Thursday, January 19, 2017

CCDD 011917—Court Gossip

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1/19/2017 - Court Gossip is rent-to-own creature removal. A Burden of Guilt that you can pay off. Choking Restraints' kissing cousin.


11 comments:

  1. Chip notes this is wordy for a common. Agreed.

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  2. Different, counter-less take:

    Court Gossip
    W
    Enchantment - Aura - Uncommon
    Enchant creature
    X: If X is greater than enchanted creature's power, it can't attack this turn. If X is greater than enchanted creature's toughness, it can't block this turn. If X is greater than enchanted creature's combined power and toughness, exile it.

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    1. Probably should be "or equal to" but that's another full line of text...

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    2. There's some Mel magic in there, but this is too clever by a half.

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    3. Yeah - I think I got too caught up in keeping the week's theme. Here's a better take keeping just the core idea:

      Court Gossip
      1RW
      Enchantment - Rare
      X: Choose one -
      -Target creature with X or less power can't attack this turn.
      -Target creature with X or less toughness can't block this turn.

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  3. Time Out W
    Enchantment - Aura - Common
    Enchant creature
    T: Enchanted creature can't attack or block this turn.

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    1. Yep. Which I think is over-enforced. Offensive auras don't suffer from the same confusion.

      That said, I don't see how Time Out is different from Pacifism.

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  4. Replace condemnation counters with -1/-1 counters and you have a built in expiration, like on Torture. Or for a different take on a white Torture:

    W
    Enchantment - Aura
    Enchant Creature
    Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, put a -1/-1 counter on it.

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