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CardName: Crim, Rakdos Gadgeteer Cost: RB Type: Legendary Creature - Goblin Artificer Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Rules Text: Masochism 1 (Whenever you lose life except to combat damage, Crim gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Put an artifact token called Grinder onto the battlefield with "{T}: Lose 1 life". Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge None

Crim, Rakdos Gadgeteer

Legendary Creature – Goblin Artificer

Masochism 1 (Whenever you lose life except to combat damage, Crim gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{t}

: Put an artifact token called Grinder onto the battlefield with " {t}

: Lose 1 life".

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Updated on 18 Feb 2016 by Jack V

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2016-02-18 14:32:35: Jack V created and commented on the card Crim, Rakdos Gadgeteer

by Jack V:

See Challenge # 145.

It's really hard to create a context where Grinder matters...

2016-02-18 14:47:43: Jack V edited Crim, Rakdos Gadgeteer

by Alex:

Nice! And completely different to what I had planned. Let me put up my Grinder-user, which could probably appear in the same set as this... here you go, Uncontrolled Overloader. Which prompted Sprocketflinger as an alternative.

I wonder whether Masochism has actual potential to be a guild keyword. The flavour is obviously spot-on, and it'd fit with things like Carnophage and Maggot Carrier and Fireslinger and Orcish Artillery and Rumbling Slum and Sulfuric Vortex and Anthem of Rakdos... Plus black could provide a little bit of life-drain to refill a little of what you're paying... Yeah, I think that could work.

I love the idea that the Izzet are giving everyone Grinders and forcing them to use them, but this backfires somewhat against the Rakdos who enjoy it a bit too much!

by Jack V:

I'm not sure if masochism works. It would be better if it could key off combat damage, so it would work in any deck without needing specific enablers as well as masochism cards. But it's too confusing to have a +1/+1 trigger off combat damage. Maybe if it turned pain into mana or cards instead?

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