Balance Issue, should I tweak rarity or mana cost ?

elchetibo
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Balance Issue, should I tweak rarity or mana cost ? Mar 26, 2024 9:09:20 GMT

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Post by elchetibo on Mar 26, 2024 9:09:20 GMT

Hey guys, I'm kinda worried that this card might be too overpowered for its rarity or mana cost.
Maybe the deathtouch is a bit much aswell?
What advice would you give me?

Zamara, Hivemother

Legendary Creature - Insect Noble

Flying, deathtouch.

Whenever ~ attacks, create a 1/1 black and green insect creature token with flying.

, sacrifice ten other insects: Choose two -
• Target player discards their hand.
• Target player sacrifices their creature with the highest mana value.
• Exile target player's graveyard.
Then, transform ~.

2/4

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Regal Pupa

Creature - Insect Egg

Defender.

For each 1 life you gain, put a "hatch" counter on ~.

, remove ten "hatch" counters from ~: Transform ~.

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Last Edit: Mar 26, 2024 11:07:22 GMT by elchetibo

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Balance Issue, should I tweak rarity or mana cost ? Mar 26, 2024 12:44:46 GMT

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Post by Daij_Djan on Mar 26, 2024 12:44:46 GMT

Honestly, I don't really think Zamara is that powerful at all. The base body is quite week for a threecolored CMC5 legendary and the token creation is more than tame enough. The power mostly resides in the activated ability, which requires you to pay

, sacrifice ten things and then powers down the commander itself - I'd actually consider the card to be a bit underpowered as a whole.

Also what's definitely noticable is how the first coice is just so much ore powerful than the other two ones.. Wit's End vs Soul Shatter (kind of) vs Morningtide - that's an ability worth seven mana versus two worth 2 mana. I'd say the powerlevel as a whole isn't an issue, but you might want to try and balance out the abilities a bit more.

Last Edit: Mar 26, 2024 12:45:11 GMT by Daij_Djan

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Balance Issue, should I tweak rarity or mana cost ? Mar 26, 2024 13:03:54 GMT

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Post by elchetibo on Mar 26, 2024 13:03:54 GMT

What if I replace the second choice with "Target player sacrifices every creature they control" and if I keep the third option that way but add "this player loses 1 life for each card exiled that way" ? I'm thinking about making the activation cost less expensive too...

Last Edit: Mar 26, 2024 13:19:47 GMT by elchetibo