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CardName: Suddenly Solifuge Cost: RG Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Choose one or more -- Target creature gains haste until end of turn; or target creature's power becomes 4 until end of turn; and/or target creature's toughness becomes 1 until end of turn Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Mashup: the Gathering Workbench Uncommon

Suddenly Solifuge

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Choose one or more — Target creature gains haste until end of turn; or target creature's power becomes 4 until end of turn; and/or target creature's toughness becomes 1 until end of turn

Updated on 08 Nov 2013 by jmgariepy

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2013-11-08 01:06:32: jmgariepy created the card Suddenly Solifuge

by jmgariepy:

Random generator gave me Lightning Elemental and Soul Manipulation. I twisted until I ended up with this... though, it occurred to me when I got done, that the only thing I took from Soul Manipulation was the 'one or both' modal spell thingy. That's annoying... but I like the spell, so it will do.

Other annoying things:

A green card that gives a creature one toughness. Though, we've seen green do that before, I just don't like doing that. But I liked this card better as Red-Green than... well, it could have been a lot of things. Blue-Green, Blue-Red, Blue-Black, maybe Black-Red, and just plain Green were all options.

I wanted to add "or becomes a red and green Spider until end of turn" but that was one ability too many. Still bugs me, though, that the art needs to pull the Solifuge out.

This is an instant that grants haste, and the only time to take advantage of that is before attackers and blockers are declared. Ug. The alternative, though, was to alter power and toughness at sorcery speed and reduce the cost by {1}

. To be honest, I still think that might be better card... but I'm sure a lot of players would complain about it. Pleasing design's got nothing on functionality. Still... ug.

2013-11-08 01:22:29: jmgariepy edited Suddenly Solifuge

by jmgariepy:

Decreased the cost by 1, since I think this card is still worse than Agony Warp, though I can't be sure.

by Alex:

Reminds me of Blood Lust. That was normally "Target creature becomes 5/1 UEOT".

I'd say granting haste is fine on a modal instant if the other modal choices need to be instant.

by Circeus:

Alex's is right. THat was in both Fever Charm and Chaos Charm to boot.

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