tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post4487850230173060903..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: M13 Trajectories: Heat-Shimmer DjinnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-32586914722873128242012-05-14T13:59:56.794-04:002012-05-14T13:59:56.794-04:00Is it under-costed? Only slightly harder to cast t...Is it under-costed? Only slightly harder to cast than Zealous Conscripts and it has a repeatable effect on the board. I would think it should either be a 3/3 or cost 4RR or 5R, in which case it could actually be bigger. On the other hand, it's mythic. Maybe it should stay as is and just be legendary? I think it's almost always better than Urabrask even with just one on the board, and multiple copies of Urabrask would do nothing even if it wasn't legendary, whereas subsequent copies of this are better and better.Trevor Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319974214320307907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-24658353653595383392012-05-08T12:09:32.932-04:002012-05-08T12:09:32.932-04:00Yeah. I'm not sure if it is too strong (I'...Yeah. I'm not sure if it is too strong (I'm not an experienced developer), but it tickles my "may be broken somehow" trigger. I imagine the strongest play would be if you can set up a big creature in advance (greater gargadon, or simply a flicker effect on a creature you already have in play). That would produce a lot of hasty power. But then, in a constructed format, if you have a couple of 4/4s in play unanswers, you're probably winning anyway.<br /><br />Changing "or another creature" to "another creature" tears me in half -- I love the johnny potential, but I bet that after it were seriously playtested, it would end up without it. But I don't know for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-29862617741255369002012-05-08T11:03:04.889-04:002012-05-08T11:03:04.889-04:00Realizing I could cast this and another creature i...Realizing I could cast this and another creature in the same turn and get *three* free creatures was exciting for me as a player because it made me feel clever, but worrisome for me as a designer because it's so strong.<br /><br />While you could play Djinn and Cadaver Imp for 8 mana, get six points of hastey power and three Raise Deads (which are extra good with the Djinn in play), a less magical scenario is casting Djinn and Goblin Arsonist for 6 mana. You still get six points of hastey power, but no card advantage. Frustratingly, you don't even get the Arsonist's 'dies' trigger because the tokens are exiled rather than sacrificed.<br /><br />That's what makes me want to swap 'exile' for 'sacrifice' and then nerf the Djinn in one of the following ways:<br />- Increase the cost to 4RR (making it harder to get three tokens in one turn).<br />- Exclude the Djinn from his own copying ability (preventing a token Djinn from making extra tokens, while reducing the length of the rules text).<br />- Or just making the Djinn smaller (making its haste less painful and making the card less resilient).<br /><br />I quite prefer the second option, but it's totally up for discussion.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-74462553502358418362012-05-08T05:20:00.647-04:002012-05-08T05:20:00.647-04:00It seems potentially confusing (and strong) if you...It seems potentially confusing (and strong) if you get the effect twice on the turn you play this. But I guess that's what you meant by it being ok for mythics to be very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-91516263046883122112012-05-07T20:50:07.425-04:002012-05-07T20:50:07.425-04:00For posterity's sake, Red has both a mythic re...For posterity's sake, Red has both a mythic reusable Heat Shimmer and a mythic reusable Fork.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-53004623742033202022012-05-07T20:45:55.756-04:002012-05-07T20:45:55.756-04:00I think you're probably right. The card is rid...I think you're probably right. The card is ridiculous, and the time Jay blew me out with it in Limited was just *bonkers*, but mythics can do that; and I expect it to be slightly less (though incredibly differently) played than Inferno Titan.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-40040280073413361862012-05-07T18:03:34.945-04:002012-05-07T18:03:34.945-04:00The Djinn is one of my favorites as well, and in a...The Djinn is one of my favorites as well, and in an effort to keep the power where the fun is I don't want to nerf it unless it's actually broken. Some Titan level format warping would be okay in my book. I mean, how can you pass up the opportunity for the most fun parts of both Kiki-Jiki and Urabrask without most of the unfun gameplay of either?Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784920130399590671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-29488286695360330182012-05-07T16:56:07.045-04:002012-05-07T16:56:07.045-04:00Heat-Shimmer Djinn is easily one of my favorite [m...Heat-Shimmer Djinn is easily one of my favorite [mythic] rares from the set. It's a lot of fun. I do have concerns that it might be too strong from the one sealed event I had it, particularly when copying creatures with ETB effects. <br /><br />Using 'exile' in place of 'sacrifice' limits its power slightly, but may not be worth the unexpected wording, so we may just add a mana to the cost and swap 'exile' for 'sacrifice' for balance and clarity.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.com