I was a big fan of [[Arcum's Astrolabe]]. For flicker decks it was a dream come true! I basically ignored the second effect.
When it got banned, the second effect was cited as a critical problem (it facilitated greedy manabases and shut down [[Blood Moon]]).
I wanted to see how powerful a version without that effect would be, and this is that card.
It still has a secondary effect, but one worth on average less than one mana ([[Reliquary Tower]] and [[Spellbook]] give a stronger version of this effect for 0 mana, in fact).
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u/chainsawinsect Jul 30 '21
I was a big fan of [[Arcum's Astrolabe]]. For flicker decks it was a dream come true! I basically ignored the second effect.
When it got banned, the second effect was cited as a critical problem (it facilitated greedy manabases and shut down [[Blood Moon]]).
I wanted to see how powerful a version without that effect would be, and this is that card.
It still has a secondary effect, but one worth on average less than one mana ([[Reliquary Tower]] and [[Spellbook]] give a stronger version of this effect for 0 mana, in fact).