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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 10:40AM
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What if you don't manage to draw Lightning Bolt  when you need three or less damage? What if you don't manage to draw Devil's Play  when you need four or more damage? The card that you posted above solves this problem for a low extra price that's much lower than on most similar cards! ^.^
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 10:46AM
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You mulligan or you build your deck accordingly. "What if you don't manage to draw?" isn't really an argument in Magic.
What if you don't manage to draw a Mountain? You can't play any of those cards.
When comparing cards, we assume they are in the same situation.
"The body is but a vessel for the soul, a puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny. And lo, the body is not eternal, for it must feed on the flesh of others, lest it return to the dust from whence it came. Therefore must the soul deceive, despise and murder men." — The Durai Papers
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 10:52AM
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Why should players run different cards for different situations when there's one single card which provides medium-quality versions of all of these different cards? I just stated what I'm pretty sure is Wizards' reason to refrain from printing your version, but since you're now surprisingly confident that it's not much of a problem, you should leave the card the way it's now..
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 10:54AM
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That's the difference between efficient and effective.
Anyway, thanks for the comments. Lets just agree to disagree. :>
"The body is but a vessel for the soul, a puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny. And lo, the body is not eternal, for it must feed on the flesh of others, lest it return to the dust from whence it came. Therefore must the soul deceive, despise and murder men." — The Durai Papers
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 10:58AM
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Yeah, this discussion was very interesting, but let's discuss some other cards now! ^.^ You're right that Devil's Play is rather strong and might have the "same" power level as this card, but it's pretty important for me that it's pushing the standards in a totally different way than the card that you posted above..
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 11:03AM
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That's the difference between efficient and effective.
Anyway, thanks for the comments. Lets just agree to disagree. :>
no
  is a standard X casting cost idea unfortunately creatures have gotten tougher
TLDR
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 11:08AM
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Ok.
"The body is but a vessel for the soul, a puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny. And lo, the body is not eternal, for it must feed on the flesh of others, lest it return to the dust from whence it came. Therefore must the soul deceive, despise and murder men." — The Durai Papers
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 11:57AM
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TLDR
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 12:03PM
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You're probably aware that it's just as powerful for me as the previous version, maybe you should also consider this one? This version eliminates the many "problems" with lower values of X that you don't expect! ^^;;
UnR09 - Pyrokinetic Thoughts
Sorcery - 
~ deals X+3 damage to target creature or player.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 22, 2013 - 12:20PM
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I guess that could work.
I'll playtest with both versions and then I'll decide. But I think your version is probably gonna win.
"The body is but a vessel for the soul, a puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny. And lo, the body is not eternal, for it must feed on the flesh of others, lest it return to the dust from whence it came. Therefore must the soul deceive, despise and murder men." — The Durai Papers
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