The only thing this brings to mind is "why?" Why this color? Why does it eat these tokens? Why does it make those tokens? Why does it Regenerate?
Usually, such a workhorse card would use flavor to justify/answer these questions. But I don't see a link other than the technical upgrade of blood being looting to clue being straight draw.
Edit: deleted incorrect answer based on incorrect reading of card.
Yes, if you respond to the Eye trigger with Stifle or Voidslime it will be eaten by the storm and recast as part of the Eye package allowing you and any future spell to stifle or Voidslime an effect. In such an event the original spell will resolve as normal.
Hold on, this is a free spell polymorph? That works with X spells!?! Flat out no.
When I thought this only worked on the opponent's spells it felt like a strange but interesting card. As a piece to a combo the first set of text kills any chance to see print.
Let's assume you give this a proper casting cost. Maybe XU and look at the the top X? Anyway, why empower X spells like this? That's the only real concern I have with it. As you mentioned. If you turn a Ponder into a Crackle with Power you're dealing 15 damage to upto 15 targets. While this is the most absurd example there aren't any reasonable ones.
I am not sure that he was supposed to be able to divide damage, but that might have got tacked on at the last moment impulsively. I think it was just supposed to be one concentrated fist of death, or dark hadou, reflected back at a single source.
That would make it much more reasonable. It still needs red, or if you stretch white. As those are the colors of retaliation.
That is a deceptively complex ability. However, that would only mean it's pushed to mythic. The only change this card needs is a shift into partial red as that is where such a retaliation ability resides.
Undying and this particular cost for ward are both very powerful. It's pushing the boundaries on power level but possibly falls within bounds.
The existence of the ability Abu Ja'far means that blocking and blocked by use LKI and aren't subject to the fact that dying(leaving the battlefield) has stopped the creature from being in combat. So the gomazoa works if it's removed from the battlefield in response to its ability.
Yeah but then you'd be paying 3 per trigger, 2 for cracking the Food token to gain 3 life and 1 to get an additional effect which seems less efficient IMO.
Did you play standard with Trail? Paying 3 to get the effect almost never happened. It was an option when nothing else was available but creating and sacrificing food is way too easy.
Also, paying 3 to gain 3 life and draw a card isn't a bad deal.
Ok, all of your deus ex abilities are awful for three simple reasons. They stem from a misguided understanding of the game that makes you believe you need insane amounts of card flow. They happen as a cast trigger due to a misguided understanding of the game that makes you remove interaction from the game. And third. You do not compensate for the cost of such an effect. As in most of your cards are appropriately costed for their effect; then have a deus ex stapled on. While every deus ex ability is worth its own card and upwards of 4 mana.
Honestly, play them once or twice and go off how you felt while playing not the winner and loser. Who felt in control even if they didn't win. That's the best two people are going to get.
To get accurate values. You'd need thousands of matches. There's too much Variance in individual games with the same deck to get meaningful numbers with fewer matches.
This is such an unreasonably narrow ability I don't believe there's any worth in making the rules functional. I know you don't believe the rules should stand in the way of novel designs but there just isn't enough value in this effect to justify its existence.
1. No, an existing permanent turning into a creature does not trigger any when a creature enters the battlefield effect.
2. If you manage to enchant a temporary creature with any aura that has "enchant creature" the aura will fall off when the permanent stops being a creature. This ends the control changing effect so control reverts to the other player.
It being intended is a major reason to question its inclusion. This is the type of ability that upon plastesting you might find that players play this incorrectly due to expectations. If it happens enough you might have to drop the ordered casting or rework it to be more grokable.
A quick question that didn't occur to me at first. Does this require you to cast all or none of the cards imprinted?
Regardless, would you consider a may on the imprint?
Usually, such a workhorse card would use flavor to justify/answer these questions. But I don't see a link other than the technical upgrade of blood being looting to clue being straight draw.
Will edit to have correct answer.
Yes, if you respond to the Eye trigger with Stifle or Voidslime it will be eaten by the storm and recast as part of the Eye package allowing you and any future spell to stifle or Voidslime an effect. In such an event the original spell will resolve as normal.
When I thought this only worked on the opponent's spells it felt like a strange but interesting card. As a piece to a combo the first set of text kills any chance to see print.
Let's assume you give this a proper casting cost. Maybe XU and look at the the top X? Anyway, why empower X spells like this? That's the only real concern I have with it. As you mentioned. If you turn a Ponder into a Crackle with Power you're dealing 15 damage to upto 15 targets. While this is the most absurd example there aren't any reasonable ones.
Undying and this particular cost for ward are both very powerful. It's pushing the boundaries on power level but possibly falls within bounds.
Also, paying 3 to gain 3 life and draw a card isn't a bad deal.
To get accurate values. You'd need thousands of matches. There's too much Variance in individual games with the same deck to get meaningful numbers with fewer matches.
Golgari Keyrune
1. No, an existing permanent turning into a creature does not trigger any when a creature enters the battlefield effect.
2. If you manage to enchant a temporary creature with any aura that has "enchant creature" the aura will fall off when the permanent stops being a creature. This ends the control changing effect so control reverts to the other player.
A quick question that didn't occur to me at first. Does this require you to cast all or none of the cards imprinted?
Regardless, would you consider a may on the imprint?