Mana cost vs converted mana cost doesn't make very much difference, as in most cases they'll have cast the creature by paying its mana cost anyway. So this could probably just say "pays its mana cost" like Pendrell Flux (Oracle wording).
yeah Excise does a good job too but it is limited to only attacking creatures whereas this can hit anything. Making this cost would make it far too powerful so I decided to go this way. I WAS going to make it "controller pay's that creature's casting cost" which would make it much nastier for the higher cost cards.
Good card. But the funny thing is, the first thing I thought of was Excise, which does a better job conveying the flavor of "A Better Offer". I don't know what you want to do with that info, though...
2012-02-25 10:17:48:
Camruth
created the card Payoff
I was actually agreeing that Jushi is better in most ways BUT wait until I enter the rest of the trade consortium cards...:-)
The trade consortium theme is as you may have guessed "lets make a deal"(fine print: you may think you got a good deal but really you got shafted and I got the better of you) I think the white TC cards will raise some "discussion" as they flirt with breaking the pie a little. Speaking of which...
No fair changing the activation cost then arguing with me. :)
If we want to be technical, I think the Jushi Apprentice also does a better job of milling a player. A flipped Jushi apprentice that activates 3 times can make a player draw 32 cards... If you can take the heat.
yes but Jushi apprentice could flip into a much more powerful version. With this you can obliquely mill an opponent by activating it when he has no cards in hand.
That activation is probably overkill. Compare to Jushi Apprentice. Mind you, Jushi Apprentice was very, very good, and eventually appeared in most blue decks, but this card is currently worse than it in 4 ways.
Reprinted because it fits the TC so perfectly
Mana cost vs converted mana cost doesn't make very much difference, as in most cases they'll have cast the creature by paying its mana cost anyway. So this could probably just say "pays its mana cost" like Pendrell Flux (Oracle wording).
If they pay then the creature obviously rejected the trademage's offer, if they don't...well the consortium's pockets are VERY deep.
yeah Excise does a good job too but it is limited to only attacking creatures whereas this can hit anything. Making this cost
would make it far too powerful so I decided to go this way. I WAS going to make it "controller pay's that creature's casting cost" which would make it much nastier for the higher cost cards.
Good card. But the funny thing is, the first thing I thought of was Excise, which does a better job conveying the flavor of "A Better Offer". I don't know what you want to do with that info, though...
I was actually agreeing that Jushi is better in most ways BUT wait until I enter the rest of the trade consortium cards...:-)
The trade consortium theme is as you may have guessed "lets make a deal"(fine print: you may think you got a good deal but really you got shafted and I got the better of you) I think the white TC cards will raise some "discussion" as they flirt with breaking the pie a little.
Speaking of which...
No fair changing the activation cost then arguing with me. :)
If we want to be technical, I think the Jushi Apprentice also does a better job of milling a player. A flipped Jushi apprentice that activates 3 times can make a player draw 32 cards... If you can take the heat.
yes but Jushi apprentice could flip into a much more powerful version. With this you can obliquely mill an opponent by activating it when he has no cards in hand.
That activation is probably overkill. Compare to Jushi Apprentice. Mind you, Jushi Apprentice was very, very good, and eventually appeared in most blue decks, but this card is currently worse than it in 4 ways.