tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post6146293365944443618..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: M13 Trajectories: Sirensong RaptureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-87510008238337898712012-04-24T08:51:13.147-04:002012-04-24T08:51:13.147-04:00I have to disagree.
The ability used on the card ...I have to disagree.<br /><br />The ability used on the card fits Blue not just through the end result, but also through flavor (influencing minds). Red can also have a flavor of rage but Blue can also have it flavorfully. It's like the different flavors of Mind Control and Act of Treason.<br /><br />You mentioned the color pie as if this is about spoiling Blue with a disproportionate share of the color pie, but it's actually more about substituting Blue Pacifisms with a weaker ability (and it's an ability it had since the beginning) since Blue isn't supposed to be an efficient removal color.<br /><br />Bounce and Counters are a different category from straight-up removal and they can exist alongside whatever Aura removal or other type of pseudo-removal Blue gets.<br /><br />Blue's power shrinking is better for pairing with this effect than Red's power boosting, unless you want to 2-for-1 yourself when you block the power-boosted creature. That said, if you can find another Red ability to flavorfully pair with forced attacks, that is fine; I'm not saying Blue forced attack effects are always better than Red forced attack effects. Maybe there can be a first strike guy that incites opposing creatures into attacking. I'm not saying the ability should be removed from Red, I'm just saying it shouldn't be removed from Blue.<br /><br />In the mean time, I said shrinking power is something Red can't do, and that there is value in the incite effects also being in Blue since there are things only Blue can do with the ability. For the sake of color pie variety, when two colors can do different things with an ability, both of them should have it.Chahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574587448667619081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-47672020143899260282012-04-21T12:01:24.160-04:002012-04-21T12:01:24.160-04:00I spent some time working on whether Lust for War ...I spent some time working on whether Lust for War would work in the set (it ended up getting cut early enough on) as it's a very fun card in the right environment.<br /><br />The "when you think about its purpose, it's actually an ability for defensive decks that want to set up a good block rather than an offensive deck that wants to attack" line is one that always strikes me a little bit funny. As designers, it's true that we need to look at both the abilities used on the card and the end gameplay results; for my part I'm intent on keeper the former fitting. Blue has plenty of ways of dealing with creatures - outside of countering them, it can tap them outright, bounce them, grasp them, control magic them, or use any of its myriad evasive abilities. It doesn't need the siren ability, and as a result I don't think it should have them.<br /><br />Red decks can set up creative blocks too, with their occasionally awesome walls (or Gardeners) or be willing to take a hit to score some damage. I disagree with premises that imply that a more playable card is qua more blue. (Or that Red decks must want to play blindly, stupidly, or less-cleverly).<br /><br />It seems the natural state of abilities is to end up in blue. As a designer, I think being vigilant about not letting them drift there is worth its while.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-25971004433207952332012-04-21T08:55:23.918-04:002012-04-21T08:55:23.918-04:00I think that making this card blue is the right wa...I think that making this card blue is the right way to go. It's an elegant and flavorful blue removal spell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212481266399665507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-65685029904595312732012-04-21T02:36:47.157-04:002012-04-21T02:36:47.157-04:00I definitely approve of Sirensong Rapture, as a si...I definitely approve of Sirensong Rapture, as a similar card exists in my own custom design files as a creature with an activated ability. Seeing the Aura version, now, I think it's a much cleaner and more elegant form for the concept than what I'd made.Alex Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747145070824848773noreply@blogger.com