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CardName: Enslave Soul Cost: {X}{2}{B}{B} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Destroy X target creatures, then put an X/X black spirit token onto the battlefield under your control. X can't be zero. Flavour Text: Khzgeru's meddling of souls weakened the all of Okundwa's magic. Set/Rarity: Okundwa Mythic

Enslave Soul
{x}{2}{b}{b}
 
 M 
Instant
Destroy X target creatures, then put an X/X black spirit token onto the battlefield under your control. X can't be zero.
Khzgeru's meddling of souls weakened the all of Okundwa's magic.
Updated on 06 Mar 2015 by Sorrow

Code: MB01

History: [-]

2015-03-05 22:53:48: Sorrow created the card Enslave Soul
2015-03-05 22:59:55: Sorrow edited Enslave Soul

Whoa. Perfect removal, with an upside?
And a board sweeper with a huge upside?
On the same card? Scary.

Perhaps up the cost to {x}{b}{b}{b} since I think {3}{b}{b} the cost to destroy two target creatures? I didn't want it to be like Forced March or Black Sun Zenith and be a fieldwipe, so I had to stick with targeting creatures. I had to make this mythic though, so I added on the token. I was worried that at {x}{b}{b}{b} the card would be unplayable at that point, since you'r spending 4 mana to get destroy one creature and get a 1/1 (which doesn't seem that great).

I should probably say X can't be zero.

2015-03-06 15:43:56: Sorrow edited Enslave Soul

Um, I don't think you really need to worry about the case where someone spends {b}{b} to destroy no creatures and make a 0/0...

I'd be a lot more worried about the {2}{b}{b} three-for-one. Or {3}{b}{b} four-for-one. Just owch. That sounds way, way too good.

I'd say make the removal more restricted. Some possibilities:

  • Destroy X target monocoloured creatures
  • X target creatures get -3/-3 UEOT
  • X target creatures get -X/-X UEOT

The only precedent for "destroy X target creatures" is Dregs of Sorrow, which comes with a lot more than 2 mana of overhead, even if the upside is bit better than just a token.

I suppose I could try and meet it somewhere near Dregs of Sorrow (I wasn't aware of this card.)

I have no intention of weakening the power of the removal as I feel it'd just chump out the card.

2015-03-06 17:05:49: Sorrow edited Enslave Soul

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