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2016-05-13 12:31:27: jameschanlee edited a mechanic in Mechanics Playground
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2016-05-13 12:06:08: jameschanlee edited Plate Tectonics
2016-05-13 12:05:30: jameschanlee commented on Plate Tectonics

Previously:

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Search your library for a Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield under target player's control. If you do, destroy target land that player controls.
2016-05-13 12:04:07: jameschanlee edited Plate Tectonics
2016-05-13 11:52:17: jameschanlee commented on Plate Tectonics

Holy crap, you're right. Thus is a really bad Spreading Seas
2016-05-13 07:18:54: jmgariepy commented on Plate Tectonics

I feel like land destruction is baselined at 4 casting cost now just to give decks breathing room. But Wizards still seems to think of Stone Rain as costing . Otherwise Demolish and Volcanic Upheaval would cost more. They didn't really increase the cost of LD... they just refuse to print cheaper LD spells.

With this spell, however, you aren't doing anything a Sea's Claim couldn't do. Granted, this is better (not vulnerable to Naturalize for one thing) but I get the impression that is fair enough.

On a side note: If the Mountain doesn't enter the battlefield tapped, you can use this to give an ally a bonus mana for a turn. Whether that's cool or not is up to you.
2016-05-13 07:01:49: jameschanlee commented on Plate Tectonics

Not comprehension complexity, strategic complexity. It doesn't ramp, so it's not obvious what it's for. It's not useful in all situations. Not a card I want a totally new player to see often.
2016-05-13 06:07:09: keflexxx commented on Plate Tectonics

this feels like a low bar for complex but whatever floats your boat
2016-05-13 06:05:01: jameschanlee commented on Plate Tectonics

It's uncommon because of complexity. It is a strictly worse Stone Rain, though a lot of things are - I'm pretty sure WotC doesn't / can't print LD at 3cmc anymore.
2016-05-13 05:20:15: keflexxx commented on Plate Tectonics

it's a cool idea but i don't think you need to make it an uncommon; it's a worse Stone Rain. you can use it for self-fixing i guess but that doesn't really justify the bump
2016-05-13 05:07:44: jameschanlee edited Plate Tectonics
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