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Post by Popcornia on Jun 26, 2019 0:36:46 GMT
ParasignA few nod, one doesn't looking away at the question. "We were far afield when we heard the news. It almost sounded like a joke, just like how it did when we first heard of her. We..." "We didn't know whether to believe it was true." The group is quiet for a moment, before one of them cleared their throat, and the rest looked to her. The apparent leader it seemed. "Well, there's no use moping here. We have a long travel before we catch up with the rest of them." The rest of the wanderers nodded, before the leader looked back to Varsul. "Are you on your own? We can take you with us north. I have a feeling we'll need everyone we can find to help us resettle up there." {Response Card - } Search for Answers: Neat. A little too consistent though honestly. 7/10
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Post by Parasign on Jun 26, 2019 1:25:30 GMT
PopcorniaResolve from Remorse: Judging from To Arms!, this seems a bit weak. I honestly don't think the "if you control x creatures" rider is needed at all. 8/10."No, sorry, I'm just visiting. And I also got a message from someone named 'R' asking me to stay around here and observe the ruins, so I'd rather not run off just yet."Weight of Obligation Enchantment Cards can't leave graveyards. Permanents can't become untapped except during their controllers' untap steps.
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Post by gurfafflekins on Jun 26, 2019 2:30:23 GMT
Parasign Peaceful Introductions:Cute Ghostly Prison variant. 9/10. From behind the rocks, silence. Until a head peeks over the top, looking at him nervously. A young woman stands up slowly from behind the rocks. She sports short black hair, emerald eyes, and a small stature underneath a dress in shambles, torn to only go to the knees. She gives a little wave, "U-uh, hello. No I don't want to harm you or anything like that, Parsul." she says, slowly stepping out from behind the rock. She walks towards him and extends a hand. "You've, uh, met me before but wouldn't, uh, wouldn't recognize me." she then proceeds to excitedly introduce herself:"I'm Callie!" Callie, Wild Child Legendary Creature - Human Whenever you discard one or more cards, you may create a 2/2 red and green dragon creature token with flying. Sacrifice a land: Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand. "So many friends, so little time!" 2/5
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Post by Popcornia on Jun 26, 2019 2:40:07 GMT
Parasign The wanderer nods, before gesturing to the rest of their travelling companions. "Good luck to you then." "And may the Godhead watch over you." With that, the riders resumed their journey, their horses galloping through the ruins of the city towards their next destination, an ambiguous northern meeting spot. It seemed even in their absence, people were willing to do a lot for this Godhead figure. {Targeting a tapped creature} {Response Card - Journey Forward} Weight of Obligation: I think this would be better formatted akin to Grafdigger's Cage, but I like the second ability. 7/10
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Post by Parasign on Jun 26, 2019 4:47:25 GMT
gurfafflekins Callie, Wild Child: That combination of abilities is just begging to be busted wide open, but if The Gitrog Monster didn’t break Commander this probably won’t either. 9/10."Oh, you're the dragon! Huh. I thought only adults could shapeshift." The Outside’s never different in the ways I expect. "Nice to meet you again. And, uh, what happened to Bell?"Mysteries of the Outside Enchantment Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 26, 2019 4:52:13 GMT
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Post by Popcornia on Jun 26, 2019 11:46:05 GMT
The travelers slowly disappear into the distance, set on their journey.
Whether they arrive, or if they find what they expect, was for fate to decide.
Homeward Bound: I'd make the activated ability a bit more expensive, as this makes any really big creatures work on an every other turn clock of damage, which is more than enough time to stall at this cost. 6/10
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Post by mrlozano on Jun 26, 2019 21:16:55 GMT
I nod. "Yes, it’s easy to visit. Leaving is a bit harder, but, seeing as you’re a planeswalker it shouldn’t be a problem. Though crossing the threshold either way is… disorienting." I flip through the book. "Is there a specific kind of place you’d want to go?"The World Book’s Threshold Enchantment - Saga I, II: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an enchantment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. III: Until end of turn, if a chapter ability of another Saga you control would trigger, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copies. "Oh, I don't know. Do you have any place with great libraries? I love books."Learn from the Past Instant Copy target non-mana ability you control. If a Saga ability would be copied this way, copy it two times instead. "We are condemned to repeat history. We may as well learn from it."The World Book’s Threshold: I like this one a lot. The Saga support is neat, but the other ability not being restricted to just sagas makes it great. Would definitely play it. 10/10
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Post by gurfafflekins on Jun 26, 2019 22:16:09 GMT
Parasign Mysteries of the Outside: The feels a little weird. Could probably be ? 9/10. "H-hey, I'm an adult! I'm, like, 20 in human years." she says. She was also 20 in general, but he didn't need to know that. "And, uh, my--" she stops herself. "Bell? He's just taking a nap. Big softie likes to sleep." she says, giving a nervous laugh. "But let's not worry about him, I came to hear more about you. A-And your story! I want to know about, the uh, the book you've got. So, you write stories for it?"Learning Impulse Sorcery Exile the top five cards of your library. You may play one of those cards until your next turn. "What's this do?" - Callie, curious dragon
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Post by Parasign on Jun 27, 2019 0:26:31 GMT
mrlozano Learn from the Past: I think it needs to say "activated or triggered ability" and "copy it twice" (plus mana abilities can’t be targeted anyway since they don’t use the stack, but I guess it helps to spell it out in rules text). Slight wording issues aside, this seems interesting and probably balanced. 9/10."Of course." I turn to the very first page I’d bookmarked: The Royal Sanctum-Archive of Greater Fabloria. "Though if you just want to read about my world, well, I have literally all the information about it right here."Fablorian Sanctum-Archive Enchantment At the beginning of your end step, choose one— • Until your next turn, creatures can’t attack you or a planeswalker you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures. • At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you didn’t lose life since your last turn, draw a card.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 27, 2019 0:28:10 GMT
gurfafflekins Learning Impulse: I like the concept, though this iteration could easily cost given Shimmer of Possibility exists. 8/10."Well, I don’t write the stories, no. I just listen to them, and then they write themselves. Or not. Whichever the World Book wills." I shrug. "Everyone back home makes a big deal about it, but I’m really just a glorified journalist. Certainly not as interesting as a dragon." Note: This timeline has been altered. What originally happened is below. You're welcome. — VI{Spoiler}{Spoiler}"Well, I don’t write the stories, no. I just listen to them, and then they write themselves. Or not. Whichever the Pattern wills." I shrug. "Everyone back home makes a big deal about it, but I’m really just a glorified journalist. Certainly not as interesting as a dragon."
Enforced Humility Enchantment Spells you cast with converted mana cost 3 or less cost less to cast. Spells your opponents cast with converted mana cost 4 or greater cost more to cast.
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Post by mrlozano on Jun 27, 2019 13:16:42 GMT
"Of course." I turn to the very first page I’d bookmarked: The Royal Sanctum-Archive of Greater Fabloria. "Though if you just want to read about my world, well, I have literally all the information about it right here."Fablorian Sanctum-Archive Enchantment At the beginning of your end step, choose one— • Until your next turn, creatures can’t attack you or a planeswalker you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures. • At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you didn’t lose life since your last turn, draw a card. "Oh, if I could look at your book and take some notes... that would be purrfect!" I write down the measures of the book and some external details. "To build one like it I would need to visit it, but I don't want to consume your time."Platinum Ward Instant Until end of turn, your life total can't change. Draw a card. Fablorian Sanctum-Archive: A better propaganda/Ghostly Prison. I think it should cost 4 but being two colors may also make it balanced. 8/10
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Post by gurfafflekins on Jun 28, 2019 23:51:23 GMT
Parasign Enforced Humility: Similar to Gaddock Teeg but on an enchantment that feels more like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. I like it. 10/10. The pattern..? Callie takes a couple more steps towards him, getting a bit close. "Oh, well, thank you. I am very, very interesting I assure you. B-but I'm sure your plenty interesting yourself!" she says. "Come on, tell me about yourself. And not anything to do with that book, or this 'pattern'. What do you like to do? What's your favorite color? What was your life before this?" she asks excitedly. True Self Enchantment - Aura Enchant creature When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy all other enchantments you don't control attached to enchanted creature. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and trample.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 29, 2019 3:17:14 GMT
mrlozano Platinum Ward: Feels more uncommon than rare to me, but then again, it is most of a Time Walk in the right deck. 8/10.I have to laugh at that. "I very much doubt you could build anything like the World Book. But there's no reason I can't answer your questions about it."
As I show the pages to the cat, I notice the text seems to blur slightly. Maybe I'm just tired; it's been a long day. But maybe..."That's odd. The text doesn't seem to be, uh, shifting to you, does it? Just thought I'd ask."Note: This timeline has been altered. What originally happened is below. You're welcome. — VI{Spoiler}{Spoiler}I have to laugh at that. "I very much doubt you could build anything like the World Book. But there's no reason I can't answer your questions about it."
As I show the pages to the cat, the Pattern swirls through them.
Strange conduit. Can it speak? I felt the shadows of speech, yet it has no Gift.
"That's odd. It seems to think there's something strange about you. Can, uh... did you get any of what it said?" Silver-BorderedOne with the Pattern Enchantment You share a life total with permanents you control. (All damage dealt to them is also dealt to your shared life total, which is equal to your base life total plus your creatures' total toughness and your planeswalkers' total number of loyalty counters. Neither you nor they die as a state-based action unless your shared life total is 0 or less.)
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Post by Parasign on Jun 29, 2019 5:06:28 GMT
gurfafflekins True Self: Interesting. I feel like this wants to grant continued protection from enemy Auras after it's cast, or maybe just flat-out Hexproof (instead of Trample?), since the kind of deck you'd play this against could easily just disable the creature again. 8/10.I feel my face flush a bit. Guess it was pretty dumb to think Outsiders wouldn't be so interested in me. Well, I've kept up appearances plenty of times before, and I can do it again, right?"Me? Well, I read a lot. I like to travel. Both kind of requirements for being Chosen, honestly. Which, uh, makes being Outside really quite liberating, to be honest, since I've been mostly cooped up in the Royal Sanctum-Archive for the last several years learning about my duties. "Wow, great job, Parsul. Could I possibly sound any more boring?"But it wasn't all study and training! I lived right next to the royal family, and became pretty good friends with Princess Arcirya. I actually saved her from assassins at one point, though apparently something like that happens quite often with Chosen. Probably just the World Book trying to... wait, you said not to talk about that, sorry. We snuck out and explored the royal gardens a lot, or played the Convocation Game together; the Archives have nearly every card for it that still exists. I actually got pretty good at it; though, come to think of it, most Chosen do. Um, what else... I can play the archlute pretty well! That's not too common, I think. Oh, and my favorite color is orange."Note: This timeline has been altered. What originally happened is below. You're welcome. — VI{Spoiler}{Spoiler}I feel my face flush a bit. Guess it was pretty dumb to think Outsiders wouldn't be so interested in me. Well, I've kept up appearances plenty of times before, and I can do it again, right?
"Me? Well, I read a lot. I like to travel. Both kind of requirements for being Chosen, honestly. Which, uh, makes being Outside really quite liberating, to be honest, since I've been mostly cooped up in the Royal Sanctum-Archive for the last several years learning about my duties. "
Wow, great job, Parsul. Could I possibly sound any more boring?
"But it wasn't all study and training! I lived right next to the royal family, and became pretty good friends with Princess Arcirya. I actually saved her from assassins at one point, though apparently something like that happens quite often with Chosen. Probably just the Pattern trying to... wait, you said not to talk about that, sorry. We snuck out and explored the royal gardens a lot, or played the Convocation Game together; the Archives have nearly every card for it that still exists. I actually got pretty good at it; though, come to think of it, most Chosen do. Um, what else... I can play the archlute pretty well! That's not too common, I think. Oh, and my favorite color is orange." Controlled Destiny Enchantment - Aura , Reveal Controlled Destiny from your hand: If you control no creatures, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +6/+6 and has hexproof.
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Post by mrlozano on Jun 30, 2019 19:21:27 GMT
I have to laugh at that. "I very much doubt you could build anything like the World Book. But there's no reason I can't answer your questions about it."
As I show the pages to the cat, the Pattern swirls through them.Strange conduit. Can it speak? I felt the shadows of speech, yet it has no Gift."That's odd. It seems to think there's something strange about you. Can, uh... did you get any of what it said?"Silver-BorderedOne with the Pattern Enchantment You share a life total with permanents you control. (All damage dealt to them is also dealt to your shared life total, which is equal to your base life total plus your creatures' total toughness and your planeswalkers' total number of loyalty counters. Neither you nor they die as a state-based action unless your shared life total is 0 or less.) The book seems weird right now. "No? I don't know what gift is it talking about."Enlight the Ignorants Instant Each player discards their hand then draws cards equal to their life total. One with the Pattern: I really like this. It's for sure a rules nightmare and probably busted, but it's silver border so, who cares? 9/10
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Post by Parasign on Jul 1, 2019 6:27:58 GMT
mrlozanoEnlight the Ignorants (Enlighten the Ignorant?): That's a potentially insane amount of card draw, which worries me even at 6 mana and letting your opponent draw too. I do like how it could also be a mill or discard effect in the right deck. 8/10."Wait, you know it mentioned the Gift? And you don't... seem to be vomiting or bleeding from the eyes or anything like that. That kind of suggests you do have it.""Do you ever... feel like you're being watched? By something larger and more real than yourself? And that sometimes it talks to you, or tries to?" I pause. "The talking part's a lot rarer, though, and doesn't happen to everyone."Silver-Bordered Law of the Outermost Enchantment At the beginning of combat on your turn, command your creatures to "Attack!" or "Retreat!" (don't attack). Put a +1/+1 counter on each one that obeys your command this combat. At end of combat, destroy each one that didn't obey.
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Post by gurfafflekins on Jul 2, 2019 2:46:27 GMT
Parasign Controlled Destiny: I like this. Cool. 9/10. Well, his face is red. Good start? Callie listens intently, rolling her eyes as he tries to seem less boring. She's all smiles until the mention of the Princess is brought up. Her face falters for a moment, before she recreates the interested look. She couldn't possible compete with that . "Wow, that's amazing! Saving from assassins, being so smart and musically talented. I don't know what an archlute is, but you should give me a show some time." she says. There's a rumble of thunder in the distance, and Callie gives a small gasp. "I-I-I uh, I have to go. But we should talk again some time! My favorite color is green, by the way." she says with a grin, and then she quickly runs off towards the sound.
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Post by Popcornia on Jul 2, 2019 16:10:12 GMT
Parasign A wandering vendor passes by Parsul's cottage. They pause and look over the residence before adjusting their and stepping towards the door. They knock twice, eyes looking expectantly. {Gift? Card - Vagrant Peddler}
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Post by Parasign on Jul 3, 2019 7:50:35 GMT
Popcornia Vagrant Peddler: The second ability feels more green than black to me, but I guess it works in black too, and it looks like an interesting card-advantage engine for aggressive decks. 9/10.I open the door. "Hi, come in! I'm...." face to face with a Rakshasa no no it's just a person who happens to also be a cat. Just like the last one. Rakshasa probably don't even exist Outside! Right?
And now I'm staring at them like an idiot. Whoops."...Parsul." I finish lamely. "Oh, and you, uh, don't happen to be an agent of someone called 'R', do you?"Xenophobia Enchantment As ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature of the chosen type attacks you or a planeswalker you control, ~ deals 1 damage to that creature.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jul 3, 2019 8:11:38 GMT
// A short, dark-haired woman approaches Parsul. She has an unlabeled black book in her arms and a long watch on her wrist."Hi, my name's Leira. I'm wondering if you know what happened to the city that used to be here. It was important to my research."Erased Histories Instant Exile all cards from target player's graveyard. That player loses life equal to the number of noncreature, nonland cards exiled this way.
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Post by Popcornia on Jul 3, 2019 16:38:54 GMT
ParasignThe cat merchant looks over Parsul, but doesn't give an obvious expression. "My allegiances are for me to know and for you to not, unless you have interest in my master's services," the vendor spoke. Their voice was calm, collected. Clearly practiced at dealing with various individuals. "If not, then perhaps I have something of use to you. The road is long, and it would be helpful to lighten the load of my wares before I move on." {Response Card - Enduring Sneak} Xenophobia: My first instinct is that white enchantments shouldn't deal damage, but then Lightmine Field[ exists so...sure. I'd put this at more in cost to bring it in line with Ghostly Prison if it were more general. Since it's type specific, it's good as is. 10/10
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Post by Parasign on Jul 3, 2019 22:51:34 GMT
WindyDelcarloErased Histories: Seems like a decent finisher in the right matchup. Combos interestingly with mill. Not usually a fan of spells that just hit face for a lot to win the game out of nowhere, but this requires setup so it's probably fine. 8/10."Hi, Leira. I'm Parsul." Oh, she wants to know about the city? "Funny you should ask, since I got a message earlier telling me to look into its disappearance. Haven't found anything yet, except it seems their goddess made it disappear. What was her name again? Radula something?"Oblivion Sanctum Enchantment Whenever a card is exiled from anywhere, you gain 1 life.
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Post by Parasign on Jul 4, 2019 0:08:07 GMT
PopcorniaEnduring Sneak: Interesting. 9/10."Huh. What kind of wares? I'm mostly here looking for stories, but cultural artifacts can be useful too."The Wealth of Kingdoms Enchantment - Saga I: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.)II: Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. III: Create a token that's a copy of an artifact you control. Return ~ to its owner's hand.
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Post by Neottolemo on Jul 6, 2019 10:37:29 GMT
Vern sticks to one of Parsul's windows, attempting to read the titles on the books on the bookshelf opposite the window. Someone should really clean up these cobwebs, huh.
Spider of Fates (‽) Creature - Spider
Whenever a player casts a spell with a single target, copy it and choose a new target for the copy if able. (You can't choose the same target as the original spell unless it's the only target you can choose.)
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Post by mrlozano on Jul 6, 2019 18:48:25 GMT
"Wait, you know it mentioned the Gift? And you don't... seem to be vomiting or bleeding from the eyes or anything like that. That kind of suggests you do have it.""Do you ever... feel like you're being watched? By something larger and more real than yourself? And that sometimes it talks to you, or tries to?" I pause. "The talking part's a lot rarer, though, and doesn't happen to everyone."Silver-Bordered Law of the Outermost Enchantment At the beginning of combat on your turn, command your creatures to "Attack!" or "Retreat!" (don't attack). Put a +1/+1 counter on each one that obeys your command this combat. At end of combat, destroy each one that didn't obey. Now you are getting weird, meowster Viric. "I don't think so? That sounds like a thing that would happen to my brother." This can be interesting. With my quill ready, I ask again. "So, what's that Gift?"p Michi, the Gifted Legendary Planeswalker - Michi Whenever one or more creatures attack you or a planeswalker you control, create a 1/1 white and blue Cat Spirit creature token with flying. : Target creature can't attack or block until your next upkeep. Law of the Outermost: This seems funny and a interesting buildaround. I think it would be great in black border with a different wording, also. 8/10(Also, sorry for the dealy, I forgot I had this hanging around.)
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jul 6, 2019 20:22:22 GMT
WindyDelcarlo Erased Histories: Seems like a decent finisher in the right matchup. Combos interestingly with mill. Not usually a fan of spells that just hit face for a lot to win the game out of nowhere, but this requires setup so it's probably fine. 8/10."Hi, Leira. I'm Parsul." Oh, she wants to know about the city? "Funny you should ask, since I got a message earlier telling me to look into its disappearance. Haven't found anything yet, except it seems their goddess made it disappear. What was her name again? Radula something?"Oblivion Sanctum Enchantment Whenever a card is exiled from anywhere, you gain 1 life. "Oh! I think..."// Leira flips through her book."I know who you're talking about, but Miss Arina never had a longer name than 'R' for her. So it just... vanished, then?" // Leira nervously taps her transceiver.Oblivion Sanctum is a lot of mana for a card that might gain you 6 life over the course of a game. You can gain one per turn for 1W already. 6/10 Search for Leads Enchantment Whenever a creature you control attacks, put an investigation counter on Search for Leads. Remove five investigation counters from Search for Leads: Investigate.
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Post by Parasign on Jul 6, 2019 22:45:02 GMT
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jul 7, 2019 0:46:52 GMT
WindyDelcarlo Search for Leads: Five attacks is way too many to earn a single clue, especially on a 3-mana rare. Compare Military Intelligence (and speaking of which, this also feels more blue than white even with the attack trigger). 6/10."Well, there's some rubble left, but other than that it's completely gone. There were some angels swarming it earlier, so that might have been related. That's all I know."Rapturous Gateway Enchantment When ~ enters the battlefield, exile all nonland permanents until ~ leaves the battlefield. "I... guess I have something to go look for now. Thanks for your time."Rapturous Gateway needs an "all other" and could cost a mana less because things that remove temporarily can always cost less than things that remove permanent (Planar Cleansing). 7/10
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Post by Parasign on Jul 7, 2019 7:20:47 GMT
Neottolemo Spider of Fates: Interesting effect, though I'm not entirely sure I like how the forced copy can blow up in your face, or the potential memory issues from repeatedly copying Auras. 8/10.Hey, I've been way too busy to clean these past few days. Besides, I think the cobwebs add character.
"Hello, uh, sir? The windows open. Feel free to come in if you want to."Guileless Invitation Enchantment - Aura Enchanted creature attacks you each combat if able. If enchanted creature would deal damage to you, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
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