Other effects that could had easily done in paper....
+1 Sarkhan : could had been an emblem, it's even from a planeswalker source!
O: "Add a Shivan Dragon card from outside the game in hand" or something like that
Except the emblem would effect every dragon you draw for the rest of the game, which is far more powerful than just reducing the costs of the ones in your hand right then and, since your opponent doesn't know what in your hand to get the bonus when you activate, they don't know if theres 0 or 5 dragons getting discounted that the have to play around or not.
Scorn COULD be done in paper, but tracking turn number is easy to lose after the first couple so I understand not wanting it to be a thing.
thats what dice, paper or game apps are for.
Yes, it can be done but (a) doing so gives away information to your opponent that your cards care about number of turns and (b) remembering to increment the counter when there's no onboard effect is easily missed. Given the number of times people miss triggers already, having them keep accurate count of the number of turns is an even taller order. Its not like a Storm count where everything happens all at once.
Except the emblem would effect every dragon you draw for the rest of the game, which is far more powerful than just reducing the costs of the ones in your hand right then and, since your opponent doesn't know what in your hand to get the bonus when you activate, they don't know if theres 0 or 5 dragons getting discounted that the have to play around or not.
Yes, it can be done but (a) doing so gives away information to your opponent that your cards care about number of turns and (b) remembering to increment the counter when there's no onboard effect is easily missed. Given the number of times people miss triggers already, having them keep accurate count of the number of turns is an even taller order. Its not like a Storm count where everything happens all at once.
Sarkhan's +1 means you can stach the discount on Dragons in hand and still get that discount if Sarkhan dies before you cast them.
Conjuring the Dragon Card in hand also makes it relevant for cards like Foul-Tongue Invocation
Scorn COULD be done in paper, but tracking turn number is easy to lose after the first couple so I understand not wanting it to be a thing.