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Would that replace the first sentence? The idea is for Clone-type creatures and spell effect to copy the +1/+1 counters on the creature they're cloning.
Wow. That's quite a niche card. I think the wording works, but how about just "if a creature would ETB with 1/+1 counters on it"?
I'm not really sure about the wording on this.
And by "It's a Pacifism" I just mean it's that type of removal.
Mmhmm. They would go in a set together. :)
The sacrifice ability is meant to be used by the Carcanet's controller to put it on his or her opponent's creatures, which is why the equip cost is high. It's a (slightly worse) Pacifism that falls off when the creature dies, that way. I can see where that could be confusing to some players, though, and I can also see the benefits of either player being able to put it on his or her opponents' creatures. I'll have to think about which I like better. This version would, indeed, need reminder text.
I think the third ability as phrased is rather misleading. It should either have reminder text "(You can only activate this ability if you control the creature)", or the whole third ability should be something granted to the equipped creature, something like: Equipped creature has "Sacrifice this creature: Attach Demon Claw Carcanet to target creature."
Assuming it's meant to work like that second example, I like the card a lot.
Er... "empowering"? ...Ah, as in Sunlaced Expanse.
I was worried about making this not "cool" enough and I fear I've gone too far in the wrong direction.
Oops. Thanks. I'll just leave it off.
The reminder text is inaccurate. It doesn't target, and obviously something like Annex doesn't have to be attached to a creature. Should say "...attached to a permanent it can enchant"... except that fails with Paradox Haze and Spellweaver Volute. Um.
Maybe just "it enters the battlefield attached"? That's a bit too confusing... Maybe just leave off the reminder text. It wasn't there on Genesis Wave, Copy Enchantment or Academy Rector. Retether did have reminder text, but it had a different wording too.
Yes, it's the Master Transmuter of enchantments. I love Master Transmuter.
Should it cost less?
Nah. Empower seems fine. Its just a reverse nightmare, where the creature being nightmared has the ability. I think you can get some mileage from that. On this card, though, you kind of have to predict when your creature is going to die, so that you can rempower the land onto a new creature. I don't know how often that would happen. I'd have to keep an eye out for that sort of thing when playing casual games - how often, when a creature I control dies do I have
and nothing better to play.
Obviously, for this card to be useful, you don't need to reempower anything. It works fine on its own. But if you dangle a carrot in front of some players, then take away the carrort, they get upset.
Do you find Empower odd just with this card, because it sacs itself, or just in general?
That's an odd way to handle using it immediately, but it does work. I'm also not sure how many player would look at this card and say to themselves "This is useless!" and shove it in the back of their binders, because they don't know that they can respond to the trigger.
I do find the second part of empower creature to be kind of odd here. You've got to have a good sense of timing to stop the Lotus Bed from hitting the graveyard as soon as it was returned to the battlefield.
All in all, funky card. I like the fact that its a land, too. Helps to cut down the brokeness that is the entire Lotus clan. But I get the impression that there's probably a cleaner way of doing all of this.
This mechanic has actually inspired the concept of a set in my mind, a set on an "ancient" plane set in the times before true civilization, where the earth is worshipped and all colors are influenced by Green mana.