True Potential
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Transform or Flip target nonland permanent. (Cards with Meld and Modal Dual-faced cards can't transform)
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True Potential
:w:
Transform or Flip target nonland permanent. (Cards with Meld and Modal Dual-faced cards can't transform)
Blood Mine
Land
T: add :1:
Pay 3 life and return ~ to your hand: add :1:
Mind Perforate - Sorcery
BB
Replicate: 1
Target player reveals their hand and discards a card with the highest converted mana cost from it.
A mind is broken not by one calamity, but by a million inconveniences.
Mind twist is fine on a power level, but this solves the random problem and the land screw problem.
Structuring it with replicate does also mean that it's also more resistant to counters and it's better with stuff like cascade, and heavy discard is still a bit of a fun killer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reeplcheep
The replicate was primarily to keep the wording simple and make it cost BB for the first one instead of 1B or 2B.
But point taken. I think heavy discard is much more interesting than draw and free counters.
Dodging counters makes this potentially very strong. Example: if they have FoW and you replicate once, you're guaranteed to take both FoW and their highest CMC card. Countering is pointless because then they lose FoW + blue card + next highest CMC card + 1 life, even worse. Spell Pierce/Daze just trades spots with a high CMC card instead of stopping the hand-slaughtering.
Multikicker 1 may be the mechanic you really want. "Then repeat for each time ~ was kicked."
Yah looking atQuote:
Originally Posted by FTW
Strength of Tajuru
Torment of Hailfire
What you said would be better wording.
What if they started making creatures with Ward that allowed the controller to pay a "kicker" cost as an activated ability (as opposed to upon casting) that made the Ward more severe. For example:
Ward 2 + Ward-Kicker 2 (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2. When you pay the Ward-Kicker, until the end of turn, instead whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2 and discards a card).
This could make for some interesting gameplay. The permanent's controller would be incentivized to leave mana up to pay the Ward-Kicker if he believes removal is in hand. The opposing player would have additional decision-making considerations: will he pay the Ward-Kicker? Am I willing to pay the kicked cost?
Hexproof is just more valuable than this, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Blood
I don't mind if Ward scales but it should scale with the permanent, like as the mana value goes up just let Ward costs go up and then let the opponent decide out if the gate of they're gonna pay the increased cost. Making both players treat Ward as a chance to get reactive feels bad if you're the creature- player and you just want to curve out.
Of course it is but hexpeoof is pretty awful from a gameplay perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by TsumiBand
Ward is inherently a lesser form of Hexproof but the idea is that it's conditional and therefore provides more decision-points. This just builds upon that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TsumiBand
I guess we have to agree to disagree on the last sentence. If all you're doing is curving out, turning creatures sideways, and hoping to reduce your opponents life to zero that's not very interesting gameplay. IMO reactive play, deciding between multiple lines of play, and deciding when to "go for it" is the essence of what makes Magic a great game in the first place.
Oh I didn't realize this was Innistrad Standard Obligatory Shit Card Creation Thread my badt
I mean yes fundamentally it's stupid that we live in a society where one-mana Terminus deals with True Name Nemesis, I have a whole ideological issue with gaming of every stripe from TCGs to ARPGs to MOBAs to fucking Mario clone side-scrollers and how "can't effects" lead to game design dead-ends and super boring power creep, but if you're gonna take the Legacy meta and talk about fair mechanics you might as well just be real about what you're creating and slap the ability on a 2/2 for :w::w: and watch it get played as often as every other protection bear that color has to offer.
Ehh...there's any number of ways to implement that mechanic on a Legacy playable creature. Legacy mostly plays creatures that are hate bears, generate value, or are under-costed beaters. Ward can be useful on all of those.
I just really like the design space of Ward and think there is a lot of depth for them to explore. Its a way better mechanic than Hexproof or Indestructible.
LOL Rod
:2: Artifact
All creature cards in all zones are changeling in addition to other types.
Flavor:
Gerrard: "But they could be anything!"
Hannah: "No---they're everything."
[[parcel myr]]??
Line Myr - 1G
Artifact Creature -- Myr Food
2, T: Sacrifice Line Myr, gain 3 life.
1/3
Myr Thoroughbred - 1B
Artifact Creature -- Myr Blood
1, Discard a card, T, Sacrifice Myr Thoroughbred: Draw a card.
2/2
Gilded Myr - 1R
Artifact Creature -- Myr Tresure
T: Add one mana of any color.
3/1
Myr Entity - 1W
Artifact Creature -- Myr
X: Each creature becomes an X/X Myr until end of turn.
1/1
Neverending debate about duals and RL: What would you think about this?
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/cards_...8.png?t=756012
a) Not always strictly worse than originals
b) Not always strictly better than other two-color lands
c) Encourages and rewards basics on both sides.
Trick question, it's unprintable as-is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strawberry Dwarf
Yeah this is exactly a dual land in formats where nonbasics are de rigeur. I doubt too too many decks would play more basics to fight or fuel this kind of card. On turn 1 it's literally a dual; at worst T1 on the draw against someone who played "basic land, go" and you crack a fetchland it's like playing a shockland (which is better than fetching a shock, by a mile)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrath of Pie
There are so many times where this is just dual 5-8, it would never be printed without ETBT or something
One of the few angles I could see is to have duals which don't have both basic types but only one:
Gives you 20 possible combinations and gets more restrictive as you add colors because you can't just get everything from every fetch land.Quote:
Swampy Island
Land - Island
{Minimal downside here}
T: Add B
No real downside for 2 color decks so there should something that restricts them from just running duals.
Maybe give them another subtype which prevents more than a certain number of them in play?
Fetchable half-pains?
Phyrexian Dread's Shadow
:1::BP: Creature Phyrexian Dreadnought Avatar
Trample
When Phyrexian Dread's Shadow enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice any number of creatures with total power 25 or greater.
Phyrexian Dread's Shadow gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.
25/25
How about this for a bad idea:
Mass Confusion
Instant
RRR
Copy and exile any number of spells or abilities. The copies are controlled by the controllers of the original spells and abilities.
Why would I want a worse Display of Power?Quote:
Originally Posted by rufus
But also without "target" it can copy itself and go off forever.
But also it doesn't do anything because exiling a spell counters it, and without an explicit say-so no targets will be changed? I suppose it changes the resolution order to resolve all of the non-active player's spells first?
Put this one back in the kitchen. Needs to bake a little longer.
Yeah, it should definitely have included an "other".Quote:
Originally Posted by FourDogsinaHorseSuit
It changes resolution order and can mess with stuff that targets spells. (It does also hit non-instant/sorcery stuff though that's probably a color pie fail.)Quote:
But also it doesn't do anything because exiling a spell counters it, and without an explicit say-so no targets will be changed? I suppose it changes the resolution order to resolve all of the non-active player's spells first?
Yeah, that's an accurate assessment.Quote:
Put this one back in the kitchen. Needs to bake a little longer.
As I read it, thinking it would be some sort of "hurts itself in confusion" type of effect, you could do like a stack Warp World type of thing.
"Exile all other spells and abilities. For each spell or ability exiled this way, choose a player at random. Copy that spell or ability and the chosen player gains control of that copy. They may choose new targets."
Maybe I gain control of half of your Mind's Desire piles? Weird to have Flusterstorm copies targeting other Flusterstorm copies, but we don't know which way is up, how are we supposed to know better?
The cards in this thread are too stronk. Need to combine more good abilities.
Chubby Phyrexian Squire 1W
Creature - Phyrexian Toad Soldier
Trample
When this enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice any number of creatures with total power 3 or greater.
When this becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
"He eats everything in sight, including his own sergeant"
1/2
Give it devour 2 and have it trigger if it didn'tQuote:
Originally Posted by FTW
Now!
:u:
Instant
Resolve target spell or ability.
If there were no other spells or abilities targeting that spell or ability, draw a card.
Lol blue just gets everything
The secret is I put cycling on Dispel.Quote:
Originally Posted by PirateKing
That seems a bit stronger than dispel vs stuff like flusterstorm or cursecatcher effects.Quote:
Originally Posted by FourDogsinaHorseSuit
The red version would be something like:
Resolve
:r:
Instant
Split Second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
All other spells and abilities gain split second.
Discard a card then draw a card.
Which would probably be unplayable outside of dredge decks.
Here's a card I mused on while watching a combo player masturbate in public
Mana Abolish
:w:
Instant
Split Second
Empty all mana pools.
If 1 or more mana was emptied this way, draw a card.
Float a bunch of mana and cast Burning Wish? Yeah one sec, hold this for me.
Float your own mana and cycle it if you're desperate.
Also Trolling Burning Wish combo players, along the same lines as a previous idea
Hurry Up! :3::u:
Instant
Whenever a player casts a spell, if that player has cast 3 or more other spells this turn, you may reveal this from your hand and cast it for :u:. If you do, this gains "split second".
Resolve target spell you don't control. That spell's controller may only cast 2 more noncreature spells this turn as long as no creatures have attacked.
"Your turn's lasted 10 minutes..." - Raging Goblin
Forcing Burning Wish to resolve before they can crack LED, or trolling other combo stack shenanigans.
The Deputy WW
Creature - Human Soldier
Hexproof from black instants
Lieutenant - T: Destroy target Outlaw creature.
"I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy"
2/2
They already made this joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by FTW
So yours should be an instant to match it.
They made Shoot the Sheriff.Quote:
Originally Posted by FourDogsinaHorseSuit
This one can't be targeted by shot, because they did not shoot the Deputy
Yes, which is why your white one should be a mirrored pairQuote:
Originally Posted by FTW
Ha's Bro 2UUW
Legendary Creature - Samurai Bureaucrat
Partner
Wizards lose all abilities and can't attack.
Lieutenant - All spells cost an additional 2
Grandeur - Create a token copy of target nonland permanent, except replace all instances of "charge counter" or "+1/+1 counter" with energy. It gains Horsemanship.
T: If a player would have fun, instead create a Gold token.
1/3
I wonder how much of a mess something like:
Quote:
Obsidian Mirror
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If a card would be exiled, exile it instead.
What would this do?
Has there ever been an example of a replacement effect doing a replace-in-kind thing?