CardName: Skeleton Toy #2
Cost: 1W
Type: Artifact
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: {T}: Gain 2 life.
Memento Mori {1}{W}- If Skeleton Toy #2's Memento Mori cost
was paid, at the beginning of the next endstep gain 5 life
if a creature you control died this turn. Otherwise, scry 1.
Flavour Text: Alxzarza
Set/Rarity: temporary storage Common
Skeleton Toy #2
C
Artifact
: Gain 2 life.
Memento Mori - If Skeleton Toy #2's Memento Mori cost was paid, at the beginning of the next endstep gain 5 life if a creature you control died this turn. Otherwise, scry 1.
Creating a mechanic for the idea of Memento Mori and how to implement said mechanic and differentiate that mechanic from Morbid proved very challenging.
Death would obviously need to be a factor, but where to go from there? I focused on the future, that death will happen. Giving an ability word to an activated ability that would have different outcomes depending on whether or not a creature you control died seemed most appropriate. Currently, scrying 1 seems a reasonable alternative if you don't end up having a creature die but paid a Memento Mori cost.
The reminder wording is probably a mess. Memento Mori is intended to be activated at any time a player could cast an instant. Even if the Memento Mori cost is paid multiple times, a permanent shouldn't have multiple experiences of the Memento Mori trigger at the endstep.
: Gain 2 life.
Creating a mechanic for the idea of Memento Mori and how to implement said mechanic and differentiate that mechanic from Morbid proved very challenging.
Death would obviously need to be a factor, but where to go from there? I focused on the future, that death will happen. Giving an ability word to an activated ability that would have different outcomes depending on whether or not a creature you control died seemed most appropriate. Currently, scrying 1 seems a reasonable alternative if you don't end up having a creature die but paid a Memento Mori cost.
The reminder wording is probably a mess. Memento Mori is intended to be activated at any time a player could cast an instant. Even if the Memento Mori cost is paid multiple times, a permanent shouldn't have multiple experiences of the Memento Mori trigger at the endstep.