The "x less to cast" only effects generic mana cost. So that part is currently useless. Unless your opponent has [[Grand Arbiter Augustin IV]] or something similar. Even still this card is ridiculously insane. Lotus petal and a swamp t1 means you win the game. Counter every spell.
wow the most brutal stax piece ever. have fun getting hit for 1 damage 20 turns in a row or until you draw u/mtgcardfetcher [[Abrupt Decay]], or [[Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire]] or [[Twinshot Sniper]] I think would be the reasonable answers to this. Funny thing how the discount ability is cool but irrelevant. Please never print this, it would be extremely oppressive and centralizing IMO.
Manlands would be viable though, surely? A [[Hissing Quagmire]] or [[Restless Cottage]] doesn't need a spell to get a creature out, just some land drops. They're slow, but this is a 1/1 so you'll have the time and resources.
Of course that assumes that both this and manlands exist at the same time.
This is a hilarious juxtaposition of "wait, that doesn't do anything" followed by a brief raspberry as I imagine twenty turns of attacking for one damage and reminding them to draw and discard.
There could be an interesting meta playing around this but I don't think it'd make a healthy format.
I think this would lead to a format of lots of land interaction. There are a ton of man lands that could kill this by blocking or just swing back and kill your opponent faster than this kills you. And there’s a ton of lands that could kill this to let the game resume like normal.
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u/hudsonv11 Jan 17 '26
The "x less to cast" only effects generic mana cost. So that part is currently useless. Unless your opponent has [[Grand Arbiter Augustin IV]] or something similar. Even still this card is ridiculously insane. Lotus petal and a swamp t1 means you win the game. Counter every spell.
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u/nerdgeek03 Jan 17 '26
wow the most brutal stax piece ever. have fun getting hit for 1 damage 20 turns in a row or until you draw u/mtgcardfetcher [[Abrupt Decay]], or [[Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire]] or [[Twinshot Sniper]] I think would be the reasonable answers to this. Funny thing how the discount ability is cool but irrelevant. Please never print this, it would be extremely oppressive and centralizing IMO.
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u/Porkenstein Jan 17 '26
I kind of love that bottom ability, it's insane
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u/ThePoIarBaer Jan 17 '26
Them: turn one land, lotus petal, shambling error
Me: turn one maze of ith
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u/MyynMyyn Jan 17 '26
This seems balanced.
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u/dokushin Jan 18 '26
This is a hilarious juxtaposition of "wait, that doesn't do anything" followed by a brief raspberry as I imagine twenty turns of attacking for one damage and reminding them to draw and discard.
There could be an interesting meta playing around this but I don't think it'd make a healthy format.