Cool Card Design of the Day3/20/2014 - In some ways better and in some ways worse than Silence, Blind Levy exists because white has dabbled with cost-increase effects for a long time, but never at common. Ironically, this could easily prove broken below rare. At least it's simple.
Would this be too good as an instant?
ReplyDeleteIt would make some players think you could use it like a Mana Tithe. Not sure what it would gain you. Why not cast this at the end of your own turn?
DeleteWhen I first read the card I didn't realize it wasn't "Until end of turn" like most if not all effects of this type are. I would have just tossed it aside as a card I didn't want to try and make work and not given it a second thought.
Delete(Were there enough negatives in that thought?)
Yeah, I forgot about the "next time" clause too. Might run into memory issues.
DeleteI think it should be an enchantment, actually.
DeleteI'd want to playtest it, because it's such a big specter players might not forget. That said, we lose very little by making it an enchantment and giving it physical board presence.
DeleteAs an instant, you can cast multiple copies at once to increase the effect.
DeleteHadn't thought of that. Neat.
DeleteFollowing Havelock's idea:
ReplyDeleteBlind Levy {W}
Enchantment
When Blind Levy enters the battlefield, draw a card.
When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Blind Levy. If you do, counter that spell if its controller does not pay 1.
This is easier to remember, but more punishing when players do forget. Intentional?
DeleteI don't know how to do the "costs 1 more to cast" as a triggered, one-time ability on an enchantment.
Delete"Spells cost 1 more to cast. Whenever a player casts a spell, sacrifice CARDNAME"?
That's how I'd do it.
DeleteI also thought of the enchantment idea, but I really like the elegance of the sorcery.
ReplyDeleteThe real problem is not that it's a sorcery. The problem is the frame. WotC really ought to have taken the opportunity with M15 to make card frames a little more distinct between the card types. The Instant/Sorcery confusion would be cleaned up so quickly.
I'm not a fan of "sorcery-ness" of this when it's clearly trying to be an enchantment. I also don't like the symmetry of the effect. Symmetry is a downside mechanic and it dilutes a neat idea.
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Blind Levy W
Enchantment U
Sacrifice Blind Levy: Counter target spell unless it's controller pays 1. Draw a card.
I wouldn't print that for less than 1W in the modern era. Force spikes aren't necessarily too strong, they're just unfun, and as an onboard trick, I'm pretty sure the feel-bad is increased.
DeleteWhile this isn't strictly better than Mana Tithe, it is much better: Force your opponent to keep an extra mana up for every spell until they finally don't *and* you choose to use the levy to counter that spell, AND draw a card.
DeleteIt's also no longer white.