For example, if Mystic Remora has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay or sacrifice it
This is the inheritor of Keld
For 3 mana, youre almost guaranteed three draws as the turn passes around the pod and your opponents decline to pay the 1. Theres a higher chance than Mystic Remora that your opponents will have the mana available to pay the tax, but players like to use all their available mana every turn, even if it means youll draw cards off of their spells
The new Magecraft mechanic looks a lot like prowess, but aside from only triggering on instant and sorceries it has one other major difference: "whenever you cast or copy ." As such, it has a similar effect to Nivmagus Elemental in that each storm copy will pump it to the moon
Then at their upkeep they lose a life so it's a slow win con
I particularly enjoy the instant ones