It feels like this should have a counter, or a way to grant counters to things; or something. Just so its ability always does SOMETHING.

Maybe ETB: Put a +1 counter on target creature ? Though then it's a 4/4 itself which is kinda good. Maybe drop another kind of counter? Which is a teaching mechanism too?

1/1 for 4 lel. It feels strange to have such heavy-handed build around lord as a common. It would be more proper at uncommon and it could also have more complexity there so it could like enter with a counter on it that it could spend for an effect for example. I mean, I guess there's aid so whatever on having a second ability.

Nifty, though I could see this being absolutely backbreaking - especially in early game.

kendra sunderland

mmm, good point. i think i'll try to keep the cost low to make synchronize achievable. i'll try pay for now, I can change it later if it proves too powerful/weak in playtest.

Oh. Now I think it's way too bad. I completely agree with Alex (as I said, Convolute is a favorite of mine), but here the way to make it a Cancel is very hard and without synchronize it is really very bad.

I suggested unless they pay , but I think I like unless they pay is more interesting, because synchronize doesn't really want a three-mana counterspell.

alright. bumping up to

V: There's a role for splashable-but-expensive counterspells, with only one in the mana cost and therefore conditional on something (because you need two to get a hard counter). I think of Convolute, Frazzle, Scatter Arc, Hindering Touch, and Mindstatic. (Well, okay, some of them I searched up instead.)

What I'm saying is, this would be fine at - counter-unless-pay-.

Can't cost more - because if it did, you'd just use a proper unconditional Counterspell.

Also, are you REALLY going to keep up mana to cast two spells during your opponents turn?

Or, perhaps more feasibly, the casting cost should be increased.