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Huh, I'd completely forgotten this. I still like most of the ideas more than I'd expected to, although I've not tested how they'll play.
Mana costs need a lot of moving around
R -> W
2x Too Cute to Die
2x Last Marine Standing
3x Flamethrower Troop
3x ???? Reinforcements
2x Platoon Medic
3x Heavy Marine
3x Assault Marine
1x Assault Shuttle
1x Drop Shuttle
1x Loyal Android
1x Cryobay
2x Powered Exoskeleton
2x Shaped charge
2x Defensive Emplacement
3x Grenade Throw
3x Teamwork
2x Nuke Them From Orbit
12x Plains 12x Mountain
2B->1B
Ah yes, I forgot Goryo's Vengeance. I agree with the cost comments.
I'm guessing exile is a safety precaution against an infinite loop of a biggish creature that recurs an instant. I think it would usually be prudent but I'm designing a specific precon deck so I think I won't bother, I'll have the simpler version.
Returning the creature the turn it died makes sense, but I don't really like it as usually creatures die during combat in which case it's useful.
Simplified Goryo's Vengeance. I don't see a problem with removing the Legendary rider and Splice onto Arcane at the same time. The Vengeance seems to infer that this could cost
? Don't need to, though. Three mana seems fine. Is the exile part important?
"Return target creature that shares a name with a creature that died this turn from the graveyard to the battlefield. It gains Haste." ?
I was originally thinking something like regenerate, but I realised this could fit better.
It's almost never printed, I guess to avoid reanimation shenanigans. Or did I just screw up my search? But in a precon deck there won't be any Emrakuls to return.
In many ways it would fit the flavour better if it only worked on a newly-dead creature. Maybe I should revert to regenerate. Except that ideally it wouldn't save it permanently? Something like, "Regenerate target creature. It gets +2/+0. Sacrifice it and the next-but-one end-step" but that's obviously v fiddly.
Hm. I like the concept, but is it too swingy if you get 0 or 3?
Still making more G cards, but may switch out to another corporate/science colour, or add mana fixing (gold tokens would be appropriate) and make it multi color deck.
Wait, I'm sure I created this card but I can't find it now. It's the one I was most excited to make :)
Key points, I wasn't sure about the mechanic. I like damage more than wrath because it lets survivor and shuttles survive.
Although "destroy all creatures without flying" would be an interesting way to do a RW card.
Or maybe, "when this becomes blocked, it deals 1 damage to each blocking creature"?
Or maybe this should be an artifact -- the colour doesn't matter a lot for a precon deck.
Any way of not making this just a reprint?
Hm. Not sure if this combination works. IIRC the character survived, but also got ripped in half.