HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90 
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 4, 2018 14:52:35 GMT
"Steel yourself. The toughest minds are the most fun to break."
An unknown race from an unknown plane birthed to a cursed family, Zetla knows only of madness and malice. Their skin, a deep red, ebbs and flows like water and trails smoke whenever they move. Ageless, hardhearted, and seemingly without reason, Zetla is determined to break down the mind's last bastions. Give in to their madness or succumb to their intrusion.  CMC Level: 4 Type Masteries: Instant, Sorcery, Artifact
Mechanics: Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Rarity Upgrader: Zetla can design rare, mythic, and special cards!Score / Valor168.5 / 68.5Mana Pool (Zetla can call for aid from Magic 2010-Magic 2015)8 / 15{Cards} this is where cards go {Artifacts} is that... an artifact? Maddening Locket  Artifact   ,  : Put a charge counter on CARDNAME., , Sacrifice Cardname: Target playerdiscards a card for each charge counter on CARDNAME. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
Rated: 10/10
Preservation Charm Artifact When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, draw a card. , , Sacrifice CARDNAME: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Rated: 5/10
{Sorcery} grabbin a sorcery card Sorcery  Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies this turn, that player loses 2 life. All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Even word of Elesh Norn's victory at the Furnace Layer was fatal.
Rated: 9/10
Zetla's Interference Sorcery Each player discards two cards. If there is nobody left to remember what was lost, have they lost at all?
Rated: 8/10
Corroded Thoughts Sorcery  Target player discards a card and loses 1 life. Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Rated: 8.5/10
Wrench From Legend  Sorcery Target player discards two cards. Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Rated: 9/10
Visible Confusion Sorcery  As an additional cost to cast CARDNAME, pay X life. Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland with converted mana cost X or less card from it. That player discards that card.
Rated: 10/10
Sorcery Destroy target creature. Madness , Sacrifice a creature (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Rated: 10/10
Sorcery Gain control of target artifact until end of turn. Untap that artifact. "When we increase electrical flow to the device, what do you think will happen?" -Volta, to Galvani
Rated: 8/10
Tempt Sorcery Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player shuffles it into their library, then draws a card.
Rated: 8/10
{Instants} instant cards here Sabotage Instant Target spell an opponent controls gains "You lose 3 life. Discard a card." Where do you hide when your own mind is against you?
Rated: 7.5/10
Grim Beckoning Instant Choose target card in your graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Target opponent loses life equal to its converted mana cost. Put that card on top of your library.
Rated: 9.5/10
Fires of Rebirth Instant Fires of Rebirth deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker you don't control. That permanent's controller may draw a card. Brilliant new minds rise From the Ashes like a phoenix.
Rated: 8/10
Disasterous Epiphany Instant Each player searches their library for a card, reveals it, then shuffles their library and puts that card on top of it. Each player loses 3 life. Rated: 9.5/10
Blistering Test Instant Any number of players may have CARDNAME deal 3 damage to that player. Each player that doesn't discards a card. Rated: 8/10
Disable Instant Destroy target artifact. If it was a Vehicle, CARDNAME deals 1 damage to each creature that crewed it this turn. Rated: 9/10
Deafen  Instant Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Madness , Discard a card with converted mana cost X (If you discard
this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Rated: 9/10
Ill-Fated Readings Instant Reveal the top card of your library. Target opponent loses life equal to its converted mana cost. You may put that card into your graveyard. "Things rarely bode well for you, it seems."
Rated: 7.5/10
Exhausting Quandary Instant Whenever an opponent draws a card this turn, that player loses 3 life. Target opponent draws a card. "You took countless secrets that didn't belong to you. Did you
really think your mind could withstand them all?"
-Zetla, the Dragon's Voice
Rated: 7/10
Unfortunate Tragedy Instant As an additional cost to cast ~, discard a card or pay . Choose one- - Target creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn.
- Remove 13 loyalty counters from target planeswalker.
Rated: 8/10 |
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Post by Fleur on Apr 4, 2018 18:08:59 GMT
An ironclad figure scrutinizes Zetla from afar...Darksteel Volley  Instant CARDNAME deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. If you control an artifact creature, instead exile that creature. The key to winning a battle is to fight fire with fire. Or, in this case, fight darksteel with more darksteel.(Flavor-wise, this represents a defensive measure in case something goes wrong, not something that's being used right away.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 4, 2018 22:52:49 GMT
A slight woman boldly walks over to you. "What the heck are you supposed to be? Some kind of an illusion?"Bold Questions  Sorcery Look at the top three cards of target players library, then put them back in any order. Then that player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard. Draw a card
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 4, 2018 22:58:08 GMT
Darksteel Volley: Nothing wrong with this card, considering Dispatch. Although I would probably make it uncommon in most draft environments, as having 2+ of these is a nightmare. 8/10 "Be careful how you guard yourself. Steel walls house no exit."Sabotage Instant Target spell an opponent controls gains "You lose 3 life. Discard a card." Where do you hide when your own mind is against you?
Bold Questions: I like Dimir Charm. I like this. Could probably be considering Anticipate, Impulse, and the like. 8.5/10 Grim Beckoning Instant Choose target card in your graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Target opponent loses life equal to its converted mana cost. Put that card on top of your library.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 5, 2018 2:05:11 GMT
"You don't talk much, do you?"Grim Beckoning: Looks good, only issue I have with it is that WotC moving away from life loss as an effect in favor of direct damage in black, but I don't think that's worth docking more than 1/2 point. 9.5/10 Listener's Apparatus Artifact ~ enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. , : Scry X, where X is the number of charge counters on ~, then draw a card.
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 5, 2018 2:45:46 GMT
Listener's Apparatus: Resolving any scry X (where X is above 3) is abysmal which is why you rarely see anything more than scry 2. It just takes up way too much time. So being able to repeatedly scry X is a no-no. 3.5/10 "If you want your ears opened, behold the Great Dragon's teachings. Bathe in her fire and be reborn from the ashes."Fires of Rebirth Instant Fires of Rebirth deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker you don't control. That permanent's controller may draw a card. Brilliant new minds rise from the ashes like a phoenix.Not a counter, but a lesson. You asked them to speak and this is their word.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 5, 2018 3:12:29 GMT
"I...may need time to process this. Thank you for your wisdom." Kaya slowly walks away, pondering these teachings. She may be back, but not today.
of course you're right, I tend to design top down things and think about the consequences later, which I suppose I really need to work on. Thanks for that. On to your card.
Fires of Rebirth: Solid design, but I'm docking a couple points for not being a direct response as per the game. 8/10
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Post by Fleur on Apr 5, 2018 11:28:52 GMT
Sabotage: I wish this cared a little bit more about the spell itself (like whether it was CMC 3 or less or something) because as-is the stapling effect feels a bit tacked on as mostly just a timing restriction. Card still works though. 7.5/10.
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Post by Neottolemo on Apr 5, 2018 20:55:30 GMT
I hope this meta-esque lore behind the attack is ok with you, I can change it otherwise. "Not enough people are trying to kill Zetla for my liking", said a letter signed 'David' Rekal had received along with a bag of precious gems from an intermediary of his mysterious employer. He wasn't sure why he of all people had been hired, as he had little experience dealing with mind-breaking magic. "They probably just don't deem my thoughts of any importance", he imagined. He then drew his weapon and abandoned that thought in favour of a head on charge, accompained by a bloodcurdling war cry.Savage Cry  Instant Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains trample until end of turn. An acoustic and percussive assault. |
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Post by cajun on Apr 6, 2018 3:05:41 GMT
"What a magnificent adornment. Perhaps we can show each other a thing or two."
Meeting of Minds Enchantment At the beginning of each player's upkeep, they may choose another player. If they do, both of those players draw a card. "It is truly wonderous what you can find in the mind of another."A gift, or not, as Zetla sees fit.
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Apr 6, 2018 15:30:58 GMT
"You!" The voice rings out loud and clear, seemingly from afar even though Obris is easily within earshot. "A Rook's mind is not such easy prey! Here, let me show you!"Forced Desertion Sorcery Target player puts a creature they control on top of their library. In the early days of the Elnish Civil War, Krauth and Monis Rook took to the battlefields in person to thin the rebel ranks.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 7, 2018 18:20:11 GMT
"I can feel the storm in your heart. Is there even anything else there?"Spark of Madness - Enchantment - Aura Curse Enchant player Whenever enchanted player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, Spark of Madness deals 3 damage to them. Sparks draw lightning, no matter how abstract they might be.
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Casstastrophe
2/2 Zombie
fight the gender binary with fire? you should fight *everything* with fire
Posts: 116 
Formerly Known As: Carn13
Favorite Card: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Favorite Set: Khans Block
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Casstastrophe on Apr 7, 2018 18:26:27 GMT
"You'd fit right in back at the Gilded Citadel - you care for nothing and no one, a worse monster than I've seen in the deepest wastes."Cagerunner Caravel Artifact - Vehicle Whenever ~ attacks, you may tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Crew 2 3/3
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 9, 2018 4:34:31 GMT
"So many of you wish to intrude upon the Dragon's home in my absence. You vile disregard will be dealt with."Meeting of Minds: A Howling Mine that's much easier to turn off than its predecessor. Rightfully one mana more. I like it. 10/10 cajun My adornments are not meant for others. Her great knowledge, however, is.Disasterous Epiphany Instant Each player searches their library for a card, reveals it, then shuffles their library and puts that card on top of it. Each player loses 3 life.
Forced Desertion: One mana discount on Time Ebb vs the rare opportunities where an opponent has two creatures and the choice actually matters. Hmmm. I'm not sure about those odds, but the card itself is fine. 8/10 shiftyhomunculus "Brash arrogance is humanity's weakness. What makes you think you will be different?"Ill-Fated Readings Instant Reveal the top card of your library. Target opponent loses life equal to its converted mana cost. You may put that card into your graveyard. "Things rarely bode well for you, it seems."
Spark of Madness: Hoses flashback, madness, rebound, and anything else trying to be cheeky. I like it. 10/10 Lady Mapi "I am not tethered by the pathetic range of emotions humans consider necessary. I can free you when your mind is emptied."Preservation Charm Artifact When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, draw a card. , Sacrifice CARDNAME: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cagerunner Caravel: I will always upvote cool vehicles. And this is the coldest of them all! 10/10 Casstastrophe "Your flattery is amusing, but I am not to be taken so lightly"
Calling Help From: Necromancer's Stockpile Because I'm hard of reading, I'll be calling for help from Rummaging Goblin instead Gruesome Revenge Sorcery Destroy target creature. Madness , Sacrifice a creature (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When
you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
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Post by cajun on Apr 9, 2018 5:08:16 GMT
"Perhaps... perhaps this is knowledge we did not wish to know... We will have to take more care with you in the future." The girl and hat nod and back away from the towering Enigma.
Disasterous Epiphany: This doesn't need to reveal, but it does work with the flavor of it. Also have to say, Maralen is a lot nicer when it's instant-speed and simultaneous. Let's round you up with a 9.5/10
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Apr 9, 2018 5:43:28 GMT
"As I recall..." Arina begins as she flips to a specific page. "You prefaced our conversation by explaining that you have heard too much about me. In my experience, that is often a threat. What was the purpose to locating me?"
Sense Motive
Sorcery
Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and discards a card of the chosen color. If they do, draw a card.
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 9, 2018 5:44:49 GMT
Savage Cry: oops sorry Neottolemo! Savage cry looks good. No complaints. 10/10 Primitive savagery, how lovely. You should have kept your reason and let me be.Deafen Instant Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Madness , Discard a card with converted mana cost X (If you discard
this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
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Post by Neottolemo on Apr 9, 2018 9:18:41 GMT
Deafen: Well, this lets you potentially chain madness triggers, which is always a bit powerful, but it's a very original card I think, reminds me a bit of Conflagrate (other than just Death Wind I mean). I think it's most likely fine. 9/10 "What!?", Rekal shouts. "I can't hear you! ...Wounds damn it, I can't even hear myself now! Aaagh!" He keeps on yelling desperately, forgoing further attack attempts for now. |
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Casstastrophe
2/2 Zombie
fight the gender binary with fire? you should fight *everything* with fire
Posts: 116
Formerly Known As: Carn13
Favorite Card: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Favorite Set: Khans Block
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Casstastrophe on Apr 9, 2018 14:54:07 GMT
"Of course they revel in it," Valis mutters to herself. "They're too far gone. Just another marauder, looking out for no one and nothing."
Gruesome Revenge: Madness was my favorite part of Shadows over Innistrad, and I was disappointed that the madness/Vampires deck never really materialized in Standard. This is a solid addition, and props for being a callback to Bone Splinters in the madness cost. 10/10.
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Apr 9, 2018 16:45:15 GMT
On Ill-Fated Readings: Veeeeery swingy. Probably balanced, but I'm not a huge fan of Erratic Explosion and this is rather more likely to whiff and just be a pseudo scry 1. 7/10. |
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 10, 2018 4:19:33 GMT
Sense Motive: Potentially very strong, potentially whiffs. Best when following up another discard spell, but it's still pretty strong since you always see their hand and draw a card. 9/10
"I don't do fame. Do not get in my way, and there will be no need for threats."
Zetla's power grows, allowing them to create cards with CMC 4
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 10, 2018 6:09:04 GMT
The dragon's hollowed eyes blazes briefly with amusement, before returning to their extinguished state as they almost sink beneath his scarred face. "I'm not quite sure if my own matriarch would've approved of me submitting to the leader of another clan, but perhaps I'll offer tribute."Dragonwitch Totem Artifact Whenever you discard a card, ~ becomes a 3/3 Dragon artifact creature with flying until end of turn. , , Discard a card: Draw a card. It whispers of power without ponder.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 11, 2018 15:23:10 GMT
Spark of Madness: Hoses flashback, madness, rebound, and anything else trying to be cheeky. I like it. 10/10 Lady Mapi "I am not tethered by the pathetic range of emotions humans consider necessary. I can free you when your mind is emptied."Preservation Charm Artifact When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, draw a card. , Sacrifice CARDNAME: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Curse of Artifice Enchantment - Aura Curse Enchant player Activated abilities of artifacts enchanted player controls cost an additional "discard your hand" to activate. "Is there anything to you other than your toys?"Unfortunately, I don't see what Preservation Charm has to do Spark of Madness. I mean, I like the card... but I don't think I can give you more than a 5/10. |
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 12, 2018 4:15:44 GMT
Dragonwitch Totem: What a lovely card. Fits nicely into cycling/madness/hellbent builds really nicely and plays into one of my current favorite archetypes. Plus, card selection! What's not to love? If only that second ability weren't so awkward when compared to the first one, now your dragon is tapped  9/10 ZephyrPhantom "Efficient, ruthless, and delicately crafted. It would please Quezrotal greatly to have this. Thank you."Admire Instant Untap target artifact. Draw a card.
Curse of Artifice: Unfortunately as I am unable to deal with enchantments in either of my colors Preservation Charm was the best I can do. It circumvents any need to cast from madness/graveyard by just returning something to my hand. Curse of Artifice is something I'm not sure about. I can't find precedent for "as an additional cost to cast, discard your hand," and as a player can have 0 cards in their hand to discard ( Dangerous Wager) I don't know if this card does anything. If it does, sweet. If not, not sweet. I can only give it a 5/10 until proven otherwise Lady Mapi "Such a shame. I knew your mind would be unwilling to receive my teachings."Unfortunate Tragedy Instant As an additional cost to cast ~, discard a card or pay . Choose one- - Target creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn.
- Remove 13 loyalty counters from target planeswalker.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 12, 2018 4:47:31 GMT
Curse of Artifice: Unfortunately as I am unable to deal with enchantments in either of my colors Preservation Charm was the best I can do. It circumvents any need to cast from madness/graveyard by just returning something to my hand. Curse of Artifice is something I'm not sure about. I can't find precedent for "as an additional cost to cast, discard your hand," and as a player can have 0 cards in their hand to discard ( Dangerous Wager) I don't know if this card does anything. If it does, sweet. If not, not sweet. I can only give it a 5/10 until proven otherwise Lady Mapi "Such a shame. I knew your mind would be unwilling to receive my teachings."Unfortunate Tragedy Instant As an additional cost to cast ~, discard a card or pay . Choose one- - Target creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn.
- Remove 13 loyalty counters from target planeswalker.
I think I used Curse of Artifice against the wrong person  . The whole idea behind it is that you stick it on someone and suddenly they have a choice between getting mana out of their mana rocks or having cards in their hand. Or, in the case of Preservation Charm, you have to be really sure that the creature you're fishing out of your graveyard is worth the rest of the cards in your hand. I'll accept the 5/10, though - it's not my best work. Anyway, back to the back-and-forth at hand: "I'm not sure your teachings would be of much use, in all honesty. Your mental attacks are clumsy and predictable."Sorcerous Snare Instant - Trap Sorcerous Snare costs to cast if an opponent has discarded a card this turn. Counter target spell unless its controller pays an additional . If they do, draw a card. Unfortunate Tragedy is dripping with style - it also addresses the Curse indirectly, since you're whittling down your own hand (and probably triggering Madness along the way), therefore diminishing any losses you might run into. I'm going to give it an 8/10. |
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Post by ZephyrPhantom on Apr 13, 2018 11:37:01 GMT
Dracodeus nods quietly in respect, and strides away from Zetla's domain, back towards the direction of his hovel.Snap, I'd been so caught up in making a different take on the Keyrunes that I hadn't realized that interaction. I'm going to have to think of some other way to work around potentially repeatable looting if I can't use tapping. Admire: I kept thinking of Twiddle when I was looking over this card and a quick search of "untap target artifact" and "untap target permanent" seems to confirm to me that this effect tends to appear much more in blue. Red does get small graceful cantrips like these and it has perfect synergy with my gift, though. 8/10
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9/10 
. The whole idea behind it is that you stick it on someone and suddenly they have a choice between getting mana out of their mana rocks or having cards in their hand. Or, in the case of Preservation Charm, you have to be really sure that the creature you're fishing out of your graveyard is worth the rest of the cards in your hand. I'll accept the 5/10, though - it's not my best work.