Mental Shakedown3RR Sorcery (U)
Target opponent exiles all cards from his or her hand until end of turn. For as long as they remain exiled, you may cast one instant or sorcery card exiled this way without paying its mana cost. If it has X in that cost, choose up to 5 for X.
I like the concept, but I feel this is a rare effect. I know uncommons don't have NWO complexity concerns the way commons do, but the complexity surrounding X costs really pushes this to rare for me.
"If it has X in that cost, choose up to 5 for X."
I don't think it needs that part. How often will you cast this, and your opponent has nothing but X spells in their hand? I think it just complicates an otherwise elegant design.
I like the effect otherwise. Not sure about the casting cost. This effect is more blue, isn't it? I suppose red could do it too.
It is not that I think this card specifically needs the choosing an X value, it is more that I think generally effects that cast spells without paying their mana costs could often use something like this.
For this card, Suppress and Mindclaw Shaman are both uncommon, but I can understand the need to bump this up to rare since this does a little more than both of those combined.
I do like the "X=5" part though. The fact that X spells don't interact well with Mindclaw Shaman or Spelljack always seemed more bug than feature to me...
Sorcery (U)
Target opponent exiles all cards from his or her hand until end of turn. For as long as they remain exiled, you may cast one instant or sorcery card exiled this way without paying its mana cost. If it has X in that cost, choose up to 5 for X.
I don't think it needs that part. How often will you cast this, and your opponent has nothing but X spells in their hand? I think it just complicates an otherwise elegant design.
I like the effect otherwise. Not sure about the casting cost. This effect is more blue, isn't it? I suppose red could do it too.
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For this card, Suppress and Mindclaw Shaman are both uncommon, but I can understand the need to bump this up to rare since this does a little more than both of those combined.
Ditto. But I kinda like rancored elf's errata.