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CardName: Balal Colossus Cost: 4GG Type: Creature - Beast Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Rules Text: Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Balal Colossus. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Uncommon

Balal Colossus
{4}{g}{g}
 
 U 
Creature – Beast
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Balal Colossus.
4/4
Updated on 26 Jun 2015 by Jack V

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2015-05-12 18:41:04: Jack V created and commented on the card Balal Colossus

See Challenge # 128.

This seemed perfect for "Animals of great size roam its jungles, unhindered in their growth by gravity". Although it wouldn't usually be so quickly :)

I'm sure this effect has been seen before, but can't remember where. It looks really strong, but I seem to recall it usually isn't quite as strong as it looks, so I'm not sure what a fair cost is. Alternatively, should it require a mana cost to activate and be a bit larger to start with, or have some sort of a bound (number of lands?)

It's not dissimilar to Lorescale Coatl, in some ways, and it's "worse" than Forgotten Ancient. I think the power level is on a fine place, and the flavor is very fitting.

­Chlorophant and Predator Ooze have done similar things, but started rather smaller. There's also Forced Adaptation and Banshee's Blade. None of those examples had/granted trample though.

­Momentum, too. Kind of.

Weird that this isn't a regular mechanic. You would think it would appear as frequently as Shades or Firebreathers. Maybe it just needs to pop up as a full blown mechanic for a guild in a small set first.

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