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TheCog posted:These are super cool, which I didn't think I'd ever say about cards based on trains. Thanks  tho I just realized they would work better as flip cards
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The trains are super cool but I feel they may be too good. Especially if you get two out you maximize thier effects, IE didn't get a plains on white? Mill three with black. Low CMC makes it even scarier.
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The Gorp posted:The trains are super cool but I feel they may be too good. Its definitely possible that they're OP. In limited, it would take quite a while to get them into creature mode. In constructed you could probably get them into creature mode by turn 4 (or maybe 3 if you're lucky and dedicated to it). They're very vulnerable to removal and if you're spending all your mana on trains then you won't have any board presence for the first several turns. Maybe.  e: If they were flip cards that transformed at the end of your turn, that would slow them down a little bit, and probably what I should do to them
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In constructed there'd be GY hate though. Relic and the like throw a big wrench in the gears.
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     Alara gave us the originals, but khans was already too packed with big splashy rares to have room to finish the Ultimatum cycle. So I did it for them. Man it's tricky balancing the power level on 7 cost tricolor cards while still having them feel uniquely appropriate.
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Torchlighter posted:So Kamigawa had a cycle of spirits known as the Zuberas, which counted the number of Zubera's that died this turn. there's one cycle of them. They also created an opposite pair in Rushing-Tide Zubera and Burning-Eye Zubera. If you're staying true to the Spirit tokens from Kamigawa block, they didn't fly.
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Thanks for catching that. It's also formatted completely terribly, so I've fixed that.
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Hardcordion posted:Here's my attempt to fill out the -ling cycle. I'm pretty new at this so feedback is welcome. I like the white one because First Strike evokes the old "damage on the stack" tricks you could do with the original. The black one having both deathtouch and regenerate, however doesn't really lead to interesting game play because it's impossible to interact with in combat. Yes, Thornling having Indestructible suffers the same way but at least it forces you to have enough mana to push through what it's in combat with and can be held off with a single 0/6. Graveling's combination of abilities is completely devastating because for three mana a turn you're either dealing 5 damage to your opponent or eating 2+ of their creatures.
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Phone posting all week, so I probably can’t prettify these. There have been four Magus cycles, three complete ones in Time Spiral (Artifact originals), Planar Chaos (Land originals) and Future Sight (Enchantment originals) and the incomplete Sorcery cycle from supplementary products such as Commander. Magus of the Wheel, Magus of the Will and Magus of the Mind are the extant ones. Magus of the Balance 1W Creature - Human Wizard 3WW, T, Sacrifice Magus of the Balance: Each Player chooses a number of lands he or she controls equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way 2/2 Magus of the Order 2GG Creature - Human Wizard 2GG, T, Sacrifice Magus of the Order: Search your library for a green creature card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. 3/4
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PMush Perfect posted:This one's a pretty big no-no these days. Narrow 'except by' clauses like that that are only relevant a small percentage of the time just aren't done. See also: Protection from colors. Probably better to just make it 'can't be blocked', cause it's gonna be that 99% of the time. Is this really true? I mean, we just had Walk the Plank very recently. I think it's fine if it's for flavor reasons. I imagine the intent in Deathcult Rogue was 'set a thief to catch a thief' or the like which comes across reasonably well.
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Myriad Truths posted:Is this really true? I mean, we just had Walk the Plank very recently. I think it's fine if it's for flavor reasons. I imagine the intent in Deathcult Rogue was 'set a thief to catch a thief' or the like which comes across reasonably well.
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I really wish this gave the creature Unearth with the cost being the mana cost. I can see how that might be too weak though.
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Aabcehmu posted:I really wish this gave the creature Unearth with the cost being the mana cost. I can see how that might be too weak though. Anyway, here's another card in the "number superstition" mega-cycle. This one is in white because it's associated with death in Chinese culture. Don't know enough about other cultures to know if they have spooky numerals.  Tetraphobia 3W Sorcery Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 4. Each player with exactly 4 life loses the game. (thanks to ChewyLSB and his mom for translating)
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Lone Goat posted:Could be Embalm or Eternalize. That seems substantially better than Triskaidekaphobia
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To really mirror the cycle it should cost 13. 
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Lone Goat posted:
Just realised this is actually in the same cycle as Hidetsugu's Second Rite as well as Triskaidekaphobia !!!!!!!!
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Lone Goat posted:Could be Embalm or Eternalize. This is a good idea. I like how it mirrors the flashback one time use and how the cycle doesn't mind using non-evergreen mechanics. I almost tried to do a Triskaidekaphobia cycle too!
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Lone Goat posted:Just realised this is actually in the same cycle as Hidetsugu's Second Rite as well as Triskaidekaphobia !!!!!!!! This means the cycle is nearly complete: Spell Snare could be the blue one.
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AJ_Impy posted:This means the cycle is nearly complete: Spell Snare could be the blue one. Spell Snare doesn't kill people at a certain life total though.
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Battle of Wits?
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Not Alex posted:Battle of Wits? I think you're also missing the point of this exercise. And Battle is already in a cycle with Test of Endurance, Epic Struggle, Chance Encounter and Mortal Combat anyway.
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Lone Goat posted:Spell Snare doesn't kill people at a certain life total though. True.
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Lone Goat posted:I think you're also missing the point of this exercise. Willfully ignoring it, friend. But seriously, the only blue kill a life total spell I can think of is delusions of grandeur.
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Lone Goat posted:I like the white one because First Strike evokes the old "damage on the stack" tricks you could do with the original. Yeah, I see what you mean. Forcing the opponent to take 5 damage or lose 2 creatures was intentional but I hadn't realized how cheap it was to pull off. I guess replacing regenerate with "B: return graveling from your graveyard to your hand" would help there but maybe I'd be better off going back to my original design, which was going to be called Bloodling and started with lifelink instead of deathtouch.
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I like this guy alot!
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Changed the trains to flip cards and did some template fixing. I think flip cards have an inherent clunkiness, but the flavor comes through more strongly this way. Its also more clear when they're a creature, and they only transform on your upkeep so they're a tad bit slower.     I borrowed the templating from this card for a couple of them, I think its accurate: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=430766 Nebalebadingdong fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Mar 3, 2018 |
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Nebalebadingdong posted:Changed the trains to flip cards and did some template fixing. These are creative and flavorful. The R, B and G ones are fairly overpowered, while the U one could force you to kill one of your creatures with the mandatory +1/-1.
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Gynovore posted:These are creative and flavorful. The R, B and G ones are fairly overpowered, while the U one could force you to kill one of your creatures with the mandatory +1/-1. Ah, whoops, the blue one was supposed to be voluntary. Fixed and thanks!
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splash gawds.    
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Thanks for the submissions! They're closed. I'll pick a winner this morning.
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Thanks for the submissions, everyone! I was really impressed with the entries, and picking a single winner was tough. Honorable Mention: Eevil’s one-drops – These were cool, but I wasn’t sold on giving Evolve to non-Simic colors. It’s a cool UG ability and outside of maybe red (and Oddgoblin was real solid), it just didn’t work for me. Lack of Bear’s 2-drops – I also liked these, and I liked the color-specific keyword abilities for each card. I’d have probably gone with Unearth instead of Embalm for the black one, but this was solid. Third place: The Gorp’s Magus cycle.      I really liked these conceptually, but their power levels are all over the place. They also feel like they should be 2/2 or at the very least 2/1, since the mark you’re up against is Leatherback Baloth, Ball Lightning, Geralf’s Messenger, Devout Lightcaster, and uh, Shorecrasher Elemental, I guess. The red one’s probably too strong (needs to only hit creatures, I think), and the blue one is probably too weak. Still, I like what you did here. Second Place: Nebalebadingdong’s sweet train set. I really, really liked these, and I think making them transform was the right call. The only reason they didn’t win was because they’re really complex, and while normally that’s not a deal-breaker, the winning submission had simplicity going for it. The “repeat the following for each X in your graveyard” is a neat idea, but it’s a lot to tack on top of a transforming card that already has a lot going on. I also felt like you could have dropped the “Transforming back” clause. And because it’s a pet peeve of mine, I have to point out that it should be “fewer” instead of “less” for all of these on the re-transform clauses. First Place Torchlighter’s 1drop hybrids:      This was real close between your entry and Nebalebadingdong’s, but in the end I liked the simplicity of these. I also appreciate the work that goes into making cards that have a fixed cost. They all feel pretty on-point power level-wise for a 1-drop hybrid, except for maybe the Orzhov one, where having Extort and Flying and an ability is probably too much, even for an uncommon. Congrats, Torchlighter! I look forward to seeing what you propose as a contest. Also thanks again to everyone who submitted.
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Spreadsheet updated for the last two contests.
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Templating, my eternal nemesis!
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Alright, time for something a little different. Fragile Beings and how to build them (Art shamelessly stolen from Karl Kopinski, Alter by Brandon Long at the proxy factory) Remember Master of Waves? That was a weird card. A cool card, but a weird card. And I kinda want to see more like it. So, make a creature with 0 toughness in some way. This could be Master of Waves style, or something like Unbreathing Horde. Really, just something that might fall apart if conditions are wrong. I'll give you till 12:00AM EST Monday, 12 March.
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Torchlighter posted:So, make a creature with 0 toughness in some way.  
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My favorite card in MTG has always secretly been Germ Tokens. I have a binder full of the little shits. It seems only fitting to do it in that style.    But what to ride?   
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