Gryjax, Witness Eternal
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Posted on Oct. 10, 2021, 10:19 p.m. by TypicalTimmy
Gryjax, Witness Eternal
Legendary Creature - Djinn
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top three cards of your library with wish counters on them. You may then put up to one card you own in exile with a wish counter on it into your hand.
, : You may cast a spell you own in exile with mana value X or less with a wish counter on it without paying its mana value. Gryjax then deals damage to you or any other target you control equal to the mana value of that spell at random.
5/5
Upkeep exile eludes to getting three wishes.
Activated ability showcases the downside of getting what you asked for.
TypicalTimmy says... #3
Omniscience_is_life, you're too many words >:[
But thank you. Any suggestions on how to hone it in a bit more?
October 10, 2021 10:28 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #4
This card has 82 words (including and ), with Ice Cauldron having 87. With the line breaks, this could theoretically still be printable.
October 10, 2021 10:32 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #5
The bold text is what I removed.
Flying
Whenever you would draw one or more cards, You may exile them instead with a wish counter(s) on each of them.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put up to one land and(/or) up to one nonland card you own in exile with a wish counters on it into your hand.
, : You may cast a spell you own in exile with mana value X or less with a wish counter on it without paying its mana value.
That's -8 words bringing it down from 82 to 74. But I added "/or", going up to 75.
But now the draw-to-exile is an absolute and not a may. I don't know if that makes it better or worse.
October 10, 2021 10:38 p.m. Edited.
Omniscience_is_life says... #6
TypicalTimmy indeed I am XP
I think the easiest way to make this work is to cut the middle ability entirely. That way, it's more like impulsive draw in that you have to play the cards out of exile, and the inner synergy still works. You could probably reduce Gryjax's mana cost if you made that change, though.
October 10, 2021 10:45 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
Omniscience_is_life, Version 2.0 is up. Better? I like it significantly more this way.
October 11, 2021 2:22 a.m.
Nice concept. It is very strong though. 5 mana 5/5 flier that gives you increasing larger selected card advantage passively and can be mana filtering + card draw if cast through the Djinn although with a punisher drawback. It also keeps tabs on other Djinn exilings so you can always pick up old "wishes". That's packing a lot of goodies.
What if you could only cast a spell through the Djinn the turn they are exiled? So you get three wishes, keeps up to one and can cast another only during that turn? If you don't cast a spell through the Djinn, you get another selection of three wishes the following turn.
The damage portion needs some rewording. I would suggest "Gryjax deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to you or another creature you control chosen at random."
Omniscience_is_life says... #2
Too many words, but I like the concept!
October 10, 2021 10:26 p.m.