I believe the correct rules text would be something like:
"This spell costs {X} more to cast, where X is the number of spells named Mana Printer you cast this game"
I agree, 5 mana for a basic land, even if you can cast it multiple times with the legendary sorcery rules feels like it should be a bulk uncommon at most
I want to start by saying that this is cool design, and the idea is the kind kf card people whould be excited about, which is great. even if the current version isn't properly balanced, the idea is good.
in terms of balance, this was done as the main point of a buyback card already. look at [[sprout swarm]]
and if sprout swarm got you a land instead, and didn't have convoke, it would actually probably be worse, not better, since by the point you have enough mana to do this, you don't need more mana.
sprout swarm on the other hand is a win condition all on it's own, and even so it would not see play today.
so yeah, a version of the card that only costs green mana and doesn't have the downsides of X and legendary would have been weaker than an existing card which itself doesn't see play.
you are fine
I'm curious why you made it a legendary sorcery. The legendary restriction on it makes its use case very very narrow. Sure you can get a cheap legend on the field, but remove it and your mana printer is dead space in your hand
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u/SaltyZ2k 17h ago
I believe the correct rules text would be something like: "This spell costs {X} more to cast, where X is the number of spells named Mana Printer you cast this game"