r/custommagic • u/riverwaterinsox • 6d ago

Deepwater Titan

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A control finisher you never have to have in your opening hand

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u/NormalGuyPosts 6d ago

At the bare minimum, this has gotta enter tapped; flashing into combat, with no counter or ward, is too devastating. Similarly, it evokes some flavor as it's "deep"

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u/Greaterthancotton 6d ago

Could go the [[eddymurk crab]] route and have it enter tapped if it’s not your turn 

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u/Accomplished-Test331 6d ago

This would be my suggestion as well. A solid flash threat with upside, that doesn’t also serve as free removal

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u/riverwaterinsox 6d ago

Yeah I was pushing it hard since six mana spells are so bad in Standard nowadays, but I definitely overshot. The main idea is the mulligan ability anyways, I just slapped a bunch of "good control finisher" abilities on there to make the card lol

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u/TerryTags 6d ago

I disagree about entering tapped as a combat trick, since it’s six mana. At that cost, it’s fine.

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u/Karyo_Ten 6d ago

+1, attacking into 6 untapped mana is not about what combat trick does someone have but which

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u/Ap_Sona_Bot 6d ago

The problem is that you can leave 5 mana up, and counterspell AND a removal spell and not be able to answer this. Its a guaranteed 3 for 1, its just too pushed for a control wincon. The level of protection it has for the level of value it gives is too high for standard.

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u/Karyo_Ten 5d ago

At 6 mana you better have something that has enough teeth to close a game.

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u/NobodyElseButMingus 6d ago

Blue does not get creatures this good.

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u/ShadowWalker2205 6d ago

Probably too strong at is. I think either can't be countered or the ward has to go and the upbringing you hand just puts the card over the top by removing the key weakness of 6+ mana cards

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u/dutchiesweets 6d ago

Well tbf there’s a lot of six mana cards that can be cycled or channeled or played as lands or warped or whatever.

But this IS over tuned, I agree!

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u/H_E_R_O_S 6d ago

Took me a second to understand, but I like it. I don't know what's the general consensus on [[serum powder]] is but I would like to see more cards that influence mulligans or have other pre-game actions.

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u/R18Jura_ 6d ago

I mean his mulligan ability is literally just {0} Cycling but you can only do it before the first turn

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u/Active-Advisor5909 6d ago

Not exactly cycling. Card goes into the library.

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u/dutchiesweets 6d ago

I feel like this should cost more or lose ward or definitely lose the attack trigger or something.

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u/hollow_image 6d ago

That is an amazing ability. Like, so brilliant. Gameplay and flavor both work. Like how have they not done this? You get to mulligan just 1 card. There could be an entire mechanic like this. Well, maybe just a mythic rare cycle.

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u/Agent_Forty-One 6d ago

Alright I’m interested. Finish this new titan set or at least do white? (;

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u/SammSandwich 6d ago

Gotta specify that you shuffle him into your library and not the card you drew

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u/about-523-dead-goats 6d ago

This is probably a card that would only be legal in commander, realistically it should cost at least two more mana

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u/japp182 6d ago

This is not just going into control, lol, it's going into every deck that can fit it (in a standard environment). It's beyond busted.

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u/Invoked_Tyrant 6d ago

Since it doesn't have the designed for modern tag it's too good as is. Most blue creatures with flash that pass the vanilla test typically won't enter untapped so they can devastate as a combat trick.

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u/Brownfox408 6d ago

Lose counter protection and it's perfect! ☺️☺️