tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post2418993604058298461..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Weekend Art Challenge 062416—Eddie SmithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-52872145306665404252016-06-27T13:33:50.828-04:002016-06-27T13:33:50.828-04:00Additional-lands cards that are powerful in Constr...Additional-lands cards that are powerful in Constructed tend to either draw more cards (Explore, Courser, Oracle), serve as cheap combo pieces (Summer Bloom, Azusa), or are only good in highly specialized archetypes (Exploration, Rites of Flourishing). Dryad's secondary effect is a big beater that only grows when you have additional land drops to begin with, so it seems non-degenerate.<br /><br />I'd actually be more worried about something like Primetime > Enrage resetting all the lands.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-21199635107823762832016-06-27T11:48:01.114-04:002016-06-27T11:48:01.114-04:00You have to work to abuse Dryad, whereas Courser j...You have to work to abuse Dryad, whereas Courser just throws cards at you.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-19539023570092138312016-06-27T11:39:05.903-04:002016-06-27T11:39:05.903-04:00I think playing extra land, without a built-in way...I think playing extra land, without a built-in way of drawing extra land, is a lot more limited; most decks don't have that many more land to play by turn 4. But yes, it's strong, if all it does is draw a kill spell on t3, that's probably good too. If it's *too* powerful, I could increase the cost a bit, or require a mana payment for the counter.Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-89719037048106010672016-06-27T11:03:49.732-04:002016-06-27T11:03:49.732-04:00Is Stillness really green? (Maybe?)
I love that y...Is Stillness really green? (Maybe?)<br /><br />I love that you pay X before the defender decides whether to block Ravager or not.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-40202377465241912812016-06-27T11:02:11.580-04:002016-06-27T11:02:11.580-04:00Nature's Peace is cool on its own, and helps y...Nature's Peace is cool on its own, and helps you hardcast Nature's Rath. That's made a less interesting by Rath's alternate cost mechanism, though. Can you make one feed into the unique elements of the other?<br /><br />Why menace?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-1493556842179315392016-06-27T10:59:04.011-04:002016-06-27T10:59:04.011-04:00I would definitely find some kind of tech to preve...I would definitely find some kind of tech to prevent players from cheating Despoiler into play, because destroying 4 lands (or drawing 8 cards after playing a bunch of rituals) on turn 4 would not be fun to play against.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-28037018756310935682016-06-27T10:56:59.097-04:002016-06-27T10:56:59.097-04:00Yeah. Having to pay a land of your own mitigates t...Yeah. Having to pay a land of your own mitigates that, but you're right that any other LD breaks that symmetry. <i>Especially</i> as a repeated effect on a five-drop.<br /><br />Endangered Spruces {3}{G}<br />[A]<br />Creature—Treefolk (unc)<br />When ~ ETB, put two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens OTB.<br />At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control more nonland permanents than lands, sacrifice ~.<br />3/3Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-60170187757179981712016-06-26T10:06:49.775-04:002016-06-26T10:06:49.775-04:00If it destroyed lands, that would make for very un...If it destroyed lands, that would make for very unfun gameplay when combined with practically anything else that destroyed lands. On the Magic home site I heard about a format in alpha testing called Sorcerer and created a deck that can cast Frenzied Tilling every turn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-41253306249131327712016-06-26T09:24:43.145-04:002016-06-26T09:24:43.145-04:00Compare to courser of kruphix. While that one gain...Compare to courser of kruphix. While that one gained you life, this one gets slower...but I guess is balanced out by not letting you play the top card of your library if it's a land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-13274163674700100162016-06-26T09:23:10.018-04:002016-06-26T09:23:10.018-04:00The dryad practically has a bullet painted on her(...The dryad practically has a bullet painted on her(its?) back. Mana ramp and an eventually huge creature for 3 mana is powerful, and if you can combine it with some source of repeated card draw...yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-75295221347536468252016-06-26T09:20:51.029-04:002016-06-26T09:20:51.029-04:00Land creatures have less potential than I thought ...Land creatures have less potential than I thought they did, and despoiler of landscapes will always let you draw eight cards. There is really no reason to destroy the lands.<br /><br />OK, maybe in commander, but the cost is super restrictive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-20133639293281896412016-06-25T03:58:58.739-04:002016-06-25T03:58:58.739-04:00Short answer: Yes and Yes-kinda-sorta?
Dryad can&...Short answer: Yes and Yes-kinda-sorta?<br /><br />Dryad can't be sacrificed because I don't want this just turning into a lazy 3 mana combo piece. As a Johnny-Vorthos card, it should make the player have to work a bit to get their value.<br /><br />Behemoth can't target itself one for flavor reasons, and two because in the improbable scenario that some infinite-death-trigger-loop happens at the same time as Behemoth being in play, I'd rather disallow the complete board wipe so the Behemoth can (hopefully) end the game quickly.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49737807370909546672016-06-25T03:54:49.438-04:002016-06-25T03:54:49.438-04:00Is the story that Card A is a hoser to Card B?Is the story that Card A is a hoser to Card B?Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-12973974184029222712016-06-25T03:54:10.309-04:002016-06-25T03:54:10.309-04:00Very cool. Very R/G.
Small suggestion: Could &quo...Very cool. Very R/G.<br /><br />Small suggestion: Could "Untap it" (or "If it's your turn, untap it") be added to the Vital-Coal? 7 is a LOT of mana for a card that does nothing right away, and you already run into the "instant speed onboard combat trick" problem whenever you happen to leave the land untapped.<br /><br />Also probably don't want "Annihilator" in the name of a card that neither has nor grants the annihilator ability.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-48855334887376962022016-06-25T01:52:30.525-04:002016-06-25T01:52:30.525-04:00Stillness Strider 2G
Creature - Dryad (r)
At the ...Stillness Strider 2G<br />Creature - Dryad (r)<br />At the beginning of each player’s untap step, that player chooses creatures or lands. That player untaps only permanents of the chosen type that turn.<br />2/1<br /><br />Bael's Ravager 2BB<br />Creature - Horror (r)<br />When CARDNAME attacks, you may pay X. If you do, when CARDNAME deals damage to a player this turn, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on it.<br />4/4Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49808715028714890572016-06-24T22:47:04.922-04:002016-06-24T22:47:04.922-04:00Vitalroot Sentry 1G
Enchantment - Aura (U)
Enchant...Vitalroot Sentry 1G<br />Enchantment - Aura (U)<br />Enchant land<br />Tap an untapped creature or land you control: Enchanted land becomes a 3/5 green Dryad creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land.<br /><br />Vital-Coal Annihilator 5RR<br />Enchantment - Aura (R)<br />Enchant land<br />Sacrifice a creature or land: Enchanted land becomes an 8/8 Dragon artifact creature with flying, trample, haste, and indestructible until end of turn. It's still a land.Taresivonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480158182791136212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-67552886728490544062016-06-24T19:28:10.843-04:002016-06-24T19:28:10.843-04:00ART A
Nature's peace 2G
Creature - caryatid 2/...ART A<br />Nature's peace 2G<br />Creature - caryatid 2/3<br />Rare <br />Hexproof<br />Lands you control tap for any color.<br /><br />ART B<br />Nature's rath GBRUW<br />Creature - dragon elemental 6/6<br />Rare<br />Flash menace <br />If a land you control were to be destroyed you may discard a land. If you do you may cast Nature's wrath without paying its mana cost.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321576033161368881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-47759434490143853272016-06-24T19:26:10.451-04:002016-06-24T19:26:10.451-04:00Black historically has had powerful enchantments w...Black historically has had powerful enchantments with a painful drawback balanced by black's own inability to get rid of them. (The most recent example being Demonic Pact.)Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-8888706811050273652016-06-24T17:48:17.651-04:002016-06-24T17:48:17.651-04:00I'm sure you have a reason but I'm confuse...I'm sure you have a reason but I'm confused as to why that would be worth the additional wordiness. If someone wants this in their Hatching Plans deck, let them? Am I missing some obvious degeneracy?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941977219304581236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-52056749511490689162016-06-24T15:44:13.585-04:002016-06-24T15:44:13.585-04:00Sacrifice non-enchantment permanents?Sacrifice non-enchantment permanents?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-42296406820480850952016-06-24T15:43:20.254-04:002016-06-24T15:43:20.254-04:00One for Johnny and one for Tammy. And the pair for...One for Johnny and one for Tammy. And the pair for a Timmy-Jenny.<br /><br />Is it important that Dryad can't be sacrificed? Is it important that Behemoth can't target itself?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-44415480320828972132016-06-24T15:39:53.213-04:002016-06-24T15:39:53.213-04:00Or maybe it should destroy lands. That seems more ...Or maybe it should destroy lands. That seems more interesting.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-27126477777659692352016-06-24T15:38:43.095-04:002016-06-24T15:38:43.095-04:00Maybe.
Maybe Spessartine can deal 4 damage, but on...Maybe.<br />Maybe Spessartine can deal 4 damage, but only to creatures.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49637962703600487272016-06-24T14:40:55.838-04:002016-06-24T14:40:55.838-04:00Art A
Sealing-Circle Dryad 1GG
Creature - Dryad (R...Art A<br />Sealing-Circle Dryad 1GG<br />Creature - Dryad (R)<br />Sealing-Circle Dryad can’t be sacrificed.<br />Creature cards in graveyards can’t enter the battlefield, and can’t be the target of spells or abilities.<br />When Sealing-Circle Dryad dies, return another creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.<br />0/5<br /><br />Art B<br />Unsealed Behemoth 8BG<br />Creature - Demon Beast (R)<br />When Unsealed Behemoth enters the battlefield, destroy another target permanent.<br />At the beginning of your end step, for each permanent that was put into a graveyard this turn, destroy another target permanent.<br />10/10Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-17893638084444720012016-06-24T14:37:03.035-04:002016-06-24T14:37:03.035-04:00Should Spruces have 3 toughness so your Spessartin...Should Spruces have 3 toughness so your Spessartine can kill it off on purpose?Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.com