Mind Funeral

Cost Effect Pendulum

A two parter, if I may: 1) Do the cost of effects also swing on a pendulum? (e.g. Mind Funeral effects from 1UB to 2UB and vice versa over time) and 2) if Yes, do you think the pendulum will swing back to where 3 Damage for R (Lightning Bolt) is acceptable at any point?

1) Costs for effects do swing.
2) While I never say never, Lightning Bolt is at a higher power level than current Standard. As always not a developer.

Lightning Bolt Mind Funeral Not a developer Power Level Standard

Mill Keyword Viability

Has there ever been any actual research done into the viability of "mill" as a keyword, or has it just been assumed not to work? is there a difference if the cards involved carry direct "mill" imagery (millstone, grindstone, etc) as opposed to those that don't (mind funeral, glimpse the unthinkable, etc)?

Shadows over Innistrad tried out keywords for “mill” (put into graveyard from library) in design playtests but they all read as discard as much as mill.

Discard Glimpse the Unthinkable Grindstone Keywords Mill Millstone Mind Funeral Shadows over Innistrad The Graveyard The Library

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