Opium Charm
Instant
Choose One- Regenerate all basic lands, or target creature gains lifelink until the end of turn, or prevent all damage instants and sorceries would deal this turn.
Note a recurring theme in those cards? Yep, all of them belong to Magic's Prehistory when they didnt know what they were doing. To make a "gray lotus0T, Sac: Add two mana of any one color to your mana pool" today just because there was once a black lotus and it was allright, means to totally ignore the evolution of magic. Moreover, after 10th edition loss of Stone Rain, not even Red gets unconditional land destruction for 3 anymore. Granted, black got Rain of Tears but that's obviously because the double black in the mana cost in a color with not so many other land destruction cards makes hard for that cardto make an impact.
A 3cmc LD spell in standard right now, could easily spawn a new format on its own. First turn birds, second turn this, third turn creeping mold or any other LD spell, is almost game in the play.
Well, yeah, indeed they are all really old, but taking black lotus as a point of comparison is a rather unhappy choice mate, althought the rain of tears one makes a lot more of sense. I understand and agree in your point on standard, but a card like that one would't have any serious impact outside it, and if you think it outside it, it isn't very impressive, then, this would be ultimately no more or less than a matter of design style, you want to fit your design for standard or you want to go with a more diachronic take on it?
Well, no. Removing a choice from Creeping Mold does not warrant making it cheaper. Land destruction in green at 3 mana is really abusive as you can easily start blowing lands in turn 2.
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Phyrexian Bloodsucker
Creature, Leech
Pay 1 life: Phyrexian bloodsucker gets +1/+0 until the end of turn, play this ability only during an upkeep and no more than twice each turn.
Pay 2 life: Regenerate.
0/1
Suidoku, Tattered Curse
:3mana::symu::symb:
Legendary Creature, Human Ninja
Ninjutsu :symu::symb:, Pay or sacrifice a permanent
When Suidoku, Tattered Curse deals combat damage to a player, for each creature that player controls, he or she pays or sacrifices a permanent. "You'll only accept your woe when everyone had deserted you"
2/2
Instant
Choose One- Regenerate all basic lands, or target creature gains lifelink until the end of turn, or prevent all damage instants and sorceries would deal this turn.
Well, yeah, indeed they are all really old, but taking black lotus as a point of comparison is a rather unhappy choice mate, althought the rain of tears one makes a lot more of sense. I understand and agree in your point on standard, but a card like that one would't have any serious impact outside it, and if you think it outside it, it isn't very impressive, then, this would be ultimately no more or less than a matter of design style, you want to fit your design for standard or you want to go with a more diachronic take on it?
* Thermokarst, Ice storm and winter's grasp turn around offended, sinkhole cackles evily *
Well, seriously, neither of the 3CC LD spells were ever deemed as a abusive or a problem. Not a really big deal, this is just the green Pillage
Artifact
Spells with converted mana cost seven or greater cannot be played.
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Creature, Leech
Pay 1 life: Phyrexian bloodsucker gets +1/+0 until the end of turn, play this ability only during an upkeep and no more than twice each turn.
Pay 2 life: Regenerate.
0/1
:3mana::symu::symb:
Legendary Creature, Human Ninja
Ninjutsu :symu::symb:, Pay
When Suidoku, Tattered Curse deals combat damage to a player, for each creature that player controls, he or she pays
"You'll only accept your woe when everyone had deserted you"
2/2
WU- instant
Phase out all enchantments, gain two life for each enchantment you control phased out this way.