Moxen but not as moxen
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Posted on Dec. 10, 2015, 9:40 p.m. by DERPLINGSUPREME
the idea of this would simply be to "reprint' the moxen and such cards like black lotus, but instead of keeping their namesake, make new cards that aren't legal in standard of modern, but are still good enough to see play in others.
things like a new cycle of moxen, but instead of costing zero, they cost 1.
how would this play out? are the just broken enough to only be legacy and vintage legal? how would this weird kind of expansion work?
Gilded lotus is fine but the 1 mana rocks could be too good. Maybe make them 2 mana but come in untapped. Sort of like the Charcoal Diamond cycle.
December 10, 2015 9:49 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #4
@TheDevicer but that would entirely defeat their purpose. they're supposed to be good but not super broken.
@Kryzis yeah, it'd be like birds but easier to abuse. also, harder to destroy and such. and its whole deal was to NOT be in standard or modern, so yeah.
December 10, 2015 10:38 p.m.
Affinity says hi. So basically you're saying something akin to Springleaf Drum but you don't need a creature to tap? seems kinda good. I know drum gives you any mana but still. Just run 4 copies of the blue one in every affinity deck.
The other issue you run into is that the moxen are restricted. And thats becasue they're broken good. I don't think WotC likes restricting cards, especially in non vintage formats which is a really big nail on the coffin of making them work. Having 4 seems broken but not restricting cards is hard.
December 11, 2015 1:48 a.m.
You could make them instants or sorceries. 0 cost mana but one time use only. Because let's make Storm even dumber.
December 11, 2015 3:33 a.m.
So Lotus Petal that eggs can't abuse :P Griselcannon players will be wetting their pants though.
December 11, 2015 3:49 a.m.
If you're playing Griselcannon in Legacy, you're doing something wrong. Well, I'm of the opinion that you're doing something wrong if you're playing Griselcannon at all.
December 11, 2015 3:56 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #9
1 drop moxen would balanced with Etb tapped in my opinion. Very powerful, yes, but balanced. If too powerful, tack on legendary and call it a day.
Kryzis says... #2
The normal modem would be fine if they cost 1, maybe a bit too much for Standard or Modern, but definitely fine in Legacy and Vintage- all they'd do is turn a colorless into a color for one turn, and then become less efficient than a BoP. Black Lotus would still be really broken, but that's unavoidable.
December 10, 2015 9:43 p.m.