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CardName: Formidable Display Cost: {G} Type: Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Visionary- If Formidable Display is the first spell you cast this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on that creature instead. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: temporary storage Uncommon

Formidable Display
{g}
 
 U 
Sorcery
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Visionary- If Formidable Display is the first spell you cast this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on that creature instead.
Updated on 09 Mar 2018 by Sorrow

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2018-02-16 15:01:56: Sorrow created and commented on the card Formidable Display

Test #1 of Visionary mechanic. I don't if this mechanic actually feels "visionary." Having multiple instances of the card in your deck wouldn't feel visionary, but adding a clause about not having a spell with the same in your graveyard would feel tacky.

Next concern is that the design space is limited.

I think design space is pretty much unlimited. "Effect/bigger effect if first thing this turn" covers a heck of a lot of ground.

The only problem I see is that, well, it's pretty easy to invoke and you'll pretty much always go for the bigger one.

But maybe that's ok; you just need to cost everything the second way.

Huh, so I literally did the same mechanic on creatures about 10 months prior to this example.

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