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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Mar 9, 2022 7:26:39 GMT
"Do we have anyone on Volaria who studies sparks..." Leira repeats to herself as she tries to reach into her memory to find such a person. "We have a lot of people that study aether, that might be related. I could probably find at least a few people that study souls... I don't know if we have someone that studies planeswalkers specifically? We don't have a lot of them around and... at least half of them are busy with their own research and both of them are busy with their child."Skulk is a really awkward keyword. It's pretty good here, at least. 9/10 Research Assistant  Artifact Creature - Aetherborn Construct  Whenever Research Assistant deals combat damage to a player, scry 2. 1/3 Sure. Weird that it's an artifact creature Aetherborn, though, since they were just creatures in Kaladesh. "A shame, but congratulations to them!" An awkward silence follows from Yenna, seemingly run out of topics for discussion. "One last question, for now, at least, do you have, or would it be too trouble some to send, any books or schematics I could borrow, or buy? I imagine there must be something like that on Volaria, thought it might be more helpful to people than what I make now." She gestures to the staples of blacksmithing that surround her: horseshoes, nails, screws, simple farming tools. Iterative Process   Sorcery  As an additional cost to cast ~, sacrifice an artifact. Search your library for an artifact with mana value equal to one plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, then put that card on the battlefield. If it's a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Iterative Process being only artifacts makes it significantly more balanced than Neoform, probably. That card looked neat too. 10/10
The Collective Archive
Legendary Land 
As The Collective Archive enters the battlefield, exile a nonland card from your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell that shares a card type with the exiled card, put a book counter on The Collective Archive.
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 9, 2022 15:11:16 GMT
Leira has a moment of... excitement? Is this what excitement looks like for Leira? She moves to immediately start typing something into a device on her wrist. "I can absolutely do that. What are your interests? We can get books on Mileran for manufacturing and smithing aethersteel, books about bioaetherics or aether kinetics. If you're more interested in history, or sciences, or city politics, we have them. I can ask Master Sara to have someone prepare them now and I can be ready to bring them to you by the time I get back."
Iterative Process being only artifacts makes it significantly more balanced than Neoform, probably. That card looked neat too. 10/10
The Collective Archive
Legendary Land
As The Collective Archive enters the battlefield, exile a nonland card from your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell that shares a card type with the exiled card, put a book counter on The Collective Archive.
: Add .
, , Remove book counters from The Collective Archive: Search your library for a card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. It's cool, but proliferate makes me concerned about tutoring too often/easily. Yenna reacts well? Clearly enthusiastic, but also very lost. "Uh, yeah, er- yes. That would be amazing, um. Let's start with some light history, and the aethersteel." Her next question was quieter, almost as though she was asking herself as much as she was asking Leira. "Is there an version for people who don't know what aether is?"
Volatile Confusion 
Instant
For each noncreature permanent with a counter on it, you may give it another counter of each kind already there.
Upgrade target creature you control. If it's an artifact creature, upgrade it twice instead.
"I have no idea what it is or what it does, but it sounds like it's working."
Ugh, I thought prowess was evergreen, but fine I guess I'll buy it. (It's deciduous as of Hour of Devastation, which I consider to be Devastating.) |
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Post by test on Mar 10, 2022 1:10:54 GMT
The Knight-General of the East: 7/10. Compared to Fervent Champion, I think this has room to be more powerful. Yenna is horrified as she walks the field. This place wasn't a battlefield the night before, the armies and battle were made up, right? Right? She quickly mutters every funeral prayer she knows, cycling through them on repeat, as she passes the corpses. Your Grace, I thought you made up that story. I had. Then why am I standing in the field you made up? As I've said, it seems this 'god of tales' is trying to wield me.
She cries and averts her eyes upon finding the generals. Her prayers shift from funeral prayers to those of protection. Have you genuinely never seen a corpse before? Not so many at once, and never cut clean in half! She looks back, to see the spirits of the fallen paying their respects to their general, and that of the general rising from his corpse. She watches, trying to slip away as the knight gathers weapons, but freezes upon being pointed out by the spirit. "Um, hi, can I-" The knight charges toward her, and she frantically struggles to pull Selem from her belt. YourGraceYourGraceYourGrace,pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease She calms, stands her ground, and pulls the sword from her belt, prepared to parry. Selem, Soul Cleaver   Legendary Planeswalker - Selem Equipment Equip  Equipped creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn.  Destroy target creature. It's controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.  Return any number of target Aura cards from graveyards to the battlefield under your control attached to equipped creature.  Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls. Equip
Selem, Soul Cleaver — Not having efficient access for the -3 at start hurts a bit in terms of varying up the gameplay, especially since it doesn't seem to have many defensive measures after the first swing you're expected to take with it, since the buff only applies on your turn, i.e. effectively only on attacks. I can't say much about the balance of the other abilities, but overall, the gameplay pattern and unclear relevance as a response makes me say 7/10 |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 10, 2022 4:29:38 GMT
A charging knight is a formidable threat, but Selem's footwork and strength is enough to duck and block an axe swing for Yenna's head as the foe rides past. The knight-general, not wishing to give any opportunity to regroup or prepare, swiftly dismounts his steed as it charges, and, with the split-second needed to reverse his momentum, lunges for Yenna to continue the assault, with mace swings threatening to crush armor, and attempts at hooking Selem out of position with the axe. He seems familiar enough with how his own sword should be wielded that he does not leave himself open to an easy counterattack.Shieldbreaker Artifact — Equipment Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls. Equip
Selem, Soul Cleaver — Not having efficient access for the -3 at start hurts a bit in terms of varying up the gameplay, especially since it doesn't seem to have many defensive measures after the first swing you're expected to take with it, since the buff only applies on your turn, i.e. effectively only on attacks. I can't say much about the balance of the other abilities, but overall, the gameplay pattern and unclear relevance as a response makes me say 7/10 Sure. Fun for the idea of the 1v1. Yenna laughs as she blocks not only the axe swing, but also the mace lunge. She backs away as the lunges continue, moving the blade out of position of the axe hooks with an inhuman speed, along with a mix of blocking and dodging that would impress even a master. She speaks. "Poor thing. Now, let's say, for the sake of argument, that you do exist, and have existed. The story goes that you wielded this blade in battle, and fell. And to a mage? Tch, tch. If you could not wield it properly in life, what makes you think you're any better in death?" Respectfully, Your Grace, I think we have clearly established tha-AXE! The blade is pulled out of position by the knight-general's axe, though disappears from her hand in a flash of purple light, reappearing in the other, ready to slash down into the spirit at a hopefully unexpected angle. Faith, Yenna. Your god must focus. The blade falls. Expect the Unexpected Instant Untap target creature you control. It gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. |
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Mar 10, 2022 9:11:39 GMT
Leira has a moment of... excitement? Is this what excitement looks like for Leira? She moves to immediately start typing something into a device on her wrist. "I can absolutely do that. What are your interests? We can get books on Mileran for manufacturing and smithing aethersteel, books about bioaetherics or aether kinetics. If you're more interested in history, or sciences, or city politics, we have them. I can ask Master Sara to have someone prepare them now and I can be ready to bring them to you by the time I get back."
Iterative Process being only artifacts makes it significantly more balanced than Neoform, probably. That card looked neat too. 10/10
The Collective Archive
Legendary Land
As The Collective Archive enters the battlefield, exile a nonland card from your hand.
Whenever you cast a spell that shares a card type with the exiled card, put a book counter on The Collective Archive.
: Add .
, , Remove book counters from The Collective Archive: Search your library for a card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. It's cool, but proliferate makes me concerned about tutoring too often/easily. Yenna reacts well? Clearly enthusiastic, but also very lost. "Uh, yeah, er- yes. That would be amazing, um. Let's start with some light history, and the aethersteel." Her next question was quieter, almost as though she was asking herself as much as she was asking Leira. "Is there an version for people who don't know what aether is?"
Volatile Confusion
Instant
For each noncreature permanent with a counter on it, you may give it another counter of each kind already there.
Upgrade target creature you control. If it's an artifact creature, upgrade it twice instead.
"I have no idea what it is or what it does, but it sounds like it's working."
Ugh, I thought prowess was evergreen, but fine I guess I'll buy it. (It's deciduous as of Hour of Devastation, which I consider to be Devastating.)
Upgrade is interesting. I'm unsure how I feel about it being able to give Prowess to a prowess creature again, but it's probably not broken. 8/10 The Day of Unity Artifact  When The Day of Unity has five or more charge counters on it, exile it. When you do, return target permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. : Choose a color that hasn't been chosen. Add one mana of that color, then put a charge counter on The Day of Unity."The sacrifice of the deities of Volaria, the 'Elemental Spirits', was felt by everyone. Even so, none would be missed more so than the Spirit of Light, whose name and memory is now carried by the Church of Solari."
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 11, 2022 3:34:12 GMT
"Oh, that's not a problem. I'll have Master Sara send over one of those children's books we use to introduce the idea of aether to them. It should catch you up to speed enough to be able to use it." Leira taps her wrist device a few more times. "And those should be ready within the week. I'll stop by later to drop them off, if that's alright."
Upgrade is interesting. I'm unsure how I feel about it being able to give Prowess to a prowess creature again, but it's probably not broken. 8/10 The Day of Unity Artifact When The Day of Unity has five or more charge counters on it, exile it. When you do, return target permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. : Choose a color that hasn't been chosen. Add one mana of that color, then put a charge counter on The Day of Unity."The sacrifice of the deities of Volaria, the 'Elemental Spirits', was felt by everyone. Even so, none would be missed more so than the Spirit of Light, whose name and memory is now carried by the Church of Solari." Cool kinda inverse-sunburst thing. I get that the artifact is supposed to be the book, but I wonder how it might work as a Saga. Is a children's book really necessary? Am I a child? How old are you? My apprenticeship ended five summers ago. Then yes.Yenna watches as Leira taps the device. "Yes, that would be wonderful, thank you so very much. Give Master Sara my thanks, or is there an address to write to? I doubt I'll see her in person. And when would you need them returned?" She pulls a sheet of parchment and a quill from beneath the counter. Overclock Battery Artifact : Untap another target permanent. Overclock Battery gains shroud until your next upkeep. "Oh sure, it's a nice burst of energy when you need it. Takes forever to charge back up, though."
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Mar 11, 2022 4:14:20 GMT
"Oh, that's not a problem. I'll have Master Sara send over one of those children's books we use to introduce the idea of aether to them. It should catch you up to speed enough to be able to use it." Leira taps her wrist device a few more times. "And those should be ready within the week. I'll stop by later to drop them off, if that's alright."
Upgrade is interesting. I'm unsure how I feel about it being able to give Prowess to a prowess creature again, but it's probably not broken. 8/10 The Day of Unity Artifact When The Day of Unity has five or more charge counters on it, exile it. When you do, return target permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. : Choose a color that hasn't been chosen. Add one mana of that color, then put a charge counter on The Day of Unity."The sacrifice of the deities of Volaria, the 'Elemental Spirits', was felt by everyone. Even so, none would be missed more so than the Spirit of Light, whose name and memory is now carried by the Church of Solari." Cool kinda inverse-sunburst thing. I get that the artifact is supposed to be the book, but I wonder how it might work as a Saga. Is a children's book really necessary? Am I a child? How old are you? My apprenticeship ended five summers ago. Then yes.Yenna watches as Leira taps the device. "Yes, that would be wonderful, thank you so very much. Give Master Sara my thanks, or is there an address to write to? I doubt I'll see her in person. And when would you need them returned?" She pulls a sheet of parchment and a quill from beneath the counter. Overclock Battery Artifact : Untap another target permanent. Overclock Battery gains shroud until your next upkeep. "Oh sure, it's a nice burst of energy when you need it. Takes forever to charge back up, though."
I'm curious what things Overclock Battery is trying to do where 'another' isn't good enough prevention. Manifold Key isn't exactly a busted card; even if it randomly happens to go infinite in combination with two other silly artifacts, those two artifacts are going infinite with ham sandwiches. 7/10
Aether Fluctuations
Enchantment
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove a charge counter from Aether Fluctuations. If you didn't, create an Energy Cell token and put a charge counter on it. If you did, Aether Fluctuations deals 1 damage to each player. (An Energy Cell token is an artifact token with ", Sacrifice this: Add .) |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 11, 2022 19:01:44 GMT
"Entelan Freedom of Information," Leira says, noticing only a few seconds later that those mean absolutely nothing. "We don't need them back. Books that replicate things out of Deep Storage are so inexpensive to produce that the most difficult part of it is carrying the books back to the tunnel, and normally all the information in them comes directly from our Deep Storage data network where any Entelan will have access to it anywhere." Leira taps her transceiver with the back of her finger, though in a noticeably different way than last time. "So really, it's not too much trouble."
I'm curious what things Overclock Battery is trying to do where 'another' isn't good enough prevention. Manifold Key isn't exactly a busted card; even if it randomly happens to go infinite in combination with two other silly artifacts, those two artifacts are going infinite with ham sandwiches. 7/10
Aether Fluctuations
Enchantment
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove a charge counter from Aether Fluctuations. If you didn't, create an Energy Cell token and put a charge counter on it. If you did, Aether Fluctuations deals 1 damage to each player. (An Energy Cell token is an artifact token with ", Sacrifice this: Add .) That sounds fun. Yenna nods along, though clearly doesn't know what a computer is, much less a data network. "Well, thank you again. I'll make sure it doesn't go to waste."Negligent Evolution Instant For each of up to four target permanents, remove a counter from that permanent, or put a counter on it of a type it already has. |
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Post by test on Mar 15, 2022 2:02:04 GMT
Shieldbreaker: 9/10. Sure. Fun for the idea of the 1v1. Yenna laughs as she blocks not only the axe swing, but also the mace lunge. She backs away as the lunges continue, moving the blade out of position of the axe hooks with an inhuman speed, along with a mix of blocking and dodging that would impress even a master. She speaks. "Poor thing. Now, let's say, for the sake of argument, that you do exist, and have existed. The story goes that you wielded this blade in battle, and fell. And to a mage? Tch, tch. If you could not wield it properly in life, what makes you think you're any better in death?" Respectfully, Your Grace, I think we have clearly established tha-AXE! The blade is pulled out of position by the knight-general's axe, though disappears from her hand in a flash of purple light, reappearing in the other, ready to slash down into the spirit at a hopefully unexpected angle. Faith, Yenna. Your god must focus. The blade falls. Expect the Unexpected Instant Untap target creature you control. It gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. ...moving the blade out of position of the axe hooks with an inhuman speed, along with a mix of blocking and dodging that would impress even a master.
The story goes that you wielded this blade in battle, and fell. And to a mage? The Knight-General, along with something else, is surprised by the teleporting maneuver; the spirit can do nothing more to defend itself as the counterattack rips through, and it dissipates. Even as the last traces fade away, a horrid chill remains in the air... and intensifies until frost is coating the surrounding corpses. As though offended by the return of her opponent, the ghost of the Magus has also risen, cold vapors trailing from her. With a snap of her fingers that echo across the battlefield she conjures a helix of flame that seeks to surround then engulf Yenna. For all the inhuman speed with which the Knight-General had fought before, it was still not enough to survive such an onslaught of magic.
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Haste
Whenever The Magus of the North or enchanted creature attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. If that card was an instant or sorcery with mana value 2 or less, copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Spectral (When this creature dies, you may return it to the battlefield as an Aura enchantment attached to target creature.)
4/1
Expect the Unexpected — This is great as far as gold designs go; the components are distinct in color, but fit together coherently. It's also a good design in the context of the 1v1. As for the power, it seems to be on the slightly weak side, but it's fairly close to where it ought to be, and there aren't many ways to tweak it, so 10/10
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 15, 2022 3:56:48 GMT
...moving the blade out of position of the axe hooks with an inhuman speed, along with a mix of blocking and dodging that would impress even a master.
The story goes that you wielded this blade in battle, and fell. And to a mage? The Knight-General, along with something else, is surprised by the teleporting maneuver; the spirit can do nothing more to defend itself as the counterattack rips through, and it dissipates. Even as the last traces fade away, a horrid chill remains in the air... and intensifies until frost is coating the surrounding corpses. As though offended by the return of her opponent, the ghost of the Magus has also risen, cold vapors trailing from her. With a snap of her fingers that echo across the battlefield she conjures a helix of flame that seeks to surround then engulf Yenna. For all the inhuman speed with which the Knight-General had fought before, it was still not enough to survive such an onslaught of magic.
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Haste
Whenever The Magus of the North or enchanted creature attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. If that card was an instant or sorcery with mana value 2 or less, copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Spectral (When this creature dies, you may return it to the battlefield as an Aura enchantment attached to target creature.)
4/1
Expect the Unexpected — This is great as far as gold designs go; the components are distinct in color, but fit together coherently. It's also a good design in the context of the 1v1. As for the power, it seems to be on the slightly weak side, but it's fairly close to where it ought to be, and there aren't many ways to tweak it, so 10/10
So, I think this isn't very white. On the other hand, the context alone gives this a point. The warrior slays the ghost, and sheathes their sword as it dissipates. Your Grace, that was... amazing. One of us will have to teach you some basic magic at some point. ...Someone's still here.Yenna turns around to see the other general's spirit launch fireballs, and sighs. She watches as they spin around her. ...your grace? This is painfully underwhelming. Just makes that knight look worse, finally seeing the opponent.In the breaks between fireballs as they close in on Yenna, the magus (and any other onlookers) can see flickers of purple in the flame. The fireballs swarm inward, and connect as intended, except for the warrior bursting out of the resulting blast, shedding ash. Yenna dashes towards the magus, blade at the ready. I wonder if it's more than one someone. Don't mind if I play my cards a tad closer to my proverbial chest, won't you?Counterpyre Instant Target creature gains "When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker." until end of turn. "If you're going to die, make sure you kill someone while you're doing it!"
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Post by test on Mar 16, 2022 0:51:26 GMT
The Magus of the North: 9/10. So, I think this isn't very white. On the other hand, the context alone gives this a point. The warrior slays the ghost, and sheathes their sword as it dissipates. Your Grace, that was... amazing. One of us will have to teach you some basic magic at some point. ...Someone's still here.Yenna turns around to see the other general's spirit launch fireballs, and sighs. She watches as they spin around her. ...your grace? This is painfully underwhelming. Just makes that knight look worse, finally seeing the opponent.In the breaks between fireballs as they close in on Yenna, the magus (and any other onlookers) can see flickers of purple in the flame. The fireballs swarm inward, and connect as intended, except for the warrior bursting out of the resulting blast, shedding ash. Yenna dashes towards the magus, blade at the ready. I wonder if it's more than one someone. Don't mind if I play my cards a tad closer to my proverbial chest, won't you?Counterpyre Instant Target creature gains "When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker." until end of turn. "If you're going to die, make sure you kill someone while you're doing it!"
--Badar, Mardu warrior This is painfully underwhelming.
The warrior blindly bursts through the flames into freezing winds and a grasping wall of ice that had already been forming beyond their sight. As the target becomes clear to the magus, spikes seek to quickly close in on Yenna and Selem like a frozen maw snapping shut. The magus had only been waiting to see what the over-confident warrior would do first. Already, she prepares another spell, ready to interfere with any further magic.
Don't mind if I play my cards a tad closer to my proverbial chest, won't you?
The reply presses against Selem's mind like a current from all sides. It is already too late for that. A glare of the sun passes over the ice now coating the battlefield, and for a moment, Selem is entirely blinded. When the light fades, Selem is still battling the magus, but now being wielded by the Knight, now clad in brilliant conjured armor of light, still moving with the same practiced grace that Selem had imparted upon Yenna—but with a will and intent behind every motion that is driven by someone who could well be his match. "Of course. The blade itself has a memory—more than that, a mind. But for all those warriors who had wielded you before, I know that you would prefer someone more adept than this naive, untrained girl."
For Yenna, the battle continues as normal, but she can feel something driving itself between her and Selem—what controls and protects her for battle persists, but now it is being filtered, as though Selem speaks to her through water—and now, the current is guiding her too.
Phantom Retainer  Creature — Illusion Knight Phantom Retainer and enchanted creature can't attack or block alone.
Spectral (When this creature dies, you may return it to the battlefield as an Aura enchantment attached to target creature.) 4/3
Counterpyre — Nearly a fling after the fact. I don't think it's quite gold. As for the power, I think that comparing to something like Soul's Fire, which is comparable given the multicolor, you could do this without it being a death trigger. Perhaps you could make it so that you control the effect, to make it feel a bit more black? Right now, the best target for it would be the Magus, if you had other resources. 7/10
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Post by WindyDelcarlo on Mar 16, 2022 4:49:43 GMT
"Entelan Freedom of Information," Leira says, noticing only a few seconds later that those mean absolutely nothing. "We don't need them back. Books that replicate things out of Deep Storage are so inexpensive to produce that the most difficult part of it is carrying the books back to the tunnel, and normally all the information in them comes directly from our Deep Storage data network where any Entelan will have access to it anywhere." Leira taps her transceiver with the back of her finger, though in a noticeably different way than last time. "So really, it's not too much trouble."
I'm curious what things Overclock Battery is trying to do where 'another' isn't good enough prevention. Manifold Key isn't exactly a busted card; even if it randomly happens to go infinite in combination with two other silly artifacts, those two artifacts are going infinite with ham sandwiches. 7/10
Aether Fluctuations
Enchantment
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove a charge counter from Aether Fluctuations. If you didn't, create an Energy Cell token and put a charge counter on it. If you did, Aether Fluctuations deals 1 damage to each player. (An Energy Cell token is an artifact token with ", Sacrifice this: Add .) That sounds fun. Yenna nods along, though clearly doesn't know what a computer is, much less a data network. "Well, thank you again. I'll make sure it doesn't go to waste."Negligent Evolution Instant For each of up to four target permanents, remove a counter from that permanent, or put a counter on it of a type it already has.
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 16, 2022 6:21:30 GMT
This is painfully underwhelming.
The warrior blindly bursts through the flames into freezing winds and grasping wall of ice that had already been forming beyond their sight. As the target becomes clear to the magus, spikes seek to quickly close in on Yenna and Selem like a frozen maw snapping shut. The magus had only been waiting to see what the over-confident warrior would do first. Already, she prepares another spell, ready to interfere with any further magic.
Don't mind if I play my cards a tad closer to my proverbial chest, won't you?
The reply presses against Selem's mind like a current from all sides. It is already too late for that. A glare of the sun passes over the ice now coating the battlefield, and for a moment, Selem is entirely blinded. When the light fades, Selem is still battling the magus, but now being wielded by the Knight, now clad in brilliant conjured armor of light, still moving with the same practiced grace that Selem had imparted upon Yenna—but with a will and intent behind every motion that is driven by someone who could well be his match. "Of course. The blade itself has a memory—more than that, a mind. But for all those warriors who had wielded you before, I know that you would prefer someone more adept than this naive, untrained girl."
For Yenna, the battle continues as normal, but she can feel something driving itself between her and Selem—what controls and protects her for battle persists, but now it is being filtered, as though Selem speaks to her through water—and now, the current is guiding her too.
Phantom Retainer Creature — Illusion Knight Phantom Retainer and enchanted creature can't attack or block alone.
Spectral (When this creature dies, you may return it to the battlefield as an Aura enchantment attached to target creature.) 4/3
Counterpyre — Nearly a fling after the fact. I don't think it's quite gold. As for the power, I think that comparing to something like Soul's Fire, which is comparable given the multicolor, you could do this without it being a death trigger. Perhaps you could make it so that you control the effect, to make it feel a bit more black? Right now, the best target for it would be the Magus, if you had other resources. 7/10
I support the use of negative spectral, but other than that, this is one of those commons where I'd use it in limited for the 4/3 but nowhere else. If that's what you're going for, it's a good one of those. The warrior slows so as not to hit the wall, and whichever spikes she fails to dodge are cut in half by the blade. Your Grace... please do not bring me into one of these situations again. Of course, that can- GAH, WHAT THE-. Your Grace!? Ohgodsohgodsohgodsohgodsohgods.
Ah, so you've seen through my meager charade. Congratulations, good Syr. You do have some fun about you, I'll grant you that. I do ask you accept an apology, though: you seem to know well of me, but I know so terribly little about you. Pray tell, how might I address the one with such incandescent armor?
Tears stream from the warrior's face as she slowly approaches the magus, trying to gain what ground she can before she's forced to deal with another attack. Her stance is that of a duelist, but she holds the blade firmly, with the strength of a warrior.
Your Grace...? Please... I want to go home...
{Should Lothaire care to read Yenna. Content warning: this feels like the type of thing that should have a warning on it, but I'm not sure which one yet. It's super short, and doesn't go into many details}
A small girl sits on her bed, in the corner of a wooden room. The bed is warm, but the room is cold. She hugs her knees and watches the door, knowing that as long as she shouldn't have left doesn't leave, she'll be safe. No gods one else in this room, only outside. But outside is dangerous. Outside, the gods war there is fighting. The girl cries, sobs, but sheds no tears, and hears no cry no one comes. This leads only to louder and louder efforts to be heard, to do something, anything, to move any part of her body. But nothing moves. Nothing changes. Outside it snows. and snows. and snows. and snows andsnowsandsnowsandsnows. The bed is cold. Selem, Dominating Blade Legendary Planeswalker - Selem Equipment When ~ ETB, you may create a 0/1 white Cleric creature token and attach ~ to it. Equip Equipped creature gets +3/+0 until your next upkeep. If it dies before your next upkeep, put a loyalty counter on ~.  Gain control of all creatures target opponent controls. |
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Post by cajun on Mar 18, 2022 6:10:31 GMT
Not far off, Atlani notices one of the robot’s gleaming rifts reopen. But the robot herself is nowhere to be found. Before long, the rift turns an inky black, and seems to grow an amorphous shape, bigger and bigger and bigger, before the shape falls to the ground, and the rift returns to its normal size.
Beneath the rift, the fallen mass of black rises into four peaks, each sporting a cruel grin. One by one, the imps break off and charge for Atlani. [/div]
Note: Reinforcements will be on the way for characters that need them
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 18, 2022 14:59:33 GMT
Not far off, Atlani notices one of the robot’s gleaming rifts reopen. But the robot herself is nowhere to be found. Before long, the rift turns an inky black, and seems to grow an amorphous shape, bigger and bigger and bigger, before the shape falls to the ground, and the rift returns to its normal size.
Beneath the rift, the fallen mass of black rises into four peaks, each sporting a cruel grin. One by one, the imps break off and charge for Atlani. Generally I prefer Revelations that have useful effects before turn 8. Atlani stands to greet the rift, pausing uncomfortably as it turns black. That doesn't seem quite right, now does it? At the first sign of movement from the blob, she draws her sword and shield, keeping a watchful eye on it as it shifts and churns, utterly unsure of how to proceed. Only once it splits off into four recognizable bodies does she know what to do. She charges to meet them, slashing at one of the imps, ducking as another leaps toward her, bashing back a third with her shield as she stabs at the fourth. Omnidirectional Defense Instant Target creature you control can block any number of creatures until end of turn. Untap it. It gains "this creature gets +1/+1 for each creature it's blocking" until end of turn. |
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Post by mrlozano on Mar 18, 2022 19:32:10 GMT
Not far off, Atlani notices one of the robot’s gleaming rifts reopen. But the robot herself is nowhere to be found. Before long, the rift turns an inky black, and seems to grow an amorphous shape, bigger and bigger and bigger, before the shape falls to the ground, and the rift returns to its normal size.
Beneath the rift, the fallen mass of black rises into four peaks, each sporting a cruel grin. One by one, the imps break off and charge for Atlani. Generally I prefer Revelations that have useful effects before turn 8. Atlani stands to greet the rift, pausing uncomfortably as it turns black. That doesn't seem quite right, now does it? At the first sign of movement from the blob, she draws her sword and shield, keeping a watchful eye on it as it shifts and churns, utterly unsure of how to proceed. Only once it splits off into four recognizable bodies does she know what to do. She charges to meet them, slashing at one of the imps, ducking as another leaps toward her, bashing back a third with her shield as she stabs at the fourth. Omnidirectional Defense Instant Target creature you control can block any number of creatures until end of turn. Untap it. It gains "this creature gets +1/+1 for each creature it's blocking" until end of turn.
Instant Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains "Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, draw a card for each creature blocking or blocked by it" until end of turn. |
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Post by cajun on Mar 18, 2022 21:07:19 GMT
Atlani stands to greet the rift, pausing uncomfortably as it turns black. That doesn't seem quite right, now does it? At the first sign of movement from the blob, she draws her sword and shield, keeping a watchful eye on it as it shifts and churns, utterly unsure of how to proceed. Only once it splits off into four recognizable bodies does she know what to do. She charges to meet them, slashing at one of the imps, ducking as another leaps toward her, bashing back a third with her shield as she stabs at the fourth. Omnidirectional Defense Instant Target creature you control can block any number of creatures until end of turn. Untap it. It gains "this creature gets +1/+1 for each creature it's blocking" until end of turn. As the imp Atlani dodged prepares to charge at her again from behind, she feels a surge of reinvigorating power surging through her veins. At her side, she can see a small cat with a big hat as he casts the protective spell. "Hello meowstress! Looks like the Arena is as dangerous as ever. You seem like you could use an extra paw!" Without further ado, the cat prepares another spell, this time to reinforce Atlani's strikes.Michi's Guidance
Instant Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains "Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, draw a card for each creature blocking or blocked by it" until end of turn. The first imp meets Atlani's charge, flinging its arms around wildly to find an unexpected opening, instead finding Atlani's blade. It screams and falls aside as its arm is cleaved and dissipates into nothingness. The second leaps over, trying to catch her distracted, but Atlani's already in motion and ducks under it easily, carrying the momentum to slamming into the third. It begins dissolving around the contact point as well while Atlani stabs into the fourth.
The dodged imp and slowly dissolving one-arm imp snarl and jump back into action, too slow to beat the sudden intervention of the cat. The other two are already out of commission, and will be nothing but dust before long.
There is a brief calm once the imps have been dispatched.
Slender blue tendrils reach out of the rift and grab at the edges of reality. A pulsing jellyfish floats out from the blackened rift, dragging behind a withered body underneath it. With every flash of light, the two combatants briefly feel the pound of a headache. The thin tendrils flail around the floating jellyfish-person. A flash. The beautiful jelly creature beckons. A flash. The tendrils reach out gingerly, seeming to beg them to take its hand. A flash.
Omnidirectional Defense - not the greatest defense mechanically but such a fun flavor thing i'll let it slide. this is a mostly sidegrade Fog so the three mana is safe but could maybe get pushed to two 7/10Michi's Guidance - i think mechanically i'd prefer this do draw on the spell than be a trigger so you can surprise flash it in, but that would prob need to be more expensive, so this is good where it's at there. Also covers Atlani's less mechanical defense with the card draw, nice. 9/10
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 18, 2022 22:03:08 GMT
As the imp Atlani dodged prepares to charge at her again from behind, she feels a surge of reinvigorating power surging through her veins. At her side, she can see a small cat with a big hat as he casts the protective spell. "Hello meowstress! Looks like the Arena is as dangerous as ever. You seem like you could use an extra paw!" Without further ado, the cat prepares another spell, this time to reinforce Atlani's strikes. The first imp meets Atlani's charge, flinging its arms around wildly to find an unexpected opening, instead finding Atlani's blade. It screams and falls aside as its arm is cleaved and dissipates into nothingness. The second leaps over, trying to catch her distracted, but Atlani's already in motion and ducks under it easily, carrying the momentum to slamming into the third. It begins dissolving around the contact point as well while Atlani stabs into the fourth.
The dodged imp and slowly dissolving one-arm imp snarl and jump back into action, too slow to beat the sudden intervention of the cat. The other two are already out of commission, and will be nothing but dust before long.
There is a brief calm once the imps have been dispatched.
Slender blue tendrils reach out of the rift and grab at the edges of reality. A pulsing jellyfish floats out from the blackened rift, dragging behind a withered body underneath it. With every flash of light, the two combatants briefly feel the pound of a headache. The thin tendrils flail around the floating jellyfish-person. A flash. The beautiful jelly creature beckons. A flash. The tendrils reach out gingerly, seeming to beg them to take its hand. A flash.
Feels like a reverse Conjure Realities, which is cool. "Much appreciated." With Michi's boons, it doesn't take much for Atlani to cut down the remaining imps. She shakes what dust she can from her sword, then gestures with it towards the rift. "You wouldn't happen to know how to close that, would you?"As the tendrils breach the rift, Atlani positions herself between them and Michi and watches to see what her next opponent will be. "What in the-" A flash. "Damn it. I've had quite enough of sea creatures for-" A flash. After suffering the second flash, Atlani utters an incantation, and the Mardu wings carved into her shield softly glow green. I suppose I'll be giving you plenty of time to figure it out. She approaches the jellyfish warily, keeping her shield close to her face and cutting at any tendrils that get within reach, seemingly undeterred by the flashes. If Michi stays just behind Atlani, the effect of the flashes should be lessened, but not completely eliminated. Shieldscale Aegis Artifact - Equipment Equip  Equipped creature gets +1/+3 and gains ward .
Conjure Chief of the Edge as a body to put this on. +1/+3 so it can take a hit from the Horror and ward to protect it from whatever it tutors for. |
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Post by test on Mar 18, 2022 22:24:17 GMT
Phantom Retainer: 8/10. I support the use of negative spectral, but other than that, this is one of those commons where I'd use it in limited for the 4/3 but nowhere else. If that's what you're going for, it's a good one of those. The warrior slows so as not to hit the wall, and whichever spikes she fails to dodge are cut in half by the blade. Your Grace... please do not bring me into one of these situations again. Of course, that can- GAH, WHAT THE-. Your Grace!? Ohgodsohgodsohgodsohgodsohgods.
Ah, so you've seen through my meager charade. Congratulations, good Syr. You do have some fun about you, I'll grant you that. I do ask you accept an apology, though: you seem to know well of me, but I know so terribly little about you. Pray tell, how might I address the one with such incandescent armor?
Tears stream from the warrior's face as she slowly approaches the magus, trying to gain what ground she can before she's forced to deal with another attack. Her stance is that of a duelist, but she holds the blade firmly, with the strength of a warrior.
Your Grace...? Please... I want to go home...
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Should Lothaire care to read Yenna. Content warning: this feels like the type of thing that should have a warning on it, but I'm not sure which one yet. It's super short, and doesn't go into many details}
A small girl sits on her bed, in the corner of a wooden room. The bed is warm, but the room is cold. She hugs her knees and watches the door, knowing that as long as she shouldn't have left doesn't leave, she'll be safe. No gods one else in this room, only outside. But outside is dangerous. Outside, the gods war there is fighting. The girl cries, sobs, but sheds no tears, and hears no cry no one comes. This leads only to louder and louder efforts to be heard, to do something, anything, to move any part of her body. But nothing moves. Nothing changes. Outside it snows. and snows. and snows. and snows andsnowsandsnowsandsnows. The bed is cold.
Selem, Dominating Blade Legendary Planeswalker - Selem Equipment When ~ ETB, you may create a 0/1 white Cleric creature token and attach ~ to it. Equip Equipped creature gets +3/+0 until your next upkeep. If it dies before your next upkeep, put a loyalty counter on ~. Gain control of all creatures target opponent controls.
"You may address me as Syr Lothaire, of the Radiant Order." The hands that hold Selem seem to burn for a moment, as though to inscribe the name of The Knight. "We are heroes of this land—and for how prosperous it is, it holds no shortage of conflict, of fortune to be made for one wandering such as you."
Your Grace...? Please... I want to go home... Lothaire allows Yenna's pleas to reach Selem, and with them, flashes of the safe place to which she has withdrawn."Such noble work is beyond someone so innocent. If you wish to find me again, you will." The glow of the heavens above fade away, as does the image of the hero, leaving in its place the cold reality of Yenna, whose tears are beginning to freeze.
The warrior is close enough now that the magus abandons their prepared counters, and calls on bolts of lightning to strike from every direction before Yenna and Selem can deal a deathblow.Dagger of the Traitor Artifact — Equipment When Dagger of the Traitor enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature. You gain control of that creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Equip Targeting whoever is wielding Selem, and having them attack Selem. Then, in case Selem survives that, conjuring Lightning Bolt from Magic 2011, targeting Selem.
Selem, Dominating Blade — You've given a reason to reattach. Good. Besides that, this encourages equipment use in a somewhat wider deck, from the first ability. This is not as much of a planeswalker in the sense of situational uses of abilities, but planeswalker vulnerability and the forced block you introduced are doing very well here. Also a good response in that the implied strategy mitigates downsides inflicted by Spectral. 9/10 |
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Post by mrlozano on Mar 18, 2022 22:42:04 GMT
The first imp meets Atlani's charge, flinging its arms around wildly to find an unexpected opening, instead finding Atlani's blade. It screams and falls aside as its arm is cleaved and dissipates into nothingness. The second leaps over, trying to catch her distracted, but Atlani's already in motion and ducks under it easily, carrying the momentum to slamming into the third. It begins dissolving around the contact point as well while Atlani stabs into the fourth.
The dodged imp and slowly dissolving one-arm imp snarl and jump back into action, too slow to beat the sudden intervention of the cat. The other two are already out of commission, and will be nothing but dust before long.
There is a brief calm once the imps have been dispatched.
Slender blue tendrils reach out of the rift and grab at the edges of reality. A pulsing jellyfish floats out from the blackened rift, dragging behind a withered body underneath it. With every flash of light, the two combatants briefly feel the pound of a headache. The thin tendrils flail around the floating jellyfish-person. A flash. The beautiful jelly creature beckons. A flash. The tendrils reach out gingerly, seeming to beg them to take its hand. A flash. Feels like a reverse Conjure Realities, which is cool. "Much appreciated." With Michi's boons, it doesn't take much for Atlani to cut down the remaining imps. She shakes what dust she can from her sword, then gestures with it towards the rift. "You wouldn't happen to know how to close that, would you?"As the tendrils breach the rift, Atlani positions herself between them and Michi and watches to see what her next opponent will be. "What in the-" A flash. "Damn it. I've had quite enough of sea creatures for-" A flash. After suffering the second flash, Atlani utters an incantation, and the Mardu wings carved into her shield softly glow green. I suppose I'll be giving you plenty of time to figure it out. She approaches the jellyfish warily, keeping her shield close to her face and cutting at any tendrils that get within reach, seemingly undeterred by the flashes. If Michi stays just behind Atlani, the effect of the flashes should be lessened, but not completely eliminated. Shieldscale Aegis Artifact - Equipment Equip Equipped creature gets +1/+3 and gains ward .
Conjure Chief of the Edge as a body to put this on. +1/+3 so it can take a hit from the Horror and ward to protect it from whatever it tutors for. Legendary Planeswalker - Michi Whenever and opponent casts a spell with mana value 5 or greater, counter that spell unless that player pays . : Tap target creature with mana value 5 or greater or untap target creature with mana value 4 or less. : You get an emblem with “Spells with mana value 4 or less you cast cost less to cast. Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or less, draw a card”. |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 19, 2022 0:23:42 GMT
A light briefly shines through the gap beneath the door to the girl's door, before retreating. She is not yet ready; she would likely be cautious of any grandiose offers for much of the future, and she would be far more useful as she is now.
"You may address me as Syr Lothaire, of the Radiant Order." The hands that hold Selem seem to burn for a moment, as though to inscribe the name of The Knight. "We are heroes of this land—and for how prosperous it is, it holds no shortage of conflict, of fortune to be made for one wandering such as you."
Your Grace...? Please... I want to go home... Lothaire allows Yenna's pleas to reach Selem, and with them, flashes of the safe place to which she has withdrawn."Such noble work is beyond someone so innocent. If you wish to find me again, you will." The glow of the heavens above fade away, as does the image of the hero, leaving in its place the cold reality of Yenna, whose tears are beginning to freeze.
The warrior is close enough now that the magus abandons their prepared counters, and calls on bolts of lightning to strike from every direction before Yenna and Selem can deal a deathblow.Dagger of the Traitor Artifact — Equipment When Dagger of the Traitor enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature. You gain control of that creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Equip Targeting whoever is wielding Selem, and having them attack Selem. Then, in case Selem survives that, conjuring Lightning Bolt from Magic 2011, targeting Selem.
Selem, Dominating Blade — You've given a reason to reattach. Good. Besides that, this encourages equipment use in a somewhat wider deck, from the first ability. This is not as much of a planeswalker in the sense of situational uses of abilities, but planeswalker vulnerability and the forced block you introduced are doing very well here. Also a good response in that the implied strategy mitigates downsides inflicted by Spectral. 9/10 This could cost 1 less. Other than that I love it. How romantic. Selem takes a moment to realize the situation after Lothaire leaves. Oh, dear, oh, shshshshsh, come now, please, don't cry. The warrior wipes the ice from her cheek, and begins to cry in earnest. Oh, I may need to borrow you for one moment more. She moves her hand in front of her, palm facing the ground. It quickly glows with purple flame, and as each lightning bolt hits Yenna, she is unmoved, and the place where she was hit shines. Each shine darts across her body toward Selem, accumulating at the tip of the blade, which crackles with more and more energy as shines are added. She throws the blade across her body, lining Selem up with the magus, and barely a second afterwards, a purple conic inferno unleashes itself toward the magus, the goal being to immolate her entirely. If the spirit proves to be destroyed, Selem releases Yenna, who promptly falls to the ground. Your Grace, I- shhh, I know. It's alright, I'm here. Deep breaths. Just let me know when you want to go back. The sound of quiet sobs, deep breaths, and sniffles echo across the field for a few moments before stopping as the woman stands. Okay. I think I'm good. Good. Let's be back, then, and not bring you on this sort of thing ever again. I... thank you, Your Grace. Selem's Protection
Instant Counter target spell or ability that targets a creature you control. If that ability came from an artifact, gain control of it. "Do not think to take my things. My ire is not easily forgiven."
- Selem, Dominating Blade
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Post by test on Mar 19, 2022 1:07:55 GMT
Dagger of the Traitor: 9/10. This could cost 1 less. Other than that I love it. How romantic. Selem takes a moment to realize the situation after Lothaire leaves. Oh, dear, oh, shshshshsh, come now, please, don't cry. The warrior wipes the ice from her cheek, and begins to cry in earnest. Oh, I may need to borrow you for one moment more. She moves her hand in front of her, palm facing the ground. It quickly glows with purple flame, and as each lightning bolt hits Yenna, she is unmoved, and the place where she was hit shines. Each shine darts across her body toward Selem, accumulating at the tip of the blade, which crackles with more and more energy as shines are added. She throws the blade across her body, lining Selem up with the magus, and barely a second afterwards, a purple conic inferno unleashes itself toward the magus, the goal being to immolate her entirely. If the spirit proves to be destroyed, Selem releases Yenna, who promptly falls to the ground. Your Grace, I- shhh, I know. It's alright, I'm here. Deep breaths. Just let me know when you want to go back. The sound of quiet sobs, deep breaths, and sniffles echo across the field for a few moments before stopping as the woman stands. Okay. I think I'm good. Good. Let's be back, then, and not bring you on this sort of thing ever again. I... thank you, Your Grace. Selem's Protection
Instant Counter target spell or ability that targets a creature you control. If that ability came from an artifact, gain control of it. "Do not think to take my things. My ire is not easily forgiven."
- Selem, Dominating Blade
Conjure Redirect against Lightning Bolt So hasty were they that the magus cannot possibly counter in time. A final shriek tears through what was once a battlefield; in flames, the spirit drifts into halves, retelling the moment of the magus's death once more, before they fade away entirely. The shriek is echoed by wails across the now frozen landscape, as the many other souls of the fallen armies collect what weapons have not yet been scavenged, and scatter across The Arena.
Selem's Protection — Thinking on Turn Aside, this is a lot of markup for a very niche ability. I think that this would be improved if you could counter the equip abilities of opponents, as the markup would be more consistently worth it. Otherwise, good response. 7/10
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Post by cajun on Mar 19, 2022 5:55:50 GMT
"Much appreciated." With Michi's boons, it doesn't take much for Atlani to cut down the remaining imps. She shakes what dust she can from her sword, then gestures with it towards the rift. "You wouldn't happen to know how to close that, would you?"As the tendrils breach the rift, Atlani positions herself between them and Michi and watches to see what her next opponent will be. "What in the-" A flash. "Damn it. I've had quite enough of sea creatures for-" A flash. After suffering the second flash, Atlani utters an incantation, and the Mardu wings carved into her shield softly glow green. I suppose I'll be giving you plenty of time to figure it out. She approaches the jellyfish warily, keeping her shield close to her face and cutting at any tendrils that get within reach, seemingly undeterred by the flashes. If Michi stays just behind Atlani, the effect of the flashes should be lessened, but not completely eliminated. Shieldscale Aegis Artifact - Equipment Equip Equipped creature gets +1/+3 and gains ward .
Conjure Chief of the Edge as a body to put this on. +1/+3 so it can take a hit from the Horror and ward to protect it from whatever it tutors for. Seeing the warriors' strategy, Michi positions himself behind her. "I meowght be able to seal it, but I'd don't know how to close the rift. These are interesting creatures. I wonder were they come from. If meow brother was here... But we always end up separated after planesmeowing..." It takes Michi a few seconds to remember they are in the middle of a fight, and that the woman needs his help. "Sorry meowstress, I tend to get lost in meow train of thought a lot!" Michi joins his paws and conjures glowing white ethereal chains, in an attempt to seal the tentacles of the creature and stop the pulses of its head.Michi, Titanbinder Legendary Planeswalker - Michi Whenever and opponent casts a spell with mana value 5 or greater, counter that spell unless that player pays . : Tap target creature with mana value 5 or greater or untap target creature with mana value 4 or less. : You get an emblem with “Spells with mana value 4 or less you cast cost less to cast. Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or less, draw a card”. Atlani cuts away at the jellyfish tendrils that come too close, while Michi's chains try to hold back those afar, but a few strikes has already taught the jellyfish a direct assault would be unwise. A free tendril grabs for the dissolving imps instead. A glow fills both creatures, glowing brighter and brighter and brighter....
And then it's gone.
A black mess of tentacles jumps from where the imp once lay, the fusion of imp and jellyfish wrapping itself rapidly around Atlani's leg and sinking in a row of teeth. The creatures of Elsewhere have spent 100 Valor and unlocked union.
Shieldscale Aegis - i don't love the colorless casting cost with colored equip cost as is, maybe with like snap-on equip or like Equip 4? as is, is a bit weird 7/10Michi, Titanbinder - Michi's theme here is super cool, his powerlevel is a lot less so. could really use a beefier + or lower casting cost, maybe higher loyalty? 7/10
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 19, 2022 17:12:43 GMT
Seeing the warriors' strategy, Michi positions himself behind her. "I meowght be able to seal it, but I'd don't know how to close the rift. These are interesting creatures. I wonder were they come from. If meow brother was here... But we always end up separated after planesmeowing..." It takes Michi a few seconds to remember they are in the middle of a fight, and that the woman needs his help. "Sorry meowstress, I tend to get lost in meow train of thought a lot!" Michi joins his paws and conjures glowing white ethereal chains, in an attempt to seal the tentacles of the creature and stop the pulses of its head. Atlani cuts away at the jellyfish tendrils that come too close, while Michi's chains try to hold back those afar, but a few strikes has already taught the jellyfish a direct assault would be unwise. A free tendril grabs for the dissolving imps instead. A glow fills both creatures, glowing brighter and brighter and brighter....
And then it's gone.
A black mess of tentacles jumps from where the imp once lay, the fusion of imp and jellyfish wrapping itself rapidly around Atlani's leg and sinking in a row of teeth. Was it cool to use four keywords all in one line like that? Absolutely it was cool. But holy hell it's an ugly one line. I think, in terms of using U as a logical operator, it should be Coalesce U Convoke U Pinnacle. I dunno what the dash is there for (like I get that it's supposed to specify that Pinnacle is the cost being paid, but it makes me think that the dash is some other operator.) easier to just make it Coalesce U Convoke and drop the pinnacle. Bonus point for being something you'd play during the second main phase. Atlani puts more of her body behind her shield as the glow intensifies, then moves out from behind it, confused at the creature's disappearance. She whistles, and a massive snow leopard comes barreling out of the woods behind her, but before it can even get halfway to Atlani, the imp has attached itself to her leg. "Nai, what do you- OW! Mr. Mage, if you could kindly seal it, before any more come through?" She turns to try to give Michi line of sight to the beast without letting it switch targets, and awkwardly tries to stab at it with her sword. Well-Timed Assault Sorcery Tap all creatures target player controls. Choose one: - Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
- Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Post by mrlozano on Mar 20, 2022 12:00:36 GMT
Atlani cuts away at the jellyfish tendrils that come too close, while Michi's chains try to hold back those afar, but a few strikes has already taught the jellyfish a direct assault would be unwise. A free tendril grabs for the dissolving imps instead. A glow fills both creatures, glowing brighter and brighter and brighter....
And then it's gone. A black mess of tentacles jumps from where the imp once lay, the fusion of imp and jellyfish wrapping itself rapidly around Atlani's leg and sinking in a row of teeth. Was it cool to use four keywords all in one line like that? Absolutely it was cool. But holy hell it's an ugly one line. I think, in terms of using U as a logical operator, it should be Coalesce U Convoke U Pinnacle. I dunno what the dash is there for (like I get that it's supposed to specify that Pinnacle is the cost being paid, but it makes me think that the dash is some other operator.) easier to just make it Coalesce U Convoke and drop the pinnacle. Bonus point for being something you'd play during the second main phase. Atlani puts more of her body behind her shield as the glow intensifies, then moves out from behind it, confused at the creature's disappearance. She whistles, and a massive snow leopard comes barreling out of the woods behind her, but before it can even get halfway to Atlani, the imp has attached itself to her leg. "Nai, what do you- OW! Mr. Mage, if you could kindly seal it, before any more come through?" She turns to try to give Michi line of sight to the beast without letting it switch targets, and awkwardly tries to stab at it with her sword. Well-Timed Assault Sorcery Tap all creatures target player controls. Choose one: - Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
- Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Using it on myself so that none of my creatures are untapped.Instant This spell costs less to cast for each color of the spell it targets. Counter target spell. And with a flash of binding light, the monster dissapeared, as if never was there. |
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Post by cajun on Mar 21, 2022 0:46:41 GMT
Atlani puts more of her body behind her shield as the glow intensifies, then moves out from behind it, confused at the creature's disappearance. She whistles, and a massive snow leopard comes barreling out of the woods behind her, but before it can even get halfway to Atlani, the imp has attached itself to her leg. "Nai, what do you- OW! Mr. Mage, if you could kindly seal it, before any more come through?" She turns to try to give Michi line of sight to the beast without letting it switch targets, and awkwardly tries to stab at it with her sword. Well-Timed Assault Sorcery Tap all creatures target player controls. Choose one: - Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
- Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
"Alright I think I've got it. Let meow try!" Michi channels all of his energy into a spell, the pages of his spellbook flickering with raw magic power. A gilded cat paw appears avobe the being, pushing it into the breach. Thanks to the warrior distracting it, the creature can't resist the spell. The rift becomes sealed with ethereal chains crossed above it. After checking that nothing else is coming from it, Michi exhales, relieved at last. "Those were some ugly meownsters, right? I wonder where they came from." After a few seconds lost in his thought the cat, speaks agains. "Ah! Sorry meowstress, but I haven't introduced meowself! The name's Michi, cat, wizard and researcher! Pleased to meowt you!" Michi extends a paw towards the warrior. "Also, I should go looking for meow brother, we always end up separated. But knowing him, if there are meowre creatures like this, he will be in the meowddle of the fray."Repel the Pinnacle Instant This spell costs less to cast for each color of the spell it targets. Counter target spell. And with a flash of binding light, the monster dissapeared, as if never was there. The creature of Elsewhere tightens against Atlani as Michi's spell pushes, but the cat's spell wins out, causing the tentacles of the fused beast to dissolve away and forcing whatever remains back into the rift. The chains snap around the rift, which slowly begins to shrink away as the two talk.
But it is clear their fight on the Arena was not the only one. In the distance, a black column tore higher and higher into the sky...
Well-Timed Assault - nifty 9/10Repel the Pinnacle - while mechanically cool, isn't great as defense cause the card is still mono-red so costs 3U 8/10
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Post by Popcornia on Mar 29, 2022 1:50:21 GMT
pacifistwestwoman Some time, after the Creatures of Elsewhere...Out at the edge of Hocfeld, a strange visitor can be spotted in a discussion with one of the village's farmers. He seems to be discussing something regarding the owner's fields, which are currently under varying amounts of snow and sleet, and appears to be trying to reach some form of arrangement. The visitor in question doesn't appear to be from anywhere else on the Arena. Though they're covered in layers of cloth, the styles of his outfit suggest somewhere else in the Multiverse, not to mention his slight aversion to the frosty weather. Align with Nature Instant Search your library for up two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Create two Canister tokens. (They’re artifacts with “ , Sacrifice this artifact: Untap target permanent. Activate only during your turn.”)
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dragonspit999
2/2 Zombie
Posts: 114 
Favorite Card: Mycosynth Lattice
Favorite Set: Conflux
Color Alignment: Blue, Red, Colorless
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Post by dragonspit999 on Mar 29, 2022 9:59:17 GMT
Continuing from my board: The door closed behind him, he sets off for the town of Merova. He could get there faster, but there was no telling where they were along the way, so he had to do like the old days and walk. He was unsure when the last time he traveled this way all alone was. He was beginning to miss the random chattermouth adventurers he used to bemoan as companions. As Argel walked, he considered what he knew. He knew this blade would stand out, at least reasonably so. He knew the thief or thieves carrying it probably didn't want to part with it. He knew he was here to make them. He knew the blade was probably going to egg it on. He knew he needed to be prepared. ...and seeing the remnants of a campfire, he knew someone was near. Could be his prey, he reasoned, so he began to put his tracking skills to work. Surely they would be lying in wait though, so he had to be cautious about how he approached wherever this trail lead. Firebelly Fighter Creature - Dragon Warrior Level up [Level 1+] : ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn. [Level 2+] When ~ dies, it deals 2 damage to target opponent. 1/1 |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 30, 2022 4:59:40 GMT
pacifistwestwoman Some time, after the Creatures of Elsewhere...Out at the edge of Hocfeld, a strange visitor can be spotted in a discussion with one of the village's farmers. He seems to be discussing something regarding the owner's fields, which are currently under varying amounts of snow and sleet, and appears to be trying to reach some form of arrangement. The visitor in question doesn't appear to be from anywhere else on the Arena. Though they're covered in layers of cloth, the styles of his outfit suggest somewhere else in the Multiverse, not to mention his slight aversion to the frosty weather. Align with Nature Instant Search your library for up two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Create two Canister tokens. (They’re artifacts with “ , Sacrifice this artifact: Untap target permanent. Activate only during your turn.”) I can't come up with a reason for this to be an instant and not a sorcery. Is that another planeswalker? What is this, the fourth one this month? Oh, Goddess, may this be a respite from the trials you've provided me...A young woman more properly dressed for the weather approaches the conversation, waving at the newcomer, but not wanting to interrupt. Relentless Miner Creature - Human Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a Treasure token. 2/2 |
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Post by pacifistwestwoman on Mar 30, 2022 5:14:19 GMT
Continuing from my board: The door closed behind him, he sets off for the town of Merova. He could get there faster, but there was no telling where they were along the way, so he had to do like the old days and walk. He was unsure when the last time he traveled this way all alone was. He was beginning to miss the random chattermouth adventurers he used to bemoan as companions. As Argel walked, he considered what he knew. He knew this blade would stand out, at least reasonably so. He knew the thief or thieves carrying it probably didn't want to part with it. He knew he was here to make them. He knew the blade was probably going to egg it on. He knew he needed to be prepared. ...and seeing the remnants of a campfire, he knew someone was near. Could be his prey, he reasoned, so he began to put his tracking skills to work. Surely they would be lying in wait though, so he had to be cautious about how he approached wherever this trail lead. Firebelly Fighter Creature - Dragon Warrior Level up [Level 1+] : ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn. [Level 2+] When ~ dies, it deals 2 damage to target opponent. 1/1 Pretty solid use for levelup on a 1 drop common. The smoldering embers of the campfire were not the only sign of the site's recent use. Several sets of bootprints are sunk in the snow, and the twin lines of wheel marks cut a path further off the road. Whoever left these tracks wasn't being terribly stealthy about it. The tracks led up a short but relatively steep hill; hard to know what would be at the top. Frostfell Silencer Creature - Human Rogue Deathtouch Whenever a creature dealt damage by ~ this turn would die, exile it instead. 1/1 "You're not buried terribly well, are you? Well, it'll only matter until the next snowstorm."Our knight in shining armor approaches, Xaja.
Shiny or not, it's nothin' I can't use you to cut through.
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