tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post6975031325778918346..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: WeekendArtChallenge 102717—CarmenSinekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-74079718343103654542017-11-02T22:49:03.612-04:002017-11-02T22:49:03.612-04:00Right, I think it plays into Magic's mechanics...Right, I think it plays into Magic's mechanics and flavor well. I would just not want to have to make the decision as the opponent of whether to attack and trigger abilities. Perhaps in a slower set where you are encouraged to board stall until you can hit for a bunch. Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318011531403551812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-62030688539354385192017-10-31T11:01:19.676-04:002017-10-31T11:01:19.676-04:00In that case, why not commit to -1/-1 counters? Ca...In that case, why not commit to -1/-1 counters? Can you think of any other counters you'd want to proliferate on your opponents' creatures?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-23822642482018180952017-10-30T19:49:50.865-04:002017-10-30T19:49:50.865-04:00"target creature you dont control" so on..."target creature you dont control" so only for negative counters or weird "yay I did something clever" momentsbobbbyyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13839703000104330244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-45281051335940549762017-10-30T17:08:11.555-04:002017-10-30T17:08:11.555-04:00Ah.
Does it matter that you can attack it during a...Ah.<br />Does it matter that you can attack it during any main phase, since it taps the enchanted creature?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-70260354962318519782017-10-30T16:34:24.468-04:002017-10-30T16:34:24.468-04:00It's likely that this should be 6 power so you...It's likely that this should be 6 power so you can gain 6 and lose 4 each turn, letting your opponents get in enough damage between the gaps.<br /><br />The idea with Mantle is it doesn't have Enchant creature at all, that Mantle covers "enchant creature you control". Equipment are fun and a great space, but this is an effort towards playing in that space without just making colored artifacts (which this could easily be, if you /want/ colored artifacts). It's designed to work on just your creatures, but on any main phase, not just your own.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-58782300949733051532017-10-30T15:55:45.237-04:002017-10-30T15:55:45.237-04:00Maybe Malice wants to offer the same choices as th...Maybe Malice wants to offer the same choices as the <a rel="nofollow">Torment of Scarabs</a> cycle?<br /><br />Ringwraith is just a touch weak for uncommon, since I can block it with my 3/1 for two and lose 3 life. If it had evasion, or the self-preservation ability were my call, then it would be more of a threat. It's not ideal that I can pay the same card I would've discarded by letting it hit me to block it and keep it dead.<br /><br />Specter seems correct if you keep the saboteur ability.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-68052216068829954132017-10-30T15:32:39.945-04:002017-10-30T15:32:39.945-04:00I think power in pain could be named mechanic for ...I think power in pain could be named mechanic for a set. It works on defense all by itself. Multiples combo nicely. And it keys right into black's self-harm tendency. Vengeful Shadow could maybe be common.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-51244103791051891872017-10-30T15:29:51.204-04:002017-10-30T15:29:51.204-04:00Double Unstable Mutation / Consuming Fervor is coo...Double <a rel="nofollow">Unstable Mutation</a> / <a rel="nofollow">Consuming Fervor</a> is cool. I agree that putting that on an equipment mitigates the downside an awful lot. I definitely think this should still shrink on upkeep, both to preserve the mindspace of the reference, and to prevent turtling. Sacrificing on unattach is important, because it means you don't get to leave a bunch of 1/1s or whatever behind.<br /><br />I'd choose a type other than Shade, because I'm expecting to see the <a rel="nofollow">Looming Shade</a> ability as a result.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-43031810563228304202017-10-30T15:25:02.841-04:002017-10-30T15:25:02.841-04:00Also, it's rough that no amount of attacking o...Also, it's rough that no amount of attacking or targeting huge creatures will allow you to get ahead on life. You're always struggling to keep up (unless your creature has double strike or other +s). That's a cool place for a black rare to put you, but I want more for that risk than making a string of 1/1s bigger.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-91233696160410041102017-10-30T15:22:53.213-04:002017-10-30T15:22:53.213-04:00Very cool story.Very cool story.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-51444834827887923202017-10-30T15:22:13.691-04:002017-10-30T15:22:13.691-04:00Is this "Enchant creature" or "Ench...Is this "Enchant creature" or "Enchant creature you control?" Mantle makes me think the latter, but this might be cooler without mantle. Mantle is neat, though I'm not sure we want to blue the line further between enchantments and artifacts. Having to tap the recipient during a main phase means it can't attack or block for a full turn longer than normal, which is extra rough when the life loss comes first.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-3645788484419526192017-10-30T15:18:47.283-04:002017-10-30T15:18:47.283-04:00Making it target other GYs only does sound more fu...Making it target other GYs only does sound more fun and thematic, but it also forces it to be an actual hate card, useless when your opponent isn't playing those colors. Maybe <a rel="nofollow">Ashen Powder</a> with a bonus against g/w creatures?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-63130058878858763942017-10-30T15:17:28.381-04:002017-10-30T15:17:28.381-04:00Dev can balance it. 1B still seems dangerous. 2B i...Dev can balance it. 1B still seems dangerous. 2B is a lot, and we maybe don't want it to start at 2/2 because of skulk. Realistically, skulk is never coming back, so I guess it's moot. But in the world where skulk exists, this is doing something neat.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-37825237283823322782017-10-30T15:15:43.020-04:002017-10-30T15:15:43.020-04:00The combination of must-attack and self-growth is ...The combination of must-attack and self-growth is significant, if not fun. Your opponent knows you can make it 5/5 or so on turn 4, so they probably don't block, and you probably use the mana to develop your board further. Or maybe they block to force you to spend your mana and prevent stall your board. Maybe they kill it in response to the pump. Sometimes you'll pump it unblocked because you've got nothing better to do, or you're just that aggro. Maybe it needs to be a 2B 1/1 or a 3B 2/2 (but squaring the stats ain't a bad idea); Dev can worry about that.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-75123044585948332352017-10-30T15:10:34.193-04:002017-10-30T15:10:34.193-04:00Hand of Decay can slowly kill any creature it can ...Hand of Decay can slowly kill any creature it can target. It can alternately help grow one of your own creatures. Or charge up a <a rel="nofollow">Lightning Reaver</a> or <a rel="nofollow">Surrakar Spellblade</a>. It's always nice to have other, less parasitic uses for a card, but the flavor mismatch there bothers me more than the utility we gain, especially when our starting flavor is so good. And the gameplay of finding other -1/-1 counters to put on creatures to keep Hand of Decay going. <br /><br />If we do keep this open-ended, we definitely limit it to sorcery speed.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-81147710710232495682017-10-30T15:03:10.684-04:002017-10-30T15:03:10.684-04:00Assuming a set that wants to show enemy color hate...Assuming a set that wants to show enemy color hate mechanically, this is solid. Should it be 3B so you can reanimate your <a rel="nofollow">Iona</a>s more easily? (Probably not.)Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-15258453746007326022017-10-30T15:00:14.318-04:002017-10-30T15:00:14.318-04:00I like that it eventually gets big enough for your...I like that it eventually gets big enough for your opponent to block, to keep it from converting all your lands to swamps.<br /><br />I don't like that it wins the game by itself when you play it on turn 1 against a deck without black or colorless cards.<br /><br />Great flavor.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-82514070446480960682017-10-30T14:55:42.192-04:002017-10-30T14:55:42.192-04:00Nice to see a flavor other than lobotomy for searc...Nice to see a flavor other than lobotomy for searching and killing every instance of a person! Seems printable.<br /><br />(Awkward that it can't hit all copies of a non-legend already in play, and even more awkward that it can hit all 12 copies of Jace in my deck… probably just stick with card name.)Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-21599793685119408272017-10-30T00:25:44.165-04:002017-10-30T00:25:44.165-04:00Dull, and probably doesn't play well.
Garruk&...Dull, and probably doesn't play well.<br /><br />Garruk's Pursuit 3BB<br />Sorcery (R)<br />Exile target creature or Planeswalker. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name or Planeswalker type as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.Wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494097707732649864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-11164073730538843682017-10-29T07:58:09.647-04:002017-10-29T07:58:09.647-04:00Yeah, I just like some of the other entries so muc...Yeah, I just like some of the other entries so much this week I can't think of anything else.Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-1803807664542864422017-10-28T15:03:20.289-04:002017-10-28T15:03:20.289-04:00Making this an Equipment mitigates the card disadv...Making this an Equipment mitigates the card disadvantage of Unstable Mutation / Consuming Fervor in a major way. So does the attack/block trigger (since you could just keep the creature back as a giant blocker). So does the doubling from 3-1 to 6-2.<br /><br />That being said, this seems like a cool, resonant design. And I don't really know that it would be unbalanced, especially since it requires 6 mana initially.<br /><br />By the way, I don't think the last ability is doing all that much. Unless the creature was already pretty big, unattaching after one or two attacks/blocks will probably kill it.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-1119973592743447912017-10-28T14:48:23.192-04:002017-10-28T14:48:23.192-04:00Oh, I forgot there's an actual Wraith creature...Oh, I forgot there's an actual Wraith creature type!<br /><br />I'm going back and forth on the Malice details... I know I want it to be an indestructible-esque "punisher" ability, but I wasn't sure whether the cost should be "torment" or just a straight-up life payment, and in this case I split the difference.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-29495410863289843592017-10-28T14:40:23.681-04:002017-10-28T14:40:23.681-04:00Hunting Ringwraith 2BB
Creature- Specter (Uncommon...Hunting Ringwraith 2BB<br />Creature- Specter (Uncommon)<br />3/3<br />Malice (Whenever this creature would be dealt damage, prevent that damage unless an opponent pays 3 life or discards a card.)<br />Whenever CARDNAME deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-52454325896416053582017-10-28T13:45:26.287-04:002017-10-28T13:45:26.287-04:00I could see a variation that says “when ~ deals da...I could see a variation that says “when ~ deals damage to a player, put a decomposition counted on target land that player controls. It is a swamp for as long as it has that counter”<br /><br />He would then get the boost for decomposition counters. Could be successfulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321576033161368881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-15661671110243779972017-10-28T13:44:31.353-04:002017-10-28T13:44:31.353-04:00Best fit for the art!Best fit for the art!Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.com