Zimone, Infinite Analyst

A cost reducer that pays for itself in a feedback loop most reducers never touch. Standard mana-value discounts shave a fixed amount and stay static; this one scales off a resource the card generates on its own trigger, so every turn's first X spell you fire deepens the discount for the next one. The two axes lock together: casting the spell adds two counters, and those counters cheapen your following opener, which in turn adds two more. The clause that keeps it from spiraling is "first spell each turn" on both halves, which limits the engine to a single payoff per turn rather than letting one explosive turn cascade. But note the phrasing: "each turn," not "each of your turns." An X spell with flash or an instant-speed X drain can trigger the discount and the counters on an opponent's turn too, so a patient pilot can bank a payoff on every turn of the table, not just their own. There is a real elegance in binding the reducer to the counter count on the reducer itself: the card is both the battery and the meter, and the 0/4 body means those accumulating counters read as a growing threat rather than a bookkeeping number. The discount only touches spells with in the printed cost, so the deckbuilding puzzle is finding X spells whose ceiling justifies the wait while the loop spins up; the early turns pay full price.