Incidentally, now that WotC has decided "let's print an incredibly un-interactive card for 1v1 competitive Legacy in a supplemental product, casuals be damned," I retract my previous objections to Nomi's ability's wording.
Incidentally, now that WotC has decided "let's print an incredibly un-interactive card for 1v1 competitive Legacy in a supplemental product, casuals be damned," I retract my previous objections to Nomi's ability's wording.
Yeah, and since white should be getting better weenies than blue, she could come down to WW, or gain double strike or something.
Eh, True-Name Nemesis has basically made Nomi pointless, as written.
The character is still important to the story, but now I'm just going to have to find some other design to stand in on the actual card. No use trying to follow it up.
"Strange Throwback" doesn't tell us much; it's not as though she's the only Uba left, there's a Hag in the Brinkwalker cycle.
No flavor text or story blurb to go on. All we know is that she's supposed to be deceptively weak-looking and completely unkillable.
I wish white got deathknell in this set, because then she could be something like:
Double strike, deathknell
When Nomi enters the battlefield, you may move any number of counters from other creatures onto it.
When Nomi dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
0/1
Nomi is the oldest creature of the Utsushiyo (world of flesh) still in existence on the plane of Kamigawa. Like the other Uba, Nomi will never die of old age. Even the next-most-ancient Uba only remembers Nomi as a millennia-old crone. She was born before the first kappa was born, and she has lived to the time after the last kappa died. She has seen things happen on Kamigawa that no one else - spirit or mortal - has ever seen.
In terms of antiquity, Nomi is to the Utsushiyo what O-Kagachi was to the Kakuriyo (the spirit world). And now that O-Kagachi is dead, Nomi is the only creature of Kamigawa that remembers the original state of the realm. She understands the planar (and extraplanar) forces that created Kamigawa. She understands the balance that was struck upon Kamigawa's creation. And, Nomi knows that only Oboro knows what she knows.
It is knowledge that the Soratami swore to destroy... before they vanished.
Physically, Nomi is amazingly spry for a creature of her great age. She moves with the speed and reflexes of an insect. Her personality is that of a semi-benevolent trickster, orchestrating awkward or embarrassing situations for her travel companions. Whether she does this for her own amusement or as a teaching tool is a matter of extensive disagreement.
So "ageless but eternally old Zen master and probable Big Good."
Lady!Yoda.
Nomi, Strange Throwback1WW
Legendary Creature - Hag (M)
Flash
When Nomi, Strange Throwback enters the battlefield, target creature becomes your choice of 2/2 or 10/10 until it attacks or blocks. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) 1WW: Exile Nomi from the battlefield or your graveyard, then return it to the battlefield. "If you wish to transcend your body, will it not be easier if I give you a shape you revile?"
1/1
Finally got around to going through this set better!!!
I like the legendary sisters, really cool idea. Cards like oracle of mul daya and magus of the future are some of my favorites, and this seems like a cool addition to that sort of family (I know its different but it feels similar design wise)
The white walker either needs to cost more or shouldnt be able to grab any land. At this cost I would expect it to only grab plains. For more mana it could grab any basic, but that feels green. Grabbing ANY land just seems too good.
I like the Artifact creature spirits, but they do seem a little bit weird. I get that its Items with spirits possessing them or contained in them, but I guess my vorthos would want them to be just artifacts that get animated. Not a big deal though, cool and splashable cards.
EDIT: as for the unnkillable hag lady, waht about the old "~ cant leave play" that has been tossed around these forums before? Or divinity counters, like she is so old that even though she is made of meat she is like myojin level lol nah never mind,
The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light.
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
Hey Guesswork, are you ever going to clean up the storefront the way you did with DOM and MFB? Are all the currently existing cards locked (ETB trigger blue ninjas, non-white deathknell, random split cards)?
Also...what's up with the neon green-on-yellow "set logo"? It looks substantially less polished than the others.
Hey Guesswork, are you ever going to clean up the storefront the way you did with DOM and MFB? Are all the currently existing cards locked (ETB trigger blue ninjas, non-white deathknell, random split cards)?
Also...what's up with the neon green-on-yellow "set logo"? It looks substantially less polished than the others.
Heh. I'm not a graphic designer, so anything good I've been able to do on the logos elsewhere has been kind of an accident... I've been through a number of iterations of the Call to Glory logo, and I still haven't exactly hit on the look that I want. I will probably try again. I probably need to go looking for some inspiration.
I am updating all of the "storefronts" on my custom threads, but it's much easier to start that process on sets that don't have a lot of cards, which is why I've been starting with the new stuff. I doubt CtG will be the next set that gets the treatment (probably Icefall or Nexus) but eventually I will wade through the big task of getting Call to Glory and Dominaria up to standard.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
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Yeah, and since white should be getting better weenies than blue, she could come down to WW, or gain double strike or something.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
The character is still important to the story, but now I'm just going to have to find some other design to stand in on the actual card. No use trying to follow it up.
I guess I get bragging rights?
"Strange Throwback" doesn't tell us much; it's not as though she's the only Uba left, there's a Hag in the Brinkwalker cycle.
No flavor text or story blurb to go on. All we know is that she's supposed to be deceptively weak-looking and completely unkillable.
I wish white got deathknell in this set, because then she could be something like:
Double strike, deathknell
When Nomi enters the battlefield, you may move any number of counters from other creatures onto it.
When Nomi dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
0/1
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
In terms of antiquity, Nomi is to the Utsushiyo what O-Kagachi was to the Kakuriyo (the spirit world). And now that O-Kagachi is dead, Nomi is the only creature of Kamigawa that remembers the original state of the realm. She understands the planar (and extraplanar) forces that created Kamigawa. She understands the balance that was struck upon Kamigawa's creation. And, Nomi knows that only Oboro knows what she knows.
It is knowledge that the Soratami swore to destroy... before they vanished.
Physically, Nomi is amazingly spry for a creature of her great age. She moves with the speed and reflexes of an insect. Her personality is that of a semi-benevolent trickster, orchestrating awkward or embarrassing situations for her travel companions. Whether she does this for her own amusement or as a teaching tool is a matter of extensive disagreement.
Lady!Yoda.
Nomi, Strange Throwback 1WW
Legendary Creature - Hag (M)
Flash
When Nomi, Strange Throwback enters the battlefield, target creature becomes your choice of 2/2 or 10/10 until it attacks or blocks. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.)
1WW: Exile Nomi from the battlefield or your graveyard, then return it to the battlefield.
"If you wish to transcend your body, will it not be easier if I give you a shape you revile?"
1/1
With bonus "judge me not by my size"-ness!
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
I like the legendary sisters, really cool idea. Cards like oracle of mul daya and magus of the future are some of my favorites, and this seems like a cool addition to that sort of family (I know its different but it feels similar design wise)
The white walker either needs to cost more or shouldnt be able to grab any land. At this cost I would expect it to only grab plains. For more mana it could grab any basic, but that feels green. Grabbing ANY land just seems too good.
I like the Artifact creature spirits, but they do seem a little bit weird. I get that its Items with spirits possessing them or contained in them, but I guess my vorthos would want them to be just artifacts that get animated. Not a big deal though, cool and splashable cards.
EDIT: as for the unnkillable hag lady, waht about the old "~ cant leave play" that has been tossed around these forums before? Or divinity counters, like she is so old that even though she is made of meat she is like myojin level lol nah never mind,
I invision a future where one is not mighty when he can silence a crowd with brutality,
but when he leaves them speechless with wisdom.
Also...what's up with the neon green-on-yellow "set logo"? It looks substantially less polished than the others.
Avatar by Numotflame96 of Maelstrom Graphics
Sig banner thanks to DarkNightCavalier of Heroes of the Plane Studios!
I am updating all of the "storefronts" on my custom threads, but it's much easier to start that process on sets that don't have a lot of cards, which is why I've been starting with the new stuff. I doubt CtG will be the next set that gets the treatment (probably Icefall or Nexus) but eventually I will wade through the big task of getting Call to Glory and Dominaria up to standard.