tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post4205839560745644768..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Weekend Art Design Challenge Review—m_a_t_h_e_s | poibuts | chryssalis Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-17738284979094504852015-04-15T10:22:41.668-04:002015-04-15T10:22:41.668-04:00Here's how I parsed it:
Whenever AEther Mysti...Here's how I parsed it:<br /><br />Whenever AEther Mystic is put anywhere [except into a graveyard from the battlefield], draw two cards.<br /><br />While we could argue about which interpretations are valid grammatically, or more natural, all that matters is whether it's ambiguous or not. Again, we don't need our templates to be perfect, but if you can ship your card to a playtester and they can read it the opposite of what you intended, you're going to get feedback for a card you've never seen, and you might not even know that's what's happening.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-25883709043923725902015-04-15T10:18:39.002-04:002015-04-15T10:18:39.002-04:00Every card interacts with bounce by being bounce-a...Every card interacts with bounce by being bounce-able. Some more than others.<br /><br />Spell Jinx will cost a player twice as much to recast her card it's bounced. <br /><br />Bounce can help Faerie Infestation lock a player out of the game even more by hitting creatures they'd managed to cast before the three-mana enchantment hit the table. <br /><br />Rival of Swarms enjoys the same combat benefits all creatures do, plus an occasional +2/+2 from bouncing a potential blocker after the trigger but before blocks are declared.<br /><br />Those all count, for sure. The ones that interact more with bounce than any random card from Magic's history address the challenge better.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-66354365514997929102015-04-15T07:37:21.648-04:002015-04-15T07:37:21.648-04:00Yes, I should've put commas: "whenever Ae...Yes, I should've put commas: "whenever Aether Mystic is put anywhere, except into a graveyard, from the battlefield..."<br />I didn't realize people would interpret it differently. My mistake.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221951476752034697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-46599895608084431572015-04-15T05:35:28.678-04:002015-04-15T05:35:28.678-04:00I'm pretty sure AEther Mystic doesn't do w...I'm pretty sure AEther Mystic doesn't do what you first read it to do. I think the most natural reading of the text is:<br /><br />Whenever AEther Mystic is (put [anywhere except into a graveyard] from the battlefield), draw two cards.<br /><br />That said, I agree the wording is certainly confusing and perhaps ambiguous. <br /><br /><br />I came very close to submitting Azorius AEthermage for the white-blue meditating mage art. I've got a very soft spot for that card, being key as it is to one of my favourite decks built around Imaginary Pet and Spawnbroker. AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-60288399819917991592015-04-15T01:10:37.050-04:002015-04-15T01:10:37.050-04:00Mine (the Apprentice Archeomancer) has admittedly ...Mine (the Apprentice Archeomancer) has admittedly very poor interactions with bounce spells, but I decided it was okay because it had two poor interactions with bounce spells (you can get them back inefficiently, or you can use the bounce spells to get something else back inefficiently).Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-63418547129975878922015-04-14T23:44:54.024-04:002015-04-14T23:44:54.024-04:00I actually didn't see a single design that doe...I actually didn't see a single design that doesn't interact with bounce. Faerie Infestation and Spell Jinx stop something from coming back down after you bounce it.<br /><br />As for Rival of Swarms, bounce allows it to get a bonus and still go unblocked or grow big enough to best a single blocker, and then eat it when it's double blocked and you bounce the other. Bouncing an attacker also means that in order to get it back out your opponent will have to let you get a bonus from it for one more turn.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784920130399590671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-2789061757871798662015-04-14T21:47:55.628-04:002015-04-14T21:47:55.628-04:00Absolutely, I look forward to these every Friday!Absolutely, I look forward to these every Friday!Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-8212898967684178272015-04-14T19:47:38.499-04:002015-04-14T19:47:38.499-04:00For me, I think it was the double looseness of &qu...For me, I think it was the double looseness of "an interesting/novel way" and "Boomerang or other bounce effects". If it was "find a way to make the bounce deck more splashy/attractive but unbroken in Limited/Constructed" or the "development says a bounce+tempo archetype is too strong, design a card that helps counteract that", or "consider a card with an interesting interaction with the card Boomerang", then we might see more focused designs. (Focusing on Boomerang in particular, for instance, might yield mechanics based on CMC=2, or a devotion-in-spells, or something in that vein).<br /><br />That said, I really appreciate these challenges and the feedback every week.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-71324106224787148832015-04-14T18:18:03.025-04:002015-04-14T18:18:03.025-04:00I can't quite put it into words, but I did fin...I can't quite put it into words, but I did find this challenge uninspiring. It did eventually make me think of something I might not otherwise have thought of (which at least for me is the point of these) but it didn't excite me in the way most do.Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.com