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CardName: Bloom and Fall Cost: G Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Until end of turn, whenever you tap a land for mana, you lose 1 life and produce one mana of any type that land produced (in addition to the mana the land produces). Flavour Text: Yavanna stood upon the plain and her form trembled for the greatness of the effort that her being put forth, striving against fate. Set/Rarity: Silmarillion: The War of the Jewels Rare

Bloom and Fall

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Until end of turn, whenever you tap a land for mana, you lose 1 life and produce one mana of any type that land produced (in addition to the mana the land produces).

Yavanna stood upon the plain and her form trembled for the greatness of the effort that her being put forth, striving against fate.

Illus. Adam Andrearczyk

Updated on 28 Feb 2018 by Tahazzar

Code: RG08

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2017-07-02 19:19:09: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Bloom and Fall

by Tahazzar:

Placeholder card.

by Alex:

This might make a splash in Modern / Legacy combo decks. It's quite a strong Seething Song, and who cares about your life total if you're winning this turn? Needing {g} {g} might be the saving grace to stop it breaking things too much.

by Vitenka:

I'm still concerned by this "once only". Can I only proclaim once? Or only one thing at a time? Or each thing only once?

by Tahazzar:

@Alex:
The older formats are one concern why I think this is a placeholder card. The double {g} {g} is definitely there for that.

The proclaim feels pretty tacked on here IMO.

It also clashes with Secret Fire colorpie wise - since I would prefer fixing rituals be a {r} thing while {g} would fix mana by searching for different types of lands and with mana dorks.

@Vitenka:
IMO the remainder is pretty clear on this. "Proclaim a (singular) card... once only."

For those other meanings I would use wordings such as:
> "Proclaim only one card each turn (... each game?)."
> "You can have only one card proclaimed in your hand."

The point is that they would differ a lot. I don't know how I could word it to be any clearer. Maybe "Proclaim this card only as ..." ?

2017-07-15 11:06:22: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

Totally revamped the card. Is now a High Tide variant.

2017-07-15 11:06:43: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

Totally revamped the card. Is now a High Tide variant.

2017-07-15 11:07:01: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall

2017-07-31 11:39:19: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

"This produces" -> "produce"

by Mal:

This seems a little stronger in High Tide, especially in limited. You basically have 2×(Lands-1) mana no matter what, and a couple of extra life points seems like a small price to pay to get your 7 drop out on Turn 4 with no other ramp assistance.

Given the fact that it affects all lands and not just Islands, the effect seems much better than High Tide, even with the life loss. I'd say at least make it cost 2, maybe 3. There's no Force of Will or Path to Exile in this format, so the mana cheating should be checked accordingly.

2018-01-25 15:21:34: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

RG05 -> RG08

2018-02-25 17:30:42: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

reminder text

2018-02-28 09:27:10: Tahazzar edited Bloom and Fall:

replaced the "unused mana" reminder text with "in addition" reminder

by Tahazzar:

I also posted this on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/custommagic/comments/804rl7/fastbondchannel_but_high_tide/

by Vitenka:

Hmm, it's lost proclaim completely now. Does feel more like a red way (or even a black way) of making mana than a green way, though.

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