Which do you prefer for this effect?
If they are both terrible designs, can either be salvaged?
Volcanic Visions3UR Sorcery
Volcanic Visions deals damage equal to the number mountains you control to each creature and each player.
Draw cards equal to the number of Islands you control
Major Arcana3UR Sorcery
Major Arcana deals damage equal to the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard to each creature and each player.
Draw cards equal to the number of Instant cards in your graveyard.
The only thing I don't like about both is that the red part of the effect hits everybody. In red and blue, you will typically lose some life anyhow, and somehow I feel like these cards can kill you just as easily as it can your opponents. I would like to see it only be able to target a creature or player. Maybe then it would be a little more effective? Other than that, cool idea!
Flow of ideas can also go in a monoblue deck to maximize its potential, which is harder to do with Volcanic Visions. I could see it as an uncommon and costing 4UR, and hitting a single creature for damage equal to your mountains. A more expensive Concentrate/Tidings that simultaneously nukes a threat sounds quite strong in the right format.
I don't think version 1 is really a good design. It's got a bunch of internal tension because getting more benefit out of one part means, ceteris paribus, that you're getting less benefit out of the other unless you're running Steam Vents and/or Volcanic Island. It is kind of nifty with Elsewhere Flask or Prismatic Omen, but I don't think that really redeems it.
The second version has some tension as well, but it's more in deckbuilding than gameplay and there are a lotofeffects which further both parts simultaneously. I'd be much happier with this one seeing print.
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I primarily play limited, so most of my spoiler season comments view cards through that lens.
If they are both terrible designs, can either be salvaged?
Volcanic Visions 3UR
Sorcery
Volcanic Visions deals damage equal to the number mountains you control to each creature and each player.
Draw cards equal to the number of Islands you control
Major Arcana 3UR
Sorcery
Major Arcana deals damage equal to the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard to each creature and each player.
Draw cards equal to the number of Instant cards in your graveyard.
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The second version has some tension as well, but it's more in deckbuilding than gameplay and there are a lot of effects which further both parts simultaneously. I'd be much happier with this one seeing print.
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