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CardName: Vithrid Spider Cost: 3G Type: Creature - Spider Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Rules Text: Manadrain (As you cast this spell you may return a land you control to its owner's hand to pay for {2} of this spell's mana cost.) Reach Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: [Alnikar] the Colorful Common |
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Interesting idea, should it maybe be an untapped land though? Otherwise each land would pay for 3 mana, which is quite the short term gain. Regardless of the ability, this is pretty much unplayable. 1/3 reach in green should definitely cheaper, for 4 CMC you get 2 Canopy Spiders. Is that the reason why a land could pay for 3 mana, so this effectively "needs" only 2 lands too?
I wouldn't put untapped land there since the restriction is just a stumbling stone. Rather I will reduce the mana paid for to
if the mechanic turns out too much.
I want an intuitive & consistent gameplay experience even with lands that produce more than one mana when tapped. Intuitive is that you can cast this if the only untapped land you control is a Jungle Basin.
I agree the original design is on the low end of the power curve. I just have not yet decided whether to got with +1 toughness or -1 converted mana cost.