This would have to cost 7 total to be Summoning Trap, though this has a greatly reduced chance of missing and giving you at least one card, but without it being instant this just doesn't come close to either Zenith or Trap.
For 6 total mana its look at the top 6 and put a land and creature into play. Not a good rate for cheat-in effects. Sure, if you’re very lucky its a potential 1G draw two, giving the card a little more versatility than things like See the Unwritten, but I don’t think that’s enough to make it playable in formats like modern.
Zenith searches the whole library and always put the card into play, but of which were essential to its power level. This card feels more like an uncommon that grows into a bad rare later in the game.
With Scroll Rack or any other ways to deeply manipulate the top 5 or 6 cards, one can not only get the 2 preferred cards into play, but scootch some unwanted cards out of the way. It's just another tool in green's Commander arsenal.
At least it is not a piece of broken OP pushed cardboard. Designed well if not all that exciting.
And yeah, "mispacked". Bull$#!+
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It's ok, might end up putting two things on the field and the creature part does not have any kind of restrictions, plus a single green makes it quite splashable
I could see this in something resembling Storm the Festival lists. You go a little taller because there's no mana value limit and this grabs a land. Problem is, right now you mostly want to grab Titan of Industry, which is only 7 mana anyway. Cityscape Leveler would be great for it if it weren't a cast trigger. Might work in Standard, but I don't see this making an impact anywhere else.
Kind of annoyed they called them Twilights instead of Nadirs.
Might make the art direction a little difficult. "Hey, make art for a green card on New Phyrexia, but make the green sun conspicuously absent."
I mean, it would've been metaphorical, because Mirrodin is at its lowest point.
The suns in the Zenith artworks aren't at their zeniths either. Especially the red sun is basically on the horizon and we've seen artworks of it being higher in the sky. It's clear its meant more as a "they have aligned with their lacunae in such a way to produce/supply more power than usual."
Zenith searches the whole library and always put the card into play, but of which were essential to its power level. This card feels more like an uncommon that grows into a bad rare later in the game.
Not saying this is better than zenith, I don't think it is, but this can do something that Zenith can never do, which is actually cheat on mana. For 5G you can put a 10-drop into play if it's in the top six cards of your library, so different kinds of decks might want this. It's also sometimes a draw 2 for 1G which is cute.
But see the unwritten also does that, better, for 6 mana and saw no play in any format as far as I know. Twilight is better for its flexibility, but it's still not a good card unless there is a I-win expensive bomb in the format. I mean every other set has green somehow put something from your hand into play, and it almost never see any play. The last time is was successful was tooth and nail, because it searched the whole library and would win on the spot.
That being said, twilight will see play if there is any big mana green deck in standard. (And even then... not putting the land into play until the 6th turn is probably too weak.)
But see the unwritten also does that, better, for 6 mana and saw no play in any format as far as I know. Twilight is better for its flexibility, but it's still not a good card unless there is a I-win expensive bomb in the format. I mean every other set has green somehow put something from your hand into play, and it almost never see any play. The last time is was successful was tooth and nail, because it searched the whole library and would win on the spot.
That being said, twilight will see play if there is any big mana green deck in standard. (And even then... not putting the land into play until the 6th turn is probably too weak.)
Summoning Trap was played quite frequently in Valakut and Mono Green Eldrazi back in Zendikar/Scars of Mirrodin Standard. That was likely the last time an effect like this was played which, much like you said, there were bombs to find from Primeval Titan, other Titans, Wurmcoil Engine, Avenger of Zendikar, and the Eldrazi Titans.
Kind of annoyed they called them Twilights instead of Nadirs.
Might make the art direction a little difficult. "Hey, make art for a green card on New Phyrexia, but make the green sun conspicuously absent."
I mean, it would've been metaphorical, because Mirrodin is at its lowest point.
The suns in the Zenith artworks aren't at their zeniths either. Especially the red sun is basically on the horizon and we've seen artworks of it being higher in the sky. It's clear its meant more as a "they have aligned with their lacunae in such a way to produce/supply more power than usual."
I'm going to guess nobody who came anywhere near this set new what the lacunae even were.
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so digs for creatures or/and a land to put in your hand but if it’s 5 in X it’s cheating into play instead that’s not to bad
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Also "mispacked."
This would have to cost 7 total to be Summoning Trap, though this has a greatly reduced chance of missing and giving you at least one card, but without it being instant this just doesn't come close to either Zenith or Trap.
At least it is not a piece of broken OP pushed cardboard. Designed well if not all that exciting.
And yeah, "mispacked". Bull$#!+
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Might make the art direction a little difficult. "Hey, make art for a green card on New Phyrexia, but make the green sun conspicuously absent."
I mean, it would've been metaphorical, because Mirrodin is at its lowest point.
The suns in the Zenith artworks aren't at their zeniths either. Especially the red sun is basically on the horizon and we've seen artworks of it being higher in the sky. It's clear its meant more as a "they have aligned with their lacunae in such a way to produce/supply more power than usual."
Not saying this is better than zenith, I don't think it is, but this can do something that Zenith can never do, which is actually cheat on mana. For 5G you can put a 10-drop into play if it's in the top six cards of your library, so different kinds of decks might want this. It's also sometimes a draw 2 for 1G which is cute.
That being said, twilight will see play if there is any big mana green deck in standard. (And even then... not putting the land into play until the 6th turn is probably too weak.)
Summoning Trap was played quite frequently in Valakut and Mono Green Eldrazi back in Zendikar/Scars of Mirrodin Standard. That was likely the last time an effect like this was played which, much like you said, there were bombs to find from Primeval Titan, other Titans, Wurmcoil Engine, Avenger of Zendikar, and the Eldrazi Titans.
I'm going to guess nobody who came anywhere near this set new what the lacunae even were.