tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post1748506300933574788..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: CCDD 102615—HonedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-72453310062832937882015-10-28T02:42:14.482-04:002015-10-28T02:42:14.482-04:00Free is always useful. I like the tension of free ...Free is always useful. I like the tension of free coming at the cost of playing something at a less opportune time. Also I was iterating on inanimate's attempt to make it more developable. zefferalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845251416516553492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-13907307582844592762015-10-27T21:14:38.496-04:002015-10-27T21:14:38.496-04:00My inspiration was partially Qasali Ambusher (and ...My inspiration was partially Qasali Ambusher (and partially devotion / spell mastery). I wouldn't expect this to work for every set, and there's definitely an argument for keeping it off of instants that mess with combat math, but I'd want to playtest it both ways to learn when and how to use it.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-28070529418628730572015-10-27T21:11:42.245-04:002015-10-27T21:11:42.245-04:00I could definitely see that. Curious to hear what ...I could definitely see that. Curious to hear what you like about that. My instinct says that 'free' is less useful on sorceries, except where it combos with other things you'd spend your mana on.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-45505670879008311992015-10-27T21:10:19.914-04:002015-10-27T21:10:19.914-04:00Seems reasonable, though mathier.Seems reasonable, though mathier.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-55461842028657651012015-10-27T19:58:16.457-04:002015-10-27T19:58:16.457-04:00I'm assuming this means Mutagenic Growth is co...I'm assuming this means Mutagenic Growth is considered a mistake now (though it was reprinted in MM2).<br />Was it a big problem on Convoke instants? A red creature left up doesn't seem like much of a telegraph for Crowd's Favor to me, but I didn't play M15 limited.<br /><br />I *like* combat tricks that can be free.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-27355747739359122462015-10-27T11:35:57.125-04:002015-10-27T11:35:57.125-04:00What about just Affinity for Plains on colored spe...What about just Affinity for Plains on colored spells?Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318011531403551812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-36207914548119209132015-10-26T21:05:33.789-04:002015-10-26T21:05:33.789-04:00That seems a clever idea.That seems a clever idea.Inanimatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440653491352410437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-529892999398659062015-10-26T19:41:51.541-04:002015-10-26T19:41:51.541-04:00On-board with this iteration.On-board with this iteration.Pasteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058331124653341978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-50324232366313333812015-10-26T14:48:58.360-04:002015-10-26T14:48:58.360-04:00Kind of want honed to appear on instants and only ...Kind of want honed to appear on instants and only be used as alt. cost when you could cast a sorcery. zefferalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845251416516553492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49146361624963206242015-10-26T14:18:08.310-04:002015-10-26T14:18:08.310-04:00Combat tricks that can appear for free are a huge ...Combat tricks that can appear for free are a huge problem, especially at common. There's no way they can be signaled to the other player, so they're a constant looming threat.<br /><br />If you were to go down the route that you have written here, you'd need cards like Patrician's Scorn (which has an effect carefully chosen to not be useful in rapid succession), and they'd need to be almost 100% sorceries.<br /><br />If we want to make this a LITTLE more developable, it could be done as follows:<br /><br />Honed 3 <i>(You may cast this spell without paying its mana cost if you control three or more <b>untapped</b> basic [land type here].)</i><br /><br />This means you have a signal for instants (leaving all that mana open), but still rewards you if you can spend the mana after holding it up for the spell. On sorceries, it'd be very similar implementation - but encourage people to cast spells second main, which is something we want them to do anyway. So, seems like a good iteration.<br /><br />The big issue with this version is that if the instant spell costs less than its Honed number (which if often will) then you have to hold up a lot more mana on your turn for their turn in order to cast it for free, which might feel bad.Inanimatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440653491352410437noreply@blogger.com