OK added choosing a basic land type as this ETBs and restricted the activated ability to being used in the upkeep phase only which should cut down on the confusion issues somewhat.
Oh, yeah, heh. Many people wouldn't get that right. That being said, if you got rid of "Any player" the card is still interesting. You could easily add : Add to your mana pool as well. See also Unstable Frontier.
I think this works fine in the rules. It'd probably be killed for confusing timing issues, though. Players don't understand the details of the priority system. How many copies of the question "Can I activate this to change the colour of mana my opponent just tapped it for?" are we expecting?
another odd idea I had. Until activated it does nothing BUT anyone can activate it. so if you have spare mana you can mess with your opponent's unstable terrain and vice versa.
Of course, like many of the cards in this "set" this is a very preliminary idea that will likely need a bit of work.
Yes I know all about banding having played since Alpha. If you look at the other banding cards Pack Wolf & Pack Wolf Alpha you will see that they were my own personal attempt at creating a version of banding that was cleaner and easier - just as an exercise
I would say that this doesn't counter Skullscorch as it targets to discard cards. The damage is a replacement effect that the target gets to choose on resolution
Mind Bomb and Rupture don't target Goblin War Strike specifically says 'deals damage' and 'target player' as does Lava Spike The wording I'm trying to get doesn't care about resolution, it checks when the spell it wants to counter goes on the stack...does that spell target me? yes or no...if no can't counter...if yes, does it deal damage...if no, can't counter...if yes then lets stop that nasty thing.
Trying a different wording, this should get around things like Pariah etc as it doesn't care where the damage ends up, only that the spell deals damage and targets you. Thanks for the link to Rebuff the Wicked Alex, it gave me a better idea of how to word this. I think the wording may need clearing up this way but I am stumped for how to word it properly at the moment.
OK added choosing a basic land type as this ETBs and restricted the activated ability to being used in the upkeep phase only which should cut down on the confusion issues somewhat.
Oh, yeah, heh. Many people wouldn't get that right. That being said, if you got rid of "Any player" the card is still interesting. You could easily add
: Add 
to your mana pool as well. See also Unstable Frontier.
I think this works fine in the rules. It'd probably be killed for confusing timing issues, though. Players don't understand the details of the priority system. How many copies of the question "Can I activate this to change the colour of mana my opponent just tapped it for?" are we expecting?
another odd idea I had. Until activated it does nothing BUT anyone can activate it.
so if you have spare mana you can mess with your opponent's unstable terrain and vice versa.
Of course, like many of the cards in this "set" this is a very preliminary idea that will likely need a bit of work.
Yes I know all about banding having played since Alpha.
If you look at the other banding cards Pack Wolf & Pack Wolf Alpha you will see that they were my own personal attempt at creating a version of banding that was cleaner and easier - just as an exercise
I guess you may or may not know this but Banding was phased out because it's a rules nightmare, and also very hard to Grok.
I would say that this doesn't counter Skullscorch as it targets to discard cards. The damage is a replacement effect that the target gets to choose on resolution
Mind Bomb and Rupture don't target Goblin War Strike specifically says 'deals damage' and 'target player' as does Lava Spike
The wording I'm trying to get doesn't care about resolution, it checks when the spell it wants to counter goes on the stack...does that spell target me? yes or no...if no can't counter...if yes, does it deal damage...if no, can't counter...if yes then lets stop that nasty thing.
@Vitenka: But does Mind Bomb cause damage? Does Goblin War Strike with zero Goblins, or Rupture sacrificing an Ornithopter? Does Lava Spike if a CoP: Red activation has resolved?, or if I've got Pariah on Cho-Manno, Revolutionary?
Even with this wording, can it counter Skullscorch?
Trying a different wording, this should get around things like Pariah etc as it doesn't care where the damage ends up, only that the spell deals damage and targets you.
Thanks for the link to Rebuff the Wicked Alex, it gave me a better idea of how to word this.
I think the wording may need clearing up this way but I am stumped for how to word it properly at the moment.