Just one for fun. I imagined a Jeskai style Monk who is said to actually be the Spirit of a Dragon.
Uzo, the DragonsoulURW
Legendary Creature - Spirit Monk U: ~ gains Flying until end of turn. R: ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn. W: Exile ~. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
3/3
So the goal was to have a aggressive control finisher that emulated a Dragon. The trade off is Uzo is a bit of a mana sink. The blue ability grants flying, like a Dragon. The red ability grants firebreathing. The white ability represents the ability of vanishing into the "Spirit World".
I like this. It's strong in constructed formats. Would be an absolute house in limited and could be a solid finisher in a Jesaki Standard deck. Seems too weak for other constructed formats and solid but a little boring for EDH. Would giving this flash without taking anything away be too much?
If you compare this to Ætherling, you'll notice many similarities, but it has less stats and can still be handled by a large flyer. Still, I wouldn't say those disadvantages justify dropping the cost from six to three. You said yourself it's a control finisher. Which control finisher costs three mana (outside of Eternal )?
If you compare this to Ætherling, you'll notice many similarities, but it has less stats and can still be handled by a large flyer. Still, I wouldn't say those disadvantages justify dropping the cost from six to three. You said yourself it's a control finisher. Which control finisher costs three mana (outside of Eternal )?
It has weaker stats, isn't unblockable, and has to be pumped with colored mana instead of colorless mana in a deck that has to play at least three colors. It is much weaker than Ætherling.
I guess I only pinned it at 3 mana so it could be relevant in Tiny Leaders as well as early on in any game of magic. The fact it is so cheap allows you to drop it early but also drop it late game and get some heavy hits in by sinking mana into him and maybe making him evasive with some spells or something.
It is a little boring just because it's 3 activated abilities on a creature, but I think it's a pretty neat creature because of how the 3 abilities make it like an Aetherling Variant in colors that like to play control/tempo. Plus the flavor of the Dragon's Soul tied in with the abilities well enough that it felt like it should be a Legend.
Uzo, the Dragonsoul URW
Legendary Creature - Spirit Monk
U: ~ gains Flying until end of turn.
R: ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
W: Exile ~. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
3/3
So the goal was to have a aggressive control finisher that emulated a Dragon. The trade off is Uzo is a bit of a mana sink. The blue ability grants flying, like a Dragon. The red ability grants firebreathing. The white ability represents the ability of vanishing into the "Spirit World".
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It has weaker stats, isn't unblockable, and has to be pumped with colored mana instead of colorless mana in a deck that has to play at least three colors. It is much weaker than Ætherling.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
It is a little boring just because it's 3 activated abilities on a creature, but I think it's a pretty neat creature because of how the 3 abilities make it like an Aetherling Variant in colors that like to play control/tempo. Plus the flavor of the Dragon's Soul tied in with the abilities well enough that it felt like it should be a Legend.
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Innistrad - The Darkest Night
~THE RAVNICAN CONSORTIUM~
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Commander: Allies & Adversaries