<BB> TEST's Battle Board [Lothaire]

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The foremost members of the retreating succumb to the amassing worms, screaming against the onslaught, some futilely attempting to fend off the attacking creatures. Kamwid rushed to the front, splitting her warband as they attempted to retreat from the counter-offensive.

"Shut up."

Kamwid slammed the butt of her club against the dirt, a flash of green erupting as she began her own chant, fog accumulating at her hooves as she spoke.

"Turn and burn! Twist and and bring the woods to life! Take the force of life for your own! Wear it's splendor as your crown!"

As Kamwid turned away, joining her retreating warband as they attempted a second retreat, a creature burst from the dirt, humanoid with cloven feet. A wild look in its eyes as it looked at the amassing worms. One worm attempted to latch to the beast, only inciting a laugh as the measly creature withered against the beast's touch. Cackling, the summoned monster charged its way through the Worms that Walked, sloughing off their mass and claiming its power for itself.




Kamwid left the beast to deal with Lettie and her summoned monsters, rushing along with her warband with her spoils. This was a battle not worth fighting.

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The Worm the Walks: I think this should only work with your graveyard, but otherwise I love it. 9/10

Lettie shifts her stance somewhat, but keeps her hand raised, as flowers start sprouting through its skin. She winces. "...I do hate wasted... potential. But must they be my friends? I can think of a few... acquaintances."

Lettie consciously keeps from glancing back at the letter she was writing. Please say no. I have some ideas. Though genuinely losing here means they might move on from me, which will mean being able to act openly. Besides, after what happened with Pidge, it's not entirely undeserved. I'm ready. I've gone through far worse. I hope.

Undying Recovery 
Instant
Return to the battlefield all artifact, creature, enchantment, and land cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

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Doomsday Clock — This is a difficult one to evaluate, as slicing boardwipes across any property immediately jumps up the potential value (as you can build around that property). Cost also makes me leery considering it's colourless. It does require some smart play to take advantage of though. 8/10

A careful and curvy script, familiar handwriting of a Volarian author, addresses a letter to Lettie, sitting on a desk in the Arena location in which Seiva first met her.

Miss Lettie,

There is a dark-haired woman named Kei present on the Arena. She is an Entelan criminal wanted for the destruction of Entelan laboratory equipment and the attempted murder of a government agent. If you come across her, please bring her to our outpost by whatever means necessary. I’ll be happy to compensate you however you’d like.

Signed, Seiva Zeni, Head Advisor of EPIC

Broken Routine 
Sorcery 
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile it, then that player may scry 2.

There is silence.

Perhaps the witch had not heard her.

Perhaps she had, and the countermeasures had kept her away.

A book falls from its home onto the ground. Lettie may recognize An Incomplete Guide to Calavan. It had fallen open to a page describing the ornithax, a foul-tempered beast of a bird that grew even more fearsome in packs. The page had included a sketch of four of the birds, which were now pulling themselves from the page!

J has unlocked Worlds Away as an Aid Set

Imposing Crest
Artifact
As Imposing Crest enters the battlefield, choose a creature card name.
Creatures with the chosen name get +1/+1.
Creatures without the chosen name get -1/-1.

Choosing Feral Ornithax and calling for aid for four of them. J doesn't have wanderlust (yet :3 ) so it's a flock of 2/3s.

As soon as Lettie catches sight of the young woman's eyes, she takes a mental count of her fingers. Unsure for now whether she's dealing with a possible fae or demon, Lettie keeps her distance, puts on a cold smile, and watches the woman's mouth, seeing if she can get a count of her teeth as well. "Good day to you. Can I help you? I think a wand of rowan might do you some good... or maybe a bundle of rosemary." Or perhaps a bath, Lettie thinks, but does not say.

Nature's Teeth
Instant
Destroy target artifact. If that artifact was attached to a creature and you spent to cast Nature's Teeth, destroy that creature.

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Hand of the Old God — I haven't commented on this mechanic yet, so I'd like to say that Equip-Bestow is a real neat idea. I'm also not going to be too strict with my development comments on these, since they haven't really been tested. Right now, this seems cool and reasonable. 9/10

"Hello?" Brayden says while sheepishly looking down at a piece of paper, "Is miss Lettie here? Michi pointed me here so I could thank you for the potion and talk about the... problem thats affecting me..." he says while rather nervously looking at the books until Lettie appears.

Frantic Research 
Instant 
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.

Lettie's expression becomes one of concerted concern. "If you're always hungry, even after eating, it's possible that you might be suffering from some kind of parasite or possession. Wormwood oil helps with physical parasites, but supernatural ones, such as Fae and Demonic, require rowan and rosemary respectively, or some similar treatments." Lettie thinks, and visibly cringes. "I'll sell you a whole bottle of wormwood if you need it, but you need to only take small portions at a time. Overdoses lead to life threatening convulsions."

The Worm that Collects
Creature — Worm Horror
When The Worm that Collects enters the battlefield, move any number of counters from other creatures onto it.
1/1

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Soul of Hunger — Not a fan of the apparent asymmetry, even if the one thing out of line between the modes is 1 point of toughness. Developmentally, this thing appears to expect to be a 10/10 on average, or at least that's what front-facing cost seems to imply. 8/10

"Para... site..? No... We are not... a parasite..." The girl slowly shakes her head. "But we can... try... If it stops the hunger..." She randomly walks through the shop, then, all of sudden, she grabs a bottle from one of the shelves. She then becomes fully covered in a black substance, wich opens a massive mouth and eats the bottle, with all its content. "The hunger... It hurts..."

Starved Leveler 
Artifact Creature - Construct 
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy target permanent at random. Then, it controller reveals the top card of their library. If it’s a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
They would have eaten everything Mirrodin had to offer. But Phyrexia ate them first.
5/4

The Worm that Collects: The name sounds legendary, but the creature isn't. The card looks like Simic, but I like the counter hate in monoblack. 8/10

"Understandable. Follow me, and do not touch anything." Lettie leads Brayden into a room teeming with raw ingredients and alchemical devices. A book opened to a page concerning woopip spores lies on a table. However, there is a stuffed tortoise on top of a shelf, surveying the backroom with a glum expression. Lettie shuts the door once Brayden has found a spot to stand. "I've already seen Michi's sketch, so have no hesitation. Whenever you're ready." She clutches a flask on her belt.

Autumn Gale 
Instant
This spell can't be countered.
Spells and abilities you control can't be countered this turn.
Draw a card.

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Selkie Wind-Mage — I decidedly do not like on-board counters. Comparing the activation cost of this to Repudiate as well, and the activated ability seems to be rather efficient, given that it doesn't require a card. 7/10

As soon as Lettie reads the words "attempted murder of a government agent", the sight of a Linelan coin held by the woman cuts through her memory, and guilt bleeds into her mind, clouding her thoughts. They're not my friends. I knew this could happen. So why do I feel this way, still? She clutches her head, and reaches for a bottle of absinthe. As she dilutes it, she considers her next move. I could wait this out, but I have a unique opportunity to catch Kei by surprise. I did help them before, after all. I could turn EPIC's misfortune to my benefit once again. Lettie adds a last dash of sugar to the bottle, before taking a swig directly out of it. But to have attempted the murder of a member of the Eternity Project, and gotten away with it, they must be unusually dangerous. That, and my deadliest recipes are nowhere near as potent when used against planeswalkers. She takes another swig, turning the sweetness and bitterness over in her mouth. She is, however, an Entelan. A Volarian. I could create an elemental poison specifically designed for them. The Project might have just the information I need, then. Lettie puts the bottle down, and begins to mentally rehearse her lines.

Lettie dresses herself as a veiled traveler, planeswalks as close as possible to the outpost, and approaches, with her letter in hand, and a focused scowl on her face. She speaks to the first member she meets. "Good day. I'm here to request detailed bioaetheric information on this target, and perhaps clarify whether or not they are wanted alive."

Seasoned Stray
Creature — Cat  
When Seasoned Stray enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card or land card, put it into your hand.
1/2

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Broken Routine — Allowing the victim to scry 2 is similar to losing 2 life yourself, and is a nice dynamic in the early game. Thoughtseize, however, is discard, so I'm dinging that. 8/10

Leira moves from wherever she was standing to meet up with Lettie as she arrives. She hasn't drawn a weapon or channeled a spell before she notices the letter. She stays tense, but no longer possibly hostile. "Hi, okay, I can do that," she says as she takes a number of deep breaths. A few taps of her transceiver later, Leira's reading off the information she has.

"Okay, what we're looking at is a Volarian aethercaster. She's primarily using Darkness energy, based on Kaira's recollection and the energy that was floating around after she disappeared. Master Sara would like her to stay alive. We're not legally allowed to execute her and there's something she wants to say." Leira shrugs. "No power scripts to worry about, but can actually cast spells freely so she's got the upper hand against us."

Leira slides an image of the woman up from her transciever onto a projection that Lettie can see. Which is mostly meaningless to Lettie, aside from confirming what she knows as true.

Seasoned Stray is great. I like the interaction with the scry instead of trying to answer the spell itself. 10/10

Released Essence
Instant
Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 until end of turn and gain "When this creature dies, target opponent creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token." until end if turn.

Lettie looks over the projection, with a hint of annoyance in her scowl. If Kei were to see me involved, and testify about our earlier exchange, it would be a disaster. Best to remain a functionary, a mere supplier of death and misery. Lettie takes a moment to review some texts on bioaetherics. "It's definitely a problem if the royal you can't execute this criminal. Given that your casting is limited compared to hers, every back and forth that passes in this fight will make her victory more likely. That, and she would be able to retreat if not defeated immediately. An element of surprise, followed by a very short fight, would be best. The typical routine for such a situation is poison, followed by retreat, but the restriction on lethality, as well as your, uh, limited mobility, makes that somewhat difficult. The most vexing complication is that due to the environment of combat, the dose delivered is typically uncontrolled, with a large degree of variance. As such, we want something highly concentrated, and that has an upper limit on how dangerous it can be in the overdose. Right now, I think the only energy that fits the description is Thought, which we should be able to concentrate from a large amount of shadow mint, if the textbook Ani gave me is to be believed. Speaking of which, I'm going to need someone to advise me as I'm brewing the stuff, as my understanding is only that of a dilletante. I'll also be incorporating some mundane non-volarian wormwood, in order to increase the victim's proclivity to the desired result: a complete seizure." Lettie is silent for a moment, in order to allow the complete idea of what she has suggested to sink in. "I will only provide you with this drug, poison, whichever you would like to call it, should you desire it. The administration, then, would be up to you, and following its provision, you can consider my involvement in this matter largely concluded, barring compensation once the criminal has been apprehended. Are there any questions?"

Bloated Morel
Creature — Fungus
When Bloated Morel dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
1/1

I can order the triggers how I prefer, since technically I control the death trigger from Released Essence.

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Released Essence — Please don't put the responsibility of negative triggers on the opponent. We have long learned from Pillory of the Sleepless. Otherwise, I think this is appropriately costed and coloured. 8/10

As the tendrils attack the monster, both the girl and the thing scream in pain, in an unintelligible roar. She jumps, trying to get the mixture off her, but after a short fight, she falls to the ground, knocked out. The slimy substance gets off her, and drags moves through the shop, like trying to get out. The thing bubbles, like it is boiling, while the girl stands unconscious in the floor.

Fleah-Eating Parasite 
Artifact Creature - Symbiote 
Bond  (: Attach this to target creature you control. It becomes an Equipment and stops being a creature until it becomes unattached from a creature. Bond only as a socery.)
Haste, trample
Equipped creature has haste and trample.
Sacrifice equipped creature: Put X +1/+1 counters on ~, where X is sacrificed creature's power.
1/1

Aureolin Carnations: This doesn't seem too weak nor too strong. Nice. 8/10