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Mmm, but how many cheap 1/1 deathtouch can a set afford? Maybe two? And would anyone ever bother using the spare ability on thm, rather than saying "Hey, a perfect chump blocker!" leading to groundstall problems?
Vitenka is right about this being less useful on low-powered creatures. However, spare can be printed on a 1/1 creature with deathtouch for a relatively low cost. That is, presuming the spare ability isn't too strong (maybe it shuffles a card from that player's graveyard back into their library. Maybe you gain 3 life.)
Oh; they do exist. It just feels weird. (And feels weird on that one). But as I said; this is clearly what Elvish Piper became when it grew bigger. So it's fine to me over-all.
Though if I could think of a creature whose signature was being 3/4, I'd suggest making it a that-piper instead :)
Since I didn't say it before - this is a kinda interesting use of spare. The creature clearly needs to be big for spare to exist on it (which is a problem for the mechanic as a whole, only so many common creatures can be big) and that then also means that an opponent is likely to chump it. You'll want to pair with other bigger threats to stop them prioritising it immediately; but; well, you're clearly playing a big-green-creatures deck, so that's hardly likely to be a hard issue.
The reward is nice, potentially game shatteringly good if you can cheat the right creature into play. But it's also a lot harder to get it to go off if the opponent is half-smart. So it's nicely skill testing for an opponent. While flavourwise the mirror of "One creature back to hand, one from hand into play" is very pleasing.
All up, I like this particular use of spare.
Curious, I did a search for Elves that have a p/t equal to or greater than 3/4. It turns out there are 26 of them. Granted, a number of them are on beast mounts, are in groups, or are Legendary. But some are not. Golgari Findbroker seems like a poster child for "This is fine."
Interesting. A bit bigger than an elf would usually be though - an elf bigger than a wooly mammoth; slghtly odd flavour.
But it's actually secretly sometimes an Elvish Piper which seems nifty.
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@Tahazzar thanks - that seems like a good template precedent.
More powerful than Sheltered Aerie but perhaps at a similar power level to Gift of Paradise or New Horizons?
Is the intent to gain 4 life even if both creatures die?
Time to Feed would be the precedent for the wording..
Ok, so this is now completely different from whatever was being discussed; I guess?
Will this trigger the life-gain if the creature doing the fight dies? That seems situational, but could do with clarification either way.
Dull but effective. A potential 1-for-2 removal isn't a thing common gets to do any more :(
Ok, the flavour is good; a card fitting this mold can certainly exist. Cantrip first rather than afterwards means it can't be used cleverly; which is maybe intentional, since it's cheap?
The way I see "exception that proves the rule" here in the case of turbofog is that fogs are nigh always unplayable in constructed and because of that a deck such as turbofog is an exception. The fact that there is a general consensus and awareness that fogs suck is what makes turbofog exceptional. If they saw common play in constructed and such, it would be normal - it wouldn't be breaking any "rule."
Speaking of turbofog, yes, it can be problematic thing to have, but its existence relies on the availability of fog effects even more so than in their effectiveness. Having one playable fog effect in your environment does not power up that archetype alone... unless it's like Constant Mists or something that you can just keep on repeating :)
Even if this card was used effectively to be entirely one-sided, it at its very best, would still be only a lousy version of Safe Passage.