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Maybe...what if we do the same thing as splice (combine instants and sorceries) but make the "spliced" cards go to the graveyard? Make it non repeatable, and make the splicing cost slightly cheaper than the actual casting cost to compensate.
I just don't think splice is a great mechanic overall. People disliked Forecast, and splice is the same principle (repeatable costed effect activated from the hand) if not worse (slightly parasitic even without Arcane). Maybe something more self-contained, a mechanic modifying the effects of the card it's on rather than onto another (like kicker)?
Okay. I'll have to rearrange the skeletons a little to make the needed slots.
Regarding splice, it would be a lot less parasitic without the arcane requirement. Maro has hinted that it might be possible to do splice onto instant or splice onto sorcery. That would require far less infrastructure, and the cards could be used with any deck.
I think Odium works in
, to balance with 
and 
for the other two. I like the flavor of splice, but the mechanic was parasitic and not well-liked, so I think we should make something else similar, but a new mechanic. I'll start thinking.
What color should Odium be? I hate is a very red emotion, but Rayse is a very selfish and black person.
And, regarding Splice, the flavor is perfect for Aons. We'd be fools not to use it. It doesn't necessarily need arcane, but the ability to combine spells is exactly what Aons do.
They're not.
How's this?
That works, sounds good. For your wording edit, can you also reword Antagonize and Formshift? Antagonize should say "creature card", and Formshift looks nicer if the trigger is first and the result second (Whenever you invest a permanent, you may transform ~.)
4/1 to 5/2 for balance,
I agree. The "is invested" doesn't make sense out of context. I'll go through and change it when I do a wording edit.
I'll repeat my suggestion to change "is invested" to "has a charge counter on it."
Also, it doesn't work flavor-wise to have this at common. The Alethi are harvesting dozens of them, but their still worth a small fortune. I would even suggest upgrading the ability a bit and moving it to rare. We could move it to WoR, if it throws off artifact distribution.
If they are the only enchantment equipments in the set, that's probably enough.