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Post by gamma3 on Apr 4, 2018 5:16:36 GMT
Kristiana, CurseweaverColors: (1 sp) CMC Level: (5 sp) Type Mastery: Enchantment, Sorcery (2 sp) Multicolor Level: 0 (0 sp) Beyond the Evergreen: None Perks: Enchanter, Rarity Upgrader (2 sp) Available SP: 0 Valor: 0 Score: 0 Mana Pool: 10/10 Kristiana was born in a modest home in a small town on the plane of Egalius. As she grew older, she discovered a natural talent for enchanting. However, her family and her town feared her abilities. She was shunned, and she turned bitter. She spent years effectively on her own, hearing whispered comments about "the little witch girl" when others thought she wasn't listening. One day, she'd had enough, and lashed out at her parents, binding them with a curse of paralysis. She never got to see the aftermath, however, as her spark ignited, whisking her across the multiverse. Now, years later, Kristiana finds herself in the arena. {Cards} Empty
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 4, 2018 7:48:32 GMT
A young woman walks into your workshop and flashes you a quick smile. "Hi there! Can I borrow one of your toys? I'll make it worth your while."
Impromptu Deal Enchantment Enchant artifact. Enchanted artifact's owner draws a card when Impromptu Deal enters the battlefield. You control enchanted artifact.
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Apr 4, 2018 10:51:53 GMT
"Artificer, eh?" Obris eyes the gadgets on display with undisguised contempt. "I don't trust your kind. All wrapped up in cogs and wires. Think fast, metalhead!"Disdain Sorcery Choose a nonland card type. Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card of the chosen type from it. That player discards that card. (If it's relevant, assume that Obris chooses artifact.)
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 4, 2018 22:13:14 GMT
Haha, just realized my math is wrong and I only used 9/10 skill points, fixed by adding a cmc level for minimal change to the character. Lady Mapi : "Well, that depends on what you want to, as you say, borrow. Feel free to look around the shop, and let me know if something catches your eye."Impromptu Deal: Looks alright, not too much issue. I personally feel like it's a little aggressively costed though, could maybe cost instead of just ? 9/10 Open Invitation Sorcery Each opponent may draw a card. For each player who does, draw a card. Create X 1/1 Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 3. fluffydeathbringer : "damn."Wave of Rust: Looks balanced. I like that it's double edged, and the more things it could hit, the harder it is to avoid. Solid. 10/10 Recall Jar Artifact , : Return target artifact card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield. When ~ is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return target artifact card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield. shiftyhomunculus : "Please try not to break anything. Some of these things are delicate, you know. Why are you here, if you are so against artifice?"Disdain: It's a solid card. Not much to say about it. 10/10 Well of Memories Artifact Whenever you discard a card, put a charge counter on ~. , Remove three charge counters from ~: Return target nonland card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Post by shiftyhomunculus on Apr 4, 2018 22:18:30 GMT
Obris shrugs defensively. "Just getting a feel for the place. I have to say, I don't much care for it."
On Well of Memories: Fine recursion piece, though I wonder if it could be cheaper given the not-insignificant hoop and not-especially-powerful payoff. 7/10.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 5, 2018 1:51:17 GMT
Open Invitation is WAY too efficient for an uncommon. Especially a mono- card - Blue just doesn't get any token producers that good. On the other hand, you're not going to be getting very many takers for the card draw, since you'll get a card AND a little birdie. I'd prefer to see this without the birds - Tempt With Cards is a fun idea by itself, no need to clutter it up. Also, there isn't much synergy with Impromptu Deal, other than the synergy Open Invitation has with anything that has "draw a card". 5/10
In retrospect, yeah. Impromptu Deal should probably cost . --- "Oh, I was just looking to see if you might have something to help little ol' me defend herself. I got into a little spot of bother earlier, and it's SO dangerous outside at night..."
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HonchkrowDavid
1/1 Squirrel
Try your best! And if that isn't working, try someone else's best!
Posts: 90
Formerly Known As: ThisisSakon
Favorite Card: Elesh Norn
Favorite Set: Innistrad bby
Color Alignment: White, Black
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Post by HonchkrowDavid on Apr 5, 2018 2:50:35 GMT
The mysterious figure extends a hand. "A gift. For accepting the Dragon's word."Maddening Locket Artifact , : Put a charge counter on CARDNAME. , , Sacrifice Cardname: Target player discards a card for each charge counter on CARDNAME. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 5, 2018 3:22:51 GMT
"I'm not sure accepting is quite the right word. More like discovering. But thank you."Maddening Locket: I like it. Not much to say really. 10/10 Artificer's Claim Sorcery Put a charge counter on target artifact. Untap it.
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 7, 2018 2:28:54 GMT
Kirino is sitting in the middle of your workshop, immaculate except for some singed hair and the dust on her dress. "Let me the first to apologize, my dear Kaya. Whether or not you attack someone for something they could potentially do in the future is none of my business. I will, however, point out that preemptive strikes like that are how you get wars."She smiles and extends a hand."I'm willing to put this behind us if you are."Overtures of FriendshipConspiracy Whenever you draw a card, unless its the first card you drew this turn, you may skip that draw and have another target player draw that card instead. In the arena of politics, generosity is a weapon.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 7, 2018 3:30:49 GMT
"I will admit I was a bit harsh, but with what I've seen on my home, can you really blame me?" She looks at Kirino a moment, then shakes here outstretched hand. "I'm willing to try to put that incident behind us as well. Now you had mentioned earlier that you wanted to borrow something?"Overtures of Friendship: At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this card, but the type of deck it would go in requires a lot of support to make it work well. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in a draft oriented card type like conspiracies....still, the point is to encourage politics, so 7/10 Mental Limiter Artifact Whenever a player draws a card, ~ deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay "The mind is easy to expand. Sometimes, it just hurts a bit." -Forte Cyveria
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Casstastrophe
2/2 Zombie
fight the gender binary with fire? you should fight *everything* with fire
Posts: 116
Formerly Known As: Carn13
Favorite Card: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Favorite Set: Khans Block
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Casstastrophe on Apr 7, 2018 3:38:16 GMT
"Mind taking a look at this for me? It took some fire in my latest skirmish, and I just don't have the tools on me."Battered Landstrider Artifact - Vehicle Trample ~ can't attack unless you control another artifact. Crew 1 While visually impressive, jumping up cliff walls does a number on the gears.4/2
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Post by Lady Mapi on Apr 7, 2018 14:26:28 GMT
"I will admit I was a bit harsh, but with what I've seen on my home, can you really blame me?" She looks at Kirino a moment, then shakes here outstretched hand. "I'm willing to try to put that incident behind us as well. Now you had mentioned earlier that you wanted to borrow something?"Overtures of Friendship: At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this card, but the type of deck it would go in requires a lot of support to make it work well. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in a draft oriented card type like conspiracies....still, the point is to encourage politics, so 7/10 Mental Limiter Artifact Whenever a player draws a card, ~ deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay "The mind is easy to expand. Sometimes, it just hurts a bit." -Forte Cyveria "Oh, yes. Do you have anything that will shield thoughts and emotions? There are a few people here that have some pretty intense trauma, and I'd prefer to be able to look them in the eyes without throwing up."Mental Limiter certainly works well with Overtures of Friendship (and leads to some real "drown in my generosity!" play, which I adore, so that's some points right there). On the other hand, I think it should probably be to prevent the damage. That might not seem like much, but " or 2 damage for playing the game" is a bit... much. I'll give it a 7/10, just because this is oppressive.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 7, 2018 16:37:13 GMT
"I'll see what I can do."
Through her short time in the arena, Kaya has improved her reaction speeds.
Kaya has spent 100 valor to gain Instant Mastery
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Post by Fleur on Apr 7, 2018 23:31:50 GMT
"Kaya," Lumen walks in, holding a small box. "Fellow artificer, are you? Perhaps your curiosity might appreciate a puzzle like say, opening this box I found the other day lying around somewhere. Just a fair warning though - I'd advise a little caution taken while opening the box, because your guess to what's inside is as good as mine." Paranormal Puzzlebox Artifact CARDNAME enters the battlefield with two lock counters on it. , , Tap another untapped artifact you control: Remove a lock counter from CARDNAME and create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Then, if there are no lock counters on CARDNAME, sacrifice CARDNAME and create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 8, 2018 2:02:18 GMT
"I always love a good challenge. Let me take a look."Paranormal Puzzlebox: Interesting. The ability feels too expensive the first time, and too cheap the second, which I suppose balances out. I think it's more of a rare than an uncommon. 7/10 Recharge Sorcery Untap up to two target artifacts. Draw a card
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Post by Fleur on Apr 8, 2018 21:30:25 GMT
CARD: This could probably be , but this is safer. 9/10.
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 8, 2018 23:18:36 GMT
Casstastrophe I just realized I totally skipped you!! So sorry!! "You've done quite a number on this, haven't you? I'll see what I can do, but I make no promises. Who were you fighting?"Battered Landstrider: I feel like this is too cheap, even with the limitations. A quick search reveals nearly 30 artifact creatures that could be played turn one and have one or more power to crew this and allow it to attack. I like the design space, just wrong execution. 6/10 Meanwhile, I can't make creatures, but I'll try my best to make this work: Hotwired Flyer Artifact - Vehicle Flying, Haste Crew 1 : ~ becomes a creature until the end of the turn. It can't attack the turn you activate this ability. 1/2
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Casstastrophe
2/2 Zombie
fight the gender binary with fire? you should fight *everything* with fire
Posts: 116
Formerly Known As: Carn13
Favorite Card: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Favorite Set: Khans Block
Color Alignment: Blue, Black, Red
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Post by Casstastrophe on Apr 9, 2018 15:30:02 GMT
"Truth be told, I tried the whole 'jumping off a plateau onto the raiders' rig' strategy again. Seems like I just got lucky the last time - this time the strider bit the dust in front of their ship. At least it got them to stop."
Hotwired Flyer: Perfectly reasonable balance-wise. The animation cost is a good extra deterrence against fliers, and is a part of red's pie that you don't usually see - it functions like a cheap jumping blocker, similar to Goblin Balloon Brigade. 8/10.
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sylphiod
1/1 Squirrel
Posts: 86
Formerly Known As: Formerly Known As
Favorite Card: Fog Bank
Color Alignment: Blue, Green
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Post by sylphiod on Apr 10, 2018 18:00:03 GMT
"I have come to take a tour of your workshop."Visitation TowerLand When Visitation Tower enters the battlefield, each player reveals his or her hand. : Add .
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Post by gamma3 on Apr 11, 2018 1:20:50 GMT
"Welcome! It's nice to see you here. The place is probably a bit cramped for you, and, uh, watch your head on the doorway." Kaya leads you into a cluttered workshop, with several projects lying on tables in various stages of completion. "To be honest, there's not much to see. A few projects I'm working on, and some design notes for a potential design to help out Kirino. You may have met her."
Visitation Tower: This looks alright. Not unreasonable in any way that I can tell. Nothing particularly exciting either, though. 8/10
(I don't have much time right now, I'll actually respond sometime tomorrow
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oddnanref
3/3 Beast
Am I squirrel yet?
Posts: 198
Formerly Known As: Destiny, or full of yourself
Favorite Card: The one that is red and white all over
Favorite Set: The one with the new cool things
Color Alignment: White, Blue, Red
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Post by oddnanref on May 4, 2018 3:58:03 GMT
Hey this place looks fancy. Wonder if there is something I can use to measure this mana I keep hearing.
Do you sell that?
Solicit Wares ::U:: Sorcery ::uncommon:: Look at Target player's hand. They draw a card Draw two card.
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Post by gamma3 on Jun 14, 2018 4:05:47 GMT
ahahahahaha I feel bad, I had been really into this, then I dropped off the face of the earth. Whoops! I'm back now though, so sorry to people who had been waiting and have just now been notified of a new reply! step 1: finally give an actual response to sylphiod (which is much harder than it looks!) Expansion Engine Artifact Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control for the first time each turn, you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, you may put it on the bottom of your library step 2: oddnanref "No, but I can try to build one. Why do you need it?"Solicit Wares: Well, this is....something.You tried to mitigate the card advantage by just letting your opponents get some too. Look at Arcane Denial. It costs less than Contradict, (what you got for yourself, barring the drawback) which is coincidentally the cost of a Divination, which is what you gave your opponent as a drawback. So giving your opponents things should, in theory, remove the cost of the effect for yourself from the card. The thing is, a single card is only worth about half a mana. Without the drawback, the effect is strictly better than Divination, so it should cost a minimum of if it didn't have the drawback. This is a long way of saying your card should cost two mana. It's also kinda feel-bad, in that you're giving your opponents stuff for not much more in return. And lastly, your card has a bit of potential confusion for more casual players: Do I get to look at the card my opponent drew off of this? Then answer is no, but they might not quite get that. The main thing that gets me is the undercostedness, the other two are more minor issues. I'll give it a 6/10Illusion Generator Artifact Whenever you draw one or more cards, other than the first card you drew each turn, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token. It has, "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 16, 2018 14:58:21 GMT
gamma3A being stands and stares at a distance. It appears drawn to something, maybe to you, or maybe to something you have. You feel it pull at you as its core glows red.Arcane Magnetism Instant Gain control of target artifact with converted mana cost 3 or less until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
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Post by gamma3 on Jun 19, 2018 1:41:39 GMT
mixedrandomjKaya cautiously steps toward the figure. "Hello?"Arcane Magnetism: The haste should probably be conditional on the target being a creature, other than that, the card looks solid, if not the most exciting. 8/10. Artificer's Denial Instant Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control. If you controlled an artifact as you cast ~, draw a card.
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jun 20, 2018 1:00:32 GMT
gamma3 Hm. Hindering Light tells me this is balanced. Card draw is conditional, and doesn't counter things that target you. I've got a small problem with the clunky wording of the card draw clause however. I understand what it intends but for simplicity, if you control an artifact, draw a card, would just read better even if it changed the card slightly. 9/10.The figure stops, along with the light. It looks over, and reaches out, while its core glows white. At the end of the arm, is the consuming glow of a ball of white light.Peace Offering Sorcery Target opponent gains control of target noncreature permanent you control. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost. Combo with Voltaic Key. From magic 2011. Let's see what you do with this gift. (1 mana spent)
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Post by gamma3 on Jul 29, 2018 20:32:45 GMT
mixedrandomj sorry I took so long to give you a response, life has been crazy. "My, this is a surprise." Kaya takes the proffered key. "What exactly are you?"Peace Offering: I see no inherent problems. Good for politics in multiplayer formats, which, as someone who primarily plays EDH, I like. 10/10 Ropes of Warding Artifact , : Target creature can't attack or block this turn. These ropes have defended the city more often than the guards have.
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Post by mixedrandomj on Jul 31, 2018 0:20:06 GMT
gamma3 Compairing this to Pacification Array, it isn't as good of an effect, but the activation costs less which is key here. Good balance and this also fits common being so simple. 10/10The crystal golem moves back and points back from where is came. A voice saying "Follow" emits from it like a whisper. It begins to walk back, looking for it you follow.Mysterious Exploration Sorcery Each player reveals the top card of their library until they reveal a nonland card. Each player puts all land cards they revealed this way onto the battlefield tapped, and shuffles the rest into their library. "The best part of any adventure is the journey"(I am really on the edge with the power of this. Looking forward to the feedback on this one)
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Post by gamma3 on Jul 31, 2018 5:07:52 GMT
mixedrandomjMysterious Exploration: You were right to put this at rare, the effect is definitely too complex to have a lower rarity, but not splashy enough for mythic. This card has such high variance that it's difficult for me to judge. It's symmetrical, but the variance is such that your opponent could whiff while you get a land or two, or vice versa. It looks to be a very high-risk, high-reward type of card. I can see a few decks being built to abuse this (i.e. a copy or two of this, big eldrazi, and the rest is lands), but I don't think that's too much of a problem. I think you could kill the shuffle and just say "put the rest on the bottom of their library in any order." Having them shuffle that one card in seems like it will take too much time, considering this effects every player. Overall, I think this could cost and be a solid design. (and yes, I basically wrote this as I was thinking about it). I still feel like it has too much variance, but that's just personal opinion. I'll give this an 8/10 Kaya slowly follows the creature, intrigued by it's many strange properties.Spyglass Artifact Whenever one or more lands enter the battlefield under your control, you may scry 2.
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Post by mixedrandomj on Aug 3, 2018 4:05:57 GMT
gamma3Retreat to Coralhelm is telling me this may be just a little too good at 3, but only just. However, since it only triggers once if multiple lands enter at the same time, it's not that bad probably. Maybe if it was scry 1, but also had another ability, or costed 4? I don't know really, it seems on the edge, but it's still pretty good, so 9/10. The golem leads you to a secluded area over a hill. Once Kaya and the golem reaches the top they see that in the other side of this hill, there is a crater, with a large white glowing crystal in the center. I looks to be of the same material as the golem. The golem points at it, and looks back at Kaya. It looks like it wants to do something. The bright light being emited from the crystal soon becomes brighter, and even cracks in the ground begin to light up. Blinding Radiance Instant Tap all creatures. "Sometimes, even light can be more powerful than the force of flames"Combo with Yosei, the Morning Star, because it would be a cool combo. Obviously you don't use creatures, but see if you can get this to work in your favor.
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Post by gamma3 on Aug 3, 2018 19:35:38 GMT
mixedrandomj That's a tough one to judge. The closest things I could find in white were Due Respect, which doesn't hit anything on the battlefield, but hits more card types and cantrips; and things like Expose Evil and Feeling of Dread, which only hit two creatures with a small bonus. I think your card is a little on the strong side for uncommon, but not inherently broken. 8/10 Kaya stands there a moment, stunned. "I don't understand. What is it you want me to do?"Redistribute Instant Tap or untap target creature, then you may return target tapped creature to its owner's hand. The idea being to untap one of my guys, then bounce one of yours
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