Should have been printed in Original Mirrodin. Should NOT have been printed in Scars of Mirrodin. The 'Modern, updated' version of this card would be as BonniePrinceCharlie says, but(!) it would cost XXRR, largely negating how 'Spikey' it is and really being more of a "Timmy-style Boom".
R&D currently basically believes that if it's doing it's job, it should not be the case that it needs to print Spikey answer cards (low cost booms, 1 cost kills, and 2 cost counters). I think that I wish that wasn't the case, but I also think that there is a difference between is and ought, and R&D is probably right that the only reason to have cards this good at answering is if something has gone wrong with the thing its answering.
Manite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm sure any artifact players who've ever been on the receiving end of this also had a special word to describe it.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WOW is this good against affinity. A 1-3 mana answer that doesn't target, can dodge your own stuff, can be cast for 1; etc..
Combining with Blue, Black, or red Loot/discard spells or spell-shapers can make this mainable at casual tables easily. You'll rarely pop it for more than 2-3, and you can answer a board full of nasty tokens @1.
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(Powerful mage comes back)
Mage: WTF!!!!!! Waht happened to my Inkwell Leviathan?!? It had shroud?!?
Leviathan: drip
If you're going second in a vintage match you've already lost.
R&D currently basically believes that if it's doing it's job, it should not be the case that it needs to print Spikey answer cards (low cost booms, 1 cost kills, and 2 cost counters). I think that I wish that wasn't the case, but I also think that there is a difference between is and ought, and R&D is probably right that the only reason to have cards this good at answering is if something has gone wrong with the thing its answering.
Combining with Blue, Black, or red Loot/discard spells or spell-shapers can make this mainable at casual tables easily. You'll rarely pop it for more than 2-3, and you can answer a board full of nasty tokens @1.
Amazing.