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CardName: Cost: 2B Type: Enchantment - Aura Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Enchant player Whenever enchanted player becomes the target of a spell or ability, that player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Clockwork Wings Uncommon |
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Astonishingly, there don't seem to be any cards whose Oracle wording include an ability costing
which targets a player, except for the odd and old card Martyrdom. (Edit: However, there is Vengeful Archon.)
Sadly doesn't work well with Intellect Pruners: the draw from this happens before the draw-modification from that. That's bound to lead to confusion, so probably one or other should change.
deactivate because of the stated problem
This card is way to insane. Just think of all the card draw for this card, it's a static sign in blood, i think the cost must be increased tbh. Too much card advantage. And should probably be rare.
Patrik: Really? How many effects actually target a player? You say "Just think of all the card draw for this card" - I'm trying, and not finding much. This is just as hard to use as Dormant Gomazoa. There aren't many spells that you'd want to use to target yourself, especially not in black, certainly not in Standard. Cry of Contrition?
Doing an exhaustive search, Standard has the following:
Bazaar Trader is a goofy little combo, but absolutely duff on its own; similarly Grindclock, Shriekhorn, Soul Conduit and Trigon of Mending. Bleak Coven Vampires and Bloodrite Invoker mean you're passing up the opportunity to drain the opponent (although they're quite good if you put this card on the opponent). Cosi's Ravager is quite painful but not bad. Etched Monstrosity is a oneoff and pretty difficult to use. Hagra Diabolist is okay since you can target yourself and choose not to make yourself lose life. Hedron Crab is okay. Nihil Spellbomb is okay with this but pretty awful otherwise.
Things that are actually good with it: Blue Sun's Zenith, Gitaxian Probe, Jace Beleren, Reckless Scholar, Scrib Nibblers.
Things that are completely bonkers with this card: Vengeful Archon, Jace's Erasure. But you'll kill yourself before you draw your deck.
Might I suggest Glasses of Urza?
Hahaha, fun idea :) Yeah, sure, if you go to eternal formats then there'll be lots of things you can do with it. But at that point you've got options like Phyrexian Arena, Dark Confidant, and indeed Necropotence, which I don't think this can compete with.