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Design a multicolor card for this illustration.
Wurmsilk Cloak 1GW
ReplyDeleteEnchantment (U)
Enchanted creature gets +0/+3 and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Aura Equip 1GW (1GW: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)
Is there a reason not to do that as a straight up equipment? There's definitely precedent for gold artifacts and equipment
DeleteIt could be an aura or it could be a colored artifact. Colored artifacts are pretty few and far between and specific to a unique setting. I could see it, but for the more traditional fantasy setting suggested by the art that seems like an odd fit. That said, if Aura Equip is too weird:
DeleteWurmsilk Cloak GW
Enchantment (U)
Enchanted creature gets +0/+3 and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Wurmsilk Cloak GW
DeleteEnchantment - Aura (U)
Enchantment Creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+3 and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Solid.
DeleteMight need to cost a touch more...
You could put this on an X/1 and it would be effectively a 4/4 at least.
Or you could put it on a Looming Altisaur and have a 10/10.
It's intended to be a draft around uncommon, and I could certainly see it cost 1GW. I imagine GW gets Oakenform for two mana, and this can be much better than Oakenform. Of course on a 3/1 it's much worse than Oakenform and it still doesn't avoid 2 for 1s with removal.
Deleteat 1GW witch the rancor tech?
DeleteI'm not a big fan of the Rancor text, it's clearly old fashioned with weird timing loopholes and repetitive game play. I'd rather see this as a limited draft around uncommon that might see play in a boggles-esque deck or Doran Commander decks.
DeleteGuardian Wurm 1RW
ReplyDeleteCreature - Wurm
Haste, Trample
Sacrifice ~: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
I had another idea called "mismatched guardians" but it turned out I'd reinvented Collected Company but weaker.
I'm guessing 3/1? I don't like the sac to regenerate clause here all that much. What if it was ETB regenerate another target creature, with a Ball Lightning self-sacrifice as well? That would push it more BR or RG, although since it's precombat, RW still works.
DeleteOops, supposed to be 3/3. The idea being you can attack with it but sac it if opponent finds a bigger blocker
DeleteWhy is my Guardian Wurm smaller than most, not green, and sporting two keywords that only work on offense?
DeleteLet's ignore the name and type: I don't see a strong mechanical connection between our keywords and the activated ability, but I do see a play pattern where you attack with this early and then save a better creature with it later. Still, it could do that without any keywords.
I'm struggling to see a clear identity for this card.
I agree it's not the best creature type, but what would fit better? It's not a dragon. Is it a worm?
DeleteIf we're following the text box, probably an elemental. If we're following the art, a bigger dumber wurm.
DeleteBewitcher of the Swamp 2UBG
ReplyDeleteCreature Wurm Shaman
deathtouch
at the beginning of your endstep create a token copy of target creature an opponent control except is is a white spirit has base power and toughness 1/1 and gains "all creatures that share a name with this creature must attack you each combat if able"
1/5
What the what? That's wonky enough to be a commander. There's definitely some disconnect in making spirit tokens White when that's not any of its three colors.
DeleteThis card is needlessly complex. Why does my 1/1 ghost need to have all of the targeted creature's abilities? Do we really want to have to track which of 3+ 1/1 tokens is which creature?
DeleteWhere are these spirits coming from? They don't relate to anything dying, but they mimic certain living creatures?
How about this?
Bewitcher of the Swamp 2UBG
Creature—Human Witch
Deathtouch
At the beginning of each combat, target creature must attack you, if able."
1/5
Wildcaller Shaman 4GG
ReplyDeleteCreature - Human Shaman
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, create a 4/4 green Wurm token.
Wurms you control get +2/+0.
0/2
Shooting for the common "6/6 for six" green slot.
DeletePrompt calls for a gold card...
DeleteOtherwise, cool wurm lord. Uncommon probably?
I wouldn't expect to see a lord at common, but maybe at six mana, it's doable? One of these is Craw Wurm + Plant, which is fine. Two gives you two 8/4s and 2 Plants. I guess that's fine too, since they still don't have trample and still die to 4/1s. Probably only dangerous with another common wurm with good stats and trample.
DeleteI'd be curious to playtest this at common.
Great fit for the art.
Delete(not multicolor)
DeleteElspeth, Underworld Queen
ReplyDeleteWB
Legendary Planeswalker - Elspeth
+1: Exile up to two target cards from each opponent’s graveyard.
-1: Each opponent may exile a card from his or her hand. If he or she doesn’t, he or she exiles a permanent he or she controls.
-7: Create a legendary black Wurm token with indestructible and trample named Soulgorger. It has “This creature’s power and toughness are equal to the number of cards in exile.”
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Awesome interpretation of the art.
DeleteIs she eating my dead?
Is she eating my living and my unborn?!
Is she regurgitating all she's eaten in the form of a huge unkillable wurm?!!
Is she seeing anyone?
Two-mana walkers are hard. And necessarily weird. This is weird. But not much worse a pitch than devil-face.
Realign Loyalty XWU
ReplyDeleteInstant (R)
Gain control of target attacking creature with power X or less. Untap that creature.
Also a creative interpretation of the art.
DeleteThis is better than Mind Control against creatures with power 3-. It's also situationally better up to about 5 or 6 power because you're often getting a 3:1 (instead of the usual 2:1) by blocking and killing one their other attackers.
I like a lot about what this is doing, but it's scares me from a dev perspective. It might not be a Sphinx's Revelation but it could have a large impact on Standard. I guess we can let Dev tweak the cost or consider removing the (color-appropriate) untap rider.
Siya, Undercity Evangel
ReplyDelete1GW
Legendary Creature - Human Druid
X, exile a creature card from a graveyard: create an X/X black and green wurm creature token. X is equal to the number of cards exiled by ~.
0/4
What's the story here? Is Siya getting better at raising wurms on available carcasses? Is that why the second one is twice the size of the first, and the fourth twice that? We can track how many cards Siya has exiled by putting them under her (which would feel safer if it could only exile from your a single player's graveyard), but how do we track which wurm token is which size?
DeleteWhy does the GW card make BG tokens?
Is 0/4 as interesting an option here as 2/2 or 2/3?
There are some variable-cost timing concerns: The first time you activate this, X is 0 because she hasn't exiled anything yet, so you pay 0 and get a 0/0 wurm which dies immediately.