The Cycle of Cards Game

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Flo00
the moment I issued this challenge, the first thing I thought of was a discard powered creature. and it delivers in that department, yet I find its activated ability a little bit underwhelming, proper to its color though.

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@jamesbrafin
I love it, those are my colors. However, I find it a tad too OP, I find no drawbacks like Dream Trawler has, and while it wouldn't be necessary for it to have such, it could really use it. I mean, gain 2 life and draw a card by attacking with a creature that's already gonna bulk up for sacrificing another creature... yeah that's too much, at least in my book. I'd make it mythic, and even then, there are mythic creatures not as threatening.

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inferno390
like copying spells wasn't annoying enough hahaha. I like it that, even though it is powered by one of the most abused things you could do in the game, and while it may be an enabler onto itself, it sorta feels fair... provided copying spells is bullshit hahaha. specially the fact that while attacking it doesn't flashback something for free, you have to pay, and I find that nice.

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thaneofglamis
A fucking badass minotaur that feeds on your opponents' blood! sign me in, it's almost perfect... I think it makes little sense to make a 4/5 indestructible if it's gonna pump up and has first strike. It's gonna be a chore to get rid of it, on combat or with noncombat damage. I'd reduce its toughness, to make its activated worth using, it's gonna kill whatever gets on its way anyway... most of the times I guess, specially on EDH.

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Wasn't really expecting to win this one!

I would like to see a cycle designed around Marionette Master.

You think so? It's a six mana 2/2 after all.

How can it target itself? It triggers of its own death.

Oh
Yeah I did the exact same thing.
Expectation =/= reality

Little bit late, but here we go!


Flo00 : So right off the bat, I was having trouble comprehending how the card works. When I first read it, I missed the cost restriction on the triggered ability, so it felt really really strong. Then I reread it, and I'm not sure? It's either a Jace's Ingenuity with a lot of upside or a pretty decent value engine for blue artifact decks with a low curve. It seems very playable, but the wording of it's ability just feels really weird to me.

viriss : Honestly, this one feels the truest to the intent of Marionette Master. I remember back when Kaladesh & Ixalan was still in Standard and brewing up a UB control deck with Marionette Master as a finisher alongside Treasure Tokens, and this feels like this would fill a very similar role. The flavor does not feel very Kaladesh though.

@jamesbrafin : This... feels a lot like Makeshift Munitions, and not in a good way. While I can see the value in 2 mana & sac artifact, deal 4 damage, this hits all the wrong notes: Can't hit the player, is way too much mana for the kind of deck this would go into, is on a removable body, and is even worse if you make the servos instead. This does not have a lot going for it, and I don't think it's playable.

ameisenmeister : The concept is pretty cool, and I can feel the hint of Verdurous Gearhulk in this one. Also the +1/+1 counter theme is very on point for Kaladesh. However, the biggest downside is that it's triggered ability is almost nothing like what Marionette Master does.

And the winner is:

Elven Evocation 
Enchantment -- Aura 
Enchant Elf you control
When Elemental Evocation enters the battlefield, target land you control becomes a 4/4 elemental creature with haste, in addition to its other types and abilities, for as long as Elven Evocation remains on the battlefield.
When the land is in danger, its keepers awaken it to war.

Thanks for the win viriss!

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