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Post by test on Jan 28, 2020 2:53:41 GMT
"Negative. Purpose of gathering is analysis and ascertainment of boundaries. Hypothesis: Data to be used for synthesis."
Deathly Dynamo  Artifact  When ~ enters the battlefield, draw a card. Exile five cards from your graveyard: Add  . Screeching Bowl - A neat little card which I could see being used in any number of situations. Well costed and with an appropriate rarity. 10/10.
  Creature — Faerie If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead that card is revealed and put on the bottom of that player's library, and that player loses 1 life. "No fire and brimstone compares to the eternal torment of our endless mistrials upon this wretched world."1/3
Deathly Dynamo — Effectively slow cycling for multiple copies of this drawn, good. It leaves little for the ability's efficiency, but it looks like a fair rate, and can't loop. Not certain about rarity, but not so uncertain to penalize for that. 10/10 |
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Post by notdaedalus on Jan 28, 2020 4:25:53 GMT
"Subject is experiencing confusion. Term: Boundaries refers to boundaries of mana usage. Assessment of what is and isn't. Searching for the spaces in-between. Searching for the place something new could be found." A flickering hologram blurs into existence above the robot, displaying a purple outline of some kind of machine. "Observe".
Difference Engine  Artifact  You may look at the bottom card of your library.  : Exchange the top card of your library with the bottom card of your library. A binary choice means twice the possibilities.
Bitter Witness - A great hate card playable against any number of decks. Appropriately costed and statted. 9/10.
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Post by test on Jan 29, 2020 3:32:00 GMT
"Subject is experiencing confusion. Term: Boundaries refers to boundaries of mana usage. Assessment of what is and isn't. Searching for the spaces in-between. Searching for the place something new could be found." A flickering hologram blurs into existence above the robot, displaying a purple outline of some kind of machine. "Observe".
Difference Engine Artifact You may look at the bottom card of your library. : Exchange the top card of your library with the bottom card of your library. A binary choice means twice the possibilities.
Bitter Witness - A great hate card playable against any number of decks. Appropriately costed and statted. 9/10.
Search target player's library for up to four cards, exile them, then that player shuffles their library. Put up to one basic land card exiled this way onto the battlefield tapped under your control. I'd be tempted to do a tuck or fateseal-esque effect, but the fact that you can swap at instant speed makes that insufficient. Better just handle the root cause when I see you holding up something.
Difference Engine — This, as far as I can tell, is the first card that lets you look at your bottom card. I don't like the idea, even just on a dexterity level. However, I think this is an excellent way of doing persistent hidden storage, and it's far more elegant than a name-shared exile face down. It does, however, require a somewhat blind switch, though you can pay again to swap back, and the implied limit on value through activations is also nice design. 9/10 |
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Post by notdaedalus on Jan 29, 2020 4:47:03 GMT
The robot quavers slightly in fright. "Apologies. Contact established with host. Gratitude registered for services rendered." It dissolves into a fine mist of sparks, and leaves behind a note scorched into the ground.
"Base Zero invites you to participate in the New Age."
Erased Trail - A powerful effect in colours that normally don't get them if I remember correctly. The upside hurts it more, even as a rare. 6/10.
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Post by test on Jan 29, 2020 4:52:34 GMT
@notdeadalus
Going to argue a bit here. The card's a cross between Rampant Growth and Sadistic Sacrament, which are each from the disjoint sections of the colours involved.
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Post by notdaedalus on Jan 30, 2020 0:35:38 GMT
@notdeadalus Going to argue a bit here. The card's a cross between Rampant Growth and Sadistic Sacrament, which are each from the disjoint sections of the colours involved. My mistake. Sadistic sacrement included, this card is merely powerful, not a break. 8/10. |
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Post by mrlozano on Feb 1, 2020 14:58:38 GMT
"I've not a complete idea, but I have some food, and it looks like you need some. Stay here." Lettie vanishes behind a counter, quickly grabs a loaf of bread from her home, and reappears from where she left off about half a minute later. She straightens up, holding out the loaf in offering. She waits until a moment has passed, either to make sure of the woman's refusal, or if she accepts, allow her time for a few bites. "That black thing that was... with you, it nearly killed you. You're practically a skeleton, no doubt from it feeding off you, and moments ago, it had to detach from you after it drank a lethal dose of one of my potions, because you two were so hungry. You shouldn't seek it again. Nothing will have changed if you do. Death is horrifying, especially that by starvation."Witch's Invitation Artifact  When Witch's Invitation enters the battlefield, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. ,  : Tap target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it. I'm not really sure about this. I kinda like it, but it probably isn't worth playing anywhere. Nice synergy, tho. 7/10 |
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 8, 2020 4:07:17 GMT
test
An apothecary. Interesting. As she entered a shop, she looked around and saw the woman. She had burns under her eyes, but not ones from fire or lightning. "Mornin', apothecary. Got anything special to sell?" the woman asks, her spear across her back. "I'm here for fighting, in particular."Curious Customer  Creature - Human When ~ enters the battlefield, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw a card. 1/2
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Post by test on Feb 9, 2020 3:26:56 GMT
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An apothecary. Interesting. As she entered a shop, she looked around and saw the woman. She had burns under her eyes, but not ones from fire or lightning. "Mornin', apothecary. Got anything special to sell?" the woman asks, her spear across her back. "I'm here for fighting, in particular."Curious Customer Creature - Human When ~ enters the battlefield, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw a card. 1/2 Flying At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, put a +1/+1 counter on Shrieking Sluagh. 1/1
Curious Customer — Dangerous Wager tells me that this can be lower rarity, probably uncommon given that it could be seen as an archetype reward. Otherwise, it's nice to have value that persists between wheels. 8/10 |
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Post by gurfafflekins on Feb 11, 2020 1:46:50 GMT
test Shrieking Sluagh: Neat. Wasn't super sure on black 1/1 fliers for , but after a look on gatherer, checks out. 9/10. "I prefer to just boost my strength - dealing with my opponents before the match isn't a strong suit of mine." she says, looking around, her eyes turning back to the woman. "What kind of endurance drinks you got?" she asks, leaning on the counter with her good arm.Swallow Potion  Instant Target creature or planeswalker you control gains indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life. "One sip for everybody - we'll need as many as possible ready." -- Hilda, warrior commander
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Post by test on Feb 12, 2020 1:31:07 GMT
"I prefer to just boost my strength - dealing with my opponents before the match isn't a strong suit of mine." she says, looking around, her eyes turning back to the woman. "What kind of endurance drinks you got?" she asks, leaning on the counter with her good arm.Swallow Potion Instant Target creature or planeswalker you control gains indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life. "One sip for everybody - we'll need as many as possible ready." -- Hilda, warrior commander
Bitter Touch Instant  Target creature gains wither until end of turn. Draw a card. Lettie Wormwood has unlocked Wither.
Swallow Potion — Exactly on rate, except maybe the planeswalker option, but given how inconvenient raising the cost is on reactive protection, it's probably the thing that would draw someone to playing this in the first place. Of course, it doesn't stop the walker from dying to counter loss, which means you'd only use this against burn and planeswalker removal. 8/10 |
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Post by cajun on Feb 21, 2020 9:12:06 GMT
Briar buzzes by one of Lettie's shops, then tries to let herself inside. Dirty Tricks Tribal Sorcery — Faerie Prowl (You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Faerie.)Target player reveals their hand, then chooses a card. If Dirty Tricks's prowl cost was paid, you choose that card instead. That player discards that card.
hand attack revenge +ing to make a faerie to prowl with
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Post by test on Feb 23, 2020 0:25:17 GMT
Briar buzzes by one of Lettie's shops, then tries to let herself inside. Dirty Tricks Tribal Sorcery — Faerie Prowl (You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Faerie.)Target player reveals their hand, then chooses a card. If Dirty Tricks's prowl cost was paid, you choose that card instead. That player discards that card.
hand attack revenge +ing to make a faerie to prowl with
Whenever Stables Brownie deals combat damage to a player, you may untap target land. 1/1 Assisting offense. Also, Brownies shouldn't be ouphes, don't @ me.
Dirty Tricks — Seems to be costed correctly, and I'm a fan of the spectacle approach to alternate costs. 10/10 |
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Post by cajun on Feb 23, 2020 1:42:55 GMT
A window is open, and some rather strong smelling fumes are spilling out. Looks like the owner wanted to air the place out while keeping some brewing potions on the windowsill. They don't seem to be present at the moment, but a stuffed alligator on a nearby shelf appears to be keeping watch. Briar can easily get in, and nothing will happen to her if she does so... not immediately, anyway. Briar flew back as she hit the wall of fumes, their effect much stronger to her tiny body. Somebody doesn't want me in there, she thought, which makes me want in even more! She flew around the area for a few minutes, finding some flowers and plucking them. With her face full of good smells, she charged through the foul ones as fast as she could.
She freezes for a split second at the sight of any cats in the shop, then flies up higher to be out of their immediate reach. She flits around the shop, looking for some shiny trinket or bauble she can swipe. If she finds something, she'll take it and leave the flowers behind, a fair trade in her book.
Gain control of target creature or enchantment with converted mana cost 3 or less. You lose 3 life. The humans hated most fae holidays, but none as much as The Great Taking Day.
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Post by test on Feb 23, 2020 18:34:14 GMT
Briar flew back as she hit the wall of fumes, their effect much stronger to her tiny body. Somebody doesn't want me in there, she thought, which makes me want in even more! She flew around the area for a few minutes, finding some flowers and plucking them. With her face full of good smells, she charged through the foul ones as fast as she could.
She freezes for a split second at the sight of any cats in the shop, then flies up higher to be out of their immediate reach. She flits around the shop, looking for some shiny trinket or bauble she can swipe. If she finds something, she'll take it and leave the flowers behind, a fair trade in her book.
Gain control of target creature or enchantment with converted mana cost 3 or less. You lose 3 life. The humans hated most fae holidays, but none as much as The Great Taking Day.
"You little rascal!" a woman's voice exclaims, not quite shouting. A woman wearing a blood-red kerchief with a black and green dress has appeared by the window, seemingly out of once thin air, now thick with foul vapors just like those that were spilling into the street earlier. The cat yowls as she picks it up and away from the potions, and she turns around to set it down. "Come on, I thought you were one of the smarter ones. You know you shouldn't go near-" She freezes at the sight of the open cabinet and the Fae. Her scowl fades, and, like donning a new mask, she adopts a pleasant smile that all the same doesn't reach her bloodshot eyes, and she recalls one of her lines for such an occasion. "Welcome, my dear guest. Please, excuse my cat. So long as we're speaking, may I have your name?"Crossroads Snitch Creature — Faerie Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost. Then, target opponent gains control of Crossroads Snitch. 1/1 Go on, take it. Life is a resource.
This Is Mine — This is black space, albeit barely. Usually it's something that vampires have done. Anyway, I don't think this is an appropriate cost, even with the life loss. Remember that not only are you removing the card, but you are getting it as well, and this is very rarely dead. Compare to an effect like Connive. 7/10 |
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Post by cajun on Feb 24, 2020 0:21:04 GMT
There is a single cat, and it leaps up onto the counter by the windowsill shortly after Briar flits by. It yowls after her, though it doesn't seem to be a threat. The shop is filled with a number of tools, including a sickle that's larger than Briar herself. The coins are of acceptable size, and are of varying shines, though they're stuffed away in a closed cabinet that takes some pulling to open. Before long, the exchange has been made, and, all that is left is to close the cabinet-
"You little rascal!" a woman's voice exclaims, not quite shouting. A woman wearing a blood-red kerchief with a black and green dress has appeared by the window, seemingly out of once thin air, now thick with foul vapors just like those that were spilling into the street earlier. The cat yowls as she picks it up and away from the potions, and she turns around to set it down. "Come on, I thought you were one of the smarter ones. You know you shouldn't go near-" She freezes at the sight of the open cabinet and the Fae. Her scowl fades, and, like donning a new mask, she adopts a pleasant smile that all the same doesn't reach her bloodshot eyes, and she recalls one of her lines for such an occasion. "Welcome, my dear guest. Please, excuse my cat. So long as we're speaking, may I have your name?" There wasn't much to get a fae's immediate attention in the area, but she made note of the bottles dotted around the shop. If they were anything like those at the window, those could be very useful in time. There is the cabinet, and she's seen humans put shiny things in those before. She pulls and pulls and pulls, opening it enough for her to slink in and trade for a pair of coins. She flies back up and prepares her escape past the vapors when the human arrives.
"Ooh, I like you," Briar smiles as she flutters around the room. "I'm Briar, and I'm new in the area. There just didn't seem to be enough faeries around, so I thought we should change that."
"You've been such a hospitable host, I'll have to remember to drop by again sometime." She flies a bit closer to Lettie, "can I get your name to thank you properly?" Sorcery Target player discards a card. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with the same name as the discarded card and exile them. That player shuffles their library. Deals with the fae are often choosing which bad thing you want to happen first.
Crossroads Snitch - sweet 10/10
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Post by test on Feb 24, 2020 4:48:30 GMT
There wasn't much to get a fae's immediate attention in the area, but she made note of the bottles dotted around the shop. If they were anything like those at the window, those could be very useful in time. There is the cabinet, and she's seen humans put shiny things in those before. She pulls and pulls and pulls, opening it enough for her to slink in and trade for a pair of coins. She flies back up and prepares her escape past the vapors when the human arrives.
"Ooh, I like you," Briar smiles as she flutters around the room. "I'm Briar, and I'm new in the area. There just didn't seem to be enough faeries around, so I thought we should change that."
"You've been such a hospitable host, I'll have to remember to drop by again sometime." She flies a bit closer to Lettie, "can I get your name to thank you properly?" Sorcery Target player discards a card. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with the same name as the discarded card and exile them. That player shuffles their library. Deals with the fae are often choosing which bad thing you want to happen first.
Crossroads Snitch - sweet 10/10
Wither If you discard Rosemary Reaper and you control a Swamp and a Forest, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard. 3/2
Fae's Favor — Good clause with 'up to four', helps reduce the damage when you have no choice but to pitch a basic. I would have said the cost compared to something like Infinite Obliteration or Dispossess makes this questionable since it's a guaranteed hand hit, but your opponent can also choose the name. All in all, I think it's great. 10/10 |
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Post by cajun on Feb 24, 2020 5:31:14 GMT
Lettie notes the pair of coins, and the fact that the fae is using plural first person. The coins are little more than a pittance compared to what she might lose picking a fight with a fae court, and with her methods, the cost is likely less than one of her combat potions, much less the cost of what she would have to consume in a proper battle. Best to just let it go this time. "My name is Rose," she lies through her teeth, "and please, don't feel any obligation to come calling here again." 'Rose' sets down her cat, and moves the potions away from the windowsill to clear away the fumes blocking the way out. Perhaps one day, as with Wormwood, so many people will call me Rose that I'll have to find yet another name to go by. She gestures to the window, to indicate the way is open. "Safe travels, Briar." "Ooh, Rose, huh? Seems like we were destined to meet then," she grins. "Well thank you kindly, Rose, and I'm sure we'll meet again."
Briar zips out the cleared window and back to her tree.
Rosemary Reaper - 9/10
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Post by test on Feb 24, 2020 12:40:39 GMT
"Ooh, Rose, huh? Seems like we were destined to meet then," she grins. "Well thank you kindly, Rose, and I'm sure we'll meet again."
Briar zips out the cleared window and back to her tree.
Rosemary Reaper - 9/10
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Post by cajun on Feb 25, 2020 6:08:17 GMT
Guest System A small girl with a large spear walks up to Lettie's shop near the bakery. She pauses for a moment at the salted windows and sticks scattered about. Was she really going to do this? She gathers up her courage and knocks on the door. "Hello? Grass... lady?" She tries the doorknob. "I want to talk... uh, about... about the robot." She notices the signs posted around. "I'll... I'll buy something if I need to?" Inquire  Instant Counter target spell unless its controller has you draw two cards. "What, what's that mean? And what about that? And this?"
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Post by test on Feb 26, 2020 1:47:43 GMT
Guest System A small girl with a large spear walks up to Lettie's shop near the bakery. She pauses for a moment at the salted windows and sticks scattered about. Was she really going to do this? She gathers up her courage and knocks on the door. "Hello? Grass... lady?" She tries the doorknob. "I want to talk... uh, about... about the robot." She notices the signs posted around. "I'll... I'll buy something if I need to?" Inquire Instant Counter target spell unless its controller has you draw two cards. "What, what's that mean? And what about that? And this?"
Lettie bolts upright from the floor as the alarms ring in her mind, and she accidentally kicks the crop of empty bottles she's grown over the course of her bender. She glances through her alarms, and sees the lovebird standing in her doorway. She considers planeswalking, but worries that the miasma of the blind eternities will be too much for her in this weakened state. Instead, she pulls herself upright by the post of her nearby bed, and staggers towards the storefront. She leans her head against the door as she's unlocking it, and notices a note that has been slid under. With a groan, she slowly kneels down and sees that it's from Pidge. That's impossible. Pidge only comes by on her weeklies nowadays and... oh Celestial Spheres, how many days has it been? She takes a moment to read it, then stuffs it in her apron before opening the door.
The apothecary has emerged, with an even worse case of fae-locks than before, and bloodshot eyes. She elects to stay out of the spear's reach, focusing her gaze on the hand that holds it, and quietly, she speaks, with intentionally blank expression. "Say piece... say your piece... child." It had been too long since last she spoke with a mask meant for humans. She silently curses herself, before allowing her anger to fade into the dull current of her inebriation, and grief. It barely distracts her from the brewing hatred towards the machine. "I'm... sorry meet... to meet you, like this." Though her speech slowly drawls, her prosody remains odd and stilted as ever. She's aware of it too, and the unease of being watched, and watching one's self, adds itself to the mixture.Anxiety  Creature — Incarnation Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by one. As long as Anxiety is in your graveyard and you control a Swamp, each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by the number of creatures you control. 2/2 Yeah, I don't know how OG incarnations were uncommon either.
Inquire — Developmentally, countering a spell and drawing two cards are relatively close in expected value, but in terms of design, this is almost always going to an opponent letting you draw cards unless they're casting something of cmc 3 or lower, and part of the problem is that the counter side loses a lot of potential excess value since you're paying such a similar cost. 8/10 |
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Post by cajun on Feb 26, 2020 5:03:25 GMT
The storefront door is unlocked, but the door to Lettie's home clearly isn't. It's not as clear that anyone has heard Karina, but she feels glimmers of recognition all about her, in presences within the taxidermied animals around the shop. They're watching her. Then she hears a clatter of hollow glass shattering nearby, and footsteps.
Lettie bolts upright from the floor as the alarms ring in her mind, and she accidentally kicks the crop of empty bottles she's grown over the course of her bender. She glances through her alarms, and sees the lovebird standing in her doorway. She considers planeswalking, but worries that the miasma of the blind eternities will be too much for her in this weakened state. Instead, she pulls herself upright by the post of her nearby bed, and staggers towards the storefront. She leans her head against the door as she's unlocking it, and notices a note that has been slid under. With a groan, she slowly kneels down and sees that it's from Pidge. That's impossible. Pidge only comes by on her weeklies nowadays and... oh Celestial Spheres, how many days has it been? She takes a moment to read it, then stuffs it in her apron before opening the door.
The apothecary has emerged, with an even worse case of fae-locks than before, and bloodshot eyes. She elects to stay out of the spear's reach, focusing her gaze on the hand that holds it, and quietly, she speaks, with intentionally blank expression. "Say piece... say your piece... child." It had been too long since last she spoke with a mask meant for humans. She silently curses herself, before allowing her anger to fade into the dull current of her inebriation, and grief. It barely distracts her from the brewing hatred towards the machine. "I'm... sorry meet... to meet you, like this." Though her speech slowly drawls, her prosody remains odd and stilted as ever. She's aware of it too, and the unease of being watched, and watching one's self, adds itself to the mixture. Guest System The smell hit her first. Hey girlie! It'd been a while since she'd dealt with this. You should smile more, you know! Then Lettie's wave of anxiety filled her. She should cut her hair again. I said smile!
Lettie's voice brought her attention back. Her hands were trembling now. She just wanted to run away and get away from the smell and back to Hannah and... she was doing this for Hannah.
"The... the rowbo-robot. D-do you know here where...what happened to her?" she stammers. She swallows and tries to compose herself, badly. "I know what she's fe- what it's like having other people... in your head... too... not... remember..."
// Karina is fighting back tears. The little empath hadn't ever encountered someone quite like Lettie before.
"I want... I need... to help her." She grits her teeth. "I know... it's crazy, but..."
The sentence hangs, unfinished. She could feel Lettie staring through her. It felt like the whole Arena was staring down with her.
Instant Choose one or more — • Tap target artifact. • Untap target artifact. • Tap target creature.
• Untap target creature. • Tap target land.
• Untap target land.
Anxiety - oof, the original Incarnations got away with being uncommon with the okay amount of gravehate and having a keyword anthem. Anxiety possibly not making you have a hand anymore is a rough sell for uncommon, especially since its effect happens /after/ combat so attacking into it is an immediate risk instead of delayed like the others. 6/10
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Post by test on Feb 27, 2020 2:50:27 GMT
Guest System The smell hit her first. Hey girlie! It'd been a while since she'd dealt with this. You should smile more, you know! Then Lettie's wave of anxiety filled her. She should cut her hair again. I said smile!
Lettie's voice brought her attention back. Her hands were trembling now. She just wanted to run away and get away from the smell and back to Hannah and... she was doing this for Hannah.
"The... the rowbo-robot. D-do you know here where...what happened to her?" she stammers. She swallows and tries to compose herself, badly. "I know what she's fe- what it's like having other people... in your head... too... not... remember..."
// Karina is fighting back tears. The little empath hadn't ever encountered someone quite like Lettie before.
"I want... I need... to help her." She grits her teeth. "I know... it's crazy, but..."
The sentence hangs, unfinished. She could feel Lettie staring through her. It felt like the whole Arena was staring down with her.
Instant Choose one or more — • Tap target artifact. • Untap target artifact. • Tap target creature.
• Untap target creature. • Tap target land.
• Untap target land.
Anxiety - oof, the original Incarnations got away with being uncommon with the okay amount of gravehate and having a keyword anthem. Anxiety possibly not making you have a hand anymore is a rough sell for uncommon, especially since its effect happens /after/ combat so attacking into it is an immediate risk instead of delayed like the others. 6/10
"I feel... as much pity for... that machine as I would for pocket- for some broken, accursed pocketwatch. If she is still a threat next- when next she appears on this Arena... I will destroy her myself, for the good... of all of us, and I... will... find... a way. We are all under the same heavens."Stinging Sentinel Creature — Elf Warrior Stinging Sentinel doesn't untap during your untap step. The first time you cast a green spell each turn, untap all creatures you control. 3/2
Off Kilter — Well it's definitely got aesthetic. I'm not certain tapping a target land does much though, since a lot of the time it's either tapped in response for an instant, or it untaps in time for a sorcery. I also question the utility of this card compared to others of the same cost. 7/10 |
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Post by cajun on Mar 2, 2020 4:20:30 GMT
"You stop- you can stop there." Lettie's voice is locked at level, but it drips with venom. "It is crazy. That monster killed Kaira, and you... want to help it? Kindness is wasted on evil." Lettie's hatred reaches a fever pitch, and a part of it turns inward. In a sense, I killed Kaira too, by causing Zero to accidentally catch Seiva in that attack. After a moment, Lettie's certainty is undercut by doubt. "Monster isn't quite right. It is... not evil. It can't be. It's broken... just a broken machine, whose true purpose is..." The drunken haze is closing in. Lettie clutches her head a moment, and shuts her eyes. The star and auroras she sees as she tenses her brow are swimming. "Please, I... need a moment. I had... realized... just before..." Lettie relaxes her brow but her eyes remain closed, and slowly, she kneels down, before seating herself and leaning against a wall.//Karina might recognize that Lettie's fingers are twisting about and pressing against one another in much the same way as before. Though the drunken haze never fully vanishes, the combined pressure of hatred, grief, and anxiety suddenly falls away to an oddly pleasant calm, as though a storm has turned to clear skies in the span of seconds. Lettie feels an intense focus, a tension itself that she seems to control to yield some kind of relief, and as she scans through her memories, the flashes of negative emotion she experiences at each recollection are present, but diminished in threat, like a poisonous plant safely observed at a distance."Hannah spoke... to a planeswalker trapped within Zero, and moments later, a trapped planeswalker spoke... or rather their memory did... of going to Spark Labs, which sent those smaller machines to retrieve Zero. Something horrible happened... must have happened to them... and to another planeswalker, and Zero's demeanor to latter was the same as when she became unfriendly to Hannah. That was after Hannah did something with the prime file... she restored it... do you understand, child? That machine holds the souls of planeswalkers, and it was... designed to. It was... not Hannah's mistake, in fixing it, but Brayden's mistake in... thinking it should be fixed. The machine's intended purpose is evil. The only accepted... only reason it accepted Hannah's help, at any point was that it had some...how already been broken. Spark Labs is the enemy, and to help Zero, you would have to break her again."//Lettie disentangles her fingers, and the strange source of focus fades away. She opens her eyes to try and look at Karina's face for a sign of comprehension, and as she does so, she feels discomfort, as though she's looking at a light that's slightly too bright, which also happens to be blurred and swimming about due to her inebriation.
"I feel... as much pity for... that machine as I would for pocket- for some broken, accursed pocketwatch. If she is still a threat next- when next she appears on this Arena... I will destroy her myself, for the good... of all of us, and I... will... find... a way. We are all under the same heavens." Guest System
"There aren't... she isn't a monster. Kaira... hit her first. It was all a... big mistake and... and..." What am I doing here? Was I stupid enough to think this would work? If even EPIC wasn't going to help then why anyone. I just need to quit, go back to Hannah and—
And give up on someone who needed me? Who no one else would dare try to help? No. Never. I tightened my grip on the Sunspear. The sun may set, but I won't. Why did I—Why did I think... I look to the plant lady again. Was all of that you? I feel uneasy again as she starts to speak.
// After Lettie finishes, Karina stands a little stronger than before, though her eyes are still on the edge of tears. She breathes heavily to collect herself.
"If. She's still a threat. Then yes." Her sentences are slower than before. "But, I think. She just needs someone to help. After the prime file... she didn't attack. She was confused. And we attacked her instead of helping."
"I'm... I'm going to find her. If you're right..." I'm dead. She can outrun anything. That knife was in her hand out of nowhere.
...But I got away. "She's fast. But I'm faster. We'll do what we have to. So. Do you know. Where she went?" Test Resolve Instant Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Whenever it's dealt damage this turn, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)
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Post by test on Mar 7, 2020 18:54:33 GMT
Guest System
"There aren't... she isn't a monster. Kaira... hit her first. It was all a... big mistake and... and..." What am I doing here? Was I stupid enough to think this would work? If even EPIC wasn't going to help then why anyone. I just need to quit, go back to Hannah and—
And give up on someone who needed me? Who no one else would dare try to help? No. Never. I tightened my grip on the Sunspear. The sun may set, but I won't. Why did I—Why did I think... I look to the plant lady again. Was all of that you? I feel uneasy again as she starts to speak.
// After Lettie finishes, Karina stands a little stronger than before, though her eyes are still on the edge of tears. She breathes heavily to collect herself.
"If. She's still a threat. Then yes." Her sentences are slower than before. "But, I think. She just needs someone to help. After the prime file... she didn't attack. She was confused. And we attacked her instead of helping."
"I'm... I'm going to find her. If you're right..." I'm dead. She can outrun anything. That knife was in her hand out of nowhere.
...But I got away. "She's fast. But I'm faster. We'll do what we have to. So. Do you know. Where she went?" Test Resolve Instant Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Whenever it's dealt damage this turn, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)
Stinging Sentinel needle sentinels all grown up, and somehow less abuseable now 9/10
The haze was closing in again, and Lettie wasn't about to allow it. Her entire body seems to tense, and her hatred coalesces into focus and malice.
"I saw its true form, when it murdered Kaira. Its skin... it had burned away. It received those wings, before... and those machines that came to its aid... with the prime file, it must now know the way to Nulien- to Spark Labs, where it seeks repairs much like those wings, no doubt that disguise as well. The same place that planeswalker in its memories had gone to, never to return. That same planeswalker who is now trapped within it, among the others trapped so. You are chasing after a fate worse than death. I had wondered how a soulless machine could planeswalk in such a way, but it's now all too clear. No one ever attains that power for a good reason..." Her focus wavers...Lettie takes a few deep breaths. "...least... of all..." She struggles to finish..."... ... ...Zero." Lettie finally forces out, and she falls silent as she is overtaken by exhaustion like ice in her veins.
Scornful Sluagh Creature — Faerie Flying Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it. 1/1 Some wounds heal, others scar, and some never close.
Test Resolve — Seems pure white to me. This effectively cancels out all damage, so unless the creature is destroyed in one go (thank god for batched combat damage), it will survive as though it had its toughness before the counters, which seems a bit inelegant. I do like that it can play into pyroclasm effects, however, which makes the red a little closer to believable. 7/10 |
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Post by Neottolemo on Mar 8, 2020 19:53:32 GMT
Beik enters one of Lettie's shops and looks around himself warily. "Hrrngh... This is gonna be a long shot. Can any of your wares help with chronomancy anomalies?" Outside, a raptor screeches in the distance.
Scaled Preyseeker Creature - Dinosaur Whenever Scaled Preyseeker becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature that's blocking it. : Target creature blocks each combat this turn if able. 2/2
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Post by test on Mar 8, 2020 20:33:34 GMT
Beik enters one of Lettie's shops and looks around himself warily. "Hrrngh... This is gonna be a long shot. Can any of your wares help with chronomancy anomalies?" Outside, a raptor screeches in the distance. Scaled Preyseeker Creature - Dinosaur Whenever Scaled Preyseeker becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature that's blocking it. : Target creature blocks each combat this turn if able. 2/2
Deathtouch Spiteful Dodger can't block. 2/1
Scaled Preyseeker — Effectively works out like a fight on attack. I haven't got any serious problems with it, though it seems a bit of a waste of potential that the off-colour activation is something still in green. 8/10 |
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Post by cajun on Mar 9, 2020 3:20:10 GMT
"We'll do what we have to," echoes Lettie, and she finds it so absurd to hear from the child that she bursts out laughing, "To be so innocent and naive again!" This child is about to risk her life, and for what? Brief consideration of the answer reignites the hatred Lettie had just suppressed. "Why do you think, child... as she refused Hannah's help... why do you think she approached Hannah still? I told you two... to... to move away from her, to... begin with, because she was about to... take Hannah hostage. Feared for... fear might have driven Zero, but do you think she feared for Hannah's safety? She certainly didn't care when she struck down Seiva. She went on about salvation as though she didn't notice!"Like those who preach salvation from pain in our lives, never to notice how they are a part of that pain. Lettie's brief distraction fans her hatred into a blaze of such intensity that it brings tears to her eyes. Like those who beg our inherent goodness, if only to deny their own evil. For a moment, she sits against the wall, silent, and burns in her hatred for all of humanity. My free hand clenches at her words. She didn't understand any of it. She didn't know what I—what Zero was going through. She was dangerous, but she was helpless. Lettie could only see her for the monster.
"There are so... many mistakes, and so... many people are afraid, and so... ...many of them want help, and you choose to risk your life on that thing."
"Because what if I don't!" I yell before I can stop myself. "She's not gonna stop. She's just going to find someone else, and someone else, and someone else, and hurt them too." My voice catches in gasps. Can't cry. I had my time to be scared. "All because... no one tried to fix it. I can't let this happen again... because... I was scared."
// Tears have started falling, but she tries to look strong.
"No one ever attains that power for a good reason... ...least... of all... ... ... ...Zero"
I sniff and try to collect myself. Some of this is her, I remind myself. "I didn't have a choice," I manage. "And I don't think Zero did, either." Something about the robot made her blood boil, and it spilled into mine.
"What about you?" Shared Scars Instant Choose two target creatures. Whenever damage is dealt to one of those creatures this turn, put that many -1/-1 counters on the other creature.
gettin the valor on this oneScornful Sluagh - horobi-ish. could prob stand to be power 2-3 9/10
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Post by Popcornia on Mar 9, 2020 12:54:25 GMT
test 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. {Spoiler}{Response Card - Patron of the Wilders}  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.
As it charges, it trips over a leg, now reverted to worms, bloated, and rotting as they writhe. As the beast's arms meet the ground, the entire mass it has stolen returns to the same hideous worms- and they burst, releasing a rain of foul and blighted gore, coating the spoils that the warband has already dropped, killing more raiders, and barring the way back to the village.
Lettie has already stepped ahead of the retreat one last time, and leers at Kamwid through the aether, with a grotesque sneer twisting her face, saying nothing. That was a proper summon just now. She's a planeswalker. And now, I can follow her. If Kamwid continues the retreat while she can, Lettie returns to the village to aid in salvaging the settlement.Emerge from the Host Sorcery Remove all counters from target creature. Then, for each counter removed this way, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Patron of the Wilders — So, there's a neat little bit of pie that lies within Sultai. We can see it in the likes of Bioshift and Fate Transfer. However, as far as I can tell, stealing the counters from creatures you don't control is typically a thing that black and blue do, and green not as much, as the spells green is involved in are largely friendly. As such this is a bit of strange bend, since it's creature removal that's a bit unlike green. That is, however, my only complaint. 8/10This is horrendously late, but an interesting twist on Vampire Hexmage. Frighteningly powerful against an opponent playing counters. Not sure how to judge this, since it seems like another bit of rare niche black removal, but it's probably not broken. 7/10. |
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Post by Neottolemo on Mar 10, 2020 19:00:18 GMT
Beik enters one of Lettie's shops and looks around himself warily. "Hrrngh... This is gonna be a long shot. Can any of your wares help with chronomancy anomalies?" Outside, a raptor screeches in the distance. Scaled Preyseeker Creature - Dinosaur Whenever Scaled Preyseeker becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature that's blocking it. : Target creature blocks each combat this turn if able. 2/2
Deathtouch Spiteful Dodger can't block. 2/1
Scaled Preyseeker — Effectively works out like a fight on attack. I haven't got any serious problems with it, though it seems a bit of a waste of potential that the off-colour activation is something still in green. 8/10Spiteful Dodger: I do like the combination of low cost and aggressive usage of deathtouch here, and this counters my card in not one but two ways, so well done. 10/10
Another screech. Quieter. But closer. Beik looks around nervously. "Right. So I was in this team and we went to the past, right, some took notes, some kept watch, we didn't really do much of anything there. Then we came back, now these beasts from the past keep showing up around me wherever I go and I don't think it's foul play." He suddenly points at a window. A small feathered raptor on the outside is peering on the inside of the shop. "There's one! Shoo! Shoo!" The raptor sends out an odd sequence of vaguely chirping sounds somewhere between a gurgle and a titter and takes a few steps back, but remains in the area, as if waiting for something.
Watchful Raptor  Creature - Dinosaur Flash
Whenever CARDNAME enters the battlefield and at the beginning of each end step, you may untap target Dinosaur you control. 2/2
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