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Delve: You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs {1} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Used on 6 cards: Logic Knot, Fury of a Time Lord, Exterminate, __ of a Time Lord, Insanity of a Time Lord, Arrogance of a Time Lord

Delve helps enable the "exile matters" theme. It's also a nice mechanic to return that's never been really explored.

*Temporal*: At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on ~. [optional effect] Used on 14 cards: Temporal Growth, Temporal Logic, Healer of Ages, Igniter of Eras, Persecutor of Antiquity, Scholar of Aeons, Renegade Ganger, Land That Time Forgot, Temporal Grace, Temporal Blast, Time Eater, Overstay Your Welcome, Growing Monster, Temporal Power

Temporal is really an ability word, but this way I can track what cards it appears on. It represents the ability to grow or to manipulate time.




In card text or details pages, write the mechanic's code name (playtest name) between square brackets, like "[Crittercast]", "[Bushido 1]" or "[Delay 4 {2}{R}{R}]". It will be expanded to the mechanic's name plus reminder text, such as "Suspend 4 – {2}{r}{r}. (Rather than cast this spell from your hand,...)"
To expand a mechanic's name but not its reminder text, include parentheses at the end of the square brackets: "[Crittercast()]", "[Delay 9 {R}()]".