Vasarto's Amazing Legendary Ruksack
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Posted on Dec. 10, 2019, 7:02 a.m. by vasarto77
Mana Cost: Artifact: Equipment. As long as this card is equipped to a creature, at the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for an enchantment or artifact and then place it under this card. You may cast any cards placed under this card by its effect anytime as if that card was in your hand.
Equip Cost:
Never forget your trinkets or magic scrolls ever again - Vasarto
Just a fun idea I had earlier today. The idea is that your library is you..the planeswalker, your library is sorta like your home and this rucksack makes sure you didn't forget to bring your prismatic talismen or your armadillo cloak on your adventure for you, so it just sorta "shows up" when you need it so you don't need to worry forgetting about bringing anything on your adventure! Best....ruksack....ever.
Well, If I restrict it to a mana cost of 3 and make the equip cost 3, how would that work better?
December 10, 2019 7:45 a.m.
A bit better, while still pretty good. This is a very high-risk (does it stay in play or do I lose everything exiled with it?), high-reward (colorless tutor) card that playing with the mana will not necessarily fix.
The mana cost is not the problem - it is the effect. You can try to increase the cost, but it can result in an unplayable card. How about this:
Vasarto's Amazing Legendary Ruksack
Legendary Artifict - Equipment
Equipped creature gains: ", search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and cast it without paying its mana cost. Use this ability only as a sorcery."
Equip Creature
This has been costed much higher (9 total mana), but you get a more powerful effect in exchange which is in line with current Planar Bridge cards, but costs less, because it is more restricted in what it can find and requires a creature to use it.
Boza says... #2
Just to clear up the text:
Vasarto's Amazing Legendary Ruksack
Legendary Artifict - Equipment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is equipped, search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and exile it. You may cast cards exiled with ~.
Equip Creature
A lot shorter and adheres to more modern conventions of text parsing. Honestly, this is too good - this is a colorless Zur the Enchanter that is less vulnerable, has no restrictions on mana cost and can look up artifacts and enchantments.
I would restrict by adding "Search your library for an artifact or enchantment with converted mana cost equal 1 plus the number of cards exiled with ~."
December 10, 2019 7:15 a.m.