I am
very impressed. One of the strongest ideas I've seen in a while. I only have one thing to add: how about letting this target creatures? Very many decks do not use permanents with abilities that require activation - in fact, there are very few permanents that require activation at all, and using this on Sundial would be worthless. I see no reason not to, it's still less powerful than Lobotomize in most cases, and would let this card see a lot more use.
I can see using this (especially if it can target creatures) in many Time-based stall decks. Slow down opposing Golems! Cripple an enemy Pegasus or Otyugh! This isn't really soft PC or CC, though - that's an illusion. This bears a closer resemblance to Devourer or Discord - it is soft
quantum control.It makes perfect sense for Time to get this card, it fills a great new niche, it can be soft-countered (well, for creatures anyway) by Shard of Readiness, plus the art is amazing and community-generated, it is extremely well-balanced, and doesn't steal a niche from any other Time creatures.
Wonderful, wonderful work. I will be voting for this in the polls - something I rarely do. Definitely hoping to see this ingame.
Alternate wording for a creature-targetable version:
"
: Consume
Target becomes Consumed and its ability's cost increases by 1 whenever it is used."
(It is not necessary to state that Consumed is a passive on the card text itself.)
Re dracomageat's idea: if you gain any type of quantum for using this creature's ability, it should be Time. Except in rainbows, that extra quirk will be worthless; gaining 1
for "draining" your opponent makes sense, doesn't imbalance Chronophage's ability by making it "free," and also makes this a potential new
-generator in conjunction with Shard of Readiness. However, I'm not sure how to fit that text on the card either.
