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CardName: Typhoon Squid Cost: 3U Type: Creature - Squid Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Rules Text: Reflex {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this card any time you may cast an instant for its reflex cost.) When Typhoon Squid enters the battlefield, if you cast it for its reflex cost, return target creature to its owner's hand. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Xianlu Common

Typhoon Squid
{3}{u}
 
 C 
Creature – Squid
Reflex {4}{u}{u} (You may cast this card any time you may cast an instant for its reflex cost.)
When Typhoon Squid enters the battlefield, if you cast it for its reflex cost, return target creature to its owner's hand.
3/3
Updated on 07 Jan 2018 by Mal

Code: CU06

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2017-11-18 19:36:02: Mal created and commented on the card Typhoon Squid

Might be a little strong at 6 mana for a common, but since it's a little worse than a flash Man-o'-War, maybe it's okay?

The bounce clause is rather awkward. I could imagine someone automatically mapping that bounce to reflex in their head, so that they might in the heat of the moment think they would be able to clear a blocker out by casting this with reflex on their turn, only to 'herp derp'.

This too relates to that 'reflexing/reflexed' I mention on Strike Down.

Yeah, I debated whether or not I should tie the bounce to the "not your turn" or the "reflex cost" clause. I went with the former mostly because it uses less words, but it does create a somewhat-corner-case in which you can't use this aggressively during your turn. I saw that as a potential "limit" to the flexibility of this card, as a 3/3 + bounce a creature with flash seems pretty strong at 6 mana already. If I can find a word that works as elegantly as kicker/kicked, I'll probably change this to tie to the reflex cost.

"If reflected"?

That kind of implies something being countered or bounced back. I thought about "Ambush", though "if it was ambushed" implies something else entirely.

2018-01-07 08:07:58: Mal edited Typhoon Squid:

Name change. The word "Typhoon" has asiatic roots. So does "Brainwashing". The more you know~

I agree this is likely to be misused. Why bother with the "Not your turn" limit, anyway? Just too efficient when flat-cast?

It's part of thinking it might be too efficient when flat-cast, part of it encouraging using it for defensive rather than offensive purposes. I think I'll just modify the text to be changed to "if you cast it for its reflex cost", because Seeing Spectres uses the same line of text and I think that's less mess-up-able.

2018-01-07 16:39:29: Mal edited Typhoon Squid

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