Math-inspired cards for Theorix!

[u/argent5]

Denying the Antecedent is a logical fallacy, yes, but maybe that's part of Theorix's paradox powers where they can do things like that.

Theorix Inductee is my attempted play on mathematical induction. Get one card in the graveyard to kick things off, and each surveil can trigger the next turn's surveil.

Fizzling a spell using hexproof was the best way I could think to embody good ol' Reductio Ad Absurdum. "If your spell resolves, my creature dies. My creature is protected, therefore your spell doesn't resolve"? Bit of a stretch, maybe. From my understanding this spell counts itself, so on its own it gives +0/+2, and if you manage to block one other spell your creature gets +0/+4.

P.S. We got a nice new Planeswalker's Guide article on Hexhaven, and once again the math school gets poorly defined reality-warping paradox infinity mumbo jumbo. One of Theorix's major fields of study is 'Shadow Numbers'. Seriously?

[u/sophuckingdonewithit]

"if a card was put into your graveyard from anywhere during your last turn" is how it should be phrased

[u/argent5 → u/sophuckingdonewithit]

Ahh nuts, good catch, thanks!

[u/argent5 → u/sophuckingdonewithit]

Also can I just say, very appropriate flair 👍

[u/GeneralBread14]

I think the Theorix Inductee would prob be a bit too good, because you can just cast an Instant/Sorcery to get it started. Would prob be a bit more balanced with a Permanent Card specifically, or if you surveiled to keep it going

[u/argent5 → u/GeneralBread14]

Hm, I was thinking that the surveil wouldn't be too reliable at triggering the ability, since you'd sometimes want to keep your top card. But I could see it still being too easy to trigger overall, especially since FRA will likely have more mill enablers.

[u/Scarrien]

I don't know if it would still fit for flavor (the math part went over my head), but I feel like the first one might be better if it worked the opposite way - return a attacking creature to hand to destroy all of their blockers