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CardName: Frantic Conspirator Cost: 1{u/r} Type: Creature - Human Rogue Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Link (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Human and/or Rogue creature card in your hand and put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature paired with this creature.) Whenever you discard a card, you may turn the creature Frantic Conspirator is paired with face up. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Madoka Magi-ka Uncommon

Frantic Conspirator
{1}{u/r}
 
 U 
Creature – Human Rogue
Link (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Human and/or Rogue creature card in your hand and put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature paired with this creature.)
Whenever you discard a card, you may turn the creature Frantic Conspirator is paired with face up.
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Updated on 06 Mar 2014 by Alexander

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2014-03-06 11:56:03: Alexander created the card Frantic Conspirator

Like the Amplify ability, the creature type in the Link ability is tied to card's type. If this was a dragon, it would say Dragon instead of Human and/or Rogue.

I need someone to give me a ruling on whether or not this ability works correctly, or if you can think of a cleaner way to word it. Thanks as always.

2014-03-06 11:57:41: Alexander edited Frantic Conspirator

Nice. I like the idea of reusing soulbond technology. I think this looks like it'll all work.

Do note that this is getting 3 power for {1}{u/r}, and when you discard a card it's bypassing the mana cost; I'd be quite happy to get Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer, Nearheath Stalker or Commander Greven il-Vec for 2 mana plus a loot; or Wandering Traveler without needing the fiddly colours of mana to cast it. With a turn 1 Hapless Researcher, this lets me swing with Eron the Relentless on turn 2. Is that the use you had in mind?

@Alex: I was just throwing casting costs together without much research as to what this actually would enable. I was more concerned with the ability working before I worried about anything else. Thanks for doing some research on that for me by the way. I guess since I have a thumbs up, I can start fine-tuning the power level, eh?

I should note I also do enjoy this kind of bi-tribal effect. I enjoyed the deckbuilding questions that Lorwyn-Morningtide offered, along the lines of "I play the Kithkin Soldiers that care about Kithkin and the Kithkin Soldiers that care about Soldiers... I'll probably play the really good Kithkin Wizard, and the two Merfolk Soldiers that cares about Soldiers as well... but then do I play that really good Merfolk Wizard that cares about Merfolk and Wizards?"

2014-03-06 22:43:27: Alexander edited Frantic Conspirator

I'm still wondering if there's a cleaner way to word the reminder text... I say "creature" four times in the reminder text and it gets a little monotonous.

Maybe I could cut it down to two if I worded it like this.

(When this enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Human and/or Rogue creature card in your hand and put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature paired with this permanent.)

But that also doesn't exactly have a nice ring to it, either. I'll look at other abilities and see how they're worded, but some help would be appreciated. Or is this really the only way to word it?

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