Full Moon
Enchantment
White creatures and Black creatures get +1.5/+1.5
I'm not currently playing Bad Moon or Crusade, but I think if they were rolled into one card, I'd play it. It probably has to be 1 or only +0.5/+0.5, but I'm unsure if it would make the cut at that point. Hopefully, it could be a bit more pushed since its an Un set.
I think a lot of the potential strength of Crusade comes from you probably being the only white deck at the table if you're playing a deck that wants Crusade, but even then that's still not a guarantee depending on the table size since if you're not all-in then you're going to have some *****ty scenarios where it's completely dead. This doubles that, making this pretty much a card only Orzhov would consistently want/play. My mono white deck is fine with this, but then would I end up losing to golgari or rakdos on the other side of the table? And the opposite issue is a problem too.
Maybe you could make it like a 1W/W/ Honor of the Pure? That's a bit more enticing, as that damage out goes up quite a bit the more tokens you have as those .5s add up. This version is way less likely if we're designing with call-backs in mind, but probably better for cube.
Seems a bit too narrow. How often does this not have a target? Or how often do you even want the PW back? Would probably need to get another creature type, as is I don't see it landing in many/any cubes.
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Sorcery
Return target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Sorcery
Return target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That planeswalker enters the battlefield with an additional X loyalty counters.
These still aren't cards to cube with unless you REALLY support superfriends. A more conservative deign would be
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Sorcery
Return target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
or if you wanna go wacky-
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Sorcery
Each player exiles all planeswalker cards from his or her graveyard, then sacrifices all planeswalkers he or she controls, then puts all cards he or she exiled this way onto the battlefield.
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Sorcery
Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Return up to one target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Return up to one target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Each player exiles all creatures and planeswalker cards from his or her graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures and planeswalkers he or she controls, then puts all cards he or she exiled this way onto the battlefield.
Here's a guild creature cycle I designed with cube in mind...
Arcane Adept
Creature – Human Wizard (R)
Haste, Prowess
When Arcane Adept enters the battlefield reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an instant or sorcery with a converted mana cost of 2 or less. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.
1/2
Deathspark Devil
Creature – Devil (R)
Burst (Deathspark Devil can tap for activated abilities as though it has haste) : Deathspark Devil deals 1 damage to target creature and that creature’s controller.
Morbid - Deathspark Devil gains deathtouch until end of turn.
2/1
Golgarian Ivy-Barrier
Creature – Plant Wall (R)
Indestructible, Defender
Put two -1/-1 counters on Golgarian Ivy-Barrier: Add B or G to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your upkeep remove a -1/-1 counter from Golgarian Ivy-Barrier.
4/5
Sunhome Armada
Creature – Human Soldier (R)
First Strike
Battlecry
When Sunhome Armada enters the battlefield create two 1/1 red and white Human Soldier tokens.
2/1
Centaur Dam
Creature – Centaur (R)
Birth GW (GW, At the beginning of your next upkeep create a token with the same colors, power, toughness, and creature types as this creature).
Whenever Centaur Dam or another centaur enters the battlefield gain 3 life.
3/3
Shortfang Adherent
Creature – Vampire Cleric (R)
Flying
When Shortfang Adherent enters the battlefield you gain life equal to the difference in cards between your hand and target opponent’s hand. That opponent loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this way.
3/1
Cranial Extortionist
Creature – Vedalken Wizard (R)
At the beginning of each upkeep you may discard a card. If you do, your opponent may choose to lose 3 life. If they do not, draw a card.
2/3
Test Subject Thirty-Three
Creature – Mutant Ooze (R)
Test-Subject Thirty-Three enters the battlefield as a copy of target creature on the battlefield but with an additional +1/+1 counter.
0/0
Arbiter of Constancy
Creature- Human Advisor (R)
Flash
When Arbiter of Constancy enters the battlefield counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. If a spell is countered this way, gain 2 life.
2/2
Quake Shaman
Creature – Giant Shaman (R)
Trample
Whenever Quake Shaman attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying defending player controls.
Whenever Quake Shaman becomes blocked by a creature, deal 1 damage to that creature.
When Quake Shaman dies it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player.
4/2
Here's a guild creature cycle I designed with cube in mind...
Arcane Adept
Creature – Human Wizard (R)
Haste, Prowess
When Arcane Adept enters the battlefield reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an instant or sorcery with a converted mana cost of 2 or less. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.
1/2
Blue doesn't get Haste. This is pretty solid as a Monastery Swiftspear with spell-cascade, but it'd have to be 1UR or something.
Deathspark Devil
Creature – Devil (R)
Burst (Deathspark Devil can tap for activated abilities as though it has haste) : Deathspark Devil deals 1 damage to target creature and that creature’s controller.
Morbid - Deathspark Devil gains deathtouch until end of turn.
2/1
Red doesn't get deathtouch, black doesn't get haste like this, and this just seems absurd either way. They won't print friggin Prodigal Pyromancer anymore, there's no way they print a version that also always hits the player (better Rakdos Ickspitter) with haste and 2 power and frequent deathtouch. Also the morbid ability needs to be "Whenever a creature dies, Deathspark Devil gains deathtouch until end of turn". Morbid itself is just an ability word.
Golgarian Ivy-Barrier
Creature – Plant Wall (R)
Indestructible, Defender
Put two -1/-1 counters on Golgarian Ivy-Barrier: Add B or G to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your upkeep remove a -1/-1 counter from Golgarian Ivy-Barrier.
4/5
Power-wise, this is probably fine or if anything underpowered. I could see the middle ability being one -1/-1 counter. Color-pie wise, this is 100% Green and not really black at all.
Sunhome Armada
Creature – Human Soldier (R)
First Strike
Battlecry
When Sunhome Armada enters the battlefield create two 1/1 red and white Human Soldier tokens.
2/1
This one works in either color, seems solid without being unprintably good.
Centaur Dam
Creature – Centaur (R)
Birth GW (GW, At the beginning of your next upkeep create a token with the same colors, power, toughness, and creature types as this creature).
Whenever Centaur Dam or another centaur enters the battlefield gain 3 life.
3/3
That "Birth" ability, is that an activated ability that can be played any time, as often as you like? Because that's pretty nutty if so. Color-wise it's fine but definitely pushed. Just a 3/3 that gains 3 is okay, and throw in the ability to make infinite undercosted 3/3s that then also gain you 3 life and this is busted.
[quote]Shortfang Adherent
Creature – Vampire Cleric (R)
Flying
When Shortfang Adherent enters the battlefield you gain life equal to the difference in cards between your hand and target opponent’s hand. That opponent loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this way.
3/1
Making an opponent lose life directly doesn't fit well in white, but this is fine as a gold card.
Cranial Extortionist
Creature – Vedalken Wizard (R)
At the beginning of each upkeep you may discard a card. If you do, your opponent may choose to lose 3 life. If they do not, draw a card.
2/3
This seems more red than anything else. Black doesn't generally get looting, and blue doesn't get lifeloss (or punisher effects really)
Test Subject Thirty-Three
Creature – Mutant Ooze (R)
Test-Subject Thirty-Three enters the battlefield as a copy of target creature on the battlefield but with an additional +1/+1 counter.
0/0
I'm pretty sure Spitting Image is considered a pretty strong bend if not a break, so I doubt we see more mono-green clones.
Arbiter of Constancy
Creature- Human Advisor (R)
Flash
When Arbiter of Constancy enters the battlefield counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. If a spell is countered this way, gain 2 life.
2/2
I can see the argument for taxing countermagic in white, since it's supposed to be in pie but we barely see it. But Lifegain isn't blue. As a UW card this is fine.
Quake Shaman
Creature – Giant Shaman (R)
Trample
Whenever Quake Shaman attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying defending player controls.
Whenever Quake Shaman becomes blocked by a creature, deal 1 damage to that creature.
When Quake Shaman dies it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player.
4/2
Way too much direct damage for a green creature.
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I'm not sure why you're evaluating each of these cards as if they are only the color that one or two abilities would be least appropriate in. Mono-green creatures don't have haste either but Boggart Ram-Gang is a thing and I'm sure there are several other examples. Blue doesn't have haste, but red sure does and this first card is just as red as it is blue. Yes, I know this card can be cast for UUU and when that happens, in a sense, blue is getting access to haste, but given the actual color identity of the card and examples like the Ram-gang, I feel comfortable that this is design space that isn't breaking the color pie in anyway that hasn't already seen print.
2nd card doesn't have haste. It can only use its ability as though it did. Rakdos Ickspitter is a common. I think this is fine at rare as it is always going to require another creature to die to be more than Ickspitter. Thanks for the wording fix on the deathtouch ability.
-1/-1 counters seem pretty black to me. Also the ability to produce black mana. I thought this was a flavorful golgari take on Wall of Roots.
Centaur Dam needs wording fixes to make it clear that Birth only triggers once during your upkeep on your next turn. Wasn't sure if that was clear either but couldn't think of a better way to word it.
On the Dimir Card, discard then draw is red. This isn't quite that though. This is discard at will on each upkeep and force a choice on your opponent that results in them losing 3 life or you getting to replace your discarded card. It's a bit of a punisher card which isn't usually cube friendly but I think black decks will like this as a discard outlet and even though your opponent will always choose the least disadvantageous option, both options are fairly punishing (essentially free looting for your opponent or losing 3 life.)
There are definitely Shadowmoor block cards that bend or even break the color pie by being effectively a gold card (Augury Adept is a great example of this, as white shouldn't get that draw and blue shouldn't be gaining the life), and MaRo has spoken EXTENSIVELY about how this is bad and incorrect and a major design failure of the block and reason it was not successful. If you're using it as precedent for making further color-pie breaking hybrid cards, you are doing it *very* wrong.
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So... it's a 5 mana 6/6 that transfers 5 counters on death, and can self-sac to just make a random 1/1? This seems really confusing, but just being a 5 mana 6/6 seems unlikely.
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Yeah, It's a really, really weird card. I don't think this particular iteration would ever see print. I added a bunch of very weird garbage so that I could tweak the card and (maybe) make it cube playable.
They could most likely print the version below, but would it be good for cube?
Liquimetal Ooze enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters
U: Move any number of +1/+1 counters from Liqiumetal Ooze to another target creature.
0/0
(Also, it was my intention that the initial version of Ooze could move it's counters onto it's own copy, but that might not work out with the wording I went with)
Nah, with your proposed wording, you'd sacrifice the Ooze, putting the copy ability on the stack, and then modular would go on the stack above it.
The card here doesn't seem particularly Blue (more green) nor does it seem great for Cube.
I think your best bet for a Ballista/Hangarback synergy blue five drop would be something more like this:
Splinter Drake 3UU
Artifact Creature - Drake
Flying, Flash
Splinter Drake enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When Splinter Drake deals combat damage to a player, Proliferate.
1/4
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On the previous page there were a few takes on making Carion Feeder more curable. I'm a big fan of that creature but had to cut it from my cube so here is my take:
Carrion Feaster (b)
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feaster.
Remove two +1/+1 counters from Carrion Feaster: return target creature from your graveyard to your hand.
1/1
On the previous page there were a few takes on making Carion Feeder more curable. I'm a big fan of that creature but had to cut it from my cube so here is my take:
Carrion Feaster (b)
Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feaster.
Remove two +1/+1 counters from Carrion Feaster: return target creature from your graveyard to your hand.
1/1
I doubt we'd see it without the "Can't Block" drawback, especially if you tack another ability onto it. Much as I'd love to see this card in particular.
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On the previous page there were a few takes on making Carion Feeder more cubable.
It already is!
But seriously, you prob def need the can't block clause, plus there's probably some broken interaction involving raising dead and removing +1+1 counters that makes this unprintable. I may be exaggerating on the second point though.
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When ~ dies, you may choose a creature card in your hand or your graveyard, and put that creature onto the battlefield.
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There are definitely Shadowmoor block cards that bend or even break the color pie by being effectively a gold card (Augury Adept is a great example of this, as white shouldn't get that draw and blue shouldn't be gaining the life), and MaRo has spoken EXTENSIVELY about how this is bad and incorrect and a major design failure of the block and reason it was not successful. If you're using it as precedent for making further color-pie breaking hybrid cards, you are doing it *very* wrong.
It seems there was quite a divide over this among the Shadowmoor design team and ultimately Maro was outvoted as these types of cards saw print anyway. There doesn't seem to be much evidence that directly ties this decision to the relative lack of success this block had. I can appreciate Maro's point of view on this, but I think Devin Low's argument about hybrid being a means of experimentation giving effects to colors that may not usually have it resonates more for me, especially when Maro has a history of doing the same thing but saying its okay because he felt it was necessary. This article by Devin illustrates the counterpoint quite well http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/eight-trials-color-pie-courtroom-part-3-2008-05-23.
Yo dawg, I heard you liked mana ramping, so we put some mana ramp in your mana ramp. Honestly, that card is big mana's wet dream and would probably never ever ever see the light of day without a mana activation cost to get the lotus petal.
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Sunburst (enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
1/0
(might need a can't block drawback)
This is the Endless One we want. Sunburst makes it much more printable than just X, and in cube you're pretty happy casting this for 1-2 in a lot of decks. I really like this card (and wish it was real). If it wasn't for the fact that wizards is afraid of printing 2/1s for X, nevertheless a much better version of that, I would say this is one of the better designed cards I've seen here in a while.
I want a counterspell that coats UU and a phyrexian blue mana (on my phone so I'm not able to use the symbols). Could be formatted to cost UUU with being able to reduce by U if pay two life (as a throwback, because we all know phyrexian mana is never happening again).
OR
UU
Counter target spell, its controller may scry 2.
I want a counterspell that coats UU and a phyrexian blue mana (on my phone so I'm not able to use the symbols). Could be formatted to cost UUU with being able to reduce by U if pay two life (as a throwback, because we all know phyrexian mana is never happening again).
OR
UU
Counter target spell, its controller may scry 2.
For the second one I think I would rather have it cost 1U, we already have counterspell and this is a strictly worse version. I would suggest:
1U
Counter target spell, it's controller may scry 2 then draw a card.
Or for the first idea.
1U and 1 phyrexian blue
Counter target spell unless it's controller pays 2. If no life was spent to cast this spell counter that spell instead.
Yeah I don't think we'll get another 2-mana hard counter anytime soon, not without some serious restriction or drawback (and paying a little life doesn't fit the bill, IMO). I think it'll be cards like Stoic Rebuttal or Deprive going forward.
I can't foresee any Phyrexian counter coming forward with a design that appeals to us, especially after the mental misstep that was Mental Misstep. I think Groglord's take on it is maybe close to what would happen, being either a miscalc or cancel.
They might throw us a 2cc counter for a commander product, that way it doesn't touch standard or modern. counterspell doesn't see any (?) legacy play so it would be fairly safe, although kitchen table all over the world may groan at having access to 8 another 2 mana hard counter.
I was actually kinda surprised we didn't see something like:
1U
Kefnets Final Word
Counter Target Spell. Lands you control do not untap during you next untap step.
I would like to see an enchantment based counter:
1U
Oath of Venser
Enchantment
Flash
Exile target spell. When [cardname] leaves the battlefield the owner of the exiled spell may cast it without paying its mana cost.
This could be interesting, a journey to nowhere for spells / twist on spell-queller.
Is it really that good? It's like a 2 Mana Awakening Zone without creature synergies, that also fixes colors, but is vulnerable to LD.
What it is is a 2 mana Awakening Zone that spits out Lotus Petals at instant speed that also has artifact and untap synergies. That would make it basically the best mana accel in enchantment form ever.
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Full Moon
Enchantment
White creatures and Black creatures get +1.5/+1.5
I'm not currently playing Bad Moon or Crusade, but I think if they were rolled into one card, I'd play it. It probably has to be 1
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Maybe you could make it like a 1W/W/ Honor of the Pure? That's a bit more enticing, as that damage out goes up quite a bit the more tokens you have as those .5s add up. This version is way less likely if we're designing with call-backs in mind, but probably better for cube.
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Return target Planeswalker card from your graveyard to play.
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Sorcery
Return target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
or even-
Jeff's Revengencing XWW
Sorcery
Return target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That planeswalker enters the battlefield with an additional X loyalty counters.
These still aren't cards to cube with unless you REALLY support superfriends. A more conservative deign would be
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Return target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
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Sorcery
Each player exiles all planeswalker cards from his or her graveyard, then sacrifices all planeswalkers he or she controls, then puts all cards he or she exiled this way onto the battlefield.
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Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Return up to one target planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Return up to one target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Arcane Adept
Creature – Human Wizard (R)
Haste, Prowess
When Arcane Adept enters the battlefield reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an instant or sorcery with a converted mana cost of 2 or less. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.
1/2
Deathspark Devil
Creature – Devil (R)
Burst (Deathspark Devil can tap for activated abilities as though it has haste)
Morbid - Deathspark Devil gains deathtouch until end of turn.
2/1
Golgarian Ivy-Barrier
Creature – Plant Wall (R)
Indestructible, Defender
Put two -1/-1 counters on Golgarian Ivy-Barrier: Add B or G to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your upkeep remove a -1/-1 counter from Golgarian Ivy-Barrier.
4/5
Sunhome Armada
Creature – Human Soldier (R)
First Strike
Battlecry
When Sunhome Armada enters the battlefield create two 1/1 red and white Human Soldier tokens.
2/1
Centaur Dam
Creature – Centaur (R)
Birth GW (GW, At the beginning of your next upkeep create a token with the same colors, power, toughness, and creature types as this creature).
Whenever Centaur Dam or another centaur enters the battlefield gain 3 life.
3/3
Shortfang Adherent
Creature – Vampire Cleric (R)
Flying
When Shortfang Adherent enters the battlefield you gain life equal to the difference in cards between your hand and target opponent’s hand. That opponent loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this way.
3/1
Cranial Extortionist
Creature – Vedalken Wizard (R)
At the beginning of each upkeep you may discard a card. If you do, your opponent may choose to lose 3 life. If they do not, draw a card.
2/3
Test Subject Thirty-Three
Creature – Mutant Ooze (R)
Test-Subject Thirty-Three enters the battlefield as a copy of target creature on the battlefield but with an additional +1/+1 counter.
0/0
Arbiter of Constancy
Creature- Human Advisor (R)
Flash
When Arbiter of Constancy enters the battlefield counter target spell unless its controller pays 2. If a spell is countered this way, gain 2 life.
2/2
Quake Shaman
Creature – Giant Shaman (R)
Trample
Whenever Quake Shaman attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying defending player controls.
Whenever Quake Shaman becomes blocked by a creature, deal 1 damage to that creature.
When Quake Shaman dies it deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player.
4/2
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StaffBlue doesn't get Haste. This is pretty solid as a Monastery Swiftspear with spell-cascade, but it'd have to be 1UR or something.
Red doesn't get deathtouch, black doesn't get haste like this, and this just seems absurd either way. They won't print friggin Prodigal Pyromancer anymore, there's no way they print a version that also always hits the player (better Rakdos Ickspitter) with haste and 2 power and frequent deathtouch. Also the morbid ability needs to be "Whenever a creature dies, Deathspark Devil gains deathtouch until end of turn". Morbid itself is just an ability word.
Power-wise, this is probably fine or if anything underpowered. I could see the middle ability being one -1/-1 counter. Color-pie wise, this is 100% Green and not really black at all.
This one works in either color, seems solid without being unprintably good.
That "Birth" ability, is that an activated ability that can be played any time, as often as you like? Because that's pretty nutty if so. Color-wise it's fine but definitely pushed. Just a 3/3 that gains 3 is okay, and throw in the ability to make infinite undercosted 3/3s that then also gain you 3 life and this is busted.
Making an opponent lose life directly doesn't fit well in white, but this is fine as a gold card.
This seems more red than anything else. Black doesn't generally get looting, and blue doesn't get lifeloss (or punisher effects really)
I'm pretty sure Spitting Image is considered a pretty strong bend if not a break, so I doubt we see more mono-green clones.
I can see the argument for taxing countermagic in white, since it's supposed to be in pie but we barely see it. But Lifegain isn't blue. As a UW card this is fine.
Way too much direct damage for a green creature.
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2nd card doesn't have haste. It can only use its ability as though it did. Rakdos Ickspitter is a common. I think this is fine at rare as it is always going to require another creature to die to be more than Ickspitter. Thanks for the wording fix on the deathtouch ability.
-1/-1 counters seem pretty black to me. Also the ability to produce black mana. I thought this was a flavorful golgari take on Wall of Roots.
Centaur Dam needs wording fixes to make it clear that Birth only triggers once during your upkeep on your next turn. Wasn't sure if that was clear either but couldn't think of a better way to word it.
On the Dimir Card, discard then draw is red. This isn't quite that though. This is discard at will on each upkeep and force a choice on your opponent that results in them losing 3 life or you getting to replace your discarded card. It's a bit of a punisher card which isn't usually cube friendly but I think black decks will like this as a discard outlet and even though your opponent will always choose the least disadvantageous option, both options are fairly punishing (essentially free looting for your opponent or losing 3 life.)
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StaffNah, with your proposed wording, you'd sacrifice the Ooze, putting the copy ability on the stack, and then modular would go on the stack above it.
The card here doesn't seem particularly Blue (more green) nor does it seem great for Cube.
I think your best bet for a Ballista/Hangarback synergy blue five drop would be something more like this:
Splinter Drake 3UU
Artifact Creature - Drake
Flying, Flash
Splinter Drake enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When Splinter Drake deals combat damage to a player, Proliferate.
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Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feaster.
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StaffI doubt we'd see it without the "Can't Block" drawback, especially if you tack another ability onto it. Much as I'd love to see this card in particular.
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But seriously, you prob def need the can't block clause, plus there's probably some broken interaction involving raising dead and removing +1+1 counters that makes this unprintable. I may be exaggerating on the second point though.
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Mysterious Egg 4
Artifact Creature- Shapeshifter (R)
When ~ dies, you may choose a creature card in your hand or your graveyard, and put that creature onto the battlefield.
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Finally came across the article that speaks most to what you are referring to from Maro's point of view. http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/mix-match-part-i-2008-04-28
It seems there was quite a divide over this among the Shadowmoor design team and ultimately Maro was outvoted as these types of cards saw print anyway. There doesn't seem to be much evidence that directly ties this decision to the relative lack of success this block had. I can appreciate Maro's point of view on this, but I think Devin Low's argument about hybrid being a means of experimentation giving effects to colors that may not usually have it resonates more for me, especially when Maro has a history of doing the same thing but saying its okay because he felt it was necessary. This article by Devin illustrates the counterpoint quite well http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/eight-trials-color-pie-courtroom-part-3-2008-05-23.
As always, thanks for the feedback.
This is the Endless One we want. Sunburst makes it much more printable than just X, and in cube you're pretty happy casting this for 1-2 in a lot of decks. I really like this card (and wish it was real). If it wasn't for the fact that wizards is afraid of printing 2/1s for X, nevertheless a much better version of that, I would say this is one of the better designed cards I've seen here in a while.
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OR
UU
Counter target spell, its controller may scry 2.
For the second one I think I would rather have it cost 1U, we already have counterspell and this is a strictly worse version. I would suggest:
1U
Counter target spell, it's controller may scry 2 then draw a card.
Or for the first idea.
1U and 1 phyrexian blue
Counter target spell unless it's controller pays 2. If no life was spent to cast this spell counter that spell instead.
I can't foresee any Phyrexian counter coming forward with a design that appeals to us, especially after the mental misstep that was Mental Misstep. I think Groglord's take on it is maybe close to what would happen, being either a miscalc or cancel.
I was actually kinda surprised we didn't see something like:
1U
Kefnets Final Word
Counter Target Spell. Lands you control do not untap during you next untap step.
I would like to see an enchantment based counter:
1U
Oath of Venser
Enchantment
Flash
Exile target spell. When [cardname] leaves the battlefield the owner of the exiled spell may cast it without paying its mana cost.
This could be interesting, a journey to nowhere for spells / twist on spell-queller.