Split Card Cycle

[TheFram]

I made Coerce/Inhibit as a test card for this cycle. They are all non-friendly colored, cool effect, split cards. Some of them utilize set mechanics from different sets for cool flavor. My problem is that I can't design bad cards. Some of them may be to strong.

B/W
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Coerce

Sorcery

Target player reveals his or her hand.
Choose a noncreature, nonland card from it.
That player discards that card.
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Inhibit
{W}
Instant

Until end of turn, target player
can't play instants or sorceries.

Draw a card.
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R/W
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Ruin

Sorcery

Destroy target non-creature artifact, it can't
be regenerated.
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Repent
{W}
Instant

Gain 4 life.

Cycling {W}
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B/G
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Affliction

Instant

Two target creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
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Antidote
{G}
Instant

Regenerate all creatures you control.
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* note, antidote doesnt actually remedy affliction in this case.
U/G
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Halt
{U}
Instant

Counter target spell unless it's controller pays 2.
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Agress
{G}{G}
Sorcery

Put a 3/3 elephant token into play.
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U/R
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Ponder

Sorcery

Draw 2 cards, then discard 2 cards from your
hand.
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Desolate

Sorcery

Destroy target land.

Madness
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^This might be too strong.^

Edited Affliction/Remedy to be Affliction/Antidote. Weakened Poison.

Edited Ponder/Devastate to be Ponder/Desolate.

[Dr. Sylvan]

[card]Devastate[/card] and [card]Remedy[/card] are previously existing cards. (Prophecy and Saga, respectively.)

[TheFram]

Well then a name change is in order. Ideas?

-Thefram

[Ephraim]

I wish to point out that Affliction is drastically undercosted. Sick and Tired does the exact same thing for and it isn't part of a split card.

Remedy could have its name changed to Wellness.

Devastate could have its name changed to Erupt.

[Matt]

I believe Erupt is already part of our master list.

[TheFram]

I found different names for them. Thesaurus = good.

Now what of the actual cards?

-TheFram

[Dr. Sylvan]

I have a minor concern that Halt is underpowered, but Agress is pretty good for a split card, so that may have been intentional. Otherwise I think they're pretty balanced. The Madness cost of 1R on Desolate is fair, IMO.

[TheFram]

I figured making halt into a Miscalculate would be much too strong on a split card. I could make the casting cost {U} or . I though though that if i didn't demand a serious commitment to both colors that this card would be much to strong.

Do you think halt could be ?

As for the other cards. I actually thought Ponder/Desolate is rather overpowered, but i don't see it fitting into any particular deck.

Ruin/Repent is pretty cool, both halves can be usefull (but neither is blue, so its much weaker in vintage), and if its not, it cycles for white.

In terms of power, Coerce/Inhibit is probably the best card there, but the others are all pretty strong.

[Jacob Orlove]

*bump*

Should split cards have cycling/madness? Are these too long to fit?

[Matt]

They should not. Also, many of these names are too similar to existing cards.