Cool Card Design of the Day10/11/2012 -This isn't so much a proposal for the Simic keyword (as there is no keyword), but it is a card inspired by Bradley's Lurk mechanic mentioned in this line of comments.
I wasn't originally thinking of this as a flip card. My only intention was to turn the Lurk text upside down to keep it clear the card is attached to its host as an aura, and not a creature that happens to be under it. But when I went to illustrate my point, the flip card template was sitting there mocking me, "Aren't I close enough, Jay?" Yes, yes you are sadly-underappreciated, deeply flawed frame/mechanic.
I like this better as a DFC that's only castable as an aura.
ReplyDeleteYes. R&D has stated many times that flip cards were a mistake, and this adds even more confusion to the card (you can cast it as *either* half?)
DeleteIsn't Griffin Guide (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=249372) practically the same thing, and much easier to understand?
I would fully support this as a DFC that can only be cast from one side, and then transforms to the other side when it would die. In retrospect, going from creature->aura makes more sense than the reverse, though it is unfortunate how Golgari that then feels.
DeleteMSE always seemed odd for offering "Curse of the Fire Penguin" as an option, but maybe one day it'll cone in handy!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't love the way most modal cards are implemented, but this is arguably a better use of flip cards than the original, since you can use "is it attached to a creature" to see if the creature is flipped. (Admittedly, the original only "ascended" once, so it was usually easy to remember, but still confusing.)
ReplyDeleteThere's a rules decision to be made. This could work like a split card, where you can eg "search for a creature" or "search for an enchantment" and either work. That would probably be too confusing if both halves were a creature (it has two different powers, and its power is both greater than, and less than 2?), but if it's a creature/enchantment it would be a good opportunity for it. On the other hand, it would probably confuse many people, and the flip/DFC system of letting one side be "primary" and only counting that one until it officially flips is probably simpler.
Yeah, I think if both ends of a flip card are castable, it has to work exactly the same way split cards do. Which is to say, really confusing with effects that care about CMCs and the like.
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