Seer and the overall tone of the phrase points to the UB.
Usage of the words "dark" and "confidant" and the fact that it refers to pain may mean that we are getting som kind of a card referencing bob.
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Just gonna throw this out there, but this gives me more of a necropotence / yawgmoth's bargain vibe rather than a bob vibe. I do not expect those cards to be reprinted, but maybe something similar and probably ridiculously costed.
Seer + Dark Confidant + No pain, no gain = Something with "Reveal card(s) from library and put them into hand, lose life equal to its/their converted mana cost"? Inspiration = One time effect, two cards, instant speed?
How about:
Darkspiration - 1B
Instant
"Reveal the top two cards of your library and put them into your hand. You lose life equal to each card's converted mana cost"
Dark Seer 3B
Flash
When Dark Seer enters the battlefield, scry 2, then reveal the top 2 cards of your library, lose life equal to their converted mana cost, then put those cards into your hand.
3/3
Flash is not black. I wish it was.
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Flash has been on mono-black cards before. The bigger problem is that from what we know, the flavor of the card has nothing to do with the flash mechanic.
Seer + Dark Confidant + No pain, no gain = Something with "Reveal card(s) from library and put them into hand, lose life equal to its/their converted mana cost"? Inspiration = One time effect, two cards, instant speed?
How about:
Darkspiration - 1B
Instant
"Reveal the top two cards of your library and put them into your hand. You lose life equal to each card's converted mana cost"
This seems about right. But if the name or ability is actually "Dark Inspiration" I'd guess it is a targeted effect for 3B:
Dark Inspiration - 3B
Instant
Target player reveals the top two cards of his or her library. That player loses life equal to each card's converted mana cost and puts them into his or her hand.
This seems about right. But if the name or ability is actually "Dark Inspiration" I'd guess it is a targeted effect for 3B:
Dark Inspiration - 3B
Instant
Target player reveals the top two cards of his or her library. That player loses life equal to each card's converted mana cost and puts them into his or her hand.
This seems about right. But if the name or ability is actually "Dark Inspiration" I'd guess it is a targeted effect for 3B:
Dark Inspiration - 3B
Instant
Target player reveals the top two cards of his or her library. That player loses life equal to each card's converted mana cost and puts them into his or her hand.
This is quite possible, but I feel like it's very overcosted. Compare Divination to Night's Whisper - losing life reduces the cost of drawing cards. The "Bob" mechanic also reduces the cost of life for cards as compared to just losing one life (compare Phyrexian Arena to Dark Tutelage). I could see this at 2B or BB Instant speed and targeted, 1B sorcery speed and targeted or instant speed self-only, and as low as B for a self-only sorcery.
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Apparently the first post is a clue to what card could be in BOG.
I am going to go with something like Night's Whisper from the Mirrodin Block. MaRo did alot of work in mirrodin so it could be a similar card to some of his old work.
Black Spell :symb::symb:
Sorcery (uncommon/rare)
As an additional cost pay 2 life.
Scry 2
Draw 2 cards.
But this is just Read the bones with a different cost. I don't think its is worth it.
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Apparently the first post is a clue to what card could be in BOG.
I am going to go with something like Night's Whisper from the Mirrodin Block. MaRo did alot of work in mirrodin so it could be a similar card to some of his old work.
Black Spell :symb::symb:
Sorcery (uncommon/rare)
As an additional cost pay 2 life.
Scry 2
Draw 2 cards.
I really don't think it's one life per card, it must be life = CMC of the drawn card(s). That's the Dark Confidant/Seer effect, and we've already got Underworld Connections and Read the Bones in the format.
Dark Inspiration - B
Sorcery
"Reveal the top two cards of your library and put them into your hand. You lose life equal to each card's converted mana cost"
This could be decent, but it also carries a pretty huge risk... unless you would happen to, you know, scry first or something.
This is obviously a reference to Brine Seer, because, well, just look at this guy! he sure is confident with inspiration! 'Dark' means that card is black. The part about pain and gain is an easily recognized reference to the flavor text of Fruition. So the card is:
3B
Creature
2B, T: You gain 1 life for each Swamp on the battlefield.
1/1
I wonder if we should take the 'no pain no gain' part more literally. As in you can't draw cards at all without losing life, like Necropotence. Also y'all I think it's a creature spell..
This is obviously a reference to Brine Seer, because, well, just look at this guy! he sure is confident with inspiration! 'Dark' means that card is black. The part about pain and gain is an easily recognized reference to the flavor text of Fruition. So the card is:
3B
Creature
2B, T: You gain 1 life for each Swamp on the battlefield.
1/1
Or Junktroller, because the graveyard is "dark" and can be a source for "inspiration", and trolling is painful?
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aent with his dark inspiration. After all, no pain no gain.BW Midrange [Standard]
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I have nothing to say on what this post implies, but the source is good.
Usage of the words "dark" and "confidant" and the fact that it refers to pain may mean that we are getting som kind of a card referencing bob.
Oops, I take it back then. This could be interesting.
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Inspiration = One time effect, two cards, instant speed?
How about:
Darkspiration - 1B
Instant
"Reveal the top two cards of your library and put them into your hand. You lose life equal to each card's converted mana cost"
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Flash is not black. I wish it was.
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Flash has been on mono-black cards before. The bigger problem is that from what we know, the flavor of the card has nothing to do with the flash mechanic.
This seems about right. But if the name or ability is actually "Dark Inspiration" I'd guess it is a targeted effect for 3B:
Dark Inspiration - 3B
Instant
Target player reveals the top two cards of his or her library. That player loses life equal to each card's converted mana cost and puts them into his or her hand.
That's in-line with Sign in Blood as well.
3B for up to 12 direct damage in standard in black? Seems to me it would be just a little overpowered...
This is quite possible, but I feel like it's very overcosted. Compare Divination to Night's Whisper - losing life reduces the cost of drawing cards. The "Bob" mechanic also reduces the cost of life for cards as compared to just losing one life (compare Phyrexian Arena to Dark Tutelage). I could see this at 2B or BB Instant speed and targeted, 1B sorcery speed and targeted or instant speed self-only, and as low as B for a self-only sorcery.
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^This sums up the problem with having it targeted. Great as a slightly too luck-oriented finisher, sub-par as a draw tool.
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Look to the bloodlust deepest scar
Look to the scattering Brythonic uprising
For this be the wall of Johnny Guitar
But this is just Read the bones with a different cost. I don't think its is worth it.
Look to the bloodlust deepest scar
Look to the scattering Brythonic uprising
For this be the wall of Johnny Guitar
I guess this would be too similar to read the bones.
A quick search on Gatherer reveals that mono black draw-and-lose-life spells are //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?text=+[draw">+[life]&color=+@([B])&type=+[Sorcery]"]mostly sorcery cards, and //gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?text=+[draw">+[lose]&color=+@([B])&type=+[Instant]"]very rarely instant cards. That doesn't mean that WotC couldn't do something unprecedented and make it instant, of course, but I'm thinking that this might be pretty well balanced:
Dark Inspiration - B
Sorcery
"Reveal the top two cards of your library and put them into your hand. You lose life equal to each card's converted mana cost"
This could be decent, but it also carries a pretty huge risk... unless you would happen to, you know, scry first or something.
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3B
Creature
2B, T: You gain 1 life for each Swamp on the battlefield.
1/1
Or Junktroller, because the graveyard is "dark" and can be a source for "inspiration", and trolling is painful?
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