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Recent updates to The Oncoming Storm: (Generated at 2024-04-29 10:52:07)
moved the original flavor text to Arrogance of a Time Lord
Oh wait: higher X values encourage you to exile cards from your graveyard, thus getting rid of reanimation targets. Your opponents probably will have delved (now a verb!) creatures away as well, without realizing you wanted to take their creatures. An instant with delve in response could also strip away all creatures.
In larger formats, this probably wouldn't be an issue. In Limited, Block Constructed, and potentially Standard this might be. I could have it return exiled creatures to the battlefield (which is like Lord President Rassilon's own ability), but then the problem reverses.
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I'd think a Starstorm / Savage Twister with Delve would be fine.
I'd stick to the second idea. The first idea is how you get a turn 2 Praetor on the table. And that doesn't include fast mana... just a round 1 Sorcery that happens to put a card in your graveyard.
Pretty much the only red X spells are burn or damage enhancement. The question is, what will this kill? Should it damage creatures, creatures and planeswalkers, or creatures and players?
Might as well. This is definielty better than my other white idea: "Gain X life. [Bonus effect so this doesn't suck.]"
I think either is fine. I think a swarm of 1/1s is more white than green nowadays, but green would be valid. Wait and see if you come up with a white or green element of the cycle first and make this be the other one? :)
What color should this be, green or white? I think it could be either.
"Return X target creature cards from a graveyard/your graveyard to the battlefield (under your control)."
"Return each creature card with CMC X or less from a graveyard/your graveyard to the battlefield (under your control)."
An X variation on Twilight's Call would be interestingly buildable-around.
This feels rather too cheap for a one-sided Starstorm. Compare with Bonfire of the Damned, or Flame Wave. And that's not even taking delve into account.
Not "usually", but they're allowed to. Trostani, Selesnya's Voice includes the reminder text for populate even though she's mythic and the reminder text is on three commons in the set.
There haven't been very many cases of returning mechanics that show up at rare, but I imagine you're free to include or exclude it as you wish.
Yawgmoth's Bargain = Unfair.
Necrologia = Underpowered? Go figure. And I can assure you that it has nothing to do with the fact that you only get to do it for one turn. Okay... I'm sure that has something to do with it, but the big different has got to be the fact that you can only do it during the end step, preventing it from being an engine card.
Had this been an uncommon, I would have suggested "Exile X target cards from any one graveyard". I like how that rolls. But, yeah, few people will appreciate opening that card as their rare for the pack.
I also would have suggested mill, but it looks like your blue one has that covered. Mass Raise Dead? Is that too counterintuitive?
So very tempted to suggest: "Pay X life, draw X card. Pact." Which embodies the name well, but is probably unutterably broken.
Can't think of a better idea, so I do suggest it.
I was going to make this "All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn," but I realized that it's very similar to Fury of a Time Lord. I then thought "Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life"; once again, Fury of a Time Lord. Suggestions?
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I think rares usually omit reminder text if commons have it.
Does the rare cycle of a returning mechanic require reminder text? I'll have the reminder text on every card at common and uncommon and the rest of the rares.
Also: "X of a Time Lord" or "Time Lord's X"?
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How about a massive Watchwolf upgrade? Goes well with T1 New New York Hospital and Robo Mana Dork.