Gold token?
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Posted on Jan. 22, 2014, 1:11 a.m. by Jay
They spoiled a token... For gold. It's controller can sac it for one mana of any color, that's all it does though. I'm smelling a King Midas-themed Beast Within !
Some1TookMyName says... #6
Ive also been thinking this is the result of a removal spell. Maybe see more play than Swan Song ?
January 22, 2014 2:11 a.m.
MisterRoach says... #7
Maybe we'll get something similar to Aurification ?
January 22, 2014 2:55 a.m.
atreyujames says... #8
Could also be a creature. Sounds a lot like King Midas touching things. But a spell along the lines of Crib Swap and Beast Within does sound more workable. hmmmm...
January 22, 2014 4:29 a.m.
It could have something to do with the returned, as there is an abundance of gold in the underworld. They treat it as common.
January 22, 2014 7:57 a.m.
I think it may be a 1/6 whenever it deals combat damage to a creature exile it and they get a gold token or something. Or you get one if it's mana cost is high enough
January 22, 2014 8 a.m.
I'm hoping for something like Rapid Hybridization / Beast Within (probably not U... but who knows), but producing a number of these instead of a 3/3...
How many? would be the question.... 1? 2? 3?
Perhaps a number based on it's CMC... but that would seem like too many.
Number based on power or toughness...? perhaps.
I think 1 for each color that the creature was might be interesting... Thassa, God of the Sea grants 1... Deathrite Shaman grants 2.... Chromanticore grants 5.
All speculation... so many options/possibilities.
January 22, 2014 8:16 a.m.
Maybe a "golden touch" aura? Deathtouch with a downside?
January 22, 2014 9:22 a.m.
likely a Beast Within effect. If not for the art, I would think it targets artifacts or maybe artifact or enchantment, but just speculating based on the art- it destroys target creature, then its controller gets a number of Gold tokens based on that creature's cmc (or maybe power or toughness).
January 22, 2014 1:18 p.m.
blackmarker90 says... #16
Hopefully it's a exile effect. Otherwise destroying a Worldspine Wurm with it would be very bad
January 22, 2014 1:22 p.m.
...or good... Hit your own Worldspine Wurm with it... get 3x 5/5 Trample... shuffle it into your Library... get enough mana to cast another... giggle!
January 22, 2014 2:11 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #20
These tokens look awesome, I wonder what creates them.
January 22, 2014 3:12 p.m.
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That looks...I don't know how I feel about that. I was going to say good in limited, but at rare that prospect is obviously much less of one. Does black or esper really need this?
January 22, 2014 6:41 p.m.
Some1TookMyName says... #23
Im kinda with Spootyone. why is this black.... (i get the flavor of it) it would just be more useful elsewhere or being colorless so every deck can start answering gods/indestructible, especially with that black 7cmc that brings back any creature from any graveyard and it gains indestructible
January 22, 2014 7:12 p.m.
I wish is was instead:
Touch of Midas - W
Instant - R or U
Exile target creature. It's controller puts x Gold tokens into play, where x is the exiled creature's converted mana cost.
Cross-format playable, and dope.
January 22, 2014 7:17 p.m.
the3rdH0kage says... #25
They wouldn't put that at W, too powerful. Like a better Path to Exile and standard doesnt need that.
January 22, 2014 7:33 p.m.
I dunno if I'd say it's strictly better. Against larger creatures, or in Legacy, more mana at once is more dangerous than a new land.
January 22, 2014 7:38 p.m.
I had a feeling this would be a black spell, but for the effect, it still leaves me wanting. Black already has plenty of removal. Being able to exile instead of just destroy is nice, and I like that the caster always gets the Gold regardless of whose creature gets the boot, but a rare at cmc4. I don't know how much play this will see.
I think it could find a home in a U/B/R build with Izzet shenanigans to recast sorceries to ramp mana, but yeah: Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit?
January 23, 2014 12:27 a.m.
I just feel like at 4 mana there are other things the decks that can play this want to be doing. Then, again, its removal + ramp. This is a powerful combination of tempo advantage not a single person should overlook. But, again...standard? I just don't see the need in that color. And again....Limited? Fantastic, but it's a rare...
Spootyone says... #2
Lol that would be brilliant. Wonder if it'll be a gold card...
January 22, 2014 1:30 a.m.