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CardName: Training Session Cost: 1W Type: Enchantment - Aura Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Enchant creature When Training Session enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature. {3}: Untap enchanted creature, then sacrifice Training Session. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Isocholite Uncommon

Training Session
{1}{w}
 
 U 
Enchantment – Aura
Enchant creature
When Training Session enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
{3}: Untap enchanted creature, then sacrifice Training Session.
Updated on 31 Mar 2017 by HijackAttack

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2015-08-27 19:56:46: HijackAttack created the card Training Session
2015-08-27 19:57:06: HijackAttack edited Training Session
2017-03-27 17:28:58: HijackAttack edited Training Session

Kinda interesting idea; but sadly mainly just a cheaper Oblivion Ring.

Your opponent's Demystify might make this much, much worse than an Oblivion Ring. It's possible that HijackAttack got the cost right, since this is a risky card to run.

Though, I got to admit, that while I like the card, I don't like having to constantly remember to put a counter on an opponent's creature even when I'm sure my opponent has no enchantment removal, but the opponent doesn't want to admit to it. Annoying. Personally, I also shy away from good cards that can blow up in your face. If it was me, I'd make adding a counter optional, and increasing the cost accordingly. Not everyone has my tastes though.

Is this supposed to be removal or just a buff? If the latter, "Enchant creature you control" might remedy this.

And I think you can write the first 2 abilities in a single one "When Training Session enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature, it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step."

That would read cleaner, but I don't think it's the proper wording.

The card is supposed to be versatile -- it can be a buff or removal. Obviously it's much better as removal, but I like the flexibility it provides. If you want to use it as a buff, you have to sink extra mana into it, so it doesn't seem too powerful.

The buff side is weak compared to the removal side; I don't think many people will use it as a buff. I guess that the option is there - and if the opponent has a lot of ecnchantment removal you might do it. But it feels like "Here's a card that does two things! One you want to do!"

I think a way to bring the removal side in power down to the buff side is to alter the last ability to:

  • Enchanted creature has "{3}: Untap this creature, then destroy ~."

Overall this card could use some simplification/shortening of text e. g. unifying the second and third ability to:

  • If enchanted creature would untap during its controller's untap step, put a +1/+1 counter on it instead.

HijackAttack is correct. kauefr's wording isn't a standard template, and the doesn't-untap ability should indeed be separate to the add-a-counter ability. SecretInfiltrator's suggestion would have people confused about whether it applies when the creature's untapped.

You could buff the buff mode of this by taking down the {3} cost to {2} or {1}.

This reads like Cocoon, which did have the "creature you control" restriction, and was thus really really bad.

I'd give this a name that makes it look more like something nasty, and then it can be like Immobilizing Ink, a removal spell that secretly can occasionally be useful on your own stuff. See also Evolution Vat , Defiling Tears, Otherworldly Journey, and things like Immolation.

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