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Well, I never claimed to be good at Magic. I guess your statement (wouldn't draft, not wouldn't play) is more accurate.
That seems like a mistake to me. One cost cantrips in limited are pretty good, even if they have no effect. Since limited decks rarely curve out, it would kind of be like drafting a card that let you play with a 39 card deck.
That said, I could easily see myself not drafting that card because there are better picks in the pack. But if I did happen to draft one, I'd probably play it in all but the most bomb-heavy decks.
It needs something else, considering it's significantly strictly worse than Dispatch. Even if it was a cantrip, I still probably wouldn't run it in Limited.
I was thinking more 'Reverse Burst of Energy', but I agree that basing color identity on any 20th century card is a fallible argument.
V: There's no way this is useful in limited. For your restricted set of 4-8 noncreature spells, even Pressure Point and Niveous Wisps got cut moderately often. Spending a whole card to neutralise one creature for one turn? Ugh.
JMG: I fear that's not white. I don't really know why... white can tap creatures, and also artifacts (Auriok Transfixer). I guess it's against the possibility of tapping lands, which is blue or (bizarrely) black, although colourless can also do it (Rishadan Port, Icy Manipulator). It'd probably be fine as a minor bleed if there was a good reason. But there doesn't seem to be much reason to make this white Enervate, rather than white Pressure Point or blue Enervate.
Would "Tap target permanent" be terribly out of line?
Eh; sometimes the simplest iteration of a card is good enough. It's not going to be a contender for worlds best card; but it's perfectly useful in limited.
If I were to add anything to it; I'd be tempted to try and make it able to act fast enough to stop
abilities. But that aint common no mo, bro.
I suggest for playability add a cantrip, like Niveous Wisps or Pressure Point?
Maybe too clunky - trying for a "Control enchanted player unless they can out-bid you" to represent the ability to throw off the Imperius curse by strong-willed wizards
but the far better option is just not making the card and having a creature kill spell instead
could always throw a phage rider on it
Probably unsafe at any casting cost, really. Cards like Omen Machine and Oracle of Bones would be too easy to set up for the win.
Yeah, 6 is way cheap. There's no way this would exist, but if it did it wouldn't cost less than Worst Fears.
Now I'm tempted to have a crack at designing a harry potter set the way I'd like to do it :) I'd go for something like "Destroy target creature. ~ can't be countered by spells or abilities".
I do like this, though I agree wizards don't usually print a "win the game" sorcery, and if it did it would cost 10+ (after all, why cast Emrakul if you can cast this? :)).
Could also just be a renamed Hero's Downfall.
Um. I don't think Wizards would ever print this. And if they did, it'd cost a loooot more. Compare Door to Nothingness.
I think Avada Kedavra is a better take on it.
Considering the phrasing for the Elder Wand, the second effect should probably trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield from a graveyard.
I would suggest adding Whip of Erebos's clasue about leaving the battlefield, to prevent abuse.