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CardName: Arch Cathedral Cost: Type: Land Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: {T}: Add {1} to your mana pool. {1}{W}{W}, {T}: Put a 1/1 white Cleric creature token onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only if you control five or more creatures. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Faith vs Science DD challenge Uncommon

Arch Cathedral
 
 U 
Land
{t}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{1}{w}{w}, {t}: Put a 1/1 white Cleric creature token onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only if you control five or more creatures.
Updated on 05 Oct 2015 by CasualR

Code: UL01

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2015-08-04 06:37:54: Charlie Grant created the card Arch Cathedral

I like this, though how useful is it in a 2 color deck?

If we have heavy two colored land base, not as much. But if the deck mostly relies on basics, like a lot of fuel decks, more so.

what if it were 2 mana

Would that require a tapped when it etb?

I think something that isn't mana related would be better. Like Thopter Foundry or Rogue's Passage.

You mean Foundry of the Consuls? I agree.

The thing I expected was actually some kind of Seraph Sanctuary rather than a slightly sideways Ancient Ziggurat.

Maybe this deck needs a ramp land or storage land to help pay for pray costs rather than tribal support?

2015-08-05 00:34:09: Charlie Grant edited Arch Cathedral

Pray enabler, but perhaps too powerful?

This doesn't feel like an uncommon. This feels more like a rare.

2015-08-05 00:55:40: Charlie Grant edited Arch Cathedral

Re-redesign based on past suggestions to avoid mana and make a more useful ability.

2015-08-05 00:56:42: Charlie Grant edited Arch Cathedral
2015-08-05 09:13:48: SecretInfiltrator edited Arch Cathedral:

This is no longer mixing "battlefield" with "into play". Now uses mana braces.

Comparable to Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree now.

I personally think ETBT is not necessary.

I think the seven creature requirement makes the token ability basically unusable - and does nothing to actually add to your number of creatures when you need them most... maybe "if you control an Angel or Cleric"?

Seven or more creatures is a real steep cost :/

2015-08-05 12:53:40: Charlie Grant edited Arch Cathedral

Switched to five. It will definitely need playtest to find the right number though.

2015-08-28 03:51:51: Doombringer edited Arch Cathedral:

removing ETB tapped clause

Seems win-more, even at only 5 creatures.

Maybe this could be closer to Selesnya Evangel.

"{2}, {t}, Tap two untapped creatures you control: Put a 1/1 white Cleric creature token onto the battlefield."?

2015-10-04 11:36:02: Doombringer edited Arch Cathedral:

fixed spelling error

2015-10-05 04:41:10: CasualR edited Arch Cathedral:

Minor token templating.

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