The Green Tutor - Balance of Nature

[SpencerForHire]

Balance of Nature

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact.
Search your library for a creature whos converted casting cost is equal to or less than the converted mana cost
of that artifact and put into onto the battlefield.



This development of my mythic rare tutor cycle has really been illuminating as to how I will be making the rest of my block.  I've decided on a pseudo Mirrodin block where we have a half artifact world fighting for dominance against a natural world.  Now maybe this reeks of Phyrexia vs Dominaria but I wanted to put a spin things.

This card is just such a spin, creating a pretty simple story: nature fighting against the unnatural, or breaking it down and creating something more natural from it.


Current:

Balance of Nature

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact.
Search your library for a creature whos converted casting cost is equal to or less than the converted mana cost
of that artifact and put into onto the battlefield.  Shuffle your library.

[Harlequin]

I think its a little strong, especailly if there would be alot of artifacts around.  Maybe limit it to a green creature, or a green creature type that is prevelant in the block (ie Green Elemental).

[SpencerForHire]

The ability to tutor is balanced on the cost of the artifact that your opponent has.  You aren't going to be able to  just build your deck out of the assumption your opponent has a specific artifact to enable you to start doing broken things.  I want this card to be a tempo shift, a "say goodbye to your permanent, here is my own in it's stead."
It is not a "goodbye to your card here is the game ender."

Let's presume for a moment that worst case scenario we can only grab green creatures:

As a tinker effect the cost of the artifact would have to be 10 to get Progenitus which is arguably the best creature to cheat into play period.  As a fast creature effect you'd be getting the efficient beater Tarmogoyf which is going to be searchable anyways as it is green.

What is restricting the color going to do exactly to change this card?

[Blue Lotus]

I think it would be fairer/ more flavorful if the second part read at the beginning of next turns upkeep...

Plus updating old mechanics is fun.  Its a super cantrip.

[Matt]

The ability to tutor is balanced on the cost of the artifact that your opponent has.  You aren't going to be able to  just build your deck out of the assumption your opponent has a specific artifact to enable you to start doing broken things.  I want this card to be a tempo shift, a "say goodbye to your permanent, here is my own in it's stead."

You're assuming you're targeting the opponent's artifact...

[Harlequin]

My comment was more about the context (ie the block) that would surround this card.  If it was for example Mirrodin Block, tutoring for any creature (in a block with Frogmites and Myr Enforcers) makes this card a very high pick card (and likely would have to be a rare, not that Mirrodin block was a particularly balanced block from a draft perspective :/ ).  If its like a Rav block where there are artifacts... but mostly 2cc and 3cc ones that arn't that amazing - then sure tutoring for any creature is probably fine.  The ability to tutor is always thin ice from both a sealed and constructed perspective.  In Sealed, it just means all your bombs are that much more powerful/present.  In constructed, it lets you assemble card-combos that may be a littel too good.

[Anusien]

I think it needs to be at least 2GG, not 3G.

Let's not call this a tutor.  It's a "fixed" Natural Order.

[SpencerForHire]

Even if you blow up your own artifact it's on par with Transmute Artifact not Tinker or Natural Order.