Second pass at the tri-cards, this time maintaining Link's ideals. It seems to me that the easiest way to accomplish this goal is to look at what the two colors like to do together, and figure out a way the third could potentially get in on the act, rather than try to think of something all three could equally do. After everything's said and done, I still feel that these cards stretch the boundaries of what's admissible on a three color card. Otherwise, why not just make them tri-color cards and get it over with?

The ability here is potentially very good. Still, I think you can cost this creature aggressively, since the ability is hard to use right.

Hm. This looks quite a bit worse than the usual Greed / Erebos, God of the Dead ability. I particularly don't like the "at random". Blue and red can loot; black can pay life to draw cards; but this seems to be a curious case where the three colours working together do something worse than any of them could do individually.

I'd also dispute that a two-colour Snapping Drake is "costing this creature aggressively".

Ah, then let's ramp this up a tad. When I first made that comment, I costed the activation at one black mana, then thought twice against it, assuming players would pile through their decks too fast. But I nerfed the creature. Back to activation, and upped to 4 power. You're right, Alex, in that a card like this only works if it appeals to Spike.