Sydri's Journal inspired by Venser's Journal and Tamiyo's Journal
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Posted on June 12, 2016, 6:11 p.m. by kengiczar
For those who dont know here is Venser's Journal and Tamiyo's Journal.
My favorite card is Sydri so here's my take on her journal.
Sydri's Logbook Show
, Sacrifice Sydri's Log: Each non-creature artifact becomes a 0/0 artifact creature.@ ninjaclevs13 Making 0/0s is better than making them all creatures with CMC equal to their cost because it allows two strategies in one ability:
Blow up all the artifacts. This is the obvious choice and the one more suited to a format like Modern. It could be used by this deck for both modes or for any deck to hose Affinity.
Function with cards like Always Watching , Glorious Anthem, Spear of Heliod, Dictate of Heliod or Tempered Steel.
I can see how the cost might be to low with the draw on it considering Into the Core cost 
and doesn't let you draw.
June 12, 2016 6:52 p.m.
I would run the hell out of this in my Sharuum edh deck. It would let me draw my deck off of looping her plus Sculpting Steel or Phyrexian Metamorph, or any of the other infinite loops I have. Then, I draw into Bitter Ordeal, sac it to prevent me from drawing my deck, and cast ordeal to win. If this were a card, I'd cream my pants.
June 12, 2016 7:19 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #5
All those other journals have two abilities for 5 mana, so I'd try to follow that precedent here. I like the ability to draw cards whenever an artifact dies, but sacrificing itself seems lame-sauce. How about this?
Sydri's Journal 
Artifact
Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may draw a card.
Artifact creatures you control have protection from red and green.
June 12, 2016 8:02 p.m.
I'm not sure if that's more busted or not! One wouldn't even need to sac it to avoid losing to draw. The higher price is of little concern. I know that for standard sets edh isn't the main priority for R&D concerns, but that seems to scream "break me!".
June 12, 2016 8:44 p.m.
@ mtgThaen - How much mana total would it take to combo out as you described? I know you have tons of mana rocks but I'm just curious about the total amount of mana it would take to combo.
@ MagicalHacker - The other journals both happen to cost exactly as much as the PlanesWalkers they represent. Venser's Journal and Venser, the Sojourner both cost 5. Tamiyo, the Moon Sage and Tamiyo's Journal both cost 5.
June 12, 2016 10:21 p.m.
this is broken. i will pretend this card is just a 3 mana artifact with the ability that when an artifact goes from the battlefield to the grave, you draw a card.
i mean now Chromatic Star and Chromatic Star are now draw 2 cards for 1 mana in tron.
affinity now gets countless draws off of Arcbound Ravager. they also can now block profitably in all scenarios. removal is now half as good as it was against them.
Krark-Clan Ironworks is going to see a lot of play.
you ever hear of the synergy between Thopter Foundry and Sword of the Meek. lets staple a draw effect onto that. i mean foundry plus this would probably be pretty insane in and of itself.
this doesnt even begin to factor in turning things your other utility artifacts into extra creatures that can swing for extra damge, which may get them killed and therefore get you more draws.
the last ability is fairly counter intuitive and probably would only be useful in janky decks that can recur this somehow in response. i can also think of a few more combo styled decks that could result from a card like this being printed, but those are merely speculative unlike the above concepts which are actually played.
June 12, 2016 11:19 p.m.
Hmm, it depends on my board state. If I'm casting all the things this turn, including Steel or Metamorph, that comes out to 12 or 14 mana, depending on the cost of the journal. If Steel or Morph are in the graveyard, then 9 or eleven. If the journal is already out, 6 or 9 mana, depending on the copy-cards's location - grave or hand. If Sharuum and Journal are our, with the copy-card in the yard, and I have a Tawnos's Coffin, and a way to sac or untap it, 3 mana. 6 if I have to cast a copy-card from hand. Finishing the combo would be fine. Drawing into any 0-cmc Rock would let me 1) Entomb bitter ordeal, 2) play Altar of the Brood, or 3) start landing the pieces to generate infinite mana, play out my deck, and kill everyone with an arbitrary number of big creatures. With Blasting Station it's easier.
so, to answer your question, it depends on my board state, my hand, and my yard.
June 12, 2016 11:34 p.m.
Yeah, I gotta say that for 3 mana this card is super broken. And I don't believe the solution is to just make it cost more or just say "well, it can be mythic rare".
Typically with "whenever something draw a card" there will either be an additional cost attached for each card draw, or the overall effect will just outright cost a lot of mana. For example, Soul of the Harvest costs 6, specifies non-token creatures only and also happens to be one of the more easily removed card types (typically most decks will run more creature removal than they will non-creature removal).
The other thing is that the first ability would most likely be a may.
I think a more balanced version of the card would be something more along the lines of:
Sydri's Blueprints
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have target artifact you control be come an artifact creature with deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Its power and toughness are equal to its converted mana cost.
Whenever an artifact creature you control dies, you may pay 
. If you do, draw a card.
June 13, 2016 3:12 a.m. Edited.
Your definitely right about the may ability I don't know why I forgot to do that.
ninjaclevs13 says... #2
This seems a bit strong for 3 mana. Maybe 4 or 5? Also the sacrificing to make everything a 0/0 is useless because all your artifacts would die on the spot.
June 12, 2016 6:39 p.m.