardName: Burn to Memory Cost: {RB} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Burn to Memory deals X damage to target creature where X is the number of exiled cards you own. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge None

Burn to Memory

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Burn to Memory deals X damage to target creature where X is the number of exiled cards you own. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Updated on 15 Oct 2012 by Jack V

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2012-10-15 16:19:23: Jack V created the card Burn to Memory

by Jack V:

For Challenge # 054

And I forgot the second-most canonical "safe to have X open-ended" card, creature-kill. This is really weak unless you have a lot of ways to exile stuff, but I didn't want to clutter it up with "+1" clauses...

by Alex:

Good thought. Fails to meet the challenge's criteria, but that could be fixed by giving it a mana cost of {b/r} .

2012-10-15 16:48:20: Jack V edited Burn to Memory

by Jack V:

Doh! I knew I forgot something important, thanks! :) OK, {r/b} is reasonable, although ideally it'd be something more specifically rb than damage.

by SadisticMystic:

It may sound crazy, but +X/-X? This gets it away from damage to break up the easy Mogg Maniac combo, and offers the enticing reward of a huge power boost, but only if you have something with at least as much toughness already.

There's still a potential combo in activate Spikeshot Goblin (or trigger Murderous Redcap) and respond with this, but at least it's more mana than Mogg Maniac, and the timing is a lot more fickle.

by Jack V:

I was thinking exactly that after seeing a discussion about +X/-X on another card. I'd rather not complicate the card, but +X/-X is perfect for R/B, so maybe.

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