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Nydaeli
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« on: October 25, 2007, 12:35:24 am »

"Light Confidant"
Creature - Human Wizard
{3} {W} {G}
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
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Sure, on the surface this looks like terrible and lazy design - after all, it's a boring inversion of a great and interesting card.  However, its impact on deck design is pretty interesting.  Dark Confidant really rewards careful design and a tight curve.  "Light Confidant" encourages the opposite - it would be great in some terrible deck with lots of Craw Wurms.  It's a really powerful effect but comes down pretty late, so I think it's safe for the most part.

It may not be correctly costed or even in the right colors.  But white and green are the colors of life gain, as well as black's enemies.  Also, green got Harmonize in TSP block, so the card draw aspect isn't totally out of the question.
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2007, 02:32:32 am »

I don't know if this card works with the suggested colours, but the CC should drop by at least 1.
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2007, 01:10:57 pm »

Why is this green?  I don't see green or white drawing lots of cards.  Yes, I know Rites of Flourishing, but that was symmetrical draw and very well flavored.

I was thinking about this, and I'd actually suggest something different.

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Whenever you would draw a card, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand.  Gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost.
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2007, 02:01:29 pm »

Why is this green?  I don't see green or white drawing lots of cards.  Yes, I know Rites of Flourishing, but that was symmetrical draw and very well flavored.

I was thinking about this, and I'd actually suggest something different.

1W
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Whenever you would draw a card, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand.  Gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost.
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This pushes the life limit on W/x control strategies, helping get that extra life to stay alive. Turn 2 play this into a turn 3 or 4 WoG reveal would be a great kick in the teeth for beatdown and he speedbumps nicely too.

A really nice creature.
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