If the creature survives, it wants to pay you back for your treachery/dishonor. Though, if the creature survives, maybe the advice wasn't so bad after all?
With or without the damage rider, I'd be more comfortable with this in red, with the right art/flavor text; but I can see the appeal of the story in black.
I actually like the flavor better without the second line, but it at least makes sense now. (In my mind, you don't give the knight token the bad advice personally. Why would it listen to you? It knows you're the enemy. Rather you use your magic to get a raven to do it or something. Hopefully the stupid knight won't even know the raven wasn't being sincere!)
Another alternative, just in case you want some more interesting-but-approaching-unplayable red cards, is "Target creature attacks or blocks unless its controller has it deal damage=power to his or her face".
That does seem very bad. Most provoke effects are used to pick off strong utility creatures with low p/t. If its power is 5 or greater, it's probably attacking anyway!
I love the flavour! I assumed it was going to do the damage to its controller, so they'd have to choose between letting it die or taking the consequences of the decision. I'm not quite sure how strong this is, but I thought even "attack or block if able" was fairly weak.
Unsound Encouragement 1UR Instant Cascade Target creature must attack or block this turn. At end of turn, if it's on the battlefield, it deals its power in damage to you. "Yeah, you could take him. I promise!"
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The second line of this makes a beautiful common with a wonderful name look ugly. Why is it there?
ReplyDeleteIf the creature survives, it wants to pay you back for your treachery/dishonor. Though, if the creature survives, maybe the advice wasn't so bad after all?
DeleteWith or without the damage rider, I'd be more comfortable with this in red, with the right art/flavor text; but I can see the appeal of the story in black.
For flavor.
DeleteMaybe better off without, but flavor's the answer.
I actually like the flavor better without the second line, but it at least makes sense now. (In my mind, you don't give the knight token the bad advice personally. Why would it listen to you? It knows you're the enemy. Rather you use your magic to get a raven to do it or something. Hopefully the stupid knight won't even know the raven wasn't being sincere!)
DeleteI thought this was a blue ability. But of course, I'm nearly always in favor of trimming blue's bloated slice of the color pie...
ReplyDeleteCould definitely be blue. It's _not_ black, but I'd bleed it for flavor.
DeleteThat said, it does fit red both ways.
Another alternative, just in case you want some more interesting-but-approaching-unplayable red cards, is "Target creature attacks or blocks unless its controller has it deal damage=power to his or her face".
ReplyDeleteThat does seem very bad. Most provoke effects are used to pick off strong utility creatures with low p/t. If its power is 5 or greater, it's probably attacking anyway!
DeleteI love the flavour! I assumed it was going to do the damage to its controller, so they'd have to choose between letting it die or taking the consequences of the decision. I'm not quite sure how strong this is, but I thought even "attack or block if able" was fairly weak.
ReplyDeleteIt's true. This card is weak. Maybe the set has a bunch of cool Sengir Vampires and lifelinkers?
DeleteUnsound Encouragement 1UR
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Cascade
Target creature must attack or block this turn. At end of turn, if it's on the battlefield, it deals its power in damage to you.
"Yeah, you could take him. I promise!"