Path Through the Hills

[who is the pilot]

Path Through the Hills
Land
:t:: Add :1: to your mana pool.
:r:, :t:: Target creature can't block this turn if its toughness is less than the number of mountains you control. Put a range counter on Path Through the Hills.
As long as Path Through the Hills has a range counter on it, it's a Mountain.

[Sibtiger]

I'm trying to get the flavour here, but it's just not coming. Either way, it's a pretty good effect for an aggressive deck. Out of here, chump blockers! Witnesses not getting in the way! hurrah! But yeah. How do you see the flavour, exactly?

[who is the pilot]

I'm trying to get the flavour here, but it's just not coming. Either way, it's a pretty good effect for an aggressive deck. Out of here, chump blockers! Witnesses not getting in the way! hurrah! But yeah. How do you see the flavour, exactly?
flavor-wise, you find a secret route through the mountains that lets you get through unblocked. . .since you run through the mountains, the mountains are left behind, thus the change. . .
mechanic wise, i wanted a way to use the ability only once, but not sacrifice the land. . .this was the best way i could think of doing that. . .

[avatara]

pretty agro and nasty

[GenericKen]

I feel like this should have you sacrifice mountains somewhere in there.

You can target any creature with its ability, and even if its toughness is higher than the number of moutnains you control, just to turn this into a mountain to tap for R. There doesn't seem to be any real reason for this to turn into a mountain from its effect.

It's pretty rough.

[Drakonis Mage]

If it's a "path through the hills" wouldn't that be mountainwalk?

[icejelly]

I think i'm understanding what you're trying to get at, here's my version of the card, hope you don't mind. :D

Path through the Hills
Land

:t:: Add :1: to your mana pool.
:1::r:, :t:: Put a range counter on a land you control, that land is a mountain as long as there is a range counter on it. Target creature can't block this turn if its toughness is less than the number of mountains you control.

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How's that? It does seem quite a powerful effect, so I upped the cost by :1:, and reworded the ability to make it affect lands you control. I referenced a bit from Quicksilver Fountain. Should the ability be cumulative, or should the counters be removable? Also, should the "ranged" lands be mountains in addition to their types or should they remain as plain ol' mountains?