Was bored, so I whipped this up.
Ganor, Persistent Assistant
Legendary Artifact Creature - Gnome (C)
Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
Partner
0/1
I'm sure someone's already designed this somewhere in the depths of the archive. This theoretically should be okay; any deck can accommodate him, and his only use is as a beater/blocker.
Commander at Common
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- Sporegorger_Dragon
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Looking at existing cards its stat line is too good for common. There is lots of room for debate but drop it to a 0/0 and there isn't an argument against it.
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Could you elaborate? The best this thing is going to be is 2/3, at max, since there are no Partners with more than two colors.
So the only way its stats would arguably be too good is in certain color pairs, like and , and even then it's only for the first time cast; every time you cast it afterwards, it's an overcosted Blind Phantasm.
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Yeah the power level is fine. Maybe if it was a
• for 0/1.
• for 1/2.
• for 2/3 (or some other colors).
All of those seem eminently fair.
The place where this gets iffy is that 2-mana 2/3 because we've never seen that at common before. We've only seen it eight times, all recently and at uncommon or rare. Common regularly gets 2/3 non-vanillas at however (like Brazen Wolves which spends half the time being a 4/3!!), and if Winding Constrictor is uncommon, a vanilla version of it surely seems justified common.
for 2/3, but it can't be. It is:• for 0/1.
• for 1/2.
• for 2/3 (or some other colors).
All of those seem eminently fair.
The place where this gets iffy is that 2-mana 2/3 because we've never seen that at common before. We've only seen it eight times, all recently and at uncommon or rare. Common regularly gets 2/3 non-vanillas at however (like Brazen Wolves which spends half the time being a 4/3!!), and if Winding Constrictor is uncommon, a vanilla version of it surely seems justified common.
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It's actually really easy to make it larger because they removed the rule making off color mana colorless.Sporegorger_Dragon wrote: ↑3 years agoCould you elaborate? The best this thing is going to be is 2/3, at max, since there are no Partners with more than two colors.
So the only way its stats would arguably be too good is in certain color pairs, like and , and even then it's only for the first time cast; every time you cast it afterwards, it's an overcosted Blind Phantasm.
Though none of that was what I was speaking of. As was brought up by the above poster. At common this is contentious. There is a viable argument for and against. Which I said you remove by making it a 0/0.
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I mean, I said it was unprecented and a bit iffy just on that basis, I don't think it's contentious. It's a 2/3 that costs two different colours of mana to cast and is functionally vanilla. As a commander it requires giving up a third or fourth color for the trade-off of being a partner. I think it's fine. If it's a problem for pauper they can ban it.
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Thank you for elucidating, I see your point now.user_938036 wrote: ↑3 years agoIt's actually really easy to make it larger because they removed the rule making off color mana colorless.
But I disagree that it's really easy. True, your lanterns, Spheres and Arcane signet and whatnot can make it bigger, but if you're playing two-color, most of your lands/mana rocks won't allow you to make it bigger.
Also I forgot to mention that it's also a 0/1 in case for some bizarre and unfathomable reason you want this as your only Commander and you get stuck with no colored mana early on (you can only grow it beyond 2/3 after you cast it for the first time).
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The 4/5 for case is pretty interesting: here's a list of 4-mana artifacts sorted by power, highest first. There's a lot of 4-power artifacts for and they all come with a downside: 1 toughness, having to counter or sacrifice something, etb tapped, forced attacking, sacrificed at end of combat, etc.
Alternately, they come with a condition: Dovin's Automaton is a 5/5 vigilance for if you control Dovin, and it's in his planeswalker deck. Dragonloft Idol is a 4/4 flying and trample for if you control a dragon, and it's from Dragons of Tarkir.
Granted, all the cards I just mentioned are uncommons, so maybe this is more uncommon than common. (Except being in a drafted commander product might change things, the way it did for Fall from Favor.)
Functionally this sorta winds up being a 4/5 for 4 that gets to be that way on account of the condition-slash-restriction: "you chose this, a vanilla creature, for your second partner, instead of literally any non-vanilla creature that can actually significantly change the game for you, or any option of adding a third or fourth color to your deck." Basically nobody would actually make that trade-off, and I think those that do deserve their 4/5.
(If you can somehow access five colors, the 5/6 for is just fine.)
Alternately, they come with a condition: Dovin's Automaton is a 5/5 vigilance for if you control Dovin, and it's in his planeswalker deck. Dragonloft Idol is a 4/4 flying and trample for if you control a dragon, and it's from Dragons of Tarkir.
Granted, all the cards I just mentioned are uncommons, so maybe this is more uncommon than common. (Except being in a drafted commander product might change things, the way it did for Fall from Favor.)
Functionally this sorta winds up being a 4/5 for 4 that gets to be that way on account of the condition-slash-restriction: "you chose this, a vanilla creature, for your second partner, instead of literally any non-vanilla creature that can actually significantly change the game for you, or any option of adding a third or fourth color to your deck." Basically nobody would actually make that trade-off, and I think those that do deserve their 4/5.
(If you can somehow access five colors, the 5/6 for is just fine.)