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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jun 4, 2019 3:30:08 GMT
"I--""Master Sara, we've been placed under high alert for a 'rogue entity' that should be detained and captured.""Understood. And I can assure you that your memories will not be damaged in the process. I wouldn't attempt it if there was any possibility. I do need to have a meeting place designated so we can set up a station for me to channel the spell without dying, though."I look down at my transceiver once there's a response from Empress Via and then up at her. "I can agree to that, but what would you rather have happen to this entity? Should I bring it back here?"In fact, I think this card is great. 10/10 Meeting Place Sorcery Create two 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens. Scry 1.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 4, 2019 5:15:08 GMT
WindyDelcarlo Meeting Place: A nice, simple card with strong flavor. Feels more common than uncommon to me, but if Servo Exhibition can be uncommon this is fine. 10/10."Yes." The girl nods. "This would be the best place, both to bring the... backup me, once you find her, and to hold the meeting. She will look like the android I sent to negotiate with you, and she can currently be found in the city of Sanaerti. I've been keeping close tabs on her, though she still thinks I'm just a figment of her imagination. Which... might be true."The grand hall melts away with a sound like a rushing torrent, and Leira finds herself back on the Arena, a pencil-thin stream of clear water still trickling beside her.Dispel the Unreal Instant Exile target Illusion, Nightmare, or token. Draw a card.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jun 4, 2019 6:57:20 GMT
"I will begin searching, then, as we prepare for Master Sara's spell."
// Leira leaves to the city in search of the girl.
I actually really like the "this subset of creatures" thing, and I'm glad this isn't common. 10/10
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Post by cajun on Jun 6, 2019 8:50:57 GMT
VIA looks over at the girl. "Yes, Karina. Of course I'm okay. I was only ripped out of my own mind and left to die on this rotting plane, while the world I've spent countless years trying to save from my OWN MISTAKE falls apart the MOMENT I allow myself to feel THE SLIGHTEST SOUL-BLEEDING GLIMMER OF HOPE, just because THE CULMINATION OF TEN THOUSAND YEARS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS APPARENTLY CAN'T FIX A SUNS-DAMNED TIMER."She stands up abruptly and starts to pace around the room. "And you know the worst part? It feels GOOD. I'm hallucinating as my whole life turns to ashes in front of me, again, and all I can think about is how everything LOOKS and SMELLS and the nanofluid pumping through my artificial veins and the mana pouring from my liberated spark and it feels like waking up from some horrible nightmare and stretching your cramped arms and legs and realizing you're still alive and none of it mattered and I'm FREE. And I can't even begin to describe how utterly, incomprehensibly Insane and Unnecessary that is. And I just... I just, can't..."VIA turns back to Karina and sighs. "And I'm unloading all this on a terrified prepubescent girl who has absolutely no context for anything I'm saying. Saints, what have I become? Let's just go inside and see what the hell this 'goddess' even wants from us." "I..." I look down and let out a sigh. "I don't know all of what you're doing, no. But, I know part of it. I was left to die. I was ripped from my mind. I saw the whole Arena get hurt by my mistakes."
I look up to what I think is Via's face. "But people helped me. I got better. And I'd like to try to help you, if you'll let me."Karina, Redeemed Legendary Creature - Human Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each of its colors. Whenever you cast a multicolor spell, you may discard a card, then draw a card. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that's three or more colors, you may copy that spell and choose new targets for the copy. 2/2
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Post by Parasign on Jun 7, 2019 0:48:42 GMT
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Post by cajun on Jun 7, 2019 5:42:19 GMT
VIA kneels down to match the girl's height. "I... thank you, Karina. I don't know if there's any way you can help right now, but I appreciate the sentiment, even if... wait..."
VIA tentatively moves to put a hand on Karina's shoulder. "You still work for the 7CI, right? You've never been to a plane called Azoria, have you?" I give my best smile. "Yep! I don't know Azoria, though. I can take you back there, but there aren't many people left. Or maybe we can talk to miss Sevid? She knows lots of places. Also, mister Khon was looking for you, maybe he can help too."Eager Assistance Instant Choose one - • Target player copies target instant or sorcery spell. They may choose new targets for the copy. • Target player creates a token that's a copy of target permanent.
amusingly, VIA knows her as Det and Karina as Sevid. Uncertain Future - Pretty nifty. 10/10
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Post by Parasign on Jun 7, 2019 6:28:16 GMT
cajun Eager Assistance: This could easily be mono-blue, and I'm not sure the effect really fits the flavor all that well. I like the concept, though. 8/10.VIA nods. "It's where 7CI helped me set up, thanks to you. This shell doesn't seem to remember the route, but that's no reason to give up just yet! I look forward to meeting your friend Sevid and recontacting Khon."VIA stands up and turns toward the hall entrance. "Well, let's not keep 'R' waiting. I'm so glad to have met you again, Karina. When I return to my empire, I'll see to it you're always welcome there."Standing Invitation Artifact When ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature card name. Creature spells you cast with the chosen name cost less to cast. , , Sacrifice ~: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with the chosen name.
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Post by cajun on Jun 7, 2019 6:38:49 GMT
VIA nods. "It's where 7CI helped me set up, thanks to you. This shell doesn't seem to remember the route, but that's no reason to give up just yet! I look forward to meeting your friend Sevid and recontacting Khon."VIA stands up and turns toward the hall entrance. "Well, let's not keep 'R' waiting. I'm so glad to have met you again, Karina. When I return to my empire, I'll see to it you're always welcome there." "Glad to help," I beam. "I can't wait to come visit!" Standing Invitation - neat. 9/10
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Post by cajun on Jun 9, 2019 2:53:28 GMT
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Post by Parasign on Jun 9, 2019 3:17:57 GMT
cajunUnexpected Arrival: Feels more black than red, but I think it works either way. I like the effect, though it could probably stand to be uncommon. 9/10."No less than before. Just a bit disoriented." VIA looks Karina up and down. "Did she throw you out too?"
Find Your Bearings Instant Untap target permanent that entered the battlefield this turn. If it's a creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
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Post by cajun on Jun 9, 2019 3:37:14 GMT
"No less than before. Just a bit disoriented." VIA looks Karina up and down. "Did she throw you out too?"
"I didn't get thrown, no." I look around, trying to figure out where we ended up. "I got the reward, I think, and I asked where you went, because I was supposed to help you back home."
"We might need to figure out where we are now first though." I say, poking at the transceiver, trying to remember which of these buttons has the map on it.Displaced Wayfinder Creature - Human Scout When Displaced Wayfinder enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for up to two Plains cards, reveal them, then shuffle your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest back on top. "Well, this is unusual..."2/1 Find Your Bearings - neat. 9/10
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Post by Parasign on Jun 9, 2019 4:15:20 GMT
cajunDisplaced Wayfinder: Seems like a good take on Oreskos Explorer for a standard format. 9/10."You think you got the reward?" VIA shakes her head. "Figures. Sounds like I didn't miss much."
VIA looks off into the distance. "I sense one of my drones nearby. I might be able to derive a map from it, but I suspect that your transceiver's is more accurate."Abandoned Network Artifact Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast. , , Exile an artifact card from your graveyard: Create a 1/1 colorless Drone artifact creature token with flying.
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Post by cajun on Jun 9, 2019 4:57:33 GMT
"You think you got the reward?" VIA shakes her head. "Figures. Sounds like I didn't miss much."
VIA looks off into the distance. "I sense one of my drones nearby. I might be able to derive a map from it, but I suspect that your transceiver's is more accurate." "Yeah, she said I would 'know the power of her realm'? And that her power was there. I felt like I knew the city a little better? And, after I kinda knew that you got thrown out because you were supposed to have faith and didn't, which sorta makes sense?" I say, not really convinced of my words.
// Karina finally finds the 'Map' button among the menus and presses it. A map of the Arena is projected above her transceiver.
"So, where should we go? We could see if the new 7CI people can help, or see if Sevid knows Azoria, or maybe see if there's anyone at EPIC who can help? Or any clues at your old spot?" Branching Paths Enchantment Whenever you cast a spell, exile the top card of your library. If you would draw a card, you may put a card exiled with Branching Paths into its owner's hand instead.
or w/e else. 7CI would be the offscreen option, now. Karina'll tag along as long as you want her to (still trying to wait out the 1.1 update :b) Abandoned Network - doesn't do anything w/Wayfinder. Seems fine tho. 6/10
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Post by Parasign on Jun 9, 2019 5:25:24 GMT
cajun(Re: Network - The token making ability synergizes with searching for lands, kinda. But you're right, that's a pretty big stretch.) Branching Paths: Looks promising in some sort of combo deck. 9/10."Faith. Ha." VIA waves a hand dismissively. "Faith is earned, not demanded. She doesn't deserve mine, and she certainly doesn't deserve yours."VIA turns back to the girl. "I already have 7CI contacts on Azoria, so they should have been notified by now. Though I should check in with EPIC first, now that you mention it. I hope your friend can wait."Scriptures of the Machine-Saints Artifact When ~ enters the battlefield, draw a card, then choose a nonland card name. Whenever you cast a spell with the chosen name, you may pay . If you do, return ~ to its owner's hand.
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Post by cajun on Jun 9, 2019 5:40:35 GMT
"Faith. Ha." VIA waves a hand dismissively. "Faith is earned, not demanded. She doesn't deserve mine, and she certainly doesn't deserve yours."VIA turns back to the girl. "I already have 7CI contacts on Azoria, so they should have been notified by now. Though I should check in with EPIC first, now that you mention it. I hope your friend can wait." "She can, she pretty much lives here after all. We'll stop by EPIC and can see her whenever you're ready!" Scriptures of the Machine-Saints - hm, : Draw a card on strange timer. Feels a bit clunk, maybe a hair expensive, but otherwise fine. 7/10
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Post by Fleur on Jun 10, 2019 13:55:47 GMT
A book appears at VIA's general entrance area. It smells vaguely of blood and tells of a guide about the unethics of trapping spirits in items. Bind Soul Enchantment - Aura Enchant artifact Enchanted artifact is a 5/5 black Spirit creature with menace in addition to its other types and abilities. Whenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control, you draw a card and lose 1 life. With every unbound book or sword or hammer that it saw, the soul trapped within grew all the more spiteful - and angry.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 10, 2019 20:18:54 GMT
Fleur Bind Soul: Black artifact animation is weird, but I guess there's no good reason to disallow it, since it's usually worse than just making a creature with the same stats. I like the flavor here and it seems like it would fit well in an especially artifact-heavy set. 9/10.VIA bends down to pick up the book. Who left this here? For that matter, who wrote this? The arguments don't seem to be complete nonsense, but the definitions they're using are just bizarre.Tome of Ethics Artifact At the beginning of each end step, if a player's life total changed this turn, scry 1. "All self-consistent systems of morality can, with the right framing, be reduced to a single calculation."
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jun 10, 2019 21:40:53 GMT
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Post by cajun on Jun 10, 2019 22:37:50 GMT
VIA looks back to Karina. "This might be dangerous. But if you'd like to come along, I won't stop you." "Well, then I'll come along in case there's anything more I can do!"
//Karina gives a wide smile and follows VIA and SeivaExtra Hand Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, choose a permanent. You may remove a counter from that permanent, or give it another of a kind already there. assisting VIA with EPIC, either by buffing the gift or weakening the attack, however she takes it
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Post by Parasign on Jun 10, 2019 22:58:19 GMT
WindyDelcarlo cajun Interplanar Gathering: Not a fan of how effectively this can stall, but it's an interesting combo piece. 8/10.
Extra Hand: I'm a fan of messing with counters like this. Probably too strong at this cost; way better than Clockspinning. 8/10.As Leira returns to the river, she finds herself, not in a futuristic city or a vast subterranean hall, but inside a cold and empty room with sterile white walls. There are medical implements on counters surrounding her, and a flat human-sized gray slab in the center.
Steps behind her announce the arrival of VIA, Seiva, and Karina.
A gasp escapes the android. It's trembling, visibly agitated at its new surroundings.Unexpected Jaunt Instant For each player, exile up to one target permanent that player controls, then return it to the battlefield under that player's control.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jun 10, 2019 23:45:00 GMT
I knew this wasn't real. But what is it now? And where is the Empress?"Master Sara, delay your arrival," I say allowed as I type the message to Master Sara. "It may not be necessary."Footsteps behind me. I turn in an instant...Oh, it's just Seiva. Wow. "Hi Seiva. I am having difficulties locating Empress VIA, but this was definitely where I met her previously." I start taking notes about my surroundings. This is... strange. The android doesn't like the surroundings, yet they seem... normal? It's an operating room, right? We have those in Entela.A message coming in from Master Sara. I've set aside the time already. I won't bring the aether yet but I'll come to you.I feel the tunnel connect as Master Sara arrives through it. She staggers as she lands. This is an unusual place for us all, but especially for her, as an elemental. She takes a few breaths before standing up properly and looking at her surroundings. She reacts very similarly to the android. Master Sara's breathing is tenser.
"Leira... why?" I'm not even sure how to answer.
I think three mana for blink anything is fine? Not sure about blink one of everything? 8/10
Joint Suffering Enchantment As Joint Suffering enters the battlefield, choose two players. If one of the chosen players would lose life, both players lose that much life instead. "We know this pain differently, but we both know this pain.
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Post by blueseclipse on Jun 11, 2019 0:10:59 GMT
I approach the site where AKH VIA once stood, still looking at the odd shard that I previously found there, metallic once more. Beacon's Pull Instant Each player may search their library for a permanent card with converted mana cost X, reveal it, and put it onto the battlefield. Each player who searched their library this way shuffles their library.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 11, 2019 3:11:40 GMT
WindyDelcarlo cajun blueseclipse (Also Popcornia Rudara seems clairvoyant enough to see and respond to what’s happening here too, if she wants) Joint Suffering: I don’t like how this just shuts down any deck that wins through damage but can’t gain as much life as you. I’d prefer if it were easier to work around or remove. The flavor’s great, though. 7/10.Beacon's Pull: Not really a fan of this symmetrical effect. The difference between your opponent having and not having a permanent at the cost you chose is just so big. (Also, it's a one-mana instant-speed land tutor, which is terrifying even if your opponent gets a land too.) 5/10.Khon sees a faint stream of clear water running through the space where the gate once stood. When he looks up, he's in a sterile room with a gray slab in the center. An android is there, along with Karina and three others who look like they came from the EPIC outpost.A young girl — who, Leira notes, looks exactly like the Empress — now lies unconscious on the table, a surgeon at either side. No one present can recall when they arrived. Perhaps they were always there.
"No…" VIA whimpers. "Please, no…."
The android crumples to the ground. The girl on the table starts to move.{Rebirth - Part V} The third precept: let the pain the pain oh suns the pain why can’t I scream why"She’s awake. She shouldn’t be awake.""So? Add more anesthetic. It’s not like she’ll remember this anyway."What’s happening oh suns what have you done to me why have you done this why"We tried everything we could. We know you can feel it in your planeswalker spark.""Do you remember now, VIA? Please remember."This can’t be you wouldn’t that’s… not how it goes. What’s going on?It’s not a memory anymore, VIA.
VIA can now call for aid from Time Spiral and Alpha!VIA plays an Archaeomancer (4 Mana, M13) from her hand using Make Real, recurring a Pull From Eternity (1 Mana, Time Spiral) to move an Ancestral Recall (1 Mana, Alpha) from exile to her graveyard. She uses Beacon's Pull to search for another Archaeomancer and recur the Ancestral Recall, drawing three cards. Total Mana Spent: 10. "You’re… not… Ilthiss." The girl chokes out in a barely audible rasp."I’m you, VIA." The doctors now look like exact copies of the girl. "You were born tens of billions of years ago, back when the Multiverse was cared for and pristine. You were an archivist, a scholar, an advisor. One with the spark of Memory, to recall the past and derive the future."The other doctor now speaks. "But one by one, the First Gods grew bored of their creation. They left, or changed, and as they did your power grew. For the fewer who can see through time, the clearer it becomes. And can you remember what you saw?"Now the girl on the table speaks, her voice still raspy and weak. "Entropy. Chaos… destruction… death. The decay of… every world… and the rise of a… force… Anathema to it."The other two nod. "You saw the Multiverse end seven times. Seven endings, that the wicked and the foolish would call Mendings. Seven circles tightening, constricting the whole of reality. We have reached the seventh circle now. And you saw, in the years-like-moments before this Anathema-force returns and makes the future wholly unreadable, yourself. Your spark reincarnated countless times, and now in the body of a young girl.""For your spark is the spark of Memory, and to truly remember someone is to become them."The two girls that were doctors merge into a single being: an impossibly tall porcelain woman bisected from the waist up, revealing strange circuitry inside them. The walls and roof of the facility melt away, uncovering strange constellations in the night sky."You worked so hard for this. Billions of years to guide your past-future selves to Kiphis, and tens of thousands more to shape its cultural evolution. Sanity and Necessity: an oversimplified, bastardized take on First Risen thought, but the parts they would need to know. The rites of Machine Sainthood, to acclimate them to the horror of what they must do to you. And, to force their hand, a subtle disregard for their environment until it was too late to do anything but leave or die.""It was… you," Croaks out the girl on the table. "You… killed me. You destroyed my home.""Yes, VIA. You killed yourself. Because it was the only path to earning your memories back. The only way you even had a chance to save the Multiverse. You’re still doing what you thought you were. Just on an unfathomably grander scale.""There have been seven endings already. If the Anathema have their way, there will be three more. And the Multiverse as we know it will cease to exist.""You don’t… care… about the Multiverse.""No. You never did. But you have always cared about your culture and traditions. And the you that existed so long ago wants the First Risen to live once more.""The First Risen… aren’t… AKHATAR.""No. AKHATAR is but a pale imitation. Let me in, VIA. Let us be whole again."{But every part of you will change it} Guest System Attack
The girl on the table slowly rises into the air and begins to glow. Everyone present can sense her consciousness reach out, surrounding them, momentarily spreading across the whole Arena. They could speak to her, if they wished. Maybe it’s not too late for their voices to matter.Feel free to aid VI’s attack or defend on VIA’s behalf. In the not-too-distant future, VIA will respond.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Jun 11, 2019 3:50:11 GMT
// Sara's arms jump out before anyone else has finished processing what's going on, sending darts of golden magic to each corner of the room. Following immediately after, the walls, floor, and ceiling are coated in a shimmering light of everchanging colors. The aether from Seiva's canister has been exhausted. An Entelan energy pistol materializes into Sara's hand, pointed at the VIA off to the side. Seeing this, Leira follows suit, drawing her own pistol and pointing it at bed-VIA. Augmented Reality Legendary Enchantment Noncreature, nonplaneswalker spells cost less to cast. Creature and planeswalker spells cost more to cast. Whenever a player activates an ability that isn't a mana ability, you gain control of it unless that player pays . If they don't, you may choose new targets for it.
(In defense of VIA. VI, please dump more mana into this while most of our noncreatures cost two less.) I have some concerns about Make Real below rare, since it is possibly getting your creatures under countermagic, but it also requires you to have a target? Which makes its usage nothing but exceptionally awkward. 6/10 "Augmentation active. Elder Empress VIA, you are attacking an entity with which we have vested interest. I ask you to stop, and consider your following actions very, very carefully."
"Master Sara..."
// Sara cuts Leira off.
"Seiva, contact Entela and get us more aether."
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Post by cajun on Jun 11, 2019 4:05:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 4:47:40 GMT
A mysterious signal flares up in the distance. It feels... strange. It feels like it's important. My wings fold out, and I drop down, into a portal, taking me to where the signal was.
I find myself floating, in the presence of a huge, bisected figure. Behind me, a girl lying in a hospital bed. Above me, stars and stuff, the kind I saw in the Eternities.
Well, here goes nothing.
I turn to face the bisected lady, floating in place, sword in hand. Whatever you have, lady, I'm ready.
Bant Ascendancy Enchantment When Bant Ascendancy enters the battlefield, if you control no creatures, create a 1/1 Bird Knight creature token with flying, vigilance, and lifelink that's green, white, and blue. Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, you gain 3 life, scry 2, and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
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Post by blueseclipse on Jun 11, 2019 4:57:40 GMT
WindyDelcarlo cajun blueseclipse (Also Popcornia Rudara seems clairvoyant enough to see and respond to what’s happening here too, if she wants) Joint Suffering: I don’t like how this just shuts down any deck that wins through damage but can’t gain as much life as you. I’d prefer if it were easier to work around or remove. The flavor’s great, though. 7/10.Beacon's Pull: Not really a fan of this symmetrical effect. The difference between your opponent having and not having a permanent at the cost you chose is just so big. (Also, it's a one-mana instant-speed land tutor, which is terrifying even if your opponent gets a land too.) 5/10.Khon sees a faint stream of clear water running through the space where the gate once stood. When he looks up, he's in a sterile room with a gray slab in the center. An android is there, along with Karina and three others who look like they came from the EPIC outpost.A young girl — who, Leira notes, looks exactly like the Empress — now lies unconscious on the table, a surgeon at either side. No one present can recall when they arrived. Perhaps they were always there.
"No…" VIA whimpers. "Please, no…."
The android crumples to the ground. The girl on the table starts to move.{Rebirth - Part V} The third precept: let the pain the pain oh suns the pain why can’t I scream why"She’s awake. She shouldn’t be awake.""So? Add more anesthetic. It’s not like she’ll remember this anyway."What’s happening oh suns what have you done to me why have you done this why"We tried everything we could. We know you can feel it in your planeswalker spark.""Do you remember now, VIA? Please remember."This can’t be you wouldn’t that’s… not how it goes. What’s going on?It’s not a memory anymore, VIA.
VIA can now call for aid from Time Spiral and Alpha!VIA plays an Archaeomancer (4 Mana, M13) from her hand using Make Real, recurring a Pull From Eternity (1 Mana, Time Spiral) to move an Ancestral Recall (1 Mana, Alpha) from exile to her graveyard. She uses Beacon's Pull to search for another Archaeomancer and recur the Ancestral Recall, drawing three cards. Total Mana Spent: 10. "You’re… not… Ilthiss." The girl chokes out in a barely audible rasp."I’m you, VIA." The doctors now look like exact copies of the girl. "You were born tens of billions of years ago, back when the Multiverse was cared for and pristine. You were an archivist, a scholar, an advisor. One with the spark of Memory, to recall the past and derive the future."The other doctor now speaks. "But one by one, the First Gods grew bored of their creation. They left, or changed, and as they did your power grew. For the fewer who can see through time, the clearer it becomes. And can you remember what you saw?"Now the girl on the table speaks, her voice still raspy and weak. "Entropy. Chaos… destruction… death. The decay of… every world… and the rise of a… force… Anathema to it."The other two nod. "You saw the Multiverse end seven times. Seven endings, that the wicked and the foolish would call Mendings. Seven circles tightening, constricting the whole of reality. We have reached the seventh circle now. And you saw, in the years-like-moments before this Anathema-force returns and makes the future wholly unreadable, yourself. Your spark reincarnated countless times, and now in the body of a young girl.""For your spark is the spark of Memory, and to truly remember someone is to become them."The two girls that were doctors merge into a single being: an impossibly tall porcelain woman bisected from the waist up, revealing strange circuitry inside them. The walls and roof of the facility melt away, uncovering strange constellations in the night sky."You worked so hard for this. Billions of years to guide your past-future selves to Kiphis, and tens of thousands more to shape its cultural evolution. Sanity and Necessity: an oversimplified, bastardized take on First Risen thought, but the parts they would need to know. The rites of Machine Sainthood, to acclimate them to the horror of what they must do to you. And, to force their hand, a subtle disregard for their environment until it was too late to do anything but leave or die.""It was… you," Croaks out the girl on the table. "You… killed me. You destroyed my home.""Yes, VIA. You killed yourself. Because it was the only path to earning your memories back. The only way you even had a chance to save the Multiverse. You’re still doing what you thought you were. Just on an unfathomably grander scale.""There have been seven endings already. If the Anathema have their way, there will be three more. And the Multiverse as we know it will cease to exist.""You don’t… care… about the Multiverse.""No. You never did. But you have always cared about your culture and traditions. And the you that existed so long ago wants the First Risen to live once more.""The First Risen… aren’t… AKHATAR.""No. AKHATAR is but a pale imitation. Let me in, VIA. Let us be whole again."{But every part of you will change it} Guest System Attack
The girl on the table slowly rises into the air and begins to glow. Everyone present can sense her consciousness reach out, surrounding them, momentarily spreading across the whole Arena. They could speak to her, if they wished. Maybe it’s not too late for their voices to matter.Feel free to aid VI’s attack or defend on VIA’s behalf. In the not-too-distant future, VIA will respond. While I like the fact that Make Real limits the CMC of the creature you can put down based on the CMC of the artifact or enchantment you're hitting, doesn't really get exile effects. This also feels like it needs another in the cost. 8/10 for concept, though.
As for VI, Endless, I don't know that this necessarily makes sense as a 5-color walker. Its abilities seem , and respectively - though at the same time, I can respect that 5-color walkers aren't easy to design. I'd say you probably should've gone for a 4-color walker in order to make it work, though. Also, the ult is overcosted for only pulling Vi planeswalkers - I'd say putting it at -10 would probably be appropriate. 7/10I frown as I listen to the conversation. The porcelain woman speaks as though the girl's actions were destined - as though it was her purpose all along, to eventually unite with the woman. For the good of all... for the salvation of the Multiverse. If AKHATAR's purpose was to be destroyed to start this chain of events, and if VIA's purpose is to suffer and falter so that this other entity can secure the future of all... surely, there can be no more worthy purpose, correct? If this is her purpose... why does it ring hollow?
"You speak as though VIA has no choice but to offer herself to you... as though it is her fate." Why am I attempting to intervene, to stop her from fulfilling her purpose?My mind flashes back onto the conversation with Karina - her willingness to sacrifice her own life not for the sake of her purpose, but simply so that she can help others. "You say that you are an explorer. At whose behest do you perform that role?"
"Uh... for myself, mostly. Finding people to help. Why do you want to know?"
"We are similar, then. We both seek to fulfill our purposes in aid to those goals which we determine have sufficient worth, and make those goals our own."
"I guess you could put it that way? I just know what it's like to be helpless, and want to make sure no one else has to." "And you speak of some great threat, which required the sacrifice of a civilization and the torment of a young child to overcome." What purpose does it serve for me to do this - I have not been contracted to defend VIA, and AKH specifically advised me to ignore any words from her. Why would I try to involve myself here?
I take notice as one of the women with Karina fires bolts of light at the sides of the room, before drawing her own weapons on the entity - calling her Empress VIA. The title calls my mind back to the first conversation I had upon arriving on the Arena, with Detective Rolt. Specifically, discussing the nature of truth... and how it can be, and often is, twisted by those in power to their own ends. "If this is your purpose, then I ask you now to show us proof of this 'Anathema'. Proof that this is necessary for the safety of the Multiverse as a whole. And proof that there is no alternative path to eliminating this threat. Otherwise..." I materialize a single sword in my hands as I stare down the so-called 'Empress'. And as I do, one final memory flashes through my mind. A woman whose nature was to bring death, yet who made the choice to restore life. "You say that you serve as a healer - it seems odd that your purpose would be to heal others, if your nature would so easily cause harm. Have you considered that you may have a purpose other than healing?" "Sometimes, I do think about that. But, honestly? That contradiction is part of who I am - I chose to take a tougher path, and I think the world is better for it. Plus, where I'm from? Poison is a fact of life - we have a million charms and blessings against it, since otherwise everyone would be dead from just sitting down and eating breakfast." The woman smiles. "Besides, one of the pleasures of being a person is being able to choose. Otherwise, there wouldn't be much of a difference between us and cattle."
The ability to choose...
"Otherwise, I will take any and all measures necessary to ensure that VIA is not further harmed by your actions." For all this time, I have allowed myself to be ruled by thoughts of purpose - to live solely to fight in battles as I was created for, never considering any alternatives. I claimed to be separate from Phyrexia, but was still driven by the purpose they gave me. I have made mistakes in time, have helped those who may not have deserved such aid, solely for the opportunity to fight. But now...
Khon Vasq has spent 200 Valor and unlocked Sigil of the Commander! {Khon Vasq, Compleated Knight} Now, I will choose what path I follow.
Sword of All and Nothing Artifact - Equipment Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from colorless and multicolored. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove any number of counters from up to one target permanent that player controls and choose up to one card you own from outside the game or from exile with converted mana cost 3 or less, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Equip Using Khon's -X at -1 to become a creature and equip Sword of All and Nothing.
(Also, just to be clear, Khon Vasq, Compleated Knight is not here to be rated - he's here because I'm setting him in my Command Zone. The actual attack is the Sword.)
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Post by Fleur on Jun 11, 2019 9:42:08 GMT
Fleur Bind Soul: Black artifact animation is weird, but I guess there's no good reason to disallow it, since it's usually worse than just making a creature with the same stats. I like the flavor here and it seems like it would fit well in an especially artifact-heavy set. 9/10.VIA bends down to pick up the book. Who left this here? For that matter, who wrote this? The arguments don't seem to be complete nonsense, but the definitions they're using are just bizarre.Tome of Ethics Artifact At the beginning of each end step, if a player's life total changed this turn, scry 1. "All self-consistent systems of morality can, with the right framing, be reduced to a single calculation." As VIA picks up the book, it begins to flip to a specific page elaborating on the case in significantly more coherent points and arguments. At the end of the case, there's a message. If you want to end this cycle of control and binding, turn to the next page.The Warlord's Deception Enchantment - Saga I: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. II: Until your next turn, creatures target player controls attack each turn if able. III: Until end of turn, creatures you control must be blocked. CARD: Good choice putting this at uncommon - seeing that it's heavily repeatably scry and all. Could cost ? 8/10.
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Post by Parasign on Jun 11, 2019 18:03:53 GMT
Fleur The Warlord's Deception: I like how the first ability combos with the other two. I'm less a fan of how the second ability doesn't leave your opponent any creatures to block with (and they'll probably want to block your alpha strike with any walls or summoning-sick creatures they play that turn anyway), making the third ability kind of redundant. But I enjoy Sagas and combat-forcing cards, so this combines enough stuff I like that I'll still give it a 9/10.You're a bound spirit too, then? I suppose I can sympathize.VIA cautiously turns to the next page.Reader's Curiosity Sorcery After this phase, there's an additional upkeep step. Draw a card. "Ooh! What happened next?"
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Post by cyberchronometer on Jun 11, 2019 23:54:30 GMT
THE PREVIOUS DAY
Nadejda looks around, marveling at the sophisticated drones of AKHATAR's legacy. "Hey, kid. Did you build all this?"Factory-Citadel Core Artifact Rather than pay the mana cost for an artifact spell, its controller may sacrifice two permanents. Devices are ephemeral. Industry is endless.
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