What should the name and cmc of this card be?
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Posted on Feb. 11, 2017, 5:26 a.m. by MagicalHacker
Artifact
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a Plains, an Island, a Swamp, a Mountain, and a Forest, then searches his or her library for up to 5 basic lands that share a basic land type and put them onto the battlefield tapped, then each player shuffles his or her library.
MagicalHacker says... #3
Both aspects of helping players running fewer colors and hurting players running more colors are intentional parts of the design.
February 11, 2017 6:47 a.m.
Well, that is an incredibly powerful effect. One suggestion for mana cost that I think would make for an interesting deck building challenge would be but if you're committed to the idea that this should encourage mono-colour play, I think or would be around the right area to think about.
February 11, 2017 6:58 a.m.
As for the name, maybe along the lines of "Mana Singularity" or something with a similar tone to Back to Basics like "Down to Earth".
February 11, 2017 7:10 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
Well, for both of those, would your recommendations change since its an artifact?
February 11, 2017 7:16 a.m.
Oh, duh, I completely blanked on it being an artifact. You could certainly still do a 5-colour artifact if you wanted but if you want it to be colourless then I'd definitely err on the expensive side of things, so probably , especially since you can flicker it to re-use the effect.
I think the "Mana Singularity" suggestion fits the tone of an artifact better, though it obviously depends on what kind of flavour you want for the card.
February 11, 2017 7:32 a.m.
This reminds me of Gaea's Balance. I'm confused why it's an artifact.
February 11, 2017 10:34 a.m.
Postmortal_Pop says... #9
Terraformitron
Planner terraformer
I would definitely cost it on the 8 or 9 level or add some sort of casting restrictions maybe have it exile itself after a turn?
February 11, 2017 12:17 p.m. Edited.
Harashiohorn says... #10
Well Sundering Titan is mana, so for a similar effect without legs 7 maybe? Down to Earth is good name, though since the effect is similar to Sundering Titan you could do something like "Sundering Engine"
February 11, 2017 3:42 p.m.
buildingadeck says... #11
Sundering Titan is banned in EDH for a reason, and let's be real, that's the only place this would see play. So does it need to be an artifact, or can it be a sorcery/instant? Permanents are simply too easy to flicker.
Lame_Duck says... #2
Is the fact that this ramps players without every land type in play an intentional part of the design or is it just supposed to be a multi-colour hoser?
February 11, 2017 6:21 a.m.