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I've been thinking about this card, and the mashup in general. I think you're right, Alex, that the project will generally move up the rarity scale. That being said, when a mechanic cries "Uncommon!" I should probably make it uncommon. I think the level of complication will always be regretfully high around here, but some mechanics just aren't good for draft. This card doesn't do anything for some rather common blue draft archtypes... which could be fine as a one-of in common to help support a draft archtype, but until I need those archtypes specifically, this should probably be a 'build around me' uncommon. Anyway, uncommon could use some simple abilities as well. If I just filled uncommon with complicated commons, nobody would want to read those suckers either.
As for ETBs or saboteur, you're right. I think that would make a pretty good card, and I might warp this to that later, depending on what the set needs. What I've noticed, though, is that when the mashup is a creature plus a non-creature spell, there's a very high tendency to turn the card into a creature (you can just add more details of the mashup that way, even telling little stories with creature type and power and toughness). That's fine, until you step back and realize that 80% of your cards are creatures without really trying. Right now, I'm pulling the pendulum into non-creature spells when I see them. I'll probably push it back the other way as I move along.
I think that combination of ingredient cards is especially suited to being a creature with an ETB or saboteur trigger something like Ponder. If you really want a Ponder-style spell, perhaps something like
> Sacrifice a permanent. Look at the top six cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, then exile the rest.
Which is a bit like Perilous Research. I don't think it's ideal for common, but this whole mashup project will generally tend to drift up the rarity scale; commons will always be hard to come by. (And especially any time you get a mythic as one of your ingredients, making a common may well be unlikely to work well.)
Mmm.. I'd like to say "Most turns some player takes damage" but in duels with blue control decks, that's really not true.
Still, it's a mighty interesting card to exist. Bring back blue-red I say! So good card, I think, but no idea whether or not it fills your hole.
Hole filling, I chose Ponder and random generator gave me Hellcarver Demon. Woah! Overkill!
This seemed like the best way of explaining a Hellcarver Demon through Ponder. I don't know how much I like the card in the file, though. Shouldn't Ponder effects always draw you a card? I don't really want to make this "amount of damage plus one", but... hmmm. Hey, are there any opinions out there? Does this work, and I should move on, or should I toss this in the workbench and try again?
Hm. Yeah, that's about the perfect mash-up. I've a bad feeling this is too good, but you're right, Ravnica was full of common transmute cards, so it sounds like it ought to be ok.
Divination hole filling, take two. This time, random generator gave me Tolaria West. I'd say something about it 'feeling like a common' or not, but Ravnica was full of these, so one in the common slot can't be worse than many of my other 'too confusing for common' mashups.
I like the card. I kind of wish it wasn't this easy for me to pull together... Hold it... I've had some crazy tough mashups. Why am I complaining when one of them isn't as hard?
Oh, hey, whoops. I forgot that Leap of Faith prevents combat damage. Turns out I was right on target.
Indeed, this looks to be "Hey look ma, I'm stompy and killin stuff!" where Leap of Faith is all "I'm gonna evade damage now"
Still, you're probably right about the cost being roughly CMC3 for either :)
"Gains prot red" isn't exactly trumping "Prevent all damage to", though. The latter is a lot more useful on a little deathtoucher blocking a big stompy green thing, for example.
Oh, hey, Leap of Faith exists now. Okay, I don't want to trump that. Begrudgingly moved to
.
Mostly, I just couldn't remember how to do it, and was having trouble finding the best wording, so I figured "what would this hurt?". You're right, though, it would hurt a lot. Having to keep track of what casting cost it has right now, alone, would infer that it's not an ability that should be showcased on a common, at least.
Bwahaha. It's funny how the generator sometimes already knows what you want :)
Pretty much strictly better than Ramosian Rally. Which is probably fine, as although I like that card, it's not like it made waves anywhere.
Is the wording deliberately "~ costs
" rather than "You may pay 
rather than etc"? Because this way affects a whole bunch of things. It can be cascaded into, it's possibly the only card ever with a variable CMC in non-stack zones, and most oddly of all, I'm not completely convinced it's actually still white most of the time.
Hole filling, I chose Warrior's Honor, and random generator gave me Mox Pearl. Huh. This could have come out much less interesting in the exchange, so I'm thankful for that. While I'm tempted to make a cycle of Mox instants... this is probably better left as a one trick card.
I keep giggling at this flavor text too. :D
Love the flavourtext.
And yeah; green is blue's enemy -- and you sometimes forget that blue is green's enemy too.
So I like this. granting island walk is far too metagamey usually'; but hey, gain 2 life never hurts.