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Post by korakhos on Feb 16, 2019 16:15:55 GMT
Calm: Couldn't find any precedent to compare this to save for Deluge but I don't think that's a card I should base my judgment off of. I think the card is fine but something tells me it should cost   . 8/10. "I came to tell you we're making our move tomorrow and I find out you have a daughter here?!" she says exasperated "How can I trust your mind will be on the job if you have to take care of a brat and may need to check on her in the middle of the job?!"Justified Rage    Instant  Choose one- • ~ deals X damage to target creature. • Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Feb 16, 2019 16:50:59 GMT
"So you fancy yourself a steelshaper, little one? Well, let's see if your skill matches your aspirations!"
Wave of Rust Sorcery Destroy target artifact. Tap all other artifacts that artifact's controller controls. Those artifacts don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 16, 2019 16:53:37 GMT
@korakos
"I assure you that my daughter is capable of taking care of herself while I am away," Arina insists. "I will be undistracted and functional during our engagement. That is how a Shaidostan does her work."Justified Rage does seem like basically Volcanic Geyser but has the downside of only hitting face if you have an unblocked creature? Which is pretty cool for a fireball. 9/10 Shaidostan Prowess  Instant Target creature gains deathtouch and hexproof until end of turn. Scry 2.
fluffydeathbringer"Wait, I need that!"Yep, this makes affinity really sad. As a sorcery speed shatter I think it can tap down the other artifacts at a slightly cheaper cost? Since at 5 mana you get the wipe with a further upside on Vandalblast. 7/10 Obsidian Shard Artifact When Obsidian Shard enters the battlefield, draw a card. , Sacrifice Obsidian Shard: Counter target noncreature nonplaneswalker spell. "Obsidian's the bane of anyone that works with aether, but it can be used just as well to protect circuits rather than break them."
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Post by korakhos on Feb 16, 2019 17:16:50 GMT
Shaidostan Prowess: not gonna lie, the tucked in scries are getting a bit old but I'm not gonna let a personal bias deter my judgment (for all I know, you can do another scry card and I'll love it, it all relies on my mood XD). Besides, this is a good way to implement hexproof and deathtouch since you rarely see those two together unless you're planning on paying . 8/10. But that's not how a mother should treat her daughter thinks Aylin bitterly How can she let her be around in the middle of this mess?! A child should be allowed to have a peaceful childhood... "Fine" she says, not showing her real thoughts "Do what you want. Perhaps it's even better... if you fail your daughter will probably get hurt, or even die... so you are forced to succeed no matter what!"
She sighs, then adds.
"First thing tomorrow I'm going to confront Kirino. Once I make the first move you can join, make sure to be swift and silent... and make sure it hurts as much as possible!" she says "And don't worry about finding out when I've made my move... I guarantee you'll notice!"
She leaves with her chin up, completely ready for the coming challenge. Out of the corner of her eye she catches a glimpse of Hannah tinkering around and mouths an inaudible "Take care".Call to War Sorcery Gain control of target nonland permanent until end of turn. Untap it, it gains haste until end of turn. "The call has been made, will you answer and take the path to glory?"
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 16, 2019 17:47:47 GMT
korakhos
"Once I make the first move you can join, make sure to be swift and silent... and make sure it hurts as much as possible!"
Arina stares at Aylin for a moment. Is she serious? After only another second of consideration, Arina realizes that Aylin has no reason to have studied Volaria's bloodlines. She decides not to say anything on the matter.Call to War: I mean yep, this is basically just the Catch half of Catch/Release. 8/10 Also to note, I make a lot of designs that cost half a mana and there's only so many cantrip effects you can staple on a card XD Call to Research Instant  Each player copies target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copies.
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Post by Neottolemo on Feb 16, 2019 18:58:24 GMT
Neottolemo
"Hi, my name's Hannah..." Hannah yawns and leans against the outline of her device, while lightly screwing a tube into place. "This is going to be an oscillation reactor to make energy so I can get home. You're probably not gonna break it."Consider Carefully being both a fog and an inspiration at common is somewhat concerning. At uncommon it seems like it could totally be something, though. 7/10 Creative Exhaustion Instant If a player would draw one or more cards this turn, instead that player scries that many cards. "I can't really focus right now." yeah, that's fair about my card
Creative Exhaustion: Seems like a good card in mirror matches or in general against other control stuff. Kinda silver bullet-y but the cost and the instant speed probably make this fine. 9/10
"I hope so. You seem to have a good handle on things, but... are you sure you should be doing this on your own? No offence, Miss Hannah, but you seem a bit tired." Hyle snaps her fingers and a strange being appears out of thin air. Two of its appendages become hands, with which it repeats the movements Hannah is making, but without touching the reactor or her tools. "Here we go! This creature might be able to help. So you're far from home, then?"
Adaptation Elemental  Creature - Elemental Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell with a single target that targets a creature, you may copy that spell. If you do, change the copy's target to Adaptation Elemental. 3/2
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Post by fluffydeathbringer on Feb 16, 2019 18:59:52 GMT
Obsidian Shard: reasonable costing but who's speaking in the FT. I hate unattributed speakers so that strikes half a point off, 7.5/10
"Hah. Well done, child! It is clear that you've strength and potential. I commend you, but also warn you not to sink into complacency."
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 16, 2019 19:17:55 GMT
Neottolemo
"Yeah, I'm a bit tired but it'll be fine." Hannah stretches and lays down on the ground to access the bottom of her circuitry. "I'm from Volaria. I don't really know how far away that is for you guys, though."Adaptation Elemental seems fine for the minor upside it has outside limited. Definitely is a limited bomb though, what with all those combat tricks going around. 9/10 Awaken Sorcery Tap or untap target creature and target land.
fluffydeathbringer On BB I typically do unattributed quotes because the quote (for me at least) is always going to be applied to the character using/casting the spell. So, having it quote Hannah who is presently the one holding and using an obsidian shard just didn't make sense.
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Post by korakhos on Feb 16, 2019 19:23:33 GMT
Call to Research: nice thinking in naming the card. If I'm interpreting correctly, you actually get to choose the targets for each individual copy, right? That would give you at least two copies to work with, so taking into account Wild Ricochet I'd make this cost (true, Ricochet also redirects the original but this can get out of hand in multiplayer with the right spell). 7/10.
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Post by Neottolemo on Feb 16, 2019 20:06:12 GMT
Neottolemo
"Yeah, I'm a bit tired but it'll be fine." Hannah stretches and lays down on the ground to access the bottom of her circuitry. "I'm from Volaria. I don't really know how far away that is for you guys, though."Adaptation Elemental seems fine for the minor upside it has outside limited. Definitely is a limited bomb though, what with all those combat tricks going around. 9/10 Awaken Sorcery Tap or untap target creature and target land. Awaken is a cool and good Twiddle variant, though it could probably use some flavour text and I think it could be instant speed. 8/10
Response once I get the Kirino attack done, lol
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Post by cajun on Feb 17, 2019 0:50:13 GMT
"Just don't work yourself to death, alright? Maybe we can take a break to get some food, there's this great bakery not far from here."
(mostly gonna let Cyria and Hannah run attacks)
Crafter's Persistence - you've got this habit of making cards that are just a little weird in a vacuum (needing the artifact here) but you've just got enough flavor behind them that i've gotta give em bonus points to spare 9/10
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Post by gateways7 on Feb 17, 2019 6:28:41 GMT
Immersive Engineering - This is an interesting quicken for artifacts plus a recursive ability that I think would play really well. The scrying feels unnecessary but overall this is a really good card. 9/10.Cyria takes a closer look at the machine. "Have you tried polarizing the aether glass and using a hydraulic-based system... wait. Let me get something." She fishes a leather book out of a pouch on her back and hands it to Hannah. "This is a compilation of much of the scientific work that I've done in my life, and I would be a pretty shitty scientist if I didn't use it to help people. See if anything there can help make this easier on you."Techromonicon Artifact  Whenever a player casts an artifact spell, put a study counter on Techromonicon.  , Remove a study counter from Techromonicon: Draw a card. , Remove five study counters from Techromonicon: Draw five cards.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 17, 2019 6:48:56 GMT
gateways7"I don't know what a lot of this means," Hannah confesses as she flips through the book. "Or, well... any of it. I can't read this language." She glances up at Karina as though she has something to say but wants to finish a thought first. "We're converting aether into elemental energy and just using that, since it's just going into an aether tunneler anyways, but maybe you know something in this that'll help?"Techronomicon draws a lot of cards. This would get right in a bunch of my EDH decks, although it should probably be legendary so you can't just spam the board with them and start drawing four off every artifact. 8/10 Aetheric Influence Sorcery For each counter on target artifact, put another counter of that type on that artifact. "If you send a lot of aether into technology, a lot of it works way faster."
cajun"Yeah," Hannah agrees. "I could take a break when we're done exchanging. No one's gonna get mad at me if I don't have the oscillator done today."
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Post by Fleur on Feb 18, 2019 1:22:24 GMT
Rin flies up towards the workshop. "A fellow artificer, hm? Who's there?", they ask, calling out to what they think is mostly empty space. "Is anyone there?" Call the Helithopters  Instant Choose one: - Create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying. - Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain flying until end of turn. "The real innovation here isn't the ornithopter - it's the speed at which they come out." -Rin, Ambitious Steelwing
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 18, 2019 5:46:42 GMT
Fleur
"What?" Hannah's squeak comes from the inside of the cylindrical skeleton. The bottom of the cylinder is covered in metal tiling, pipes, and sliding doors, making it completely opaque. Hannah pops her head up over the edge a few seconds later. She looks exhausted, but she doesn't let her voice reflect that at all. "Hi, I'm Hannah. Yeah, I guess you could call me an artificer."
"I'm a core engineer from Entela," she declares proudly as she makes a pose. "Also I think your flying thingies could use another resonance coil or something. They're flying pretty slowly. Here, I have a few extra ones because Master Sara thought they'd be useful."Call the Helithopters sounds about right for a thopter generator. You can make two flying spirits for 2W at instant, so the anthem making it 3W seems reasonable. 8/10 Resonance Coil Artifact Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact. Sacrifice an artifact: Put a charge counter on target artifact. "Aether resonance coils help make sure that circuits keep flowing. You can also sometimes use them to make fireworks!"
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Post by korakhos on Feb 19, 2019 0:13:31 GMT
In the middle of the night, Aylin approaches Hannah. The child still seems intent to continue on her project despite the late hour."Greetings" says Aylin "Is your mother around?"Furtive Approach Sorcery Until end of turn, creatures you control gain menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 1 life. If you do, draw a card." "Nobody must know of our meeting."
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 19, 2019 2:29:55 GMT
Aiden looked over to the young girl from a distance. He saw the girl surrounded by whirring trinkets and what not, and figured his spear was good enough. Maybe she knew something about how his spear worked and how the spirits could be stored... inside it? He had no idea but it was worth a shot. About a [FITTING TIME] after the incident at the hospital with the spear, ghosts, and Karina, and wondered if someone could help him figure this out. Perhaps tame the spirits? They had to be imitating his family... right? They couldn't be dead. They were at home, worried sick about him. They had to be. Had to.The soldier approached her, confused at the amount of 10-year olds in this dangerous place. "U-uh, hello." he said, swallowing. "I was wondering if you could help me out - how much of spears and spirits do you know?"Soldier of the Forge Creature - Dwarf Soldier Sacrifice ~: Target artifact or creature gains indestructible until end of turn. "So, you need me to protect this for you? Say no more!" - Gareth of the Forge2/2 (Consider it a gift/question - in short, not an attack)
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Post by Lady Mapi on Feb 19, 2019 3:07:12 GMT
(During the events of the Kirino Must Die! arc) I congeal and move to meet with little Hannah. I check myself in a nearby mirror - I will my sparks to cease and brush a strand of hair from my eyes (more out of habit than anything.) I step into the workshop and see her there. She reminds me so very much of the daughter I ended up never having, so very long ago. I clear my throat."Hello there, little one. Is your mother in? I have something I want to give her."(This is a gift, but if you do respond... would you kindly do it with Hannah? Credo of the Ruler says please.) Friendly Greeting - Instant -  Target player draws a card. Draw a card. As good as a handshake. |
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 19, 2019 3:42:18 GMT
korakhos "Hm? Oh, hi Miss Aylin." Hannah looks up from her device. "Yeah, Mom's inside if you want to talk to her. Something pretty important, she says, but secret."Furative Approach does sound about right for its cost. People sneak around, everyone gets hurt, and someone learns a bit. 9/10 Attentive Listening Instant Whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player this turn, draw a card. "I'm ready to listen whenever you're ready to speak."
gurfafflekins "Hi! When you say 'spirits', do you mean the things that made Volaria? I can tell you lots about them! I know less about spears though..."Soldier of the Forge seems reasonable based on Dauntless Bodyguard. It's less efficient for its cost and has an effect you'd usually put at one mana instant anyways. 8/10 Aether Attunement Instant Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn for each artifact you control.
Lady Mapi (Hannah must reply, which she was going to do anyways because you know exactly where Arina is and so she literally can't. Arina was awaiting a command from Lance before I made her take action but Hannah can respond.) "Sorry, Mom's not here right now." Hannah's clearly exhausted, evident both by her actions and her thoughts, but still working on her device. All of the power conduits that are not in the heap of metal are connected and dragged off to one side of the device. She is working on one more before preparing to seal the oscillator in aether glass and move on. "She had something important she went off to do but I wasn't allowed to know what. She didn't want me getting in the way, I guess. If you leave it with me I can make sure she gets it, though!"Friendly Greeting is a bit more than blue gets at 3 mana at common, since it's Divination but better. It should be uncommon. 7/10 Innocent Reply Instant Copy target instant or sorcery spell that targets you. You may choose new targets for the copy.
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Post by Fleur on Feb 19, 2019 4:01:43 GMT
CARD: Would probably be better with choose-one wording, but this is neat. 9/10. "Hm, never seen those before." Rin takes a cursory look at a few coil-related regulations; they seem to be legal. "Yup, looks good. Let me try one of these out..." Sonic Thopter  Artifact Creature - Thopter Flying, haste : Target creature gains flying and haste until end of turn. 2/2 |
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 19, 2019 4:16:52 GMT
Fleur
"See? I thought something looked weird about it." Whether the artificer replies or not, Hannah goes back to the confines of her device while the two converse so she can hopefully get it done by tonight.Sonic Thopter is like Snare Thopter but helps others more. Seems fine? Not sure if it's unbalanced for limited or not. 7/10 High Hopes Sorcery Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control an artifact, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It's every Entelan's dream to work on an important project. To do that, you have to start smaller.(So like yes, I know it already flies, but here we are)
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Post by Fleur on Feb 19, 2019 14:03:19 GMT
CARD: Functional. 8/10.
"Alright thanks," Rin begins, but Hannah's gone right back to whatever she was doing before. "Good luck with whatever you're working on!", they call out as they leave.
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Post by korakhos on Feb 19, 2019 14:21:23 GMT
Attentive Listening: super solid card, was gonna comment on how it could cost taking into account Driven also granted trample, then realized this is an instant and can be cast after blockers XD. 9/10. "No, it is you I need to talk to, actually" begins Aylin, chooses her words carefully "And it would be better if your mother doesn't find out about this... I came to warn you about something, something that's happening tomorrow..."Are you a planeswalker like your mother?"Aylin knows the odds are close to impossible, but if there's even the slightest chance this girl can run away, she must consider the option.Fair Warning Instant ~ deals 1 damage to target creature. If there's a card named Fair Warning in your graveyard, ~ deals 3 damage to that creature instead. "I said you should get ready before I got to ten, not when I got to ten!"
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 19, 2019 17:12:29 GMT
korakhos
Hannah shakes her head. "Mm-mm. I'm just an un-special me. Mom goes to other worlds all the time, taking stories and food back home, dad says he could but doesn't have anywhere to go, but it's not safe for me because I can't go home if I go somewhere else, unless..." Hannah motions towards the pile of metal without finishing her sentence.Fair Warning: Poke that turns into bolt seems fine? It's kinda like Fiery Impulse, which I think is easier to turn on so this could probably do another point of damage or something like that. 8/10 (A response to Fair Warning, but because Aylin's not actually throwing rocks at Hannah, she's not gonna mention healing from said rocks) Restoration Serum Artifact Sacrifice Restoration Serum: Whenever target creature is dealt damage this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it. "If your body can't heal itself fast enough, you can bet that Theria'll have something to make you heal better."
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Post by korakhos on Feb 19, 2019 18:12:36 GMT
Restoration Serum: taking Ashnod's Transmogrant into account, I believe this card could afford to just place the counter without it needing the being dealt damage condition (or at least maybe a "deals or is dealt damage this turn"), I don't know, feels underpowered to me. 6/10. There's something odd in the way this little girl mentions the word "home", so Aylin is forced to ask.
"Wait a second, you're not a planeswalker and this is not your home?!" she asks astounded, she's never heard about non-walkers moving from plane to plane "Wait, I don't have time for this... Whatever you are, wherever you're from, you're not safe here! Something is going to happen tomorrow, something big, and your mother is going to be involved in it, so she won't be here to protect you... you need to be careful..."Dooming Premonition Sorcery Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the revealed card's converted mana cost. "Kirino is definitely a threat, but I wonder if killing her will make her more of a threat instead of less of one..."
-Everybody other than Aylin
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 19, 2019 18:28:01 GMT
korakhos
Hannah looks to her surroundings. Mom told her to hide if something dangerous started to happen. She could keep that promise. "I'll be careful. I've gotta go back to Entela still, right?"Dooming Premonition does seem about right. Languish at -4/-4 for 4, this at somewhere between 0 and 16, probably average 5 if your deck it built for it, for 5. 9/10 Confident Preparations Sorcery Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. Draw a card.
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Post by korakhos on Feb 19, 2019 19:17:17 GMT
Confident Preparations: Your love for Opt shows perfectly in this card, this is the quintessential Windy card (well, maybe if it was an instant with adjusted cost XD). 10/10. "I'll be careful. I've gotta go back to Entela still, right?"
"Good to know..." says Aylin with a tired smile "But just in case, take this as a backup."She extends her palm facing downward, and as a dull red light begins to emanate from it, dirt and rocks begin surrounding it while forming a rugged sphere."I've infused this with a geomantic spell. If you sense danger, drop it to the ground and a rock shield will surround you, protecting you from any harm. It will dissolve on its own once the harmful stimulus stops..." she says.This will at least protect her from my attack she thinks, although this location is far enough from Kirino's that the earthquake will barely be felt here.Entombing Mudslide Instant ~ deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures, where X is the number of Mountains you control. Only a geomancer sees being buried alive as a good thing.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Feb 19, 2019 19:38:14 GMT
korakhosHannah lightly and carefully picks the sphere up and places it at a stable point in the metal pile. "Thank you, Miss Aylin. I'll make sure I have it nearby tomorrow."Fire At Will gets to be used as pricing precedent. In exchange for only being playable in mono-red, you get to ramp damage? I think that probably fine since it can't hit face. 9/10 Aetheric Stabilization Instant Exile target noncreature spell. At the beginning if the next upkeep, that spell's controller may cast it without paying its mana cost. Core engineers know the importance that exists in five seconds
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Post by korakhos on Feb 19, 2019 20:28:54 GMT
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 19, 2019 22:37:29 GMT
"I, uh... I don't really know what a Volaria is. I mean ghosts - phantoms? And I guess a spear doesn't really have any moving parts, but..." he sighed. "I guess it was a shot in the dark. Sorry to bother." he said. Asking 10 year olds to figure out his ghost-weapon? What had his life come to?Aether Attunement: Good card. Probably could be or cost . 9/10.
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