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I guess Neoform and Eldritch Evolution are just better options for doing this kind of thing. ...

Geological Appraiser -> Eldrich Evolution -> Trumpeting Carnosaur.

Then it can run ramp stuff...

After reading about Geological Appraiser's interaction with clone effects, I found myself wondering if that kind of thing could be made to work in other formats. Eventually I found myself thinking...

When I read the rules, it seemed like there should have be no discard when the archive replaces the card draw (I added the bold):



The scenario with two notion thieves was meant to be one where...

I understand that the card draw gets replaced twice, so that they cancel each other out in terms of who draws the cards. I was wondering whether the "for each card drawn this way..." stuff from Read...

Thank you for the answer. So it doesn't matter that the cards were drawn by the archive's ability rather than by read the runes.

Does it also work that way if both players have a Notion Thief in...

Suppose that a player has Alhammarret's Archive in play, and has Read the Runes with X=5 resolve targeting them on the opponent's end step. Does that play have to discard any cards or sacrifice any...

It seems more like a card for underworld cookbook decks than one for riddlesmith decks. I still think it's bad though.

Maybe I'm missing something, but that seems implausible to me: It's CMC 3, doesn't provide its own discard outlet and, barring shenanigans, takes at least two turns to get to break-even and three to...

I think it messes with everything that has linked abilities which exile cards as part of their mechanics because the replacement is not the linked ability. So, for example, if it's in play, it...

I wonder how much of a mess something like:

Hmm... I imagine that delve has a more favorable interaction with the "whenever one or more cards" template than escape does since it's a "for each...you may". Though that list really just makes...

I tend to think that a card that gets cast for 3 mana needs to either be capable of taking over a game on its own or part of a winning combo to be good enough to play in legacy. For that to happen...

It looks like the new set has some potentially interesting cards. For example:



That casting cost is a little bit high, but there's a decent number of ways to get cards from play or graveyard...

This discussion seems very focused on the payoff side of the cards, but I think the cost is really what makes the bargain a plausible un-ban: I get the impression that the power level of legacy is...

I expected Necrodominance to cause problems, but, since it hasn't, Necropotence might also be on the "OK to unban" list.

I think finding alternative duplication targets is as big of a challenge as finding alternative duplication effects.

My mind keeps going to Dualcaster Mage plus Molten Duplication/Twinflame as alternatives to Saw in half, but the mage is really the only enabler that works with that kind of combo, and those copy...

That kind of game plan is pretty similar to what infect does, so something like Blossoming Defense or Mutagenic Growth might also fit well.

Without protection of some kind - discard, counters, or...

Cynical Loner seems like a powerful ability:



Though, I guess, legacy is rife with "kill me or lose" bodies. A simple thing would be to combine it with Stasis.

It doesn't target so it doesn't fizzle. So 25% chance returned with no copies, 50% returned and 1 copy, and 25% 2 copies.

I doubt there's a legacy playable combo for it. It usually takes abilities from two other cards - e.g. Walking Ballista + Phyrexian Devourer - to turn this kind of copy effect into something...

Krark, the Thumbless could work for you since you care a lot about cast triggers, but it's probably just bad.

Dragon's Rage Channeler might be OK though.

The effect is certainly weaker than Song of Creation but Flubs does have lower casting cost, triggers on land drops and is compatible with stuff like Summoner's Pact so at least Flubs isn't strictly...

In most decks it will also be worse than Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx which sees no play.

I think I misunderstood. I thought the comment was about the "enters or attacks" trigger.