CardName: Matteo the Pastor
Cost: 4WWW
Type: Legendary Creature - Human Rebel
Pow/Tgh: 0/7
Rules Text: Other white creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever you cast a nonwhite spell, counter it. If that
spell is countered this way, you may search your library for
a white card and play it without paying its mana cost. If
you do, shuffle your library.
Flavour Text: “Take my hand and follow me to a paradise.”
Set/Rarity: Liberia Mythic
Matteo the Pastor
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Legendary Creature – Human Rebel
Other white creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever you cast a nonwhite spell, counter it. If that spell is countered this way, you may search your library for a white card and play it without paying its mana cost. If you do, shuffle your library.
I ran into a problem when I made this set. Because of dig, combos were going to be supported more easily, so design in general was very modular. But there's a problem.
If you make a card like Matteo, you could do a potentially winning white card so that it has a use, but you probably only have space for one. And to not have any is a bit disappointing. Auratouched Mage from Ravnica had Wurmweaver Coil, until it was changed to "enchant green creature". Matteo didn't have a card in white that made it really easy to win. His double Honor of the Pure effect was cool but it felt empty. I decided to give it a card in Harmony. Outside Block, it does make for a cool Reanimator card.
I ran into a problem when I made this set. Because of dig, combos were going to be supported more easily, so design in general was very modular. But there's a problem.
If you make a card like Matteo, you could do a potentially winning white card so that it has a use, but you probably only have space for one. And to not have any is a bit disappointing. Auratouched Mage from Ravnica had Wurmweaver Coil, until it was changed to "enchant green creature". Matteo didn't have a card in white that made it really easy to win. His double Honor of the Pure effect was cool but it felt empty. I decided to give it a card in Harmony. Outside Block, it does make for a cool Reanimator card.