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Recent updates to Mashup: the Gathering Workbench: (Generated at 2025-07-04 23:16:47)
Random Generator gave me Shriekmaw and Clockspinning. I admit, this guy is an Noggle, because I like the name "Time-Faced Fink". Also, I was trying to remember the creature type for Noggle, so I searched for the word "Breaker" in Gatherer. There are 17 creatures that contain the word "Breaker"... looks like someone likes to use that suffix a bit too much. Perhaps there's a theme deck one could base around this...
Random Generator gave me Monk Realist and Alloy Golem. Alloy Golem was always underwhelming, so stealing his stats was fine. I don't know about giving Black and Red the ability to Tranquility, but, in theory, that's what artifacts do. It seems that people have a real problem with artifacts that destroy enchantments, but not other artifacts that break the color wheel... for example Blazing Torch. I don't know. I do know that this somehow still feels wrong, but I can't pin down why.
Random Generator gave me Eon Hub and Shu Foot Soldiers and I had to walk away from the computer for a little while to figure out how to avoid stapling Eon Hub onto a 2/3. I like this "End the step" business. It's not something that one should add that often, since this works as a counterspell in white (?!) but it is rare that people are casting spells during your upkeep, and if they know you have this, more rare. This came about because "When this enters the battlefield, skip your next upkeep step" was having memory issues, even with Flash.
Le Sigh. More negative comment about what I initially thought was a cool mechanic. You're right. Most players won't recognize the "build around me" potential, they'll just see a card that doesn't work when you pay its normal mana cost.
I rather like the idea of a Lich inspired creature to have a p/t of 0/0, though. I might just increase the cost, remove the kicker, and include something along the lines of "creatures with 0 or less toughness are not put into the graveyard as a state-based effect".
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Just saying. It doesn't really work.
Well, the intent was to allow people to 'cheat' the Lich out for cheap by using something like a Bad Moon. I didn't even think of the anti-reanimation clause... I wouldn't normally have a problem with reanimating something with a casting cost of 6, so that looks more like an error on my part, than a boon.
But, I admit, while the idea seems clever to me, it reads bad. "This card cost 4. Psyche! This card costs 6." isn't very fun to read. Had I the ability to reverse that text to "This card costs 6 (Psst! You might be able to get it for 4)." Would read better, but I have no idea how to flip it.
That being said, I might just toss the kicker altogether, and count the influence of Ardent Militia just in making this a 1/2 creature. I rather like Lich as a creature on the battlefield. I'm surprised Wizards hasn't printed it this way before jumping directly to Dralnu du Louvre.
Hm. Not keen on a card which you have to kick (or use Veteran Armorer or something) to keep alive. I suppose it's a clever anti-reanimation twist, but still. Lich is awesomely kooky and suitable for mythic, but the Ardent Soldier doesn't seem to really work here.
Fascinating. You've ended up with Harrow + Collapsing Borders, and yet I can very much see the Bog Glider in there too.
I also love Collapsing Borders. It's so delightfully off-kilter. I had an old deck which used it to power Blood Hound and War Elemental, and I have a current deck which uses it to power Needlebite Trap and Punishing Fire. This card would work fine in both those decks.