Crystalline Calendar
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Posted on Aug. 13, 2020, 10:55 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Stone Calendar is a nice card, but it is far too expensive; by the time that a player can spend 5 mana to cast it, they shall already have missed many opportunities in which it shall actually have been useful.
Therefore, a lower casting cost would be very beneficial, but I believe that lowering the mana cost to would make it almost entirely better than the medallion cycle (Ruby Medallion, Sapphire Medallion, and so forth), so seems to be an ideal cost, to me.
Of course, I still feel that the card needs to have an additional ability, to justify its cost, so I added such an ability, and the result of my work is seen, here:
Crystalline Calendar Show
I added the ability of Crystal Ball to this card, because it is an excellent ability, but another one that I feel is slightly underwhelming, but, together, both abilities are very powerful, because the player needs to spend less mana and can manipulate the cards that they draw, which works into the idea of a calendar being used to plan future events.
What does everyone else say about this card? Do you like it?
Considering there's Cloud Key to specifically aid one super type and the Medallion cycle to aid a single color, I think this aiding all spells might be a little much.
Mana rocks are usually bound as 2 CMC for , as seen in Mind Stone, Thought Vessel or similar.
Mana rocks at 3 CMC can supply 1 mana of any color, as seen in Darksteel Ingot, Manalith.
Then there's Seal of the Guildpact that emulates two Medallions for two different colors. What if it could reduce the colored part of a cost?
Like: "When X enters the battlefield, choose two colors.
Spells you cast cost one mana less of one of the chosen colors."
This would make it better than a standard mana rock, it is less effective in reducing cost than both the Jet Medallion (considering cost) and Seal of the Guildpact. However this can aid where neither of those can and at the very least it will reduce the cost by regardless of the spell you cast.
Omniscience_is_life says... #2
seems like fun! the only thing I'll say is that any effect like Stone Calendar's is a good one, so I'd be cautious in lowering the CMC. I like the idea of adding an activated ability... I'm not sure exactly how to balance the card myself but I do think it's cool that you're looking into it
August 14, 2020 12:26 a.m.