tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post3696761514378369070..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Weekend Art Challenge 073115—zimzibarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-29976036804469303992015-08-03T11:09:24.197-04:002015-08-03T11:09:24.197-04:00Renders are up at http://imgur.com/a/JqBkX .Renders are up at http://imgur.com/a/JqBkX .AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-70491840052401466692015-08-03T10:22:53.556-04:002015-08-03T10:22:53.556-04:00This isn't great for tribal, but it works exce...This isn't great for tribal, but it works excellently with other tribal cards, particularly those that give P/T boosts. The tokens that come alongside it gain the tribal boosts while it does not, making it much easier to kill off the Leader to free your Wolves from its attacking and blocking restriction.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-7940602864262386652015-08-03T08:59:37.834-04:002015-08-03T08:59:37.834-04:00Hm, yes, it's pretty good with sacrifice effec...Hm, yes, it's pretty good with sacrifice effects. Not as good as Reassembling Skeleton, though. When used that way it's basically Mortus Strider but with a bigger body since it's not common. <br /><br />It does look very good next to Mortus Strider. Would this be better as 2/2 than 3/2?AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-60168193610520595832015-08-03T08:26:13.834-04:002015-08-03T08:26:13.834-04:00Yavimaya Dryad was a really good tie-in to the pre...Yavimaya Dryad was a really good tie-in to the prevailing forestwalk among dryads. Either a ramp spell or a landwalk enabler, your choice. But that is problematic with landwalk losing its evergreenness.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-6109876444352601592015-08-03T08:03:28.166-04:002015-08-03T08:03:28.166-04:00Yeah, I meant large-creature tribes, as in convert...Yeah, I meant large-creature tribes, as in converted mana cost. I was not careful about defining my terms. If I had said Iconic Creature Tribes, which is the term WotC uses, I am not positive anyone would know what I meant anyway.Nich Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686832423418814443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-35248163133573136822015-08-03T06:55:31.818-04:002015-08-03T06:55:31.818-04:00@Fading: a Sultai UBg control? The fact is I don&#...@Fading: a Sultai UBg control? The fact is I don't want to give that (even if unlikely) deck a possibility.<br />@AlexC: that's exactly what this card would be for :)<br />For the render, the art should be better if cropped out to only show one wolf and the faerie/spirit. P for Pizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000340281390449308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49210783821111619782015-08-03T05:54:14.931-04:002015-08-03T05:54:14.931-04:00Which card would you like to submit for the challe...Which card would you like to submit for the challenge? The 1UG Faerie Wolf or the 2G Dryad Wolf?AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-70823567422747309962015-08-03T04:46:17.088-04:002015-08-03T04:46:17.088-04:00I agree with lpaulsen: This is a plausible and rea...I agree with lpaulsen: This is a plausible and reasonable way of temporarily adding a sixth colour, but I wouldn't call it tribal.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-81936865682233203382015-08-03T04:43:54.288-04:002015-08-03T04:43:54.288-04:00Looks like nobody's claimed the renders yet, s...Looks like nobody's claimed the renders yet, so I'll do that.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-57817766104660093452015-08-03T04:43:26.215-04:002015-08-03T04:43:26.215-04:00I like it. I agree it shouldn't be broken at {...I like it. I agree it shouldn't be broken at {1}{G}. I'd enjoy playing a hodgepodge silver bullet deck with all sorts of random creatures.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-67969358526542668192015-08-03T03:43:18.375-04:002015-08-03T03:43:18.375-04:00You might want it to be {2}{G}, on the assumption ...You might want it to be {2}{G}, on the assumption that it will usually be played in decks that can maximize it. And a 2G two-relevant-card tutor, even if very restrictive, is a very good payoff.Czynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08748129560867347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-78566064282890361972015-08-03T03:34:55.757-04:002015-08-03T03:34:55.757-04:00Final revision:
Spirit of the Pack {2}{G}{G}
Cre...Final revision:<br /><br />Spirit of the Pack {2}{G}{G}<br /><br />Creature - Dryad Shaman (rare)<br /><br />Wolf Guardian (As long as you control two or more Wolf permanents and a creature is attacking you, you may cast this creature as though it had flash.)<br /><br />Wolves you control have "Tap another untapped Wolf you control: Regenerate this creature."<br /><br />Tap: Regenerate target Wolf.<br /><br />2/4Czynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08748129560867347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-43453225932877687752015-08-03T00:52:21.444-04:002015-08-03T00:52:21.444-04:00I love how top-down this design is with so little ...I love how top-down this design is with so little text! Plays well, too-- it does a great job of solving the common tribal-deck problem of "how to deal with a Wrath".lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-39784209121561886432015-08-03T00:50:35.414-04:002015-08-03T00:50:35.414-04:00I like the non-reprint design a lot! Very clever d...I like the non-reprint design a lot! Very clever drawback setup. <br /><br />But it's actually the 'tribal' element of the design that has me a little worried. This randomly nerfs any other Wolves that you might want to run (and also extra copies of Leader of the Pack... maybe??), which is a feel-bad experience for players who want to build a Wolf tribal deck and include the Leader of the Pack.<br /><br />I'm not saying that this is a serious flaw, though. After all, Goblin Rabblemaster is doing very similar things, though he comes with a bonus for running other Goblins as well as a drawback.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-76345203078059145552015-08-03T00:44:47.248-04:002015-08-03T00:44:47.248-04:00So it's the Elf that's doing the fighting,...So it's the Elf that's doing the fighting, and not the Wolves? I'm used to expecting the opposite (see Master of the Wild Hunt). The card name and flavor text somewhat explain it, though. Those must be some intense lessons the wolves are giving.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-63188760849108967792015-08-03T00:41:33.895-04:002015-08-03T00:41:33.895-04:00I really like this vision for purple-- seems very ...I really like this vision for purple-- seems very believable and well-thought-out. "Splash-only" is an exciting and interesting identity. <br /><br />But I'd assert that Violetwood Sprite isn't strictly speaking a 'tribal' card under these conditions. It doesn't care about existing characteristics of cards so much-- it's just using 'purpleness' to track the bonus it's granting. And once Fury makes 'purpleness' an innate quality it will be tied to mana cost, not creature type. <br /><br />I admit this may be too narrow a definition of tribal, though. I'm curious: Do you consider Foundry Street Denizen and Bellowing Tanglewurm to be 'tribal' designs?lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-80851462013431600202015-08-02T22:59:12.179-04:002015-08-02T22:59:12.179-04:00Planar Chaos design explored the possibility of tr...<i>Planar Chaos</i> design explored the possibility of treating purple as a "normal" color like the other five, and determined it wouldn't work. Maro has stated that there isn't enough mechanical space in the color pie to carve out a sixth section of new material. So, we have to go elsewhere.<br /><br />In our large set, <i>Sound</i>, we introduce purple as a color whose mana is only used on activated abilities and kicker costs. There are two common cycles in <i>Sound</i>: a cycle of five lands that ETB tapped and tap for either a regular color *or* purple, and a cycle of artifacts that filter mana to purple and have an additional effect. The idea is that purple is a color that can only be splashed, not run as a main color. There are no purple cards, though there are cards that can make permanents purple (like Violetwood Sprite) as well as effects that care about things being purple (like, hey, Violetwood Sprite.) <br /><br />In our small set, <i>Fury</i>, we introduce a sixth basic land, Lagoon, which appears in every basic land slot (so you're guaranteed to get one per pack.) <i>Fury</i> features purple cards at every rarity. In contrast to <i>Sound-Sound-Sound</i> draft, which rewarded splashing purple as a minor subtheme, <i>Fury-Sound-Sound</i> draft offers players the opportunity to go deep into purple, by featuring lots of cards with two or three purple mana in their mana costs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647677781801914930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-49797784369289455842015-08-02T22:53:38.659-04:002015-08-02T22:53:38.659-04:00Actually, if not a reprint:
Leader of the Pack 1G...Actually, if not a reprint:<br /><br />Leader of the Pack 1GG<br />Creature - Dryad (R)<br />When Leader of the Pack enters the battlefield, put two 2/2 green wolf tokens onto the battlefield. <br />Wolves you control can't attack or block unless Leader of the Pack is also attacking or blocking.<br />2/2Wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494097707732649864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-24468611249152112422015-08-02T21:19:28.598-04:002015-08-02T21:19:28.598-04:00Also, I wonder if this might get just a little too...Also, I wonder if this might get just a little too good with Changelings.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-26708468536986810122015-08-02T21:10:31.071-04:002015-08-02T21:10:31.071-04:00Oooh... a sixth color. Bold.
I think a design lik...Oooh... a sixth color. Bold.<br /><br />I think a design like this requires a bit more context. Is purple a full sixth color? Does it get a basic land? Does it get the same number of cards that the other colors do? Is there anything distinctive about the kinds of cards it gets? What might make caring about purple creatures 'tribal' in a way that caring about, say, red creatures isn't?lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-8465541669884889532015-08-02T20:16:52.867-04:002015-08-02T20:16:52.867-04:00Rowanhair's Bond 1G
Sorcery (Rare)
If you cont...Rowanhair's Bond 1G<br />Sorcery (Rare)<br />If you control a Faerie creature, you may search your library for a Wolf creature card and reveal it.<br />If you control a Wolf creature, you may search your library for a Faerie creature card and reveal it.<br />Put all cards revealed this way into your hand, then shuffle your library.<br /><br />Aiming for a card that encourages cross-creature-type deckbuilding and maybe captures a cool story moment (which apparently is increasingly important). Not sure of how to cost it, though. I went with 1G based on stuff like Time of Need and Green Sun's Zenith, on the theory that requiring a creature of the opposite type to be in play already is a pretty serious restriction.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-14124036689041516042015-08-02T20:05:17.439-04:002015-08-02T20:05:17.439-04:00Clever type line. Clever mechanic too.
From a fla...Clever type line. Clever mechanic too.<br /><br />From a flavor perspective it's a bit strange that one can (and often will) have, say, Human or Goblin familiars... but that's pretty much unavoidable, I guess.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-87925712558285776592015-08-02T20:04:37.947-04:002015-08-02T20:04:37.947-04:00Violetwood Sprite (uncommon)
1G
Creature - Faerie
...Violetwood Sprite (uncommon)<br />1G<br />Creature - Faerie<br />Purple creatures you control have hexproof.<br />{3}{G} or {P}: Target creature becomes purple until end of turn.<br />2/2Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647677781801914930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-30334027419844582922015-08-02T18:25:51.319-04:002015-08-02T18:25:51.319-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494097707732649864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-37794728742287831022015-08-02T16:15:11.391-04:002015-08-02T16:15:11.391-04:00indeed the fighting rules should be a bit re-evalu...indeed the fighting rules should be a bit re-evaluated by wizards, since this amazing mechanic (a great solution to green's previous lack of removal) could be expanded to do a lot more.A.Charantonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764287128554364197noreply@blogger.com