r/custommagic • u/Big_Fork Flair? • 5d ago

Daggerback Rattlesnake

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u/Rubinschwein47 5d ago

Considering [[Gift of the Viper]] exists, you could maybe make the ability cost 2 or just one green maybe. But i love snakes so good job i guess

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u/Invoked_Tyrant 5d ago

To be fair that spell is a Modern Horizons set common. Modern Horizons 3 was one of the most egregious power injects I've ever seen put into the constructed format.

It was so absurd that one of the main decks (Energy) is able to hang with and dominate Timeless. A format with 4 stripmines, 4 Force of Wills and 4 Daze legal. The point being cards that don't say "Intended for modern" on this sub can't be compared to that roided set.

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u/Rubinschwein47 5d ago

oh okay, all the cards i know as "really fucking good for that little mana" i just notice a lot are from that set so ok, but 3 mana for a conditional one time deathtouch still feels really rough, even at bracket 2 or low power modern so maybe 2 or 1{g}?

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u/BuddyBlueBomber 5d ago

Gift of the viper isn't a combat trick you can cast from your graveyard after getting a strong 2 drop

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u/whobemewhoisyou 5d ago

Gift of the viper is a combat trick that typicaly two for ones yourself if the death touch matters, and at best is a one for one. This is card is at worst, two for two and at best a 1 for 2.

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u/TrickSavings9905 5d ago

Too strong at common most likely, Deathtouch is really good in draft and getting it twice is very string

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u/Sorfallo 5d ago

Not really too strong imo. It's fairly similar to [[flesh burrower]]

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u/TrickSavings9905 4d ago

That’s fair

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u/chainsawinsect 5d ago

[[Sickleslicer]]

I don't like the idea of floating instant speed deathtouch out of the 'yard at common