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    Default Inverted Intake

    Inverted Intake
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    Whenever a player would draw a card, that player discards a card instead.

    Whenever a player would discard a card, that player draws a card instead.

    The gateway to the mind is not a one-way street.


    "Please keep in mind that poker and Magic have one thing in common: bluffing someone who does not think makes no sense at all." - Antoine Ruel

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    nice flavortext
    “I'm the non-technical, right-brained, intuitive creative guy so I felt it only fair to explain my terminology...” – Mark Rosewater

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    Whenever a player loses the game, they instead win the game.
    Nice, if that were really there.

    I love this as a potential anti-Jace, sort of. You'd have an extra twenty cards in your hand, and they go to your graveyard at end of turn anyway.

    Would this work with the draw phase as well?

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    Yep. Anything that involves drawing a card would be neutered, including the draw step.


    "Please keep in mind that poker and Magic have one thing in common: bluffing someone who does not think makes no sense at all." - Antoine Ruel

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    In that case it's fairly, if not overly, powered. No doubt turn four, neither player can draw any more cards, and there's a great chance it would be a deckout game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chainer9999 View Post
    Inverted Intake
    Enchantment
    Whenever a player would draw a card, that player discards a card instead.
    Whenever a player would discard a card, that player draws a card instead.
    The gateway to the mind is not a one-way street.
    If a player would...

    BTW if you play this, players can no longer draw cards unless they pack specific cards. And can kill in a single shot with Wild Mongrel or Psychatog.
    Why blue? Please do not try to fit blue in every card…
    Why black? Adding life loss doesn’t make any spell black…
    404.1. A triggered ability begins with the word "when," "whenever," or "at."
    419.1a Effects that use the word "instead" are replacement effects.

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    Ooh, forgot aboout Psychatog. Perhaps an upping of the cost is in order. Actually, come to think of it, this card creates an infinite loop. Darn.


    "Please keep in mind that poker and Magic have one thing in common: bluffing someone who does not think makes no sense at all." - Antoine Ruel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chainer9999 View Post
    Ooh, forgot aboout Psychatog. Perhaps an upping of the cost is in order. Actually, come to think of it, this card creates an infinite loop. Darn.
    It does not create a loop. Only one replacement effect applies so there's no loop.
    Why blue? Please do not try to fit blue in every card…
    Why black? Adding life loss doesn’t make any spell black…
    404.1. A triggered ability begins with the word "when," "whenever," or "at."
    419.1a Effects that use the word "instead" are replacement effects.

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    It is still patently absurd, particularly with things like the aforementioned Odyssey creatures, One with Nothing (~ double my hand size? Why thank you!), etc. I would just not make this card. At any cost. See my sig.
    Quote Originally Posted by Uyo View Post
    Cards like this, in my opinion, hit a point where the fair cost required to obtain the desired effect is so high that the card ends up sucking in both playability and elegance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chainer9999 View Post
    Ooh, forgot about Psychatog.
    What's the world coming to?
    “I'm the non-technical, right-brained, intuitive creative guy so I felt it only fair to explain my terminology...” – Mark Rosewater

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