froggy
2/2 Zombie
suffering from critical levels of gay
Posts: 141
Favorite Card: Siege Rhino
Favorite Set: A Live Fish
Color Alignment: Blue, Red
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Post by froggy on Jul 21, 2021 11:34:56 GMT
"Gardeners, what a beautiful name." Allatu steps forward, more than slightly, and smiles. "Yes, I do wish to speak to you. In my expanding search across this realm, you stood out to me. I would like to become acquainted, if this is amenable to you. It is always good to know, and be on good terms with, people of interest. To begin, I often find it enjoyable to discuss one's profession. What is it you do?" Short Rest Instant Cards can't leave graveyards this turn. Draw a card. Lay your head On and stay Dead and gone Short Rest is neat, if quite powerful. Cool form of gravehate, lots of blowout potential tho. 8/10"I work as a gravedigger, primarily. The dead need a home, and such grim tidings befit my nature. As for you?"Gorgon Soothsayer Creature - Gorgon When ~ dies, choose one: • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Mill four cards. 1/1
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Post by ghostbanana on Jul 22, 2021 2:59:40 GMT
admiralivy The satyr snorts, still scraping his hoof against the dirt. "An interesting proposition, and yet mere words are often so flimsy and unreliable, aren't they?" he asks, nostrils flaring... but after a moment, he seems to calm a bit. "Though you seem to refuse to fight back. You have one chance - the true spirit reveals itself while drinking!" he exclaims, and a mug of alcohol appears in front of her on the ground. When she would look to it and back to him, she'd see a mug in his own hand. "Have a drink with me, and we shall go from there!"Intoxicated Satyr Creature - Satyr Whenever ~ attacks, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by ~ this turn. "I don't need fine motor skills to stomp you down!"5/2
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Post by cajun on Jul 24, 2021 0:49:36 GMT
Briefly overcome by the flood of information, the only coherent thought Allatu can muster is a psychically silent What the hell? "Hello. Hello, I am Allatu Kishar. I am aware of neither an affliction upon myself nor an Elsewhere of such import. It is kind of you to offer assistance, though may I ask who you are to be offering it?" Curiosity reaches beyond caution, and she refrains from retracting her mental net, hoping to catch a few more snatches of information from those other, more coherent, voices. Suturing Song Instant Whenever a player draws a card this turn, they gain 2 life. Draw a card. Words keep on tumbling out, wounds keep on closing up, keep on keeping on. [Planeswalker[17] name: Allatu Kishar. Confirmed designation Planeswalker. Observing manabonds. Scanning... Ready. Review. Report. Planeswalker[17] requests identification. Accepted.]
"My designation is Experiment zero. It is my directive to protect citizens from the creatures and illnesses of Elsewhere."
[And attack people at random. Creatures of Elsewhere. Scanning... Ready. Review. Report.]
"If not from Elsewhere, what causes your unusual appearance?" Sorcery Target opponent reveals their hand. Choose two cards from among them. For each of those cards, that player discards that card unless they pay life equal to its mana value.
Suturing Song dunno if that needs the rare but nice 9/10
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admiralivy
0/0 Germ
Struggling to create
Posts: 36
Favorite Card: Tragic Slip
Favorite Set: Amonkhet
Color Alignment: Black
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Post by admiralivy on Jul 24, 2021 23:38:00 GMT
admiralivy Casteless: I generally like these sorts of pseudo-level-up creatures. However, these abilities can be activated any number of times, which seems odd and probably broken (pay GGWW next turn for a 9/9 flying lifelinker! WUUU to give it +1/+1, flying, and draw three cards! And so on.) But making them only work once each makes it feel a bit too easy to fully upgrade, so I'm not entirely sure what the best option is here. It's a very cool concept, though; I just think it needs a bit more iteration. 8/10.A nameless scholar has spent 2 Valor to unlock the Tactical Imperator perk, and spent 2 Mana to use it. A nameless scholar has spent 1 Valor to unlock the Planar Champion perk. As she speaks the words, Allatu can feel some part of her consciousness expand, not outward like a telepathic bond, but inward, as though space itself were being folded to create more room inside her soul. Nothing is there yet; a hole waiting to be filled. "Do you swear, upon your soul, to hide your knowledge of this Fellowship and membership therein, that you may protect it from its enemies?"{I swear, upon my soul, to hide it.} Allatu feels something take shape inside the empty space in her soul. A seed, growing yet locked away.
"Do you swear, upon your body, to maintain the peace within this Fellowship, that you may protect it from rivalries within?"{I swear, upon my body, to maintain it.} The seed begins to send roots through her body and mind, connections to this new part of her.
"Do you swear, upon your memory, to hold the knowledge you are given, that it may endure as long as this Fellowship itself?"{I swear, upon my memory, to hold it.} At once, the seed begins to open. Only slightly, just enough to reveal the bottomless abyss inside it. A hunger for knowledge, subtle but insistent, that can be suppressed but never fully sated.
"Do you swear, upon your wisdom, to curate this knowledge, that it may always be relevant and never reduced to mere trivia?"{I swear, upon my wisdom, to curate it.} From raw chaos, the abyss inside the seed takes definite shape. A multifaceted array of countless chambers, intricate yet elegant.
"Do you swear, upon your fear, to imprison that knowledge which is harmful and predatory, that all may safely strive to understand the truths which are not?"{I swear, upon my fear, to imprison it.} The chambers of the seed define themselves still further in Allatu's mind, taking on specialized roles: some archive, some prison.
"Then you are of the Librarium, and the Librarium is of you."Knowledge pours into the seed like light, blossoming into a dizzying array of facts and secrets. Names, codes, ciphers, rituals, and an endless torrent of historical knowledge, too vast to fully comprehend. And above it all, a single, blazing star of information, too bright to ignore—Welcome, planeswalker, to the Undying Fellowship of Ylstikeme.
If the ritual is left unfinished:Counter-OfferConspiracy Hidden agenda Whenever you cast a spell with the chosen name, exile it, search your library for a card with equal mana value and cast it without paying its mana cost, then shuffle. What is going on? Where is he going with this? A secret Fellowship, with hidden membership?{Despite her reservations, she continues} "I swear, upon my soul, to hide it."He's possessing me. Has to be. Though, we've dealt with that before, and it wasn't like this. {Peace sounds nice enough, and what worth is this body anyway?} "I swear, upon my body, to maintain it."Allatu gasps as the feeling pervades her. I'm dying (Am I dying?(...)). Unity, what am I doing, what am I getting myself into?{Even as her thoughts race, she continues the ceremony} "I swear, upon my memory, to hold it."...Yes. This is a purpose. This is my purpose.{She speaks the words with renewed vigor} "I swear, upon my wisdom, to curate it."A palace? ...A prison?{She finally shows hesitation, a pause stretching far too long... yet she answers at last}"I swear, upon my fear, to imprison it."
A library!
Taking several moments to overcome the flood of knowledge, and many more to peer into a small sample of what she's learned, she rises to meet the man eye to eye. She considers what to do with her hands for a second, before moving to hug him, a few tears visible in her primary set of eyes. "Thank you. I have not belonged somewhere in... quite a long time. This is a gift I will not forget the bearer of."
{Spoilered Card Response} Bewildered Thoughtform Creature - Illusion Advisor Spirited (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may actiate one of its activated abilities without paying its cost.), : Draw a card, then discard a card. "This . . . is wondrous!"1/3
{Spoilered Card Review}This is like the third new type of card you've hit me with! The Memoriam Archive is super exciting and seems in line with other planes (I say, having never played Planechase). Closest point of comparison is Panopticon, which this seems mostly better than but again, I don't know Planechase, that may have been one of the weaker cards. 9/10Counter-Offer is a fun way to cheat, encourages interesting deckbuilding. 9/10
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Post by Parasign on Jul 25, 2021 5:37:55 GMT
admiralivy Bewildered Thoughtform: Looks appropriately costed, and is a good use of Spirited. I'm surprised it doesn't exist in MSEM already. 10/10.The man freezes for a second or two before warmly returning the embrace. For the first time, Allatu feels a clear and distinct emotion emanating from him: relief, tinged with affection. "And I should thank you. I haven't seen another Librarian in some time. I am confident you will be a credit to the Fellowship."After the two disentangle, he adds, "Now. Normally, as your inductor, I would ask for your assistance in my work, especially as you've expressed a similar goal. However, I expect it to be quite dangerous, so I have no wish to pressure you. There are a number of Fellowship cells I can recommend if you'd prefer to apprentice elsewhere, though my—our knowledge of them is a few years out of date."Covert TrainingConspiracy Hidden agenda Creatures you control with the chosen name have " : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery."
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admiralivy
0/0 Germ
Struggling to create
Posts: 36
Favorite Card: Tragic Slip
Favorite Set: Amonkhet
Color Alignment: Black
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Post by admiralivy on Jul 30, 2021 0:20:59 GMT
Short Rest is neat, if quite powerful. Cool form of gravehate, lots of blowout potential tho. 8/10"I work as a gravedigger, primarily. The dead need a home, and such grim tidings befit my nature. As for you?"Gorgon Soothsayer Creature - Gorgon When ~ dies, choose one: • Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Mill four cards. 1/1 "Oh, I am sorry to hear you bear such a dreary fate. I am, at the moment, an itinerant. I have been many things in the past, though most notably a peacekeeper by means of dialogue. It was wonderful, and I miss it dearly. Though it befits my nature, I am unable to return to it." Or unwilling, perhaps. "May I ask of your home? It is always pleasant to learn of where people originate." Lilywoven Net Instant If a card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere this turn, shuffle it into its owner's library instead. Death does not rule this day.
Perhaps slightly too much mill, but overall solid. 9/10admiralivy The satyr snorts, still scraping his hoof against the dirt. "An interesting proposition, and yet mere words are often so flimsy and unreliable, aren't they?" he asks, nostrils flaring... but after a moment, he seems to calm a bit. "Though you seem to refuse to fight back. You have one chance - the true spirit reveals itself while drinking!" he exclaims, and a mug of alcohol appears in front of her on the ground. When she would look to it and back to him, she'd see a mug in his own hand. "Have a drink with me, and we shall go from there!"Intoxicated Satyr Creature - Satyr Whenever ~ attacks, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by ~ this turn. "I don't need fine motor skills to stomp you down!"5/2 This is a terrible idea. "...If you insist, I will comply." She reaches down and grasps the mug, taking the smallest possible sip of the drink, expecting poison or worse. Flip the Page Instant Choose one -- • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Draw a card. You'll never guess what happens next!(Also, I need you to rate Sympathetic Swarm from the previous response.)
I'm personally not very fond of coin flipping and die rolling and such, but I understand disagreeing with that. This doesn't seem like a very fun use of it, because the best I can evaluate it as is, on average, slightly worse than a 3/2 for that cost. 7/10[Planeswalker[17] name: Allatu Kishar. Confirmed designation Planeswalker. Observing manabonds. Scanning... Ready. Review. Report. Planeswalker[17] requests identification. Accepted.]
"My designation is Experiment zero. It is my directive to protect citizens from the creatures and illnesses of Elsewhere."
[And attack people at random. Creatures of Elsewhere. Scanning... Ready. Review. Report.]
"If not from Elsewhere, what causes your unusual appearance?" Sorcery Target opponent reveals their hand. Choose two cards from among them. For each of those cards, that player discards that card unless they pay life equal to its mana value.
Suturing Song dunno if that needs the rare but nice 9/10
Hiding her worry about random attacks, Allatu answers: "That is a noble role, Zero. Though I must say I... just look like this. I am not human, nor ever was, if that is what you ask." She considers reaching out to the non-Zero voices, but decides against it for the moment in fear of retaliation. "What is Elsewhere? If it is so dangerous, I would like to know more to properly defend myself." Switch Focus Instant Exile any number of cards from your hand face-down, draw that many cards, then put the exiled cards on top of your library in any order. Half done in twice the time.
Really interesting! Might be a tad weak in formats where everyone is running a low curve. 10/10admiralivy Bewildered Thoughtform: Looks appropriately costed, and is a good use of Spirited. I'm surprised it doesn't exist in MSEM already. 10/10.The man freezes for a second or two before warmly returning the embrace. For the first time, Allatu feels a clear and distinct emotion emanating from him: relief, tinged with affection. "And I should thank you. I haven't seen another Librarian in some time. I am confident you will be a credit to the Fellowship."After the two disentangle, he adds, "Now. Normally, as your inductor, I would ask for your assistance in my work, especially as you've expressed a similar goal. However, I expect it to be quite dangerous, so I have no wish to pressure you. There are a number of Fellowship cells I can recommend if you'd prefer to apprentice elsewhere, though my—our knowledge of them is a few years out of date."Covert TrainingConspiracy Hidden agenda Creatures you control with the chosen name have " : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery." Beaming at him as she responds, "I am no stranger to peril. Though, in the interest of fully understanding the options, I should ask you about these other cells. Though... do I already know of them, now? How do I sift through such a trove?" Understudy Instant Choose target creature you control. Create a token that’s a copy of the chosen creature, then put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of counters on the chosen creature. "We're just the same, you and I."
Very satisfying as a common agenda. 9/10
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Post by Parasign on Jul 30, 2021 21:50:31 GMT
admiralivy Understudy: A bit worried about the power level here, and I'm not quite clear on the flavor. I like the card mechanically, though. Feels very Simic. 9/10."It's a skill like any other." The man strokes his beard. "Think of it as… like searching a room. You make a mental list of places the knowledge could be—key words, like 'Fellowship cells secure reliable welcoming open.' Sometimes you'll get junk but the answer is usually in there somewhere. It gets easier as you learn to curate your knowledge to fit the way you think."
If Allatu looks, she can easily come up with the following:
Tolaria West cell, Dominaria – Archaeology focus, partner of Tolaria Academy, reliable, secure
Ramish cell, Revio – Archaeology focus, partner of Maktali Library, reliable, secure
Seventh District cell, Ravnica – Political history focus, partner of Augustin III Law School, reliable, questionably secure (high density urban area)
Orrithia cell, Arcavios – Archaeology focus, partner of Strixhaven University, reliable, questionably secure (planeswalking common knowledge)
Gavony cell, Innistrad – Anthropology focus, partner of Moorland Parish, questionably reliable (religiously motivated historical revisionism), secure
Tenth District cell, Ravnica – Sociology focus, partner of Dinrova Community College, reliable, security compromised (Bolas Incident) Encrypted DatabaseConspiracy Your starting hand size is increased by two. After taking mulligans, put two additional cards from your hand on the bottom of your library in any order.
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admiralivy
0/0 Germ
Struggling to create
Posts: 36
Favorite Card: Tragic Slip
Favorite Set: Amonkhet
Color Alignment: Black
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Post by admiralivy on Aug 2, 2021 8:19:05 GMT
admiralivy Understudy: A bit worried about the power level here, and I'm not quite clear on the flavor. I like the card mechanically, though. Feels very Simic. 9/10."It's a skill like any other." The man strokes his beard. "Think of it as… like searching a room. You make a mental list of places the knowledge could be—key words, like 'Fellowship cells secure reliable welcoming open.' Sometimes you'll get junk but the answer is usually in there somewhere. It gets easier as you learn to curate your knowledge to fit the way you think."
If Allatu looks, she can easily come up with the following:
Tolaria West cell, Dominaria – Archaeology focus, partner of Tolaria Academy, reliable, secure
Ramish cell, Revio – Archaeology focus, partner of Maktali Library, reliable, secure
Seventh District cell, Ravnica – Political history focus, partner of Augustin III Law School, reliable, questionably secure (high density urban area)
Orrithia cell, Arcavios – Archaeology focus, partner of Strixhaven University, reliable, questionably secure (planeswalking common knowledge)
Gavony cell, Innistrad – Anthropology focus, partner of Moorland Parish, questionably reliable (religiously motivated historical revisionism), secure
Tenth District cell, Ravnica – Sociology focus, partner of Dinrova Community College, reliable, security compromised (Bolas Incident) Encrypted DatabaseConspiracy Your starting hand size is increased by two. After taking mulligans, put two additional cards from your hand on the bottom of your library in any order. Reverting to purely mental communication in the interest of secrecy, she "speaks aloud" each bit of information as they come to her, particularly remarking on a few of them. "I have, briefly, studied the history of Dominaria. Quite a fascinating place, I am glad to hear you- we have people there. Revio is unfamiliar to me, as is Arcavios... Ravnica, hmm. Not a place I am eager to return to, from my brief stay there. Innistrad as well, my appearance caused significant distress upon my arrival."As if closing a book, she returns her focus to the scholar. "You say you have not seen another in some time, is there no cell here on the Arena? If there is not, perhaps... the two of us could work to- no, you have a task at hand. Which, with the full set of options presented to me, I will say I would enjoy continuing to work with you, no matter the danger presented. If at a later date it proves to be too great for me, I will retire to the Tolaria West Cell for a time. Do you find this agreeable?" Hymenopt Archivist Creature - Insect Advisor Flying If you would scry a number of cards, you may instead look at that many cards from the bottom of your library, then put any of them on top of your library and the rest back on bottom in any order. Searching high and low.1/1
Very cool! Lovely method of sort-of card selection. 9/10
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Post by Parasign on Aug 3, 2021 0:08:00 GMT
admiralivy Hymenopt Archivist: Interesting. I'm a bit concerned by the fiddliness involved; scrying more than a single card is already a somewhat complex and time-intensive action and this makes it even more so. But I might be overstating it, and it's certainly very unique. 9/10. "You are correct. There is no cell here." The man frowns. "I hope my work will remedy that, but... we shall see."
He nods, smiling, at Allatu's second question. "Certainly. Our current task is to find evidence of habitation more than a century old. The people here have startlingly little record of their past. I've found myths and rumors of a cave system to the northwest, as well as records of a city that recently vanished without a trace; personally, I think the cave system is more promising, but we could always hold out for more leads."
Buried RelicConspiracy Puzzlebox (Begin the game with this and another card you own from outside the game in the command zone, locked. That card is face down until you unlock this.), Discard a card: Unlock ~. Put the revealed card into your graveyard.
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Aug 6, 2021 21:13:26 GMT
A man is in the same region as Allatu. He's reading off from a device on his arm that looks similar to the ones worn by Seiva and Ani, saying sequences of numbers followed by "platinum", "aluminum", and "iron".Iron VeinLand Iron Vein enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it. : Add . You lose 1 life. , Remove a charge counter from Iron Vein: Add .
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Post by cajun on Aug 18, 2021 2:00:39 GMT
Hiding her worry about random attacks, Allatu answers: "That is a noble role, Zero. Though I must say I... just look like this. I am not human, nor ever was, if that is what you ask." She considers reaching out to the non-Zero voices, but decides against it for the moment in fear of retaliation. "What is Elsewhere? If it is so dangerous, I would like to know more to properly defend myself." Switch Focus Instant Exile any number of cards from your hand face-down, draw that many cards, then put the exiled cards on top of your library in any order. Half done in twice the time. "I have encountered a number of nonhuman individuals, but none such as yourself."
"Elsewhere is a place of monsters and diseases that tear themselves into our world, using rifts, similar to this," a glowing rift opens next to Zero. "This one is harmless, but others like it will let in monsters that few can fight alone." Instant Create a Horror creature token that's all colors with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard." Switch Focus - 8/10
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