LilyStorm.

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And LilyStorm takes it! Rabid Fireweasel has been added to the spoiler.

Please pick a rarity and a criterion for the next round.

Make a blue Instant that ends the turn and grants you an extra turn

Red Uncommon from the cold side that shows off the set's gimmick. I'm talking DFCs, Split cards, aura creatures, etc.

I'm sorry but what?

So, the way splice works is it adds the card's text box to the card.

All Splice cards are instants. I assume they did this because if they weren't instants, you wouldn't be able to cast them immediately after you spliced them; something which, if you couldn't do, would subtract from the nature of the mechanic. So all splice cards have to be able to be cast at instant speeds.

But splice cards only ever have one ability besides their splice ability, to keep their text boxes clean.

If Flash were an ability a permanent with splice-onto-[permanent] had, it would have to be added to the text box of the card its splicing onto. This would splice on the ability Flash.

But that's confusing because that doesn't give you the ability to cast the spell at any time, because you have to cast the spell before you splice anything onto it.

So in order for splice onto permanents to work, instant has to be a supertype. Is my logic making sense?

I don't see why you need to be able to cast a spliced card with the card it's splicing onto.

I'm secretly just trying to give us an excuse to merge instants and sorceries into one card type because I think it would increase our design space for this set, not decrease it.

I would say that it's not working.

Perhaps I should have made a simpler criteria, but we really should start making keywords and mechanics besides relics so we can get this set really going...

True, true. Give it its own thread or discuss it in the Starstill general thread?

The rules issues of this card are mind-blowing, but could be managed. The memory issues cannot.

Maybe maybe. Would a contest not be better though, since it makes people decide on things now? If not...

New criteria: Create a common red card from the cold side that shows a difference in flavor from red things on the hot side.

Surprising Freeze
(snow?) Enchantment
Morph--:r:
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponents control, [cardname] deals one damage to it. Tap that creature.

Oh, well, then

Ray of Frost
(snow?) Instant
[cardname] deals one damage to target creature or player. That creature can't block. If that player would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead.
It's hard to heal with the heat sapped out of you.

What memory issues? The ability you splice onto it only matters when it enters the battlefield.

Splice is copyable. If you fork a spliced spell, the copy has the splice.

702.44a Splice is a static ability that functions while a card is in your hand. "Splice onto [subtype] [cost]" means "You may reveal this card from your hand as you cast a [subtype] spell. If you do, copy this card's text box onto that spell and pay [cost] as an additional cost to cast that spell." Paying a card's splice cost follows the rules for paying additional costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2e-g.
http://community.wizards.com/content/fo ... ic/2236786

You splice this onto an enchantment creature turn three. Five turns later, when your opponent clone the enchantment creature. Are you going to remember the ability?

In tournament play, this gets even worse. You have to remind your opponent of your own negative triggers only. The clone will be creating the trigger, so it will be your opponent's trigger, but you were responsible for remembering it exists. If your opponent forget about the splice ability, you don't have to remind them. I find that result unacceptable. The rules about who needs to remember triggered abilities went through a lot of changes recently, you should look them up before continuing.

I'm also curious about Lexivore's interaction, but that's idle curiosity, not an actual problem.

New card for the new criterion:

Sparkcatcher –
Creature – Faerie Wizard
Flying
Instant bringer (When this permanent enters the battlefield, you may cast an instant card from your hand with converted mana cost less than that of this card.)
In a land of frozen wastes, the tiniest spark becomes the most valuable commodity.
1/1

Deep Freeze --
Instant (U)

Deep Freeze deals 3 damage to target creature. That creature can't untap.

Sandstone Golem
Artifact Creature (C)
Sandstone Golem enters the battlefield tapped.
6/6