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CardName: Spontaneity Charm Cost: {U/R}{R/G}{G/U} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Choose one -- • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • Target creature you control fights another target creature. • Whenever target creature deals combat damage to an opponent this turn, you draw that many cards. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Uncommon

Spontaneity Charm
{u/r}{r/g}{g/u}
 
 U 
Instant
Choose one —
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• Target creature you control fights another target creature.
• Whenever target creature deals combat damage to an opponent this turn, you draw that many cards.
Updated on 02 Oct 2015 by Alex

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2013-07-15 10:58:07: Alex created the card Spontaneity Charm

Created for Challenge # 081. I'm pretty sure there haven't been any printed charms with this mana cost :P Could also be printed at {u}{r}{g}.

For the name I looked at the thesaurus for "impulse". It's interesting looking at the entries in that thesaurus and their corresponding colour affiliations:

caprice {r}, catalyst {u/r}, desire {r}?, fancy {u/r}, feeling {r}, goad {r}, hunch {r/g}?, impulse {r/g}, incitement {r}, influence {u}, inspiration {u}, instinct {g}, lust {r}, mind {u}, motivation {r}?, notion {u}, passion {r}, thought {u}, whim {r}, wish {w/u}... and spontaneity, which seems to be close enough to the intersection of {u}, {r} and {g} for me.

The first two abilities I'm sure are fine at 3 mana in 2 colours. The third I'm not so sure about. It's Cold-Eyed Selkie's ability, but being granted by an instant a la Commando Raid. It could potentially draw quite a few cards, but is it conditional enough to be okay on a 3-mana gold instant?

Oh, nice flavour, it's really hard to get a charm which is more specific than just "three effects of the appropriate colours".

Last ability is Hunter's Insight, which suggests it's in the right vicinity. I suspect green card drawing can be pushed a bit harder, since they started cautiously and have been improving it.

Ah, I didn't remember Hunter's Insight. Excellent, looks like it's fine then.

I was very pleased when Hunter's Insight was finally printed, I'd been waiting for more green card drawing.

Oh, now I come to think of it it caught a bit of attention because it was in the same set as Garruk, Primal Hunter, wasn't it? Who cast Soul's Majesty.

It's really fancy that the first ability is {r/u}, the second ability is {r/g}, and the third is {g/u}. I like that a lot.

­:D

2015-10-02 16:12:04: Alex edited Spontaneity Charm:

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