It's been over a year since I'd done anything with Prophets of Itzuantl due to life and other sad reasons, including my laziness. I've recently been looking over the EARLY designs (as the sets is still in the earliest of stages), so I figured I'd post some of the old ideas and some of my more recent ones to get feedback before I begin updating the linked thread. It should be noted that some of these designs may actually end up in the second set of the block, but that's irrelevant really.
Ancestral Vitality3BGW Sorcery (M)
You gain an amount of life equal to target player’s life total.
Itzmec Tutor2UUBB Sorcery (M)
Search your library for a blue or black card and cast it without paying its casting cost. Then shuffle your library.
Cannibalism3BR Enchantment (R)
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that shares a type with that creature. “The sacrifice of one grants strength to the many. Plus, it’s tasty.” — Kukul Tsuk of the Bloodfury
Genocide1BR Sorcery (R)
Choose a creature type. Each player sacrifices all creatures of the chosen type he or she controls.
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I don't see how Griselbrand or Plague Wind has any merit here. Omniscience is an enchantment that can be used with your entire hand as you draw a cards. Itzmec Tutor is a one off effect. I actually feel Diabolic Tutor limited to blue and black cards with the "cast for free" clause for UU is decent...I may add 1 to its cost.
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Don't hold so fast to your idea of what Magic and the Color Pie is or should be. Just because it was done in the past, but isn't done in the present doesn't mean it can't be done at all. Likewise, just because it wasn't done at all doesn't mean it can't be done.
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Why is vitality black? It can be done solely in white or green, and cost a bit less. As is, I think cards like stream of life are better, and stream kinda sucks. It's pretty much unplyably bad in constructed, and in limited by the time you cast it likely you and the opponent's life is already in the single digits, making it extremely underwhelming for a mythic.
I don't see why canniblaism is red. Also, rather underwhelming. It has very little use in limited, and in constructed you'll be playing some sort of tribal deck, and I feel that 5cc for such an effect is too much. It probably can be done in mono black, and cheaper.
I don't see how Griselbrand or Plague Wind has any merit here. Omniscience is an enchantment that can be used with your entire hand as you draw a cards. Itzmec Tutor is a one off effect. I actually feel Diabolic Tutor limited to blue and black cards with the "cast for free" clause for UU is decent...I may add 1 to its cost.
Because you can cast those cards for only six mana via your tutor with no prior setup. Reanimator decks at least need to find a way to dump the cards in the graveyard.
Itzmec Tutor is extremely broken in Legacy and EDH. Search up Enter the Infinite, cast it for free, draw your deck, cast Lotus Petal, Spirit Guides, Chrome Mox, Rituals, Storm for the win, with Force of Will backup. It might as well say "6 mana: Win".
Itzmec Tutor is extremely broken in Legacy and EDH. Search up Enter the Infinite, cast it for free, draw your deck, cast Lotus Petal, Spirit Guides, Chrome Mox, Rituals, Storm for the win, with Force of Will backup. It might as well say "6 mana: Win".
Yeah, this. Hard to say how to even balance it as-is, aside from a CMC restriction to, say, 6 or less.
Ancestral Vitality could cost maybe 2 less.
Cannibalism is a bit narrow for its cost, compared to Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest. You could drop the cost AND increase the number of counters put on.
Genocide is assuredly too good - we've not come so far from Tempest block that Extinction can be so easily obsoleted.
Ancestral Vitality 3BGW
Sorcery (M)
You gain an amount of life equal to target player’s life total.
Itzmec Tutor 2UUBB
Sorcery (M)
Search your library for a blue or black card and cast it without paying its casting cost. Then shuffle your library.
Cannibalism 3BR
Enchantment (R)
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that shares a type with that creature.
“The sacrifice of one grants strength to the many. Plus, it’s tasty.” — Kukul Tsuk of the Bloodfury
Genocide 1BR
Sorcery (R)
Choose a creature type. Each player sacrifices all creatures of the chosen type he or she controls.
All cards I post are designed for custom sets...just saying
Don't hold so fast to your idea of what Magic and the Color Pie is or should be. Just because it was done in the past, but isn't done in the present doesn't mean it can't be done at all. Likewise, just because it wasn't done at all doesn't mean it can't be done.
Here's a tip: If you suggest changing a card...it's helpful to suggest HOW it should be changed.
All cards I post are designed for custom sets...just saying
Don't hold so fast to your idea of what Magic and the Color Pie is or should be. Just because it was done in the past, but isn't done in the present doesn't mean it can't be done at all. Likewise, just because it wasn't done at all doesn't mean it can't be done.
Here's a tip: If you suggest changing a card...it's helpful to suggest HOW it should be changed.
I don't see why canniblaism is red. Also, rather underwhelming. It has very little use in limited, and in constructed you'll be playing some sort of tribal deck, and I feel that 5cc for such an effect is too much. It probably can be done in mono black, and cheaper.
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
Yeah, this. Hard to say how to even balance it as-is, aside from a CMC restriction to, say, 6 or less.
Ancestral Vitality could cost maybe 2 less.
Cannibalism is a bit narrow for its cost, compared to Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest. You could drop the cost AND increase the number of counters put on.
Genocide is assuredly too good - we've not come so far from Tempest block that Extinction can be so easily obsoleted.
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