Cognation Deterrent 1UU
Enchantment - U
At the beginning of your upkeep reveal the top card of your library. Tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
Cognitive Degeneration 1UU
Enchantment - U
At the beginning of your upkeep reveal the top card of your library. Put the top X cards of target player’s library into their graveyard where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
Constant Research 2UU
Enchantment - U
At the beginning your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. Look at the top X cards of your library and put them back in any order, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
These would be a cycle of enchantments across three sets in a block.
Thoughts?
I don't think Cognation Deterrent works. You don't reveal the card until the ability resolves, but you declare targets for the ability as it's put onto the stack. When targets are declared, X is undefined.
Assuming it did work, though, something tells me it shouldn't have the "up to" part. I don't know, something doesn't feel right about stuffing a bunch of high-cost stuff into your deck in hopes of abusing this and tapping out your opponent's creatures.
I love Cognitive Degeneration and Constant Research, tbough; the effects are nicely symmetrical. Speaking of symmetry, if there's a way to make the two costs the same, that'd be pretty cool.
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At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If you do, tap up to X target creatures where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card?
I think all three costing the same would be fine, wasn't sure where to cost Research though, it seems like it could be too good at 3.
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If you do, tap up to X target creatures where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card?
The disconnect between when targeting occurs in the process of putting an ability on the stack and revealing the card from your library is still there. In other words, you can never have the number of targets for the ability depend on something you do when the ability resolves. You would have to either append some extra clunk to the end of the ability to specify which creatures you can tap:
"At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If you do, tap up to X creatures, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card. Creatures your opponents control with hexproof and creatures with shroud or with protection from ~'s characteristics can't be tapped this way."
...or play with the top card of the library revealed so that the game can use its information in determining the number of targets upon having the ability be put onto the stack:
"Play with the top card of your library revealed.
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap up to X target creatures, where X is the converted mana cost of the top card of your library as this ability is put onto the stack."
The beauty of the second part is that even if the top card of your library changes between trigger and resolution, the value of X is locked in at the time you declare targets, rather than on resolution. The last bit with the "as this ability is put onto the stack" is there to emulate the immediacy of choosing targets upon the game knowing the converted mana cost of the top card of your library, similar to your version.
EDIT: I realize it actually is supposed to target nonland permanents rather than just creatures, but the same logic applies.
Cognitive Degeneration works, though, since the value of X doesn't dictate anything to do with targets.
I think all three costing the same would be fine, wasn't sure where to cost Research though, it seems like it could be too good at 3.
As for Research, it might need playtesting, I would think.
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
How to use card tags (please use them for everybody's sanity)
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format Minimum deck size: 60 Maximum number of identical cards: 4 Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall
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Enchantment - U
At the beginning of your upkeep reveal the top card of your library. Tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
Cognitive Degeneration 1UU
Enchantment - U
At the beginning of your upkeep reveal the top card of your library. Put the top X cards of target player’s library into their graveyard where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
Constant Research 2UU
Enchantment - U
At the beginning your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. Look at the top X cards of your library and put them back in any order, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card.
These would be a cycle of enchantments across three sets in a block.
Thoughts?
Servien
Chaos' Realm
Escalation of Chaos
Tales of Cahdaria
Enigmatic Distrubance
Celestial Unveiling
Assuming it did work, though, something tells me it shouldn't have the "up to" part. I don't know, something doesn't feel right about stuffing a bunch of high-cost stuff into your deck in hopes of abusing this and tapping out your opponent's creatures.
I love Cognitive Degeneration and Constant Research, tbough; the effects are nicely symmetrical. Speaking of symmetry, if there's a way to make the two costs the same, that'd be pretty cool.
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If you do, tap up to X target creatures where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card?
I think all three costing the same would be fine, wasn't sure where to cost Research though, it seems like it could be too good at 3.
Servien
Chaos' Realm
Escalation of Chaos
Tales of Cahdaria
Enigmatic Distrubance
Celestial Unveiling
The disconnect between when targeting occurs in the process of putting an ability on the stack and revealing the card from your library is still there. In other words, you can never have the number of targets for the ability depend on something you do when the ability resolves. You would have to either append some extra clunk to the end of the ability to specify which creatures you can tap:
"At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If you do, tap up to X creatures, where X is the converted mana cost of the revealed card. Creatures your opponents control with hexproof and creatures with shroud or with protection from ~'s characteristics can't be tapped this way."
...or play with the top card of the library revealed so that the game can use its information in determining the number of targets upon having the ability be put onto the stack:
"Play with the top card of your library revealed.
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap up to X target creatures, where X is the converted mana cost of the top card of your library as this ability is put onto the stack."
The beauty of the second part is that even if the top card of your library changes between trigger and resolution, the value of X is locked in at the time you declare targets, rather than on resolution. The last bit with the "as this ability is put onto the stack" is there to emulate the immediacy of choosing targets upon the game knowing the converted mana cost of the top card of your library, similar to your version.
EDIT: I realize it actually is supposed to target nonland permanents rather than just creatures, but the same logic applies.
Cognitive Degeneration works, though, since the value of X doesn't dictate anything to do with targets.
As for Research, it might need playtesting, I would think.
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall