You know those cards with the reminder text of "X is 0"? They've never really covered cards that let you "fill in" X through free spells. So I came up with this. The wording is a little clunky for the "this is what X is", though.
Strangely, I couldn't come up with anything else other than a tutor-play effect for this sort of thing. Probably why they haven't done it yet.
Ætherburst
XUR
Sorcery
Search your library for a blue and/or red card with converted mana cost X or less and play it without paying its mana cost. If that card has X in its mana cost, it's the same as X for Ætherburst.
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I'm not sure I get why you linked the Shoal cycle, because you use a card in your hand (or mana) to determine what X is. Here, I'm talking about cards like Mind's Desire where a card played for free with X in its mana cost is treated as zero. What I posted was a card that let you play a card for free without X being zero. Not the same as with alternative or additional X costs such as the Shoal cycle, the Dreams cycle (Devastating Dreams), and so on.
I see what you're getting at. Yeah, the wording is clunky but I like the idea. It's a tutor for any card with X in the casting cost for RU or a tutor for any other card for XRU where X is the tutored card's casting cost.
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Strangely, I couldn't come up with anything else other than a tutor-play effect for this sort of thing. Probably why they haven't done it yet.
Ætherburst
XUR
Sorcery
Search your library for a blue and/or red card with converted mana cost X or less and play it without paying its mana cost. If that card has X in its mana cost, it's the same as X for Ætherburst.
Past Ruminations
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- Kaladesh
- Zendikar
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Alara Reborn
- Innistrad <- Personal Favorite
- Dark Ascension
- Avacyn Restored
- Theros
- Return to Ravnica
- Tarkir
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Past Ruminations
Links are broken, will fix in near future.
- Kaladesh
- Zendikar
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Alara Reborn
- Innistrad <- Personal Favorite
- Dark Ascension
- Avacyn Restored
- Theros
- Return to Ravnica
- Tarkir