we all know that Tolarian Academy was one of the most broken (if not THE most broken) lands every printed.
It enabled combo decks that were incredibly fast and consistent.
What I would like to do here is create an alternative version of Tolarian Academy, let's call it "Academy of Tolaria". However, I don't intend to create a balanced version of it. Like the original, it should also bee too good, maybe even broken. But unlike the original, it shall not enable fast combo decks but instead be good for slow control decks.
It should not be something silly like a simple but vastly overpowered "tap: draw 5 cards"-land or something like this. Rather, it should feel like something that could actually have been printed in the very early years, when the concept of card advantage was not yet fully understood by Wizards of the Coast. Like it happened with Library of Alexandria, for instance.
My first idea would be something like this:
Academy of Tolaria
Legendary Land
[tap]: Add U to your mana pool.
[tap], reveal an instant card from your hand: Draw a card and skip your next combat phase.
Or maybe a little weaker: Academy of Tolaria
Legendary Land
[tap]: Add C to your mana pool.
[tap],U, reveal an instant card from your hand: Draw a card and skip your next combat phase.
I know that both of these cards are too strong by todays (and also yesterdays) standard, but as I said above, that is intended here.
How would you design a card like that? I'm looking forward to see your suggestions.
By the way, in case you wondered: The reason for all that is that I am currently working on an Old School Custom Set. The goal for the set is to feel, flavorfully and thematically, like one of the very first Magic sets, e.g. similar to Arabian Nights or Legends. And, like in those sets, I want to include a few overpowered cards.
Tolarian Laboratory
Legendary Land Metalcraft -- This has "T: Add UU." as long as you control three or more artifacts.
Tolarian Deposit
Legendary Land
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, put a storage counter on this. T: Add C. 1, T, Remove X storage counters from this: Add U for each storage counter remove this way.
we all know that Tolarian Academy was one of the most broken (if not THE most broken) lands every printed.
It enabled combo decks that were incredibly fast and consistent.
What I would like to do here is create an alternative version of Tolarian Academy, let's call it "Academy of Tolaria". However, I don't intend to create a balanced version of it. Like the original, it should also bee too good, maybe even broken. But unlike the original, it shall not enable fast combo decks but instead be good for slow control decks.
It should not be something silly like a simple but vastly overpowered "tap: draw 5 cards"-land or something like this. Rather, it should feel like something that could actually have been printed in the very early years, when the concept of card advantage was not yet fully understood by Wizards of the Coast. Like it happened with Library of Alexandria, for instance.
My first idea would be something like this:
Academy of Tolaria
Legendary Land
[tap]: Add U to your mana pool.
[tap], reveal an instant card from your hand: Draw a card and skip your next combat phase.
Or maybe a little weaker:
Academy of Tolaria
Legendary Land
[tap]: Add C to your mana pool.
[tap],U, reveal an instant card from your hand: Draw a card and skip your next combat phase.
I know that both of these cards are too strong by todays (and also yesterdays) standard, but as I said above, that is intended here.
How would you design a card like that? I'm looking forward to see your suggestions.
Best Regards,
Andreas
Best Regards.
Legendary Land
Metalcraft -- This has "T: Add UU." as long as you control three or more artifacts.
Tolarian Deposit
Legendary Land
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, put a storage counter on this.
T: Add C.
1, T, Remove X storage counters from this: Add U for each storage counter remove this way.
Modern
URGTemur ScapeshiftGRU
EDH
WGKarametra EnchantressGW
UBGSidisi, Brood Tyrant ReanimatorGBU
UBRKess DoomsdayRBU
WBGGhave TokensGBW
WUBZur RebelsBUW
WUBErtai CursesBUW
WRFiresong and Sunspeaker Spell SlingerRW