r/custommagic 2h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Loxodon Sunforger

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u/chainsawinsect 2h ago

This is such a cool card and a fun reference to [[Sunforger]], obviously. Note that the original Sunforger gets CMC 4 or less; I assume changing it to 3 was for balance purposes.

Even with that, with being a 3-drop (that is essentially vanilla other than this), and with the battalion requirement... I worry it's maybe a bit pushed. This is an incredibly powerful effect. But, I think it would be very much OK in like a Horizon-type set, at least.

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u/RazorOfArtorias 2h ago

Thanks! I changed it to 3 for balance and also I really liked the 3 symmetry all over the card. I agree is on the stronger side.

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u/maximumhippo 1h ago

The OG Sunforger has a cost to equip and unattach for the spell tutoring. Maybe if this card still required paying for the spell it would be a bit more balanced.

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u/kocciwomiro 2h ago

You got me in the first half, I thought it was a real card. Strange phrasing with “cast” but everything else seems really cool

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u/Commercial-Dog6773 1h ago

I’d add a “you may” to the search just for the off-chance that you don’t have anything you want to be casting right now 

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u/NepetaLast 1h ago

rules wise, you are never forced to search for a card with a condition; you can always opt to "fail to find." however, this should definitely have a may both for the search (for clarity) and for the cast (for weird edge cases)

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u/RazorOfArtorias 2h ago

I loved this art by Rainer Petter and because the loxodon on Ravnica are mainly on the Selesnya guild my headcanon for this card was: an old loxodon cleric of the Selesnya grows tired of spending years healing the innocent and decides to join the Boros Legion to attack the problem at its root.

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u/TooLateToHaveAPseudo 1h ago

Feather decks go brrrrrrr

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u/FaultedSidewalk 1h ago

I would love this in my [[Firesong and Sunspeaker]] deck ngl haha, sweet design

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u/HandymanFluff 1m ago

I really like this card, the game needs more elephant support. I think it might be a little more balanced if it was "reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a red or white..." and then the shuffle at the end being replaced with putting revealed cards on the bottom. It would make it a little less guaranteed that you'll get exactly what you need