Other Epiphanies

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Posted on June 18, 2020, 1:52 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

Sublime Epiphany is a great card, but the fact that blue is currently the only color to have such a card will only add credibility to the belief among long-time players of this game that blue is overpowered compared to the other colors in this game.

Therefore, I have decided to create an epiphany for each color, each of which is an instant, as is SE, has the same converted mana cost and color weight, and has five options. I shall provide further details in the individual description of each card.

Fervent Epiphany Show

Fervent Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Fervent epiphany deals 3 damage to any target.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target land.

• Return target instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard to your hand.

• Copy target instant or sorcery spell not named fervent epiphany, and you may choose new targets for the copy.

In this card, the final mode cannot copy another fervent epiphany to prevent a player from creating a loop that allows them to deal great amounts of damage with the first mode.

Illuminated Epiphany Show

Illuminated Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Target player gains 10 life.

• Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target enchantment.

• Tap all creatures that target player controls, and those creatures do not untap during that player’s next untap step.

I originally had planned to have the first ability of this card double a player’s life total, but I then decided that that would be too powerful. Since the card costs six mana, I felt that it would be acceptable to have the second mode put the permanent directly onto the battlefield, rather than into the player’s hand.

Nocturnal Epiphany Show

Nocturnal Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Target opponent loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

• Destroy target creature.

• Destroy target planeswalker.

• Return target creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.

• Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand, then you lose 3 life and shuffle your library.

I had originally planned for the first mode to drain life from all opponents, but the majority of the other modes specified single targets, so I felt that that one should, as well.

Primordial Epiphany Show

Primordial Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

• Create a 1/1 green saproling creature token.

• Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

• Draw a number of cards equal to the greatest power among creatures that you control.

• Target creature that you control fights target creature that you do not control.

In this card, all but one of its modes are related to creatures, since green has the greatest emphasis on creatures of all the colors in this game. Since the spell costs six mana, I felt that the land from the first ability could enter the battlefield untapped, and I deliberately had the modes in that order, to allow them to escalate, since the modes occur in the order in which they are printed on the card. I was contemplating naming this card ancient epiphany, but I decided that primordial epiphany sounded better.

What does everyone else think of these cards? Do you like them?

smackjack says... #2

The white one might be too powerful in a deck with Omniscience?

June 18, 2020 5:32 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #3

smackjack, in that case, what do you recommend that I do to improve it?

June 18, 2020 9:51 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #4

Funkydiscogod, I could add such a clause, but what if I instead had a limit on the converted mana cost of the card being returned?

Also, I deliberately worded the green epiphany so that the saproling could benefit from the other modes, or did I make a mistake in how I phrased the card?

June 20, 2020 2:13 p.m.

smackjack says... #5

DemonDragonJ bringing the enchantment to hand seems good enough :). If that is good for 3 , then you are paying another 3 to gain 10 life, destroy an enchantment, destroy an artifact and tapping all creatures.

June 20, 2020 4:17 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #6

smackjack, I need time to think about how I can improve illuminated epiphany.

Funkydiscogod, here is my new version of fervent epiphany:

Fervent Epiphany Show

Fervent Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Fervent epiphany deals 3 damage to any target.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target land.

• Return target instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost 5 or less from your graveyard to your hand.

• Copy target instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost 5 or less, and you may choose new targets for the copy.

Now, it cannot copy or return itself; what do you think of that?

June 20, 2020 8 p.m.

Chromium_Overseer says... #7

Illuminated Epiphany is a bit op. I think going to the hand is better and fits the rarity better. It'd probably be banned for tutoring Blightsteel Colossus or Mycosynth Golem, or literally anything with Mycosynth Lattice. They look good though! Good job!

June 29, 2020 3:21 p.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #8

Chromium_Overseer, that is a very good point, so here is my revised version of that card:

Illuminated Epiphany Show

Illuminated Epiphany

Casting Cost:

Instant

Choose one or more:

• Target player gains 10 life.

• Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target enchantment.

• Tap all creatures that target player controls, and those creatures do not untap during that player’s next untap step.

Now, what do you think of it?

June 29, 2020 5:07 p.m.

Chromium_Overseer says... #9

I like it! It definitely looks balanced now, and fits well in the Epiphany cycle.

June 30, 2020 8:25 a.m.