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CardName: Cost: 2U Type: Enchantment Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Whenever you cycle a card, Scry 3. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Pyrulea Uncommon

{2}{u}
 
 U 
Enchantment
Whenever you cycle a card, Scry 3.
Updated on 09 Nov 2016 by Brainpolice

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2016-11-07 09:42:24: Brainpolice created the card Card74440

A cycling based card expanding on the little "top three cards of library" theme blue has going. Another more powerful route would just be "Scry 3, then draw a card".

Reminds me of Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar, which did basically the same thing to all your card draws rather than just cycling draws.

Typecycling counts as cycling but does not result in card draw. The card should be worded to work with any kind of cycling e. g. basic landcycling.

This doesn't need to be and really shouldn't be a replacement effect.

It's a little weaker than than Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar's effect, aside from just effecting cycling, in that it's a Portent effect rather than the equivolent of Scry 3.

Regarding SecretInfiltrator's point, if that's the case, there are numerous other cards similar to this that need to be changed, as all of them only refer to general cycling and are a replacement effect. It has bugged me that it doesn't really apply to the landcycling.

I'm not exactly sure why it shouldn't be a replacement effect though, as at least in some cases, it's intended that way. For example, we have a few cards that return to your hand instead of drawing a card on purpose.

One of the reasons for it being this way is a power level concern. The replacement effect is less powerful than the triggered ability version. There's a big diff between getting an additional bonus for cycling and replacing drawing a card. I worry a few of these cards would be OP as a triggered ability. For example, as a triggered ability, is getting a repeatable portent effect for 3 mana really an uncommon?

However, you are absolutely correct that if I switch to a triggered ability, it will properly apply to all cycling. I'll definitely take that into consideration for some of the cards like this.

2016-11-08 15:49:33: Brainpolice edited Card74440:

Changed to a triggered ability instead of a replacement effect. This should probably be done on most of the cards like this.

I worry that this one is too powerful now as a triggered ability. For comparison, see Card74033. I might just take off the card draw part, or consider making this a rare. Otherwise, I fixed the rest of the cards as a triggered ability and they seem balanced still.

This could just scry instead. I prefer this as a uncommon, compared to rare.

2016-11-08 17:03:27: Brainpolice edited Card74440:

Changed to just Scry 3.

Yea I changed it just to Scry 3, which makes it feel like a fair uncommon.

I don't know about all this triggered ability cards. With all the combo pieces we now have, {u} feels much less proactive and controly but more voltrony, if that makes sense. Not that I'm against that card, but as it already has been mentioned, we need a little less triggered cards so as to not make it a complicated trigger fest in every colour.

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