tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post8443762360840436655..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: M13 Designer Diary IIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-23942934611979666542012-07-03T10:00:58.135-04:002012-07-03T10:00:58.135-04:00As I recall, bond was chosen specifically because ...As I recall, bond was chosen specifically because there was widespread speculation/rumours that the set after M13 would be back on Ravnica, and would therefore have a multicolour theme, and therefore the team decided that bond would play well with multicolour concepts while being different enough to avoid stealing the new Ravnica set's thunder. Which seems to be pretty much precisely what the real M13 design team thought too. It is utterly awesome that the Goblin Artisans came up with bond. I wonder what the real M13 designers/devs thought when they saw it? :)AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-22820811716746344712012-07-03T09:58:35.643-04:002012-07-03T09:58:35.643-04:00Yep, replacement effects never loop infinitely. Ot...Yep, replacement effects never loop infinitely. Otherwise Furnace of Rath, Sulfuric Vapors, Thought Reflection and any number of other cards would instantly go infinite. The current wording is fine (at least, it's not a broken one-card combo. It might well be a broken two- or three-card combo, which is probably fine for a Johnny mythic.)AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-6395280743068576642012-07-03T05:15:00.464-04:002012-07-03T05:15:00.464-04:00I was enchanted to see that wizards' M13 has l...I was enchanted to see that wizards' M13 has landbond cards. It's not quite the same, there's a cycle of commons that have +1/+1 if you control a plains, etc, and have an off-colour activation in that colour.<br /><br />I infer they are there to play nicely with the presumed lands in Return to Ravnica with two basic land types, since there's a few other basic land type cards and I've heard it speculated.<br /><br />Your land bond wasn't based on the RtR lands, right, it was just a good idea for a core set? Which makes it more of a coincidence that it matched quite closely :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-71355124117016172282012-07-02T21:05:24.599-04:002012-07-02T21:05:24.599-04:00I believe the precedent/explanation is akin to Tho...I believe the precedent/explanation is akin to Thought Reflection and Boon Reflection; or rather, it replaces the original effect with a new simultaneous effect? The *instead* keeps it bounded, from what I remember.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-88791264243577772752012-07-02T18:39:19.307-04:002012-07-02T18:39:19.307-04:00Not really about the article, although this does h...Not really about the article, although this does have to do with a black card... I was looking through the file, and I noticed there's a card called Lichs Pact. It reads "If you would draw cards or lose life, instead draw that many cards and lose that much life" doesn't that just leave you in an infinite loop of drawing cards and losing life?Anubis_Ravenhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06489548834943361840noreply@blogger.com