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Recent updates to Frightful Desperation: (Generated at 2025-05-02 13:39:51)
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Recent updates to Frightful Desperation: (Generated at 2025-05-02 13:39:51)
reach is now unconditioned; "Bird" have been substituted with "creatures with flying"; the adventure is no longer Tribal -- Bird; cmc 4 --> 5; p/t 4/3 --> 3/3
That type line is a bit crowded.
The creature-half seems a bit over-engineered. Unconditional reach and protection from Birds seems plenty - maybe leave the Bird creature type out of the design and have something like "If a creature with flying would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent 1 of that damage."
That way you can save text on the instant-half as well.
Reworded from "if A, instead B" to "if A, instead (prevent A). When you do, B".
Replacement effects cannot target. Replacement effects do not use the stack. Targets are chosen as part of putting something on the stack. The best fix usually is a reflexive triggered ability of the form "If A, B instead. When you do, C." where C contains that part that is targeted.
Neat
For reference, the tweaked ability nets an average of 4/3=1.33... mana