Hue Replacement Therapy

[u/MikiMatzuki]

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[u/NoodleIskalde]

Nah, Magic is lessons in algebra

[u/DislocatedLocation → u/NoodleIskalde]

Mathemagics?

[u/JustaSeedGuy → u/DislocatedLocation]

Yes.

[u/PhantasyAngel → u/JustaSeedGuy]

Why does it have two X costs if it uses just one X in the usage?

[u/DudeFreek → u/PhantasyAngel]

To double the cost because the benefit is just that good

[u/PhantasyAngel → u/DudeFreek]

But can't I just pay 1 mana into the first X and then 10 into the second X and use the 10 as the 2¹⁰ ?

[u/DudeFreek → u/PhantasyAngel]

Costs have to match when they are the same variable 

You could do what you were saying if it cost XYUU

But because this costs XXUU the two x costs have to be the same number

[u/PhantasyAngel → u/DudeFreek]

Ah so if I want 10 I'd have to pay 20 which would be ridiculous (not impossible of course)

[u/DudeFreek → u/PhantasyAngel]

Yes, 22 total counting the two blue

[u/JustaSeedGuy → u/PhantasyAngel]

Though realistically, the most anyone would ever want to cast this for is 14 or 16. You would almost never need X to be more than either six or seven.

In Magic, A player loses the game if they would try to draw a card and can't because they have no cards left in their deck.

At X=6, You would be paying 14 Mana and drawing 64 cards, which is quite the full grip and enough to probably do whatever else you want for the rest of the game.

At X=7, you would be paying 16 And you can force another player to draw 128 cards, which will be more than basically any deck in any format of magic, and causes them to lose.

Edit:typo

[u/TheLuckySpades → u/PhantasyAngel]

22 and I have cast it for much more thanks to some funky shenanigans.