Help with a name for a mechanic

Cooler name?

- Untainted
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- Uncontaminated
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Post by ilovesaprolings » 4 months ago

The mechanic is "Spend only mana produced by basic lands to cast this spell." (yeah it's Imperiosaur)
What does sound cooler to an english speaker? Untainted or Uncontaminated?

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Post by void_nothing » 4 months ago

Those are both valid words. Untainted gets a bonus as a mechanic name because it's three syllables versus six. For keywords, you should have shorter and pithier names if you can.
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Post by OneAndOnly » 4 months ago

Neither; nonbasic lands aren't contaminated. Adamant has already been taken, but something closer to that, I suppose.

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Post by Mookie » 4 months ago

Of the two options, I would go with 'untainted' due to it being fewer syllables. That said, I will agree that it feels weird for nonbasic lands to be tainted / contaminated. I'd probably go with something more positive instead - maybe 'primal'? I could see 'pristine'. 'pure', or 'simple' working instead, depending on the flavor.

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Post by Sporegorger_Dragon » 4 months ago

I second "primal", but I'd also like to suggest "basal", to tie it in with "basic".
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Post by void_nothing » 4 months ago

Basal would be neat.
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Post by Ryder » 4 months ago

From the already proposed words I like "pure" and "primal". Let me throw in "radical" and "native". Everything depends on the flavor.

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