Cool Card Design of the DayHere's a design I apparently saved from Zefferal's 2016 Goblin Game.
This design came about top-down, but it suggests a vein of anti-tribal design. What merit does such a vein contain?
I can only imagine a few corner case benefits here: You really want the card to belong to a certain tribe, but can't afford to let players drop it into tribal decks without a cost; You want to enable a variety-tribal archetype; You want the card to be a lower rarity than legendary cards are in your set, but still keep it anti-linear to ward players off from running too many. Of these, only variety-tribal seems worth consideration.
Does this lead you to any other ideas?
Forewarner of the Living 3W
ReplyDeleteCreature - Spirit (u)
Flying, vigilance
Non-spirit creatures you control have vigilance.
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Is that "generic cross-tribal" or antitribal? Is there a difference? This does boost them rather than letting them boost it.
I think "generic cross-tribal" is "Creatures you control get X."
DeleteThere could be an ability word in there, for a set about a big coalition coming together to fight an enemy, trying to emphasise that it's a diverse army.
ReplyDeleteDiversity — For each creature you control this creature doesn't share a type with, do...
Examples:
Tolarian Guide {1}{U}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Diversity — When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creatures you control that don't share a creature type with CARDNAME. Put one of those cards in your hand and the rest at the bottom of your library in any order.
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Elven Legion {3}{G}{G}
Creature — Elf Soldier
Diversity — When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Elf Soldier creature token for each creature you control that doesn't share a creature type with CARDNAME.
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Willing Sergeant {2}{W}
Creature — Human Soldier
Diversity — Whenever CARDNAME attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control that doesn't share a creature type with CARDNAME.
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Mentor of Raiders {3}{R}
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Diversity — Creatures you control that don't share a creature type with CARDNAME get +1/+0.
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Nice.
DeleteI'd totally print Mentor along these others, but I wouldn't put diversity on it, because it's not counting those different creatures.
That's one randy elf.
Diversity sounds like a really cool mechanic! I definitely want to see that printed!
DeleteThe deck building around that seems fun to me... Lots of vorthos potential as well.