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Quote from ReapThaWhirlwind »I think you guys are misinterpreting the context "one-up".
I mean, a design that does the exact opposite, or counter-balances the effect of another.
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Quote from ReapThaWhirlwind »No—it can't enchant other permanents if copies an Aura because those targets are chosen while it's on the stack.
It would require an "As ~ enters the battlefield" function, as was suggested and explained earlier (so that it becomes the enchantment before it enters the battlefield—and you can effectively make those choices). The functionality it currently has sees it become the enchantment after it enters the battlefield, which is too late to make the 'enchant parameter' selections.
I don't think it's healthy to have that functionality at this level, and this place on the mana curve.
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Quote from ReapThaWhirlwind »Quote from ashrog »
Also, Destiny Bond is not a great name, since the majority of people are going to link it to Pokemon.
People like links like that.
Throwbacks and tributes.
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You never want rulings to do the work of card text. If the intent was to mess with cards that look at card names then the effect needs to be written out. Otherwise, you run the problem of making people think that Conspiracy and its ilk make all lords affect the creature type you choose. There is little benefit to trying to roll that effect into that text and there is obvious and immediate downside to do such.Quote from ReapThaWhirlwind »
The object here was to suggest that the ruling for this function should change the name and effects that reference names, without requiring additional text to explain that. As for game-breaking effects like Extirpate, that is what the restricted and banned list is for. One shouldn't be wary of using those, so long as they're not getting carried away and abusing them either. With good balance, they're a technician's friend.
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Further, if the target that would have the role created and attached to it is no longer legal when the ability resolves, no role is created.
From Release Notes:
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https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/sheldon-menery-magic-great-passes?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
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Power level seems fine since its very situational and limited in its gain, and its a good punishment for extra turns decks in commander.
The only issue I see is abusing it with something like Emrakul, The Promised End, so I might limit it to Extra turns caused by spells or abilities opponents control.
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Secondly, the ability reveals the same card over and over when you flip tails. This creates confusing issues of functionality and correctly adding things like " total mana value of the revealed cards".
This needs a rewrite for both text space and functionality, and I don't the payoff doesn't even seem all that worth the complexity of figuring out what you're actually getting each turn.
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Enchantment
If a player would draw a card, except the first card they draw each turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. If it is a non-land card, put three time counters on it and, if it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. If a land card is exiled this way, put it onto the battlefield.
This is a minor template change to bring it in line with similar replacement effects like Urabrask, Heretic Praetor. Also, a parenthetical is for a reminder/explanation of what the card text already told you to do, so putting the land text only in parenthesis actively does nothing.
The effect is interesting, and I think this card is probably fine power-level-wise since its 6 to cast and the spells take 3 turns to resolve. Colorwise, if it didn't put the lands straight onto the battlefield it would just be a big bend to be mono-red and would make more sense as red/blue. However, ramping lands like that is squarely green and so the total package should be simic.
Honestly, I think the most interesting execution of this would - and the most red one - just be to make the exiled lands be lost:
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Enchantment
If a player would draw a card, except the first card they draw each turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. If it is a non-land card, put three time counters on it and, if it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
If a land card is exiled this way, put it onto the battlefield.1
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Also, with the way you have templated the power/toughness ability, the card should be a 0/0 rather than a */*.