Mana Feeder
Creature — Leech
1/1
{U},
: Return target artifact or enchantment to its owner's hand. Put a +1/+1 counter on Mana Feeder.
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My goal here was to create a creature that could be used to bounce artifacts or enchantments. It's been seen before on Stern Proctor, but generally, it's relatively pristine. Nonetheless, I didn't want it to do just that. When I thought about the flavour of such a creature, I imagined several mechanisms by which a creature could bounce an artifact or enchantment. The one I liked the most was a creature that fed off the magical energy empowering artifacts and enchantments. That suggested, then, that the creature ought to grow as it eats more enchantments. If the cost of the activated ability seems unusually high, it's because I worried about giving blue too cheap of an ability that lets it grow a creature. It even concerns me now that for
{U} a turn, this can use a 1-cc artifact to grow. I was really afraid that if I made this too inexpensive, somebody would combo it with Flight of Fancy or something. For the record, I realize that I have made the bounce part of the effect, rather than part of the cost. That is just as I intended this to be.
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Current Wording:
Mana Feeder
Creature — Leech
1/1
{U}, : Return target artifact or enchantment to its owner's hand. Put a +1/+1 counter on Mana Feeder.
