Meekstone

Enchantment Niches

Glass Casket has me concerned. It feels like, ever since colored artifacts became an every-set thing, there just aren't that many mechanical niches for enchantments anymore. Artifacts get to also be creatures, cost generic mana, have tap abilities... the list goes on. The only thing enchantments can do that artifacts can't is attach to objects other than creatures you control.

Artifacts have had global effects since the game began back in Alpha (Ankh of Mishra, Black Lotus, Copper Tablet, Dingus Egg, Gauntlet of Might, Howling Mine, Kormus Bell, Meekstone, Sunglasses of Urza, and Winter Orb). The change is we’re allowing artifacts to have colored mana costs (and even this we’ve done for over ten years - just not at the current levels). This means the overlap between artifacts and enchantments, which has always been there, is a little more noticeable.The color pie is determined by the mana cost of the card, so if white can do something as an enchantment, it means it can do it as an artifact, The result of this is we have to lean a little more on the flavor to help make them feel different from one another.

Alpha Ankh of Mishra Artifacts Attach Black Black Lotus Color Pie Colorless Colors Copper Tablet Creatures Dingus Egg Egg Enchantments Flavor Gauntlet of Might Glass Casket Howling Mine Kormus Bell Mana Meekstone Orb Sunglasses of Urza Tap / Untap White Winter Orb

Meekstone Modern Viability

I just noticed that Meekstone stopped being printed with 7th edition. This seems like it would be a neat card in Modern. Is it too good to print in Standard these days?

I’m not a developer and I’m really not sure if it’s too good or not.

Card Printing Meekstone Modern Not a developer Standard

Phthisis Pronunciation

FYI for fellow readers, since there was some confusion in the comments: Phthisis is pronounced Tie-Sis (assuming you're going with the same pronunciation as in English), and in the story line it showed up as a disease caused by radiation from the Powerstone and Meekstone (discovered by Yawgmoth in his early days!)

FYI

English Meekstone Phthisis Story / Lore

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