Reading this design, I thought, "wow, that is way too much text" but then I remembered they did print Deathrite Shaman at one point, and I think that card was mostly fine, so this one probably is...
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Reading this design, I thought, "wow, that is way too much text" but then I remembered they did print Deathrite Shaman at one point, and I think that card was mostly fine, so this one probably is...
I physically shuddered reading this.
Woah woah woah, who's talking shit about kher keep? that card is sweet
It's possible you're looking at it from a non-combo perspective; I'm not saying those cards aren't good, I'm saying Dread of Night is less of a middle finger to DnT than Prelate or Canonist is to...
I believe that's overstating it.
DoN: pretty decent, but doesn't kill revokers or x/2s (canonist, for example)
Nausea: Kills Revoker, but costs two mana, doesn't do anything if they have another...
Feels like it's only a matter of time before they print this, though we already have that one Anafenza, right?.
Also, seems like your blue black sword is considerably better than the others...
I agree, that's why I used the templating I did; check out Nightveil Specter for reference:
http://magiccards.info/gtc/en/222.html
I like that black effect, but I think it'd be cool if we appended, "you may cast that card as though it were in your hand," or something similar; otherwise, I think it's a little underpowered, like...
That sortof looks like sword of blue and blue now, though - black can't do either of those effects.
I feel like the Blue Black intersection is something about looking at your opponent's hand and...
RG sword: "Sword of Impulse and Instinct?" Impulse - break stuff (red) Instinct - disbelieve glamours (green)
Also, that UB sword design seems really, really strong - if they don't have an answer...