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I think it'd be fine to have a monoblue Wall of Vapor with a Mnemonic Wall trigger as a mashup of those two. Face it, Darkness is way out of pie these days; blue gets something similar from time to time, and you'd clearly have the influence of Darkness in making your choice of the self-fogging effect.
I love the subtle pun in the name :P
This is a nifty card indeed. And I love how the "pay life" cost on Phyrexian Scuta is incorporated into this in the subtlest possible way, by using one different mana symbol at the top-right... :)
I think the first deckbuilding decision is "Darkest Hour or Shifting Sky?"
jpg: Awesome idea for a set, I've loved many of the cards.
Perhaps a compromise would be to choose random vanilla cards, or at least, random cards with at most N words in their text box?
How about (stretching a lot):
2G: Grope in fog. Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
U: Return target instant or sorcery card with CMC 1 from your graveyard to your hand?
Nice card! I agree turning the Hulk into a Lotus Guardian would be an odd thing to do. But, um, did you mean to make him 6/5 for 6, with an ability that's now always advantageous?
By the by, Phyrexian Hulk in the core set has some of the best flavor text in the history of magic. I can't compete with that. I figured I'd just extrapolate on Volrath's musings on the Hulk from Tempest.
Random card generator gave me Phyrexian Hulk and Gilded Lotus. It would be easy to just staple the two cards together, but what fun would that be? Phyrexian Hulk just wants to attack, so I figured I'd give him a reason to.
How would this work as a mashup of the two (Darkness & Deja Vu)?
Dark Memories -
Instant
Return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand, prevent damage equal to its converted mana cost.
It does a bit of each card but isn't just the two abilities together
Let me tell you, I was so happy to see Obsianus Golem and a 2/1 black soldier from Portal 3K pop up. Completely vanilla common. If I get that to happen 4 more times, I'll be a happy man.
I've been thinking of the Deja Vu + Darkness problem, and figured it might work as a Wall of Vapor type creature, with a ETB Deja Vu trigger. But I'd want the creature to be black because of Darkness. And black hasn't done the Wall of Shadows trick since Antiquities. It doesn't return sorceries, and neither, technically, does blue... at least not without returning instants as well. Close, but not cutting it.
I think if it offers you Grizzly Bears + Balduvian Bears, you should take it gladly, as your set is likely to be somewhat starved of simple commons otherwise :P
I can't think of much for Deja Vu + Darkness either, though. And I've been quite impressed by the standard of the mashups in here, so I think it's fine to pass on one every now and then!
Random Generator gave me Living Wall and Gauntlets of Chaos. Why, yes, thank you random magic generator! I'd love to give my opponent a pile of Living Flesh!
I don't pass on many random card that Wizards has thrown at me, but I think I'll report on ones that I just couldn't figure out how to shoehorn together, just in case someone else comes up with a plan for them.
Today's "I just couldn't come up with anything for this one" is Deja Vu and Darkness. I mean, it would be easy to make an instant and just add the text of Deja Vu to the text of Darkness... but would that be a compelling card? It just doesn't work for me. I thought about working with a recurssive black fog, but I can't seem to keep the Deja Vu part of that alive. All in all, 27 cards made and 1 miss, I'll take the pass. I wonder what ratio of cards I'm allowed to pass myself on? 1 in 10?
Random Magic generator gave me Keldon Megaliths and Plains. Plains color shifts Megaliths into a White card. Huh. It took a little while, but I figured out how to reverse the card... even if white doesn't normally get direct damage, I think it could if people weren't playing by its rules.
Obv. much better in multiplayer. Thought about it only affecting the player who was Hellbent, but that wouldn't be as much fun, would it? ;P