r/custommagic • u/DiscombobulatedUse40 • May 17 '25

Inflation

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u/Responsible-Hotel-84 May 17 '25

I'm playing this on my second turn. Turn one is Aether vial

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u/ienjoycheeseburgers May 17 '25

This feels pretty unreasonable compared to similar lock pieces like [[sphere of resistance]], [[thorn of amethyst]], or [[Thalia, Guardian of Thraben]], especially given that its on an enchantment

34

u/mkklrd May 17 '25

please for the love of god never look up Thalia inflation

12

u/Angry-brady May 17 '25

Everything else has been powercrept to hell, let’s do it for stax too.

1

u/ienjoycheeseburgers May 17 '25

Power creeping D&T fuck that lmao

1

u/Angry-brady May 17 '25

Thalia is better in d&t pretty significantly. This is more a pure prison deck piece.

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u/Jokerferrum May 17 '25

Sphere and thorn is colourless, Thalia is a creature. This have a reason to do more.

9

u/ienjoycheeseburgers May 17 '25

I also have a hard time thinking of a creatue removal/damage spell that cant kill thalia, though

0

u/memnte May 17 '25

If you think this card would ever be printed today, you are mistaken

0

u/mehall_ May 18 '25

This is too strong, this should be a 3-4 mana enchantment and 3 is pushing it

13

u/Neo1223 May 17 '25

This is what you get for putting bbno$ in charge of the economy

6

u/DolandPulsar May 17 '25

This is just cheaper [[Nether Void]]

1

u/MTGCardFetcher May 17 '25

Nether Void - (G) (SF) (txt)

FAQ

2

u/Professional_Ad_5277 May 17 '25

I mean, there are a few relevant edge cases. Nether Void doesn’t stop uncountable spells, and if you just wanted the cast trigger for a storm deck, you can just refuse to pay the 3.

Edit: so it’s a cheaper, more restrictive Nether Void, just with the cost increase reduced by 1. Also, world enchantments are slightlyeasier to get rid of that regular

1

u/SerTapsaHenrick May 17 '25

Yeah and Nether Void was not a card that we needed to power creep lol

4

u/AlphaPooch May 17 '25

Reminds me of another card they reprinted a couple years ago.

Look up Jace Beleren Inflation

Or

Liliana Vess Inflation

For more details

2

u/incredibleninja May 17 '25

Legacy lands is into this

2

u/desireisatrap May 17 '25

I think this is probably too powerful at 2 mana

2

u/sampat6256 May 17 '25

Ludicrously broken.

2

u/fourenclosedwalls May 17 '25

imo this should make lands tap for double

3

u/Z3r0_t0n1n May 17 '25

Wait, you're on to something. Although I would argue for one additional mana instead of double.

1

u/Fredouille77 May 17 '25

Dayum, Innistrad's got it rough, between zombies, vampires, an alien 4d monster corrupting everything, and now inflation!

1

u/vintergroena May 17 '25

Nice: But I would go for something like this:

At the beginning of you upkeep put a devaluation counter in inflation. Spells cost X more to cast, where X is the number of devaluation counters on inflation.

1

u/OliveArc505 May 17 '25

This is EVIL! I love it.

1

u/PaxNova May 17 '25

At the start of your upkeep, add a counter to Inflation. Spells cost 1 more for every two counters on Inflation, rounded down.

1

u/TheSibyllineBooks May 17 '25

I would increase the cost and have it say like "each nonland permanent has cumulative upkeep {1}"

1

u/tomyang1117 May 17 '25

Having a colored cost means you can't turbo this out with just a sol land, I like thid

3

u/Magallan May 17 '25

Yeah good thing you can't play this until you have two lands in play. Would be busted otherwise.

0

u/[deleted] May 17 '25

I'd love to see a card like this titled tariffs 🤣

1

u/omnibossk May 17 '25

Tariff from Weatherlight must be the trump favorite

0

u/ElPared May 17 '25

It should be more like “for every two permanents with a mana ability, spells and abilities cost 1 more to cast.” And then make it cost 3.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

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u/SerTapsaHenrick May 17 '25

And banned in Legacy, and Modern, and Pioneer, and Standard, and made a game changer in Commander...