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I changed 'Balance' for 'Fit'. A balanced card could exist in many levels of powers, so 'Fit' encompasses problems with balance, color pie, rules, or gameplay.
User
Card
New
Fun
Flavor
Simple
Fit
Final
Thoughts
Sir Karn
Mana-Charged Trinket
8
8
8
8
8
36.8
Solid
fooligan
Glory's Guide
7.5
8
8
7.5
7
35.25
Searching a library is cumberstone, this is too cheap, and it being uncommon, would take valuable time out of many games.
BlackBull
Charmmaw
8
8
7
7
7
34.5
Not a fan of the concept
Rudyard
Solitary Soldier
8
7
8
8
7
35.1
White? Opposite mechanicaly, though I guess it could be explained by flavor. I think exalted is a better implementation.
ohmusama
The Gift of Death
8
8
7
8
7
35.2
I think it's too good. It's not too hard to get +1 card each turn.
bobby2055
Creeping Gangreen
8
8
8
8.5
8
37.15
Cool
Koopa
Pathfinder
8
7
8
8
6.5
34.8
Your creatures are unblockable. Insanely good.
CrazyMatt
Risky Dice
8
7
8
8
7
35.1
I think 1d6 could be done, but it'd require like a whole set for it to be introduced.
Draco9
False Salvation
8.5
8
7.5
8
7.5
36.6
I love it. "Each player may tap or untap each creature he or she controls" would read better.
Lapson2
Magic Girl
0
0
0
0
0
0
My card. This could have been a single abilty. Sigh.
Cardz5000
Dimir Cryptographer
8.5
8.5
8
8
8
37.95
Also solid. "You may cast a copy of a card encoded on a creature you control." would read better.
coolgriff14
Extinguish the Spark
7
7
8
8
6.5
33.6
Narrow.
Ink-Treader
Settler's Claim
8
7
8
7
6.5
34.1
Also very narrow. I don't want to feel bad about playing white over green.
Marco
Demonic Negotiation
7.5
7
8
8
6
33.9
Too good. Would bee too good for turn 3 wins in combo.
MDenham
Telelith
7.5
8
7
7.5
7
34.25
I think it's too good, extremely versatile. The repeated fateseal would make me livid.
Maokun
Contrarian Counsellor
7.5
8
8
8
7
35.6
This also seems too good. At least Venser only did it once.
Icarael
Athenaeum Teratologist
8
8
7
7
8
35.1
A delayed Stealer of Secrets than can stay put. I like it.
arbitraryarmor
Sinister Strike
8
8
8
8
8.5
37.1
Very solid
void_nothing
Mangrove Familiar
8.5
8
7
8.5
8
36.75
Great
Coyote King
Gemhide Strix
8
8
7.5
8
8
36.3
Like it, mana or safe evasion, great.
Noatz
Cacian Painlasher
7
8
7.5
8
7
34.5
A 3/3 for 1BB should only have a marginal ability in rare, not a very powerful one.
LnGrrrR
Xenophobia
7.5
8
8.5
8.5
7
36.45
Great. Maybe a tad too strong, easy one-sided sweepers are scary
swishh
Mindstorm Surrakar
7.5
8
8
7.5
8
35.85
This would be very strong with auras and pump nowadays, everything is very efficient. But we haven't had this in constructed in a while, so I'm increasing fit from 7 to 8.
Today's review. If it seems broken in a browser, please tell me.
I changed 'Balance' for 'Fit'. A balanced card could exist in many levels of powers, so 'Fit' encompasses problems with balance, color pie, rules, or gameplay.
User
Card
New
Fun
Flavor
Simple
Fit
Final
Thoughts
Sir Karn
Mana-Charged Trinket
8
8
8
8
8
36.8
Solid
fooligan
Glory's Guide
7.5
8
8
7.5
7
35.25
Searching a library is cumberstone, this is too cheap, and it being uncommon, would take valuable time out of many games.
BlackBull
Charmmaw
8
8
7
7
7
34.5
Not a fan of the concept
Rudyard
Solitary Soldier
8
7
8
8
7
35.1
White? Opposite mechanicaly, though I guess it could be explained by flavor. I think exalted is a better implementation.
ohmusama
The Gift of Death
8
8
7
8
7
35.2
I think it's too good. It's not too hard to get +1 card each turn.
bobby2055
Creeping Gangreen
8
8
8
8.5
8
37.15
Cool
Koopa
Pathfinder
8
7
8
8
6.5
34.8
Your creatures are unblockable. Insanely good.
CrazyMatt
Risky Dice
8
7
8
8
7
35.1
I think 1d6 could be done, but it'd require like a whole set for it to be introduced.
Draco9
False Salvation
8.5
8
7.5
8
7.5
36.6
I love it. "Each player may tap or untap each creature he or she controls" would read better.
Lapson2
Magic Girl
0
0
0
0
0
0
My card. This could have been a single abilty. Sigh.
Cardz5000
Dimir Cryptographer
8.5
8.5
8
8
8
37.95
Also solid. "You may cast a copy of a card encoded on a creature you control." would read better.
coolgriff14
Extinguish the Spark
7
7
8
8
6.5
33.6
Narrow.
Ink-Treader
Settler's Claim
8
7
8
7
6.5
34.1
Also very narrow. I don't want to feel bad about playing white over green.
Marco
Demonic Negotiation
7.5
7
8
8
6
33.9
Too good. Would bee too good for turn 3 wins in combo.
MDenham
Telelith
7.5
8
7
7.5
7
34.25
I think it's too good, extremely versatile. The repeated fateseal would make me livid.
Maokun
Contrarian Counsellor
7.5
8
8
8
7
35.6
This also seems too good. At least Venser only did it once.
Icarael
Athenaeum Teratologist
8
8
7
7
8
35.1
A delayed Stealer of Secrets than can stay put. I like it.
arbitraryarmor
Sinister Strike
8
8
8
8
8.5
37.1
Very solid
void_nothing
Mangrove Familiar
8.5
8
7
8.5
8
36.75
Great
Coyote King
Gemhide Strix
8
8
7.5
8
8
36.3
Like it, mana or safe evasion, great.
Noatz
Cacian Painlasher
7
8
7.5
8
7
34.5
A 3/3 for 1BB should only have a marginal ability in rare, not a very powerful one.
LnGrrrR
Xenophobia
7.5
8
8.5
8.5
7
36.45
Great. Maybe a tad too strong, easy one-sided sweepers are scary
swishh
Mindstorm Surrakar
7.5
8
8
7.5
8
35.85
This would be very strong with auras and pump nowadays, everything is very efficient. But we haven't had this in constructed in a while, so I'm increasing fit from 7 to 8.
I'd love to see more of these!
For the record mine was made to add some more good cards and depth to white decks and dumb aggressive decks. Most of all BW decks that want sacrificial fodder. It is probably a little strong but I made it mainly with cube in mind. I'm not sure having an additional 1cc guy is all that insane. We've seen a lot of weenies that give you an additional lame dork.
My card from April 8 is not included amongst the cards to vote on in the thread for April 9!
Also can someone please explain the scoring to me?
Whooooooops. Usually that happens when the multiquote button doesn't register me clicking on it. I try not to let it happen too often, but if I'm in a little bit of a hurry, sometimes I don't notice that the button is blue instead of orange when I scroll past it.
With respect to the scoring:
Your base score is equal to the number of votes you got in the poll.
Anybody who votes once, or three or more times, has their votes subtracted from everyone they voted for. (So, at this point, your score is now equal to the number of people who actually voted for you correctly.)
If one person has the highest score at this point, they get two extra points for winning that day. Otherwise, everyone who's tied for the highest score gets one extra point.
This is why sometimes one person will be in the lead but end up with the same number of points as their votes in the poll, and someone else (or multiple someones) will get an extra point - someone misvoted, and the corrections from that result in a tie for first place.
WakeRG
Instant (U)
Target land becomes a 4/4 Elemental creature until end of turn.
// BakeBR
Instant (U)
Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 2 or less. It can't be regenerated.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
i imagine that, like with breaking/entering, the second half shouldn't target if you want them to work together
Virgin Omniterrain
Land (R)
Virgin Omniterrain enters the battlefield as the basic land type of your choice. (The basic land types are plains, island, mountain, forest, and swamp). From afar the complexity of Porfar seems infinite. As it comes into view you realize it is.
yo, this is strictly better than a basic land, that's just not right
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
i imagine that, like with breaking/entering, the second half shouldn't target if you want them to work together
yo, this is strictly better than a basic land, that's just not right
Well not really, it isn't one of those cards, it has their type. It can't be found with a basic land search and it can still be targeted as a non basic land, same as a bloodcrypt can. I do think it's too good, but I like cards that are rare instances of better than basic. I think we've reached that point in magic, we already see it a tonne with legendary ones and that is hardly a drawback hon.
But yeah, people competing in these dailies seem to play it fast and loose with power level, especially when it comes to lands. I think it's a place to showcase cute flashy ideas more than elegant or tempered design.
I thought that my card for today would be much more popular! I believe it to be on par with Thoughtseize in utility and raw power.
I like the idea quite a bit, but I think it's weak. If you removed the converted mana cost restriction it would be much better, but I don't think it'd be broken or anything. Then you're getting Unmask, except it's B instead of 0, and you discard instead of exile. Or another comparison would be: discard instead of pay 2 life. I think that's a fair trade off.
I like the idea quite a bit, but I think it's weak. If you removed the converted mana cost restriction it would be much better, but I don't think it'd be broken or anything. Then you're getting Unmask, except it's B instead of 0, and you discard instead of exile. Or another comparison would be: discard instead of pay 2 life. I think that's a fair trade off.
Yeah I thought about letting the restriction go, but I really wanted to make it uncommon (I dislike utility spells at rare, like Thoughtseize) and I think it may be a bit too powerful for that. Take in account that discarding a card may be in itself a good thing: Madness, Flashback/unearth, reanimation, etc, so I think that the "drawback" isn't bad enough to give you the full Distress effect.
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
I was amazed when I was the only person (to this point) to have voted for void_nothing's card. I love the idea and flavor of this little guy. Well done sir.
Maybe you'll see this in time to swap but I'm @Arbitraryarmor you totally just remade Screams from Within! Unless penumbra works differently than I imagine.
Eternal PlagueBB
Enchantment — Aura [U]
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1. Penumbra — When enchanted creature dies, you may return this aura from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to target creature.
All in all screams could use some improvement, I wonder how much difference that 1 colourless would make!
Yeah, it'd probably show up in an "enchantments matter" set that used enchantment creatures and/or enchantment lands.
EDIT: On an unrelated topic, I'd like to remind people that sunburst on creature cards gives +1/+1 counters, not charge counters. This means you, coolgriff14.
I understand what perpetual motion is trying to do, but I'd have given it a tiny effect to make it less narrow. Something like "put the top card of your library on the bottom of your library" to keep the motion theme.
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
I'm calling it right now- worst rare in the set. Even good limited players will find better bombs at common and uncommon no sweat. Worst. Episode. Ever.
I really do predict this to be our worst rare in set award winner. I'd be happier opening a jar of eyeballs, so I think anything worse is highly unlikely. This card wont just have zero constructed potential, but not be significantly better than a mass of ghouls in a draft.
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I'm glad of that. I was rather concerned it and the other four cards in the cycle were close to broken.
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Club Flamingo Wins: 10
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EDH Decks
BG Vicious Varolz | RW Jor Kadeen, the Mean Machine | RG Atarka: Muh_Dragons.dec (WIP) | WU Brago, Blink Eternal (WIP)
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I changed 'Balance' for 'Fit'. A balanced card could exist in many levels of powers, so 'Fit' encompasses problems with balance, color pie, rules, or gameplay.
I'd love to see more of these!
For the record mine was made to add some more good cards and depth to white decks and dumb aggressive decks. Most of all BW decks that want sacrificial fodder. It is probably a little strong but I made it mainly with cube in mind. I'm not sure having an additional 1cc guy is all that insane. We've seen a lot of weenies that give you an additional lame dork.
Cube talk, design community and much much more!
Also can someone please explain the scoring to me?
With respect to the scoring:
(Probably NSFW) So you may have heard I'm trying to write a TV series...
Most Nominated for Random Categories, 2013
The scoring system seems much more complex than I remember it. But I haven't played in a long time. I'll just have to trust that my score is correct.
Thanks again.
i imagine that, like with breaking/entering, the second half shouldn't target if you want them to work together
yo, this is strictly better than a basic land, that's just not right
Also, memory problems.
I thought that my card for today would be much more popular! I believe it to be on par with Thoughtseize in utility and raw power.
Well not really, it isn't one of those cards, it has their type. It can't be found with a basic land search and it can still be targeted as a non basic land, same as a bloodcrypt can. I do think it's too good, but I like cards that are rare instances of better than basic. I think we've reached that point in magic, we already see it a tonne with legendary ones and that is hardly a drawback hon.
But yeah, people competing in these dailies seem to play it fast and loose with power level, especially when it comes to lands. I think it's a place to showcase cute flashy ideas more than elegant or tempered design.
Cube talk, design community and much much more!
I like the idea quite a bit, but I think it's weak. If you removed the converted mana cost restriction it would be much better, but I don't think it'd be broken or anything. Then you're getting Unmask, except it's B instead of 0, and you discard instead of exile. Or another comparison would be: discard instead of pay 2 life. I think that's a fair trade off.
Yeah I thought about letting the restriction go, but I really wanted to make it uncommon (I dislike utility spells at rare, like Thoughtseize) and I think it may be a bit too powerful for that. Take in account that discarding a card may be in itself a good thing: Madness, Flashback/unearth, reanimation, etc, so I think that the "drawback" isn't bad enough to give you the full Distress effect.
All in all screams could use some improvement, I wonder how much difference that 1 colourless would make!
Cube talk, design community and much much more!
love the numbers here, love the package, feels good. nothing too special but should exist for it's own sake
EDIT: On an unrelated topic, I'd like to remind people that sunburst on creature cards gives +1/+1 counters, not charge counters. This means you, coolgriff14.
(Probably NSFW) So you may have heard I'm trying to write a TV series...
Most Nominated for Random Categories, 2013
BGStandard Green AggroGB
UWRGModern Saheeli CobraGRWU
UBRGLegacy StormGRBU
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But designers are where are votes are coming from!
Cube talk, design community and much much more!
But designers are judging on the assumption that the cards are for players!
Club Flamingo Wins: 1!