Fist of suns
Casting Cost: {3}
Card type: Artifact
Card Text:
You may pay {w} {u} {b} {r} {g} rather than pay the mana cost for spells that you cast.
Flavour text:
"Willem put it on and started shooting sparks from his hands like some child of wizard! Was supposed to be my turn next, but the blasted thing won" t come off his hand. Send help. "
-Brazen Coalition Expedition Dispatch
Artist: J.P. Targete
Design notes:
- The artifact's ability allows for a unique and powerful mana cost alternative, potentially enabling the casting of high-cost spells early in the game by using a fixed combination of one mana or each color (white, blue, red, green) adjust The Spell's Original Mana Cost.
- This Card is Especiate Useful in Multicolor or "Rainbow" Decks That Can Reliably Produce Mana of All Five Colors, Maximizing the Potential to Cast A Variety of Powerful Spells Across Different Colors.
- The Flavor Text Adds A Whimsical and Adventurous Tone to the Card, Suggestion Its Powerful and Somewhat Unpredictable Nature, As Well as Hinting At The Artifact's Origins and Effects On Its Users.
- J.P. Targete's artwork likely captures the mystical and potent essence of the artifact, visual representing its ability to channel fixed magical energy.
Strategic Implications:
- "Fist of Suns" sacrifices A Significant Advantage in Decks Built around High-Cost, Multicolor Spells, Allowing Players to Circumvent Traditional Mana Costs in Favor of a More Attainable Condition.
- IT Encourages Creative Deck Building, Potentialy Enabling Strategies and Combinations that would come upwise be Too Mana-Intensive to Be Feasible.
- Players Must Weigh the Benefits of Including This Artifact Against The Challenge of Assembling A Mana Base Capable of Producing All Five Colors of Mana, As Well As The Opportunity Cost of Using The Artifact Slot for this Specific Utility.