CardName: Spontaneity Charm Cost: {U/R}{R/G}{G/U} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Choose one -- • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • Target creature you control fights another target creature. • Whenever target creature deals combat damage to an opponent this turn, you draw that many cards. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Uncommon |
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Created for Challenge # 081. I'm pretty sure there haven't been any printed charms with this mana cost :P Could also be printed at

.
For the name I looked at the thesaurus for "impulse". It's interesting looking at the entries in that thesaurus and their corresponding colour affiliations:
caprice
, catalyst
, desire
?, fancy
, feeling
, goad
, hunch
?, impulse
, incitement
, influence
, inspiration
, instinct
, lust
, mind
, motivation
?, notion
, passion
, thought
, whim
, wish
... and spontaneity, which seems to be close enough to the intersection of
,
and
for me.
The first two abilities I'm sure are fine at 3 mana in 2 colours. The third I'm not so sure about. It's Cold-Eyed Selkie's ability, but being granted by an instant a la Commando Raid. It could potentially draw quite a few cards, but is it conditional enough to be okay on a 3-mana gold instant?
Oh, nice flavour, it's really hard to get a charm which is more specific than just "three effects of the appropriate colours".
Last ability is Hunter's Insight, which suggests it's in the right vicinity. I suspect green card drawing can be pushed a bit harder, since they started cautiously and have been improving it.
Ah, I didn't remember Hunter's Insight. Excellent, looks like it's fine then.
I was very pleased when Hunter's Insight was finally printed, I'd been waiting for more green card drawing.
Oh, now I come to think of it it caught a bit of attention because it was in the same set as Garruk, Primal Hunter, wasn't it? Who cast Soul's Majesty.
It's really fancy that the first ability is
, the second ability is
, and the third is
. I like that a lot.
:D
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