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 |
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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.