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good point - add menace
(thrullify) The proposed fix to hymm is reasonable; but I think I want a relatively high creature density
.... I can't believe that I've managed to build other cards to support coward, without actually putting any cowards IN. I'm a dope.
(tribalise)
Indeedy. It's unusual, but not unheard of; in red. So I have no real issue keeping it the same. Other than "I'm going through this set changing everything slightly; and it's slightly irksome that this one stays unaltered" :)
Actually; there IS one change I'm gonna make. Make this tribal so it can power itself.
Could do; and that would make it work slightly more naturally (since you don't need to worry about removing the last counter from something). But I also rather like the idea of this co-operating with tide counters.
I did a version of these that removed the ETB tapped but kept everything else the same and added
: Add 
could make it
: Put a spore counter on each fungus you control.
This is still quite red a'la Krenko, Mob Boss and Siege-Gang Commander
make it an Orc Coward? or keyword can't block creaures with power x or greater as Cowardice
?
or just remove the random part of Hymn (though that does remove a lot of the 'fun' of the card.
I'd be inclined to either give it either a keyword or attribute as even a 5/5 for 4 cmc isn't really worth the increased cost on all your other black spells and especially if its Legendary
I agree that it should probably be updated to make 1/1 Thrulls
as partner is a thing nowadays, could you use soulbond from Innistrad instead?
would definately go the modern masters route and make it at least an uncommon.
So would you make it a Merfolk or a Siren under current creature types?
This would be fine for a common. But a Captain's Call for
more that makes one more non-tribal creature is far from exciting.
Alternatives:
Costs
Creates five citizens.
Instant speed.
Is an enchantment with an etb that makes Citizens and some other ability (maybe an activation that makes additional citizens. Maybe Citizens gain viligance.)
Enchantment makes more sense for the name than a Sorcery does anyways.
Icatian Town
Well, it makes tokens. It doesn't do anything else interesting; just makes tokens.
Seems entirely legit, really. Maybe could be 1 cheaper nowadays? Yeah; let's push it a bit.
Icatian Priest
Redflag for combat complexity; but eh, it's already an uncommon. But... well, although the ability is a bit costly; I can't see much in the way of competition for this. It's repeatable, and quite nifty.
I could plausibly turn this into a token maker - but honestly, there's no real reason to change this.
Icatian Phalanx
Banding. Banding. We never really got a replacement mechanic for that monstrosity.
So.. maybe this can be one of those cards that helps break the groundstall? Vigilance promotes attacks, after all.
Five cost - if I'm going to mirror the black side; this would be mirroring the praetor, I guess? Don't want to give white trample; but we could well mirror the sacrifice with tap. And white can have first strike.
Of course; this bumps it to rare, and bumps the cost.
Icatian Javelineers
One-off ping. That's not white any more. Nor simple enough for common.
I'm tempted to just make this a 2/1 vanilla. It's unusually pushed; especially for a common. But I do like vanilla?
Homarid Spawning Bed
Melt down your creatures for smaller ones. That's very non-blue nowadays.
Yeah. Let's make this proliferate instead. This probably blows the power-level curve.
Homarid
The tide mechanic. What was I gonna do with this? ... I seem to have removed it from other cards. Humm.
UGH. Well, this wording tells me why I wasn't going to literally recreate the mechanic with proliferate:
~ ETBs with a tide counter. While ~ has two tide counters, it has +1/+1. While it has three, it has -1/-1. When it has four or more, remove all but one. Proliferate at the end of each of your turns.
So now what do I do with it?
Goblin Grenade
Nice; but too parasitic. Make goblin optional. Wording all messed up, probably.
It would be nice if this somehow instead played with reds coward theme, maybe?
invulnerable -> indestructible; and give it reds style of 'tap'. This is now an enrage-style lure; which could be interesting. Normally this would need upcosting, but given that the attacking creature is certain to survive; maybe not? The flexibility of this makes it strong, I think; but I'm going to try keeping it at 1. And I did want to encuorage breaking the stalls; so 2-birds for one goblin.
I'd probably be better off finding some completely different card to turn this into. I mean; why is red going around saving things (even if it IS by sewing goblins to them)?
... I could swear I had this thought somewhere on this cardset before now. Ah well.
Since the cost is sacrifice, groundstall is somewhat mitigated
Um; yes it is. I just forgot the word :)
Isn't that just indestructible? Which is also how wizards makes new cards with that ability? Although modern cards with this ability also explicitly tap the creature usually, exactly to prevent ground stall
regenerate -> invulnerable UEOT
I think we'll make this a 1/1 instead of a 0/2 purely because we have far too much groundstall, and this won't help!