Current rules apply. It's just too weird to try and use the old rules. Interrupts faster than instants? No thanks. Poly, Mono and Continuous artifacts are weird enough to try and explain to people.
If you're going to do a '93-'94 cube, you need to do it by '93-'94 rules.
I really like this mechanic and I don't see any issues with your wording or design. My only caution would be to find the right size for common and uncommon creatures. Since you have to do some work to get these creatures to be anything more than +1/+1 you should be rewarded for doing it, but since drawing cards is already a reward you don't want creatures to get too big on top of that. I'm also curious as to how you see this playing out in white, since that's the only color that has no card draw beyond cantrips.
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It won't play out in white, though, since in this block Spiders are GUB.
Mindmeld (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards you’ve drawn so far this turn.)
Mindchain Psider1U
Creature -- Spider Rogue Psion {C}
Mindmeld (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards you’ve drawn so far this turn.) T, Exile Mindchain Psider: Draw a card. If you do, return Mindchain Psider to the battlefield tapped.
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Kind of weak for a 5 mana walker. For a 5 mana walker, I want immediate value on him resolving. See: Garruk, Primal Hunter, Tezzeret the Seeker and Elspeth Tirel.
With him, his +1 effect is neat but not really advantageous and his -2 has no effect unless you've used his +1 multiple times. Ultimate is great though.
If you're going to do a '93-'94 cube, you need to do it by '93-'94 rules.
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I wonder what a Hive Attack precon set would look like...
Also I totally want to organize a tournament in this format!
Does the Archenemy go first in Hive Attack?
MTGS needs a thumbs-down button.
The relative inaccessibility of most high-power Modern cards presents too high a barrier to entry for the format.
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It won't play out in white, though, since in this block Spiders are GUB.
Mindchain Psider 1U
Creature -- Spider Rogue Psion {C}
Mindmeld (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards you’ve drawn so far this turn.)
T, Exile Mindchain Psider: Draw a card. If you do, return Mindchain Psider to the battlefield tapped.
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SHODAN is female