MTG Salvation

Flash

When this creature enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains harmonize until end of turn. Its harmonize cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by X, where X is its power. Then exile the spell.)

The clear comparison here is everyone's favorite: Snapcaster Mage. This mage costs 1 more but the "enters" effect can actually be a little better--the old-school mage could let you recast something like Lórien Revealed for 5 mana or Counterspell for two but this mage would let you tap itself for the harmonize cost reduction (I am fairly certain that you can do this, like you can use "tap an untapped creature you control" on something that just entered) and then you could Jace's Ingenuity for only UU or even Spell Swindle for that same cost plus you would get a number of treasure tokens on top of that.

Is it just me, or are some of the cards in this set actually pretty good?

Yes.

But, you know, three colors requirements narrows down which deck can run it by quite a bit. On top of it, snapcaster, by its legality status, is played in older formats where the average CMC is low enough that the cost reduction probably does not offset the extra one mana. The only exception is probably the one you mentioned: Lórien revealed, because it is used as a mean of mana fixing most of the time, so it is higher-cost than normal and often in your GY from the get-go.

That being said, yes, we will take another snapcaster.

On another subject, so far I find the set is high-powered, with quite a bit of the rares and mythics being slam dunk limited bomb that just win you the game. Knowing my luck in recent releases, I fear I'll once again be the one who open multiple lands or bad rares and get curb stomped at the pre-release and drafts.

(Every aetherdrift I've done at my store so far, my first pack had a two-colors rare verge land in the first pack and almost always rares of colors I'm not drafting in subsequent packs. I remember a particularly vexing one where the guy passing me used his 3rd pick in the 3rd pack to hate-draft cryptcaller chariot, showing me the card and saying "I'm cutting this!" in the 3rd pack. After I had passed him Redshift, rocketeer chief in the 2nd. People are jerks.)

I know exactly what you mean--I don't think anyone is going to try Songcrafter Mage in Legacy, or even Modern, but it should be pretty good in Pioneer or Standard, where you could Bolt Bend for R or even Time Stop for 1UU.

Reminder you can use this bard itself for harmonize so you can reduce any spell by 3

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Reminder you can use this bard itself for harmonize so you can reduce any spell by 3

That's exactly what the people above you are describing so there was no need for a reminder.

Don't forget, there's already one creature on the board you can tap for a cost reduction, with 3 power to boot. That's right you can tap songcrafter mage itself for the harmonize ability.

I really enjoy that every single post in this thread specifically addresses the fact that you can use it to pay the harmonize cost (though pierrebai did so rather indirectly).

Harmonize adds a fresh layer of strategy, and being able to tap the entering creature for cost reduction is a great twist. It’s like Snapcaster with bonus utility and flexibility. Flash plus graveyard synergy? Yes, please. This set might have more hidden gems than we expected! Researching and writing a dissertation requires deep focus and expertise, which can be difficult to manage alone. That’s why many students choose https://ukwritings.com/dissertation-services UKWritings' dissertation services for professional help. UKWritings writers are skilled in various academic fields, delivering well-structured, plagiarism-free work that meets university standards. It's a smart way to ensure quality and save time.

Some cards in this set definitely seem powerful and innovative!