So a 2011 deck and an event with 24 players in 2017 is it? Tell you what, top8 a showcase (on hard mode - Oko, Dreadhorde, Astrolabe legal). I mean as deeply flawed mantra that "Decay is good against Dreadnought" is, that first event precedes the release of Return to Ravnica.
How much of your homework do I have to do for you, sheesh.
I do quite like the standstill/retrofitter idea
It can also pick up a few random goodies like gy hate, pithing needle etc, maybe even Ivory Tower
Aether Spellbomb can answer an opponent's creature that resolved before your standstill etc
Some interesting options
It pushes the limits to how many colorless lands you play. I play mono-blue Dreadstill and it still feels like a 2-color deck because of Wasteland/Factory. I agree this is a new tool for it, but either some number of the colorless lands have to go or we have to re-evaluate whether a splash color is feasible with so many colorless lands. I suppose it could take up some number of spell slots, but we already play 22 lands (typically) so the most we would want is maybe 24.
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Wait, did you mention Aether Spellbomb? I like where you're at. I have always loved the spellbombs!
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Right, so you have to give up Factory. As much as I love Factory, I agree completely. You can't have both, not in a 2-color list. I might try some amount in mono-blue, simply because I have more colorless ways to utilize the actual mana. This new land plays more like a spell anyways due to the sacrifice.
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It's not like Factories didn't already die (particularly when animated), that's an assumption the deck accounts for. I would classify it as exceedingly rare to get 2 attacks out of a Factory without it dying, while this Land is more likely to make 2 attackers before it dies [through Rish Port on the last age turn]. It also will very quickly murder enemy Karn/Lattice; they would need to jank out harder and also have Bridge...but even then, a 6/6 Lattice is looking pretty small.
Could Brainstone (LOVE IT) or the Lion's Eye Diamond Lion be useful in Doomsday and such?
Lion seems like it'd be an auto-include in stuff like Bomberman. [EDIT: I'm and idort]
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Why is it necessary for Diamond Lion to include "Activate only as an instant."?
That is the current oracle text of Lion's Eye Diamond. You need that to stop you from using it to cast a spell from your hand normally.
Presumably for the same reason LED has that restriction. Without it, you can use it to cast things that are in your hand when you activate it. Then again, maybe I'm missing something, or maybe Wizards just wants to make Legacy players associate it with the real deal.
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I'm clearly not a rules aficionado, but isn't that redundant? Doesn't the colon after "Sacrifice, discard your hand" mean that is a cost that has to be met before you get the mana?
I guess you can put something on the stack, pay the mana for it (eg crack a black lotus) but not a LED because you still in the process of putting it on the stack and dont have priority to do something like an instant.
It basically just means LED needs you to have priortiy!
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Yes, mana abilities can usually be activated in special timing windows that ask you to pay mana, e.g.
- In the middle of the process of casting a spell
- Paying for the tax of something like Ghostly Prison
Instants cannot be cast in these times because you don't have priority
Ergo activating LED/Diamond Lion can't be done in these times either
As was already pointed out the most important balance-related consideration is that it doesn't allow you to begin the process of casting a spell by moving it from your hand to the stack and then using LED to pay the mana for it
You would have to activate the LED before beginning the process of casting the spell, thereby discarding your hand first and making you unable to cast the spell you were intending
Hex Parasite doesn't quite work the way you'd want it it to with Urza's Saga, but it's a cute interaction anyway.
Hmm... Its "mana cost" not "converted mana cost." That means the III ability won't fetch artifact lands, right? Just getting an extra mana for free in two turns would be pretty strong.
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