Cool Card Design of the DayFatal Blow / Crushing Pain effects are hard to do well, because they're removal spells that don't work on their own. Anything really worth casting a spell to kill that isn't already trumped by one of your creatures is probably killing the blocker you use to prime your spell, so you're often 2:1'ing yourself. If black-red had more 1/4s, that might help.
Anyhow, I found a really nice way to even out the card EV here.
It feels very flavorfully Nicol Bolas. "I'll stop hurting you if you'll just do as I tell you."
ReplyDeleteIt think it could just be two colors as a sorcery. Maybe three colors should be an instant (perhaps with another colorless or two in the casting cost).
I like +mana and instant. Makes it much better in multiplayer too, instead of having to set it up with build-around-me shenanigans.
Delete+1 for instant. It doesn't add as much complexity as usual since it's normally only relevant after combat, and I'd rather encourage blocking than discourage it.
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