Here's yet another one...

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Istanbul

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Scorch (R)
Instant
Scorch deals 2+X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of red spells you have successfully cast this turn.
 

Spiderman

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Well, at worst we have a Shock, at best we have ??? Depending on card manip cards like Timetwister or something... My gut feeling is add some type of X in the casting cost (X-1? X-2?) or something 'cause it could get huge.
 
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maraud234

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I don't know about you, but the most amount of spells I ever cast in a single turn is around 3. Much less if the spells are of the same color. I think it should be changed to something dealing with how many red permanents you have.
 

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Since no environment was specified, I assume it has to be valid for ALL types (Standard, Classic, Extended, etc) and in the older ones, you can easily cast more red spells with Timetwister/Wheel of Fortune/etc. That's what I was thinking about.

If it was just for Standard, it'd probably be okay as it is (since I know little about that environment anyway).
 
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Istanbul

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Yeah...I knew as I was typing it that R might be a little low for CC.

How about 1R?
 
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FoundationOfRancor

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1R is pretty fair.

Or a R Sorcery, but that'd blow.
 
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Pezmeister

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it should cost at least 2r.

and even then, consider:

i have 6 mountains in play.

-> cast incinerate, deal 3 damage (4 lands untapped)
-> cast lightning bolt, deal 3 damage (3 lands untapped)
-> tap remaining 3 lands for mana
-> sacrifice four mountains, cast fireblast twice, deal 8 damage (1 land (tapped), rrr in mana pool)
-> cast "scorch", deal 6 damage

that's 20 damage over 5 cards right there, and i can see something like that happening pretty frequently in t1, assuming you play burn. it gets even harsher when pared with scent of cinder.
 
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Godself

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Scorch is best at 1R. At R, not only is it undercost, but also gives people a reason not to play Shock. Now, I don't think a card should be made to cancel another card's power. If it has been done in the past, then we can forgive WotC for *that* matter. Hell, we've forgiven them for Urza's Saga.
 
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FoundationOfRancor

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Pezmeister, I think your wrong. Yes, I suppose that situation could happen, but there are alot better combo's in type 1 that dont require 5 cards.
 
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Pezmeister

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Originally posted by FoundationOfRancor
Pezmeister, I think your wrong. Yes, I suppose that situation could happen, but there are alot better combo's in type 1 that dont require 5 cards.
yeah, but how many does red have?
 
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FoundationOfRancor

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Whats your point? It doesent matter if red has fast kill cards or not; its competition does. If anything, Scorch woulld help red.
 

Spiderman

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I think the point is to make sure that it can't make a turn 1 or 2 kill in Type 1. Obviously this is not a real card and I don't know how serious you want to make it, but if you can make a deck with this that consistently kills in turn 1 or two, then it's a problem.

I'm not saying that you can with this card and I'm not familiar enough with Type 1 to make such a deck; I'm just saying that's one thing you have to look out for.
 
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Pezmeister

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Originally posted by FoundationOfRancor
Whats your point? It doesent matter if red has fast kill cards or not; its competition does. If anything, Scorch woulld help red.
no, no it wouldn't. burn is already a pretty mindless deck as it is, printing "scorch" would turn it into something akin to prosbloom when not playing a counter deck.
 
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Istanbul

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What does Burn do?
Play cheap spells.

What would it cost to make Scorch deal 4 damage for 1R?
1RRR. In one turn. And that's a *minimum*. That's if no spells cost, say, 1R.

Scorch could NEVER turn a burn deck into ProsBloom, unless you have a deck where you can cast the whole thing every turn. In which case, Scorch is the least of your problems.

I mean, you realize that Scorch would *barely* be useable in Sligh, right? It's pretty lame unless you have at least 2 cards in hand, AND you have to cast them on the same turn, AND they both have to be red spells. And even then, it's 1R for 4 damage. OOOOOOH.
 

Spiderman

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What would it cost to make Scorch deal 4 damage for 1R?
1RRR. In one turn. And that's a *minimum*. That's if no spells cost, say, 1R.
Well, if you take from Pezmeister's example and use Fireblast, the minimum would be 1RR.

And I'm thinking you can get 1RRR even on turn 2 in Type 1 quite easily. So we're talking 2 Bolts, a Fireblast, and Scorch for 14 points of damage on turn 2. No telling what you did on turn 1.

And isn't Sligh mostly mono-red anyway? Seems your third condition wouldn't really be a problem...

I think the card idea is good, I just see it undercosted in certain environments.
 
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Istanbul

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And I'm thinking you can get 1RRR even on turn 2 in Type 1 quite easily. So we're talking 2 Bolts, a Fireblast, and Scorch for 14 points of damage on turn 2. No telling what you did on turn 1.
It'd better be 6 damage. Assuming that you somehow do get 1RRR on turn 2 (which would be a Lotus or...er...a Lotus), that's...

Turn 1: Mountain, Bolt. Opponent at 17 life.
Turn 2: Mountain, Lotus, Bolt, Bolt, Fireblast, Scorch. Opponent at 3 life. You have no permanents in play and no cards in hand.

Not a position I'd want to be in.
 

Spiderman

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Wel, as I said, I'm not too familiar with Type 1 and it's entirely possible that you can't] make a turn 1 or 2 kill consistently, and of course this is barring Force of Will, and of course these are ideal hands (which if they come up consistently is the problem), but:

Going first:

Turn 1: Mountain, Mox Ruby, Chain Lightning, Bolt
Turn 2: Mountain, Lotus, Bolt, Wheel of Fortune, Bolt, Chain Lightning, Fireblast, Scorch, still have two cards left over

Going second you have one more card.
 
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Istanbul

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Enhance (2)
Enchant Creature
You may play Enhance with any kind of mana, provided that at least one of the mana spent is colored.
If W is spent to play Enhance, enchanted creature gets first strike.
If G is spent to play Enhance, enchanted creature gets trample.
If U is spent to play Enhance, enchanted creature gets flying.
If R is spent to play Enhance, enchanted creature gets haste.
If B is spent to play Enhance, enchanted creature gets 'Sacrifice this creature: Target player chooses and discards a card.'
The shape of the land tends to dictate the shape of the armies that fight for it.

Thoughts?
 

Spiderman

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So if two colored mana is used, it gains both of the associated abilities?

Are there multicolored cards out there that do a similiar thing? (I'm thinking yes, but not positive)
 
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DÛke

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...Enhance's concept it similar to Fantasy, a card I made in my thread "Is the Magic world ready?" Cool card.
 
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