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Moved in from the workbench because Dawnfield Puredeer didn't feel strong enough to be an uncommon. I could have fixed it, but Mark of Truth is fighting for the same cc, and it didn't seem worth it. Besides, the set could use an enchantment destruction spell at uncommon. Switched 'creature' to 'artifact' to fit the theme of white in this set.
Ha! That certainly an idea, though, I think there would still be too many words for it to qualify as a mythic. It's a pity, actually... I would have liked "Discard two cards, , :" for an activation to help feed the "if you let me have my three crappy cards, they become fuel" theme... but that's just more words, eh?
If you want mythic, and fewer words... Replace "When you cast ~" with ":"
That is indeed a distinctly nifty ability. I like the change from 2/2 to 3/1 given the Maro effect. Pity it's not quite mythic, but I agree it isn't.
Holy carp. Well, I got there, but it ain't pretty, and there's a bit of ambiguous shorthand speak that, if made a real Magic card, would need to immediately be rewritten in Oracle... but I'm pretty sure everyone would be able to figure it out. Maybe. Two functional changes as well. 'enters the battlefield' became 'cast' to save space, and 'up to three cards...' became 'just search for the damn cards'... meaning that if you fail to find, you fail to find it all. That's pretty frustrating. But at least you can always just grab 3 Forests, so it ain't all bad.
Last slot! Random Generator gave me Maro and Gifts Ungiven. Interesting. I need a Mythic Rare, so I made this, then made it a rare because it has too many words.
When I first previewed, this just passed the flyspeck text... but it didn't have a name at the time. Zōtōmaro isn't a big word... but it was enough to bump to tiny text.. how annoying. I can't figure out a way to cut words and stay within modern templating rules without damaging what I think is a pretty cool ability - pinning an opponent into giving you three Lightning Bolts and a bigger Maro, or a single Wrath of God. Bonus points awarded for searching for something like 3 Think Twices: Get your opponent coming and going.
Ah, what to do. I'm not sure. It turns out the only thing that drops the text is a one word name, and that won't do. In case you're wondering, Zōtō is the Japanese word for 'gift giving'. Yup, yup.
Ah, yes, Horizon Canopy. Keep forgetting that one. Wonder why it didn't pop up in the Gatherer search? Ah well.
There are one or two card-draw effects on lands, most notably Horizon Canopy. As that card shows, development seem to think it's very, very good to get to cycle your lands for cards once you don't need them any more. (Contrast with Secluded Steppe and friends for if you don't need to play them first.)
I like this. It's definitely got Grave-Shell Scarab in it, it's nice and interesting, but the ETBT (plus being legendary) makes it definitely not an automatic 4-of. Good spot to be in.
Blue Legendary Land round 2. This time Gatherer randomly gave me Grave-Shell Scarab, and I put together this. I wasn't sure what to cost a land that sacrifices to draw a card, so I looked up "Type = Land" "Text = Draw a card" on Gatherer. Doesn't exist. Really? That sounds like a common cycle waiting to happen....
Anyhow, since this land is a legendary rare, I figured I'd get aggressive and pattern the card draw on Mind Stone, and the 'dredge' on the beetle. 1 & 1. My only problem with those costs is that this might be an automatic 4 of in mono-blue. Legendary permanents that are automatic 4 of are kind of silly... but... hmm... I guess you don't draw the card the turn you play the land. Probably not automatic 4.