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Converting over to the last version. I like the copying itself version just because of how odd that is, but the easy to understand version will make more players happy.
Ah, like Lightning Storm. Perhaps.
I was envisaging:
> Each player may sacrifice a permanent. Repeat this process until nobody does. Then the last player to sacrifice a permanent draws 3 cards, and all of that player's opponents lose life equal to the number of permanents sacrificed this turn.
(This has a bug in the case where nobody does.) But I think I probably do prefer jmgariepy's version:
> Draw 3 cards. All your opponents lose life equal to the number of permanents sacrificed this turn.
> Sacrifice a permanent: Gain control of ~. Any player may play this ability, but only if ~ is on the stack.
If I could go back in time, I'd probably use different creatures. But these are the 5 common creatures in the Magic 20XX Timeshifted slot that get drafted into your sideboard and are wished out. It's made even worse, because there are crazy rares that reveal multiple copies of these 5 creatures from your sideboard and do crazy things with them. When I chose these 5, I wasn't planning on them being on a flip card, I'll tell you that much... but I wanted something that would spice things up. They don't look too bad on Splits, but it was brought to my attention that Splits don't do that. sigh.
I'm letting this sit for now. I know it isn't the best looking thing out there, but I'm hoping that these cards become so common when drafting that people don't even bother reading the text... they just know what they do. It's funny. In Magic 20XX, these 5 cards are all about 5-6th draft pick. I've had friends pass on early Mons' Goblin Raiders, assuming they'd table... but, no... no they don't.
Besides, the crocodile is too strong. People actually play that thing in draft. ;-P
It's tough. Wizards used to print a ton of these cards, but they've eased up on creatures with small stats gaining control of creatures. Good call on the Cytoplast Manipulator... it's true... a few +1/+1 counters sprinkled on the board, and that broad goes nuts.
I'm going to drop this to 4, because I don't want this to be perceived as weak... but I think we haven't seen many of these lately for a reason.
Thanks!
Do you think this would be less confusing?
Sacrifice a Permanent: Gain control of ~. Any player may play this ability, but only if ~ is on the stack.
Me neither, but I think the spell copying uses less words. So this is kind of a matter of "Which confuses you more: Strange Mechanical Interactions, or, Words."
Thought about it, and assumed it was okay. If you cast this with a changeling on the table, you'll probably lose, since, as soon as you draw a card and you don't have one, you lose the game. So, yeah, if you have that large a library, and you were able to cast a spell with a converted mana cost of 7, go nuts and draw 223 cards.
My biggest problem I have with this card is your opponent's ability to make you lose spontaneously with a card like Blades of Velis Vel. It wouldn't happen in my block, though, and it would be such a rare situation in real life, that it would be kind of funny. I don't like come out of nowhere blowouts, but a card like this having such a strange answer is kind of cool.
Although, ironically, a 3-card combo, especially a 6+ casting cost combo, is hard enough that probably is ok, not that they'd actually print this. Which means you're restricted to Battle Of Wits decks, and creatures with legimately many subtypes :)
There are 223 creature types now. Still, the fact that they've gone with design space allowing creatures of every type at once means they're never going to be able to use space like this, simply because the 223 number isn't something players need to be forced to keep track of constantly just to figure out what the game state is supposed to be.
Fun little minigame. It might read simpler if it wasn't phrased in terms of copying spells. I don't know.
This plus Mothdust Changeling = How many creature types are there now? 430? Hope you've got an Obstinate Familiar. Or add Hive Mind for the instant win.
Wow. That's an awesome Rolling Stones.
I don't think this is that overpowered. Compare Seasinger and Callous Oppressor, Cytoplast Manipulator and so on. I think this could be 4CC given the more-cards requirement.
Three of these Core Set creatures are simple vanillas, and then there's these two. Couldn't you use Plague Beetle or Dross Crocodile or something?