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I wish first strike was replaced with something that matters only on defense to parallel the reach in the other ability e. g. ability to block an additional creature.
First strike is also not in the green color pie, so the activated ability shouldn't be hybrid as it is.
grammar
Neat idea. I suggest
> As ~ etbs, choose a creature you control with toughness 1. If you don't, sacrifice ~. When the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, sacrifice ~.
Hmm, well; I guess I got what I wanted. And the old proverb is true - because while sendible this is also a lot less interesting now.
It is, at least, a nicely black variant of Reverse Damage.
I think, you want "Choose target opponent. Until end of turn, whenever you lose life, that player loses that much life."
Otherwise the target will only be chosen as part of putting the delayed triggered ability on the stack and the cost reduction ability would not work, I think.
Mostly entirely redesigned
I agree with Vitenka - obviously this does nothing if no opponent targets you with a spell or ability and everyone just runs on creatures, but this might be too strong a hoser of a single strategy.
I also really don't like how this punishes all opponents for one person playing into the Trap.
I personally could see an actual mana cost for the Trap cost and life loss as part of the effect.
There is also a lack of thematic cohesion due to all of this. Why do I punish opponent A, B and C because player A cast Bargain after player B attacked you with a creature? Better Trap designs tailor their effects and conditions better to each other.
If this is phy or otherwise alt-costed the black away, then this feels like it would horribly unbalance everything; since every deck can run it. Which means no deck can risk dealing a large amount of damage in a single turn (because no matter what colour deck they are, the opponent might drop a pair of these). Which turns every match into slowly plinking away a couple of damage a turn. I suppose it also affords overkill - if they're already dead then it won't go off. So that's two viable play styles. But it cuts out a large middle-ground.
It's also unfortunate that this causes life loss, which is much harder to defend against.
Right now this is "2 life or 3BB." I get SI's point, but phyrexian mana makes the template a lot easier
changed name; alternative cost
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-> 2/4 life
"Lifesink Trap"
There is so much incentive to pay life rather than mana for the alternative cost that I would actually prefer not to have the choice phyrexian mana suggests.
Confusing that the lifelink keyword appears nowhere on the card
Now it's interesting instead of broken. Hard to call it ablative armor since they can't block, though
creates a lot less tokens (100 -> 10); tokens can deal damage (but are 0/1); cost 8w -> 3ww
On the flip side - it's a 9 mana card that doesn't acually win the game, and unless it actually pairs with your finisher is a dead card.
And yet, because when it does do something, that pairing is always going to be a win, it can't really cost much less.
How about making it cheaper (maybe 5 or 6), and have it create a slightly smaller pile of 0/1 soldiers? Say 20? It would still be a fun finisher for cards that consume tokens, but would also have utility in normal decks as ablatative armour and of course oriflamme etc.
And there are a lot of options for that one other card.
I could see a version of this with a lower cost and reasonable number that fuels a whole lot of abilities: Convoke, crew, devour, Equipment/Auras that grant activated abilities, alliance, aristocrats plus morbid, enlist. You could build a whole environment around ways to make use of Cowards.
This is dumb. It does nothing, except when you have a single other card and OTK your opponent