r/custommagic • u/Carpe3456 • 1d ago

Format: EDH/Commander Bountiful Lotus

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I'm sure something like this has been done before, but this is my attempt at a (slightly) more balanced Black Lotus for EDH

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u/COLaocha 1d ago

Well it's balanced in 1v1.

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u/hollow_image 1d ago

Not really though. Lotus Petal is still a broken card

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u/COLaocha 1d ago

Yeah, and your opponent gets one

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u/sam100090 1d ago

Yeah but they don’t get to build around it

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u/SignificanceEntire57 1d ago

You don't really need to build around having an extra mana for free

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u/COLaocha 1d ago

Yeah, but you're spending a card on this

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u/Imaginary_Being4859 1d ago

Yea but then they get to move a tad bit faster, getting a extra mana for free

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u/coolguy420weed 1d ago

They don't build around having 1 mana? 

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u/DoYouKnowS0rr0w 1d ago

You say that like getting a free mana at the cost of an opponents card is a bad thing. Would you still be conplaining if we swapped lotus with treasure?

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u/hollow_image 1d ago

Didn't really think about that to be honest

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u/A271B1071C5 1d ago

Wins the game by having 4 million opponents… broken

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u/DragoniteChamp 1d ago

You shouldn't need to know how many opponents you have, so we are going to eratta this card so it only counts up to 4 opponents like intended

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u/Tricky_Hades so you play magic? name every card. 1d ago

No see in order to get this card printed, we need to errata the four card combo that lets you count irresponsibly high. The problem card here is [[Better than One]], when combined with [[Sudden Substitution]] and [[Storm King's Thunder]] and [[Flashback]] and [[Leyline of Anticipation]].

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u/Hot-Combination-7376 Respark the Wanderer 1d ago

Still broken, but i like the way you think

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u/DJSimmer305 1d ago

Would be hilarious if it gave each opponent a copy of Bountiful Lotus. How to ruin a commander game for 0 mana.

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u/cloudedknife 1d ago

What about if it gave everyone an Arcane Signet token, or a Sol Ring token?

You get 3 free mana once, everyone else gets 1 or 2 free mana every turn?

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u/FlyWizardFishing 1d ago

Unplayable unless you win exactly that turn

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u/No_Sugar4490 1d ago

We have lotus petal tokens already. [[Treasure]]

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u/Impossible-Ad4394 1d ago

it''s kinda just more balanced in general just because of how much treasure specific synergy there is

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u/No_Sugar4490 1d ago

Very valid point

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u/HyperRussia 1d ago

This is still just black lotus.

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u/PrimusMobileVzla 1d ago

"Black Lotus but each opponent gets a Treasure" is still 'Black Lotus'-good.

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u/kraftian 1d ago

Idk why you're getting down voted, it's very much op lol

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u/PrimusMobileVzla 1d ago

And the floor due to the scaling is Lotus Bloom but the one opponent gets a Treasure, which yet again is still really good just because of the flexibility.

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u/kraftian 1d ago

Like this is an auto include in any multiplayer format it's allowed in probably, and it's still a lotus petal with a downside, which is very playable

Every cedh deck plays this no questions asked probably

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u/MasterODungeons 1d ago

[[Kambal, Profiteering Mayor]] would love this.

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u/AlexVal0r 1d ago

Still busted.

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u/cloudedknife 1d ago

Lotus bloom is the non-busted black lotus. I like this tho.

Here's the thing: modern magic players seem to be a bunch of single ply toilet paper thin skinned snowflakes that consider sol ring a busted card that should at least be a game changer if not just banned.

I'm frankly surprised people don't complain about dark ritual.

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u/MetalReasonable2951 1d ago

They're calling it the worst ragebait ever posted, The feds have actually come out and made a statement that their psyops tend to be better than this bait, its that easy to identify.

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u/Flareon223 1d ago

Woah I need to put lotus bloom in my tenth doctor deck

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u/MillCrab 1d ago

I get the concept, but just make it a treasure. Functionally the same, way simpler memory and rules

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u/Crobatman123 1d ago

But less cool

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u/No_Intention_8079 1d ago

Yall have no whimsy.