Cool Card Design of the Day1/25/2017 - Path to Stone Rain is the spell form of Ghost Quarter. It's a Stone Rain that uses the Path to Exile downside, which turns it from mana denial to utility-land denial, something red is known for.
Path to Counterspell came from wondering what other old cards Path to Exile's downside could help justify.
I'm reminded by Dave Chalker's suggestion of a "Path to Thoughtseize"—which I totally dig—that I was going to invite you all to suggest other uses of this tech.
ReplyDeleteWhaddya got?
Path to Dark Ritual would be very interesting in a non-Storm format.
ReplyDeleteHmm. I get +BB this turn, and you get +M every round thereafter?
DeletePath to Stone Rain is just Ghost Quarter, no? Solid card but doesn't break anything.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Ghost Quarter that doesn't cost you a land, but I agree.
DeleteAnother one that could be a candidate: Path to Mental Misstep
ReplyDeleteIt's hard because many overpowered effects are banned for their "win right now" danger, which the PtE clause doesn't help mitigate. E.g. yawgmoth's will, blazing shoal, channel, etc etc
What does Path to Mental Misstep cost?
DeleteThe same I think, though one could make the argument that it's more likely to be "fixed" for sure at U.
DeletePath to Armageddon
ReplyDeleteHeh.
Delete"Destroy all lands. For each land destroyed this way, its controller may search their library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle blah." could actually make sense, as a ridiculous cross between Rare-B-Gone and Scapeshift :)
DeleteI seriously proposed "Destroy all permanents. For each land destroyed this way..." as a card on Multiverse.
I could see that. (The former.)
DeleteI could also see "Destroy all creatures. For each land destroyed this way..."
Hm. From the Ashes was nonbasics-only, but I could juuust about see an "all lands" variation on it.
DeletePath to Armageddon exists!
DeleteFrom the Ashes
Lesson: When coming up with a wacky over-the-top effect, check to see if someone already snuck it into a Commander set.
DeletePath to Savor the Moment?
ReplyDeleteEhhh.
DeletePath to Mox?
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, maybe this is too non-interactive. How about Path to Overloaded Cyclonic Rift?
DeleteThe land does help them recast their hand.
DeleteDo they get a land for each creature? Sounds neat but hard to balance.
DeleteNew Frontiers was the original, right?
ReplyDeleteIn that I get X lands, but so do you? Sure.
Delete^this a card but the name escapes me atm
DeletePath of Exile wiki
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