Adaptive Scute

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Posted on May 14, 2015, 12:21 p.m. by Spootyone

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First card I've ever made! It came to me while I was half-asleep this morning haha. The flavor is supposed to be that these are the same scute bugs from Zendikar, but in the time since we last were there, they have become more adaptive to the ever-volatile environment of Zendikar. So, new terrain appears and they change to overcome it.

I was thinking of making the cost of the ability 3, but that seemed too high. I also thought of making it [U][G] in cost, but that just seemed overly complicated. It seems balanced to me as is, since you're ultimately paying 4CMC for a 2/2 flier or a 3/3, or 6CMC for a 4/4 flier. The benefit is the adaptability to pay in installments and tailor your choice to your game, as with Warden of the First Tree or something like Fleecemane Lion.

It might also be fine to make the cost [1] since you would have to do it only when landfall triggers, but I'm not entirely sure.

Thoughts?