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Ephraim
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« on: July 17, 2005, 10:45:45 am »

Ice-Rimed Mirror
{4}
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Whenever you play an instant or sorcery spell, if that spell's converted mana cost is equal to the number of cards in your hand, you may put a copy of that spell onto the stack. You may choose new targets for that copy.

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I wasn't sure if I wanted to make this a blue enchantment or an artifact. Once I came up with the name, I figured I should at least start with an aritafct in the spirit of Mirari. I think this is somewhat weaker than Mirari. Although it doesn't require a mana payment to create the copy, if places pretty strict limits on when you're allowed to make a copy, which I thought was a stronger drawback than a payment of {3}. Thus, I have costed this at {4}. If it needs to cost more, I would be willing to do that. I figured this would be an interesting way to play with the "hand-size matters" theme. Instead of rewarding having more cards than one's opponent or having seven or more cards, this card rewards careful management of hand-size and mana costs in hand. In some ways, I see its effect as similar to that of the Saviors Kirin creatures.
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2005, 10:45:59 am »

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Ice-Rimed Mirror
{4}
Artifact

Whenever you play an instant or sorcery spell, if that spell's converted mana cost is equal to the number of cards in your hand, you may put a copy of that spell onto the stack. You may choose new targets for that copy.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2005, 12:48:11 pm »

I like it a lot. {4} may be too low but it's not clear.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2005, 04:18:39 pm »

Seems pretty powerful with one casting cost cards, ike lightning bolt, since its pretty easy to manage your hand down to one. Other than that, the card seems fine.
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2005, 05:45:55 pm »

Seems pretty powerful with one casting cost cards, ike lightning bolt, since its pretty easy to manage your hand down to one. Other than that, the card seems fine.
On that note, I would be concerned about Type 1 power levels with things like timewalk and ancestral, but 4 has proven to be pretty much too much for an artifact that isn't winning.  Of course, I will make a combo deck who's main goal is to Time Walk with two cards in hand, then Ancestral with 1 card remaining Razz.

All in all, I think this card it balanced.  It rewards intelligent play instead of just being like Mirrari and saying "Pay more mana for good things."  4 should be fine because, like I said, it takes somewhat intelligent play to get the reward.
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2005, 09:12:46 pm »

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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2005, 08:10:34 am »

Closed and added.

I like this a lot, by the way.
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