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Inspired by Challenge # 152 in a roundabout way.
Obviously you don't gain a lot by this, except your opponent not knowing when to react with a counterspell (or combat trick of their own).
It was closer to workable under the rules than I thought, but I think there's still rules issues (modal spells? others?)
Obviously life gain is to prolong oneself against red's fast creatures and burn. This creatures helps on both fronts. If it dies in combat (chump block) or from their burn, that slows down red player's strategy.
The sacrifice is crucial to provide an instant outlet to trigger the other ability in emergencies. That is, to get back some life as a last resort. What that effect does is not important, as long it falls within the pie. In actuality, this particular one is to test the boundary of
getting Vindicate. It also paints itself as a threat that red may want to get rid of ASAP, but in doing so is not without risk for the red player.
The 4-color idea naturally came up as I thought about how
opposes 
. Rakdos opposes white, and I conjecture that Simic also opposes white. Bam, put them together and you get a 4-color card with one color neglected--the common enemy for these two pairs. So, not only does my theory expand the 2v1 pie, it falls right into 4-color pie as well. As a result everything fits nicely.
This could be another method to design 4-color cards. I havent thought about 4-color much, but I'm sure other designers out there have created similar concepts within that limited area.
I don't want all of these "hosers" or anti cards to be too direct or cheesy. Some should be playable on their own right, but somewhat better against the color they oppose. Trample is great against white's weenies and hexproof against white's targeted removal.
Why is this anti-red beyond gaining some life, something green occasionally does and black can do via drain? Blowing up any permanent seems like an ability that would hate on all colors equally (though I could see red and blue being equally more disadvantaged since they might only have lands as choice targets).
Yeah paying 4 colors deserves rewards, and while it's cool that you can get potentially get a 5/5 trample hexproof for 4, you could also just have something straightforward like Sagu Mauler which doesn't require playing an extra color to get the evergreen mechanics already in its colors.
Also the only part of the card that feels anti-white is that you need to pay a red and black for the +1/+1 counters and evergreens, and not even what the creature would actually gain by having the mana paid.
Simic anti-white
With
chaotic factor.
Orzhov anti-blue
Orzhov anti-blue
Orzhov anti-blue
thats not discrimination. those can still hit small creatures. in fact cheaper against smaller creatures.
white has removal specifically targets big creatures (power >=4 usually). e.g. Smite the Monstrous
Arrogant Bloodlord, Backlash, the skulk mechanic, Death Watch, Dying Wish, Grisly Spectacle, Kaervek's Purge, Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet, Kresh the Bloodbraided, Phthisis, Reign of the Pit, Traitor's Roar, Twisted Justice, Unnatural Hunger.
Those are pretty poor examples amuseum. Sunspring Expedition doesn't hate on lands, and mostly uses the set's major mechanic to do what it was white already liked to do: gain life. Shattered Angel is from New Phyrexia. And one of the themes of New Phyrexia was to stretch griefing into all five colors. Whether white would normally have that ability is arguable.
That said, I don't see a problem with the card in theory. Deal damage, gain life, odd punishment... that's okay. I probably would have cost it closer to
though.
So you think Shattered Angel and Sunspring Expedition aren't real?
I'm just not feeling your proposed enemy color pie. Red can hate on lands, sure; but, having a rw color combination the lifegain feels tacked so that the card can be white.
Golgari anti-red
black doesnt discriminate against big creatures. with 1 exception.
this is boros territory, or orzhov.
Interesting. Actually pretty difficult to maintain the ability to have all three choices.
Interesting. I'd more normally expect this to be in black - like Agonizing Demise.
Boros with anti-Green
Boros with anti-Green hoser.