tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post8131882422749112304..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: Weekend Art Challenge 012717—artmagixUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-91749370839194111682017-01-31T19:47:11.054-05:002017-01-31T19:47:11.054-05:00Could be "target opponent may pay 2 life any ...Could be "target opponent may pay 2 life any number of times"droqenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860172898365406291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-25069623463985034342017-01-30T20:24:34.266-05:002017-01-30T20:24:34.266-05:00I think the card is already aimed at the Spikes of...I think the card is already aimed at the Spikes of the world on the surface. Knocking off the last clause makes it more friendly to Johnny since it can lead to Demonic Pact type shenanigans. It is trying to pay an amount of homage to Buffy with the last clause. It might be better for the game overall if its more dangerous.Lefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314232061312529400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-82721377504112790132017-01-30T16:59:31.110-05:002017-01-30T16:59:31.110-05:00Thank you both.
I think preventing exile is more ...Thank you both.<br /><br />I think preventing exile is more acceptable than undoing it (there are always counterspells). Though Mark may still have questions :)<br /><br />Or rather, this only turns exile into death; I'm not sure Mark would ok a card that prevented exile (but didn't prevent destruction).<br /><br />Half is ugly. I tried several different wordings. I considered just not doing that, but it seemed to have too high a risk it would just be useless. If it's one life = one turn delay, four life is likely to be "never" in many games (especially if you're searching for an answer, not a bomb). If it's "1b, pay four life", is that a card people would find useful to play?Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-47954920665683278902017-01-30T12:06:57.698-05:002017-01-30T12:06:57.698-05:00The template for "if it doesn't die"...The template for "if it doesn't die" is more complex, but that's not a huge concern. I'm more concerned with the power level of making a creature much smaller <i>and</i> getting a better <a rel="nofollow">Lava Axe</a> for the same price. But with a couple tweaked numbers, this is an interesting card. Nice.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-23032697190003233972017-01-30T12:03:19.063-05:002017-01-30T12:03:19.063-05:00This is neat! The opponent doesn't choose what...This is neat! The opponent doesn't choose what awful thing you do to them, you're guaranteed your effect; instead they choose which drawback you suffer.<br /><br />If it's printable, the first is cleaner and more clearly worthwhile, but one-mana conditionless removal might not be printable, even with such a drawback.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-89749181375243049542017-01-30T11:41:32.198-05:002017-01-30T11:41:32.198-05:00Cumulative Upkeep. Always trying to do huge things...Cumulative Upkeep. Always trying to do huge things while killing its player. This compares pretty well with <a rel="nofollow">Phyrexian Etchings</a> which gives you the cards without hurting you as long as you can pay the mana. Seal of Danzalthar doesn't eat up your mana, but it will deal more total damage to you, and sooner.<br /><br />The last ability makes the card read worse, even if it's strictly upside. I'm torn: I want to say leave it off, both for elegance and blackness, but since this card requires a heavy black commitment, and black can't kill its own enchantments, it might just be necessary. It'll feel bad to use, except when Spike does it at the exact optimal moment.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-68741205315744711792017-01-30T11:35:17.927-05:002017-01-30T11:35:17.927-05:00A cheap, black Genesis Wave/Genesis Hydra. I don&#...A cheap, black <a rel="nofollow">Genesis Wave</a>/<a rel="nofollow">Genesis Hydra</a>. I don't know. Pay 10-19 life on t2 or t3 to largely guarantee you get something dumb like <a rel="nofollow">Iona, Shield of Emeria</a>, <a rel="nofollow">Griselbrand</a>, or <a rel="nofollow">Progenitus</a>. Seems problematic.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-9036731681098494422017-01-30T11:25:35.181-05:002017-01-30T11:25:35.181-05:00Fair. I mean, without the life cost, this is obvio...Fair. I mean, without the life cost, this is obviously nuts because it not only acts as demons 5-8, but saves you some or a ton of mana, and lets you silver-bullet some. It might still be problematic, but I won't assume so without testing. It's certainly attractive for Spike.<br /><br />Is non-legendary there to cap the tippy-top of the power level?Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-56884496642837973792017-01-30T11:19:59.575-05:002017-01-30T11:19:59.575-05:00I love Unwinnable Bargain except for the word '...I love Unwinnable Bargain except for the word 'half.' Development might find it necessary to do that, but it detracts from the purity of the design. I would reject any speculation that it needs to be half, because it's up to the player to be putting enough pressure on to make any life payment relevant and/or to help them dig to buried cards faster.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-2513017511678439612017-01-30T11:15:18.570-05:002017-01-30T11:15:18.570-05:00Paincatcher tracks your sacrifices (as opposed to ...Paincatcher tracks your sacrifices (as opposed to making/letting you sacrifice, or counting deaths) and when you're ready, fetches you one or more demons. It puts them directly OTB, which is great, but it's also pretty expensive, getting you one mana's worth of demon for each creature sacrificed.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">Rakdos, Lord of Riots</a> seems to be the most efficient get, but a couple of <a rel="nofollow">Rakshasa Deathdealer</a>s wouldn't hurt. It's unlikely Paincatcher would just fit passively into a deck already sacrificing and summoning demons; You'd want a deck with a huge/infinite sacrifice engine so you can get ALL the demons out of it. <br /><br />So we've got a Jenny combo card that's maybe Limited playable 1 in 10 times provided the set has a couple good demons and a ton of sacrifice enablers. Not all cards have to be relevant to Limited.<br /><br />Good flavor.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-16707404119057680492017-01-30T00:17:50.491-05:002017-01-30T00:17:50.491-05:00Its intended to be the latter.Its intended to be the latter.Lefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314232061312529400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-13543660047374192472017-01-30T00:10:54.143-05:002017-01-30T00:10:54.143-05:00Is that meant to be "draw a card, lose N life...Is that meant to be "draw a card, lose N life" or "draw N cards, lose N life"? The latter case seems broken at first glance, but the former case would make this an almost-strictly-worse Phyrexian Arena...lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-64279121253342764032017-01-30T00:08:40.765-05:002017-01-30T00:08:40.765-05:00Alternate version:
Demonic Charm B
Instant- Rare
...Alternate version:<br /><br />Demonic Charm B<br />Instant- Rare<br />Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.<br />As an additional cost to cast CARDNAME, choose one--<br />- Sacrifice a creature.<br />- Discard a card.<br />- Pay 4 life.<br /><br />Not sure whether the modal template works as part of the casting cost-- depends on the spell-casting timing restrictions.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-13649136510089278012017-01-29T22:37:26.727-05:002017-01-29T22:37:26.727-05:00Rearrange Viscera {3}{B}{B}
Sorcery - Uncommon
Put...Rearrange Viscera {3}{B}{B}<br />Sorcery - Uncommon<br />Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature.<br />If it doesn't die, its controller loses 6 life.droqenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860172898365406291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-70197664015726532017-01-28T15:50:09.571-05:002017-01-28T15:50:09.571-05:00Demonic Charm B
Instant- Rare
Destroy target creat...Demonic Charm B<br />Instant- Rare<br />Destroy target creature. That creature's controller chooses one-<br />- You sacrifice a creature.<br />- You discard a card.<br />- You lose 4 life.lpaulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772860908442278112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-14661917658306936202017-01-28T14:35:50.437-05:002017-01-28T14:35:50.437-05:00Seal of Danzalthar BBB
Enchantment (R)
At the begi...Seal of Danzalthar BBB<br />Enchantment (R)<br />At the beginning of your upkeep, put a blood counter on Seal of Danzalthar, then draw a card and lose 1 life for each blood counter on Seal of Danzalthar.<br />Sacrifice Seal of Danzalthar: You lose 5 life.Lefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314232061312529400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-54127576246267447372017-01-28T09:14:15.631-05:002017-01-28T09:14:15.631-05:00I know Mark would probably frown on it, but I love...I know Mark would probably frown on it, but I love Dreamcatcher and would definitely try to use it with Gonti's Aether Heart or Mangara of Corondor, just off the top of my head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941977219304581236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-91531336620050595022017-01-28T08:48:57.974-05:002017-01-28T08:48:57.974-05:00Likewise, another alternate non-submission.
2B Dr...Likewise, another alternate non-submission.<br /><br />2B Dreamcatcher<br />Enchantment<br />If a permanent would be exiled from the battlefield, put it into its owner's graveyard instead.<br /><br />Partly to fight removal, or to combo with blink effects. Partly as a sideboard against suspend-like abilities, or to enable weird combos.Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-12078529229118070512017-01-28T05:16:58.030-05:002017-01-28T05:16:58.030-05:00I'll stick with unwinnable bargain as my entry...I'll stick with unwinnable bargain as my entry, but I couldn't resist toying with other ideas too.<br /><br />Tempting Offer<br />4BB<br />Sorcery<br />Search your library for two cards and exile them. Shuffle your library. An opponent may cast one of those cards without paying its mana cost. Then you may cast one of those cards without paying its mana cost.<br /><br />This is the sort of card that usually ends up broken *and* useless. But I'm intrigued in the idea of finding the right spell that helps you but not opponent, not just the most powerful one?Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-30442877477395140862017-01-27T21:48:01.024-05:002017-01-27T21:48:01.024-05:00Bloodgate 1BB
Sorcery (R)
As an additional cost to...Bloodgate 1BB<br />Sorcery (R)<br />As an additional cost to cast CARDNAME, pay X life.<br />Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a creature card with converted mana cost X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest into your graveyard.Taresivonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480158182791136212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-86091937175911361072017-01-27T20:00:47.743-05:002017-01-27T20:00:47.743-05:00Probably should be "beneath the top X cards o...Probably should be "beneath the top X cards of you library", otherwise I'm not sure where the card goes if my opponent pays 1 life.Wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494097707732649864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-88289359766967520302017-01-27T19:58:14.834-05:002017-01-27T19:58:14.834-05:00Demonic Ritual 3BB
Sorcery (R)
Search your library...Demonic Ritual 3BB<br />Sorcery (R)<br />Search your library for a non-legendary demon card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.Wobbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494097707732649864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-73751322318714472682017-01-27T18:59:51.645-05:002017-01-27T18:59:51.645-05:00Unwinnable Bargain
1B
Sorcery
Search your library ...Unwinnable Bargain<br />1B<br />Sorcery<br />Search your library for a card. Target opponent may pay any amount of life. Shuffle your library, then put the card in your library X from from the top where X is half the life paid this way (rounded down).<br /><br />This looked like some sort of demonic invitation. I looked for something where both sides had a potentially interesting decision to make. Do you go for your best card, or a card you can cast now? How scared should your opponent be?Jack (cartesiandaemon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08258267965242039995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-5650643531461912082017-01-27T15:33:22.893-05:002017-01-27T15:33:22.893-05:00Paincatcher
B
Enchantment - Mythic Rare
Whenever y...Paincatcher<br />B<br />Enchantment - Mythic Rare<br />Whenever you sacrifice a creature, put a blood counter on ~.<br />Remove X blood counters from ~, Sacrifice ~: Search your library for any number of Demon cards with total converted mana cost X or less and put them onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library afterwards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941977219304581236noreply@blogger.com