(Hope it's not against the rules to bring a thread back like this,) but Aaron Forsythe talking to Pat Chapin and Ray on ggslive at GP Pittsburgh just confirmed that the card is in Innistrad, is NOT based on the original land design and is in fact a rare creature.
Apparently from a recent interview with Aaron Forsythe it won't be a land.
So, so sick. I hope when he says changed for the better he means, "make less broken" because that kind of utility can warp standard, extended, a potential modern format and it might even make a legacy appearance or two.
We've seen this before. There's a strong possibility that they encouraged him to make a different card entirely, rather than riffing off the counterspell land. For one thing, it's hard to put a person's face on a land card.
Flashback doesn't work on non-instant/sorceries right now because it has two triggers in the current rule- one in the graveyard, letting you cast it (that works with everything) and one on the stack, saying when it leaves the stack for any reason you exile it (that makes permanents, well, not work).
So unless they alter the rules for flashbook (very valid possibility!), it can't appear on creatures/lands/etc. I for one would very much like to see it updated without creating a new keyword. Too much similarity with unearth and retrace, tho
I'd rather it tapped for U and EtBt. Also wish it cost UUU instead of 2UU to discard, since that would make it better in certain decks, but harder to splash in most decks, and would also give you incentive to play it as a land in decks that aren't heavy blue instead of hoarding several in your hand.
I'm going to guess that it requires some trick with the graveyard. If Threshold comes back, that.
I wouldn't expect to see threshold again, it's been used as an example of "what not to do" with regard to mechanics that toggle between two states. It requires you to constantly be counting something that you don't naturally keep track of. That's interesting in some ways but the tedium of constantly counting the cards in your graveyard can be more trouble than its worth.
I'd rather it tapped for U and EtBt. Also wish it cost UUU instead of 2UU to discard, since that would make it better in certain decks, but harder to splash in most decks, and would also give you incentive to play it as a land in decks that aren't heavy blue instead of hoarding several in your hand.
WotC has stated they don't want to make MUC only counters. There is no way they're going to make a UUU hard to counter, counterspell.
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His version of better =/= our version of better.
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The original submitted version of the card:
Denying Channel
Land
T: Add to your mana pool.
2UU, Discard Denying Channel: Counter target spell.
Apparently from a recent interview with Aaron Forsythe it won't be a land.
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Submitted version of the card:
Denying Channel
Land
T: Add to your mana pool.
2UU, Discard Denying Channel: Counter target spell.
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Dunno. Apparently it was "changed for the better." Hopefully reduced the cost and turned it into an activated ability instead of discard.
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Yeeah, I didn't think about that. Excellent, excellent point.
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We've seen this before. There's a strong possibility that they encouraged him to make a different card entirely, rather than riffing off the counterspell land. For one thing, it's hard to put a person's face on a land card.
Maro said it will be changed for the better. Maybe you can tap it for any colored mana instead of colorless.
So, I'm thinking maybe tap for blue with pain and tap sacrifice pay 2UU for counter.
WUBRGWBGURW
UBRGWURWBGU
BRGWUBGURWB
RGWUBRWBGUR
GWUBRGURWBG
So unless they alter the rules for flashbook (very valid possibility!), it can't appear on creatures/lands/etc. I for one would very much like to see it updated without creating a new keyword. Too much similarity with unearth and retrace, tho
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I wouldn't expect to see threshold again, it's been used as an example of "what not to do" with regard to mechanics that toggle between two states. It requires you to constantly be counting something that you don't naturally keep track of. That's interesting in some ways but the tedium of constantly counting the cards in your graveyard can be more trouble than its worth.
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WUBRGWBGURW
UBRGWURWBGU
BRGWUBGURWB
RGWUBRWBGUR
GWUBRGURWBG
You guys are dreaming, the original card is already VERY good.
His version of better =/= our version of better.
Yeah, like scary good. A counter that doesn't take up any space in your deck is ridiculous.
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