Runic: When this spell is cast, if you've cast a sorcery or instant this turn already, there's some sort of a bonus.
Right now I have it concepted as blue/red for the obvious reason of them being the two colors who care most about sorceries and instants. And while it could appear in any type of spell, right now I have thematically typed as appearing on creatures only (and maybe artifacts). The idea is that, much like prowess, these creatures have a specific connection to magical energy and therefore benefit when spells are being flung around.
Very simple here. Very easy to understand. It is a very familiar template for enter-the-battlefield triggers. You could probably take every raid-triggered mechanic on blue/red creatures from Ixalan and retemplate them with this.
But I did hit an interesting snag with the templating on this blue creature:
The wording on this one is really awkward. I deliberately wanted this person to recover only the sorcery or instant cast this turn (essentially retaining the spell that triggered runic in the first place). But technically you don't need the "if you cast a sorcery or instant this turn" text, because it is written so that you can only recover something you've cast this turn. But if I leave that text out, it's a break from the templating.
Maybe this isn't even a "runic" creature at all? It's just a creature that lets you recover a spell you cast that turn. The ability word doesn't actually do anything here.
I don't think this mechanic would work well in the Overgrowth set. I feel like it competes with conceptual space with the mutate mechanic, which causes creatures to grow due to exposure to magic.
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