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Kaladesh has an innovator theme behind it. Creating tokens as opposed to putting them onto the battlefield feels more flavorful. However sometimes the flavor doesn't jive in my opinion. I don't feel like I'm creating soldiers when I call for Timely Reinforcements. It's a toss up I guess.
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Weird. I guess this makes sense, since "put onto the battlefield" sounds more like a zone change effect, like Rise from the Grave or Dramatic Entrance. I wonder why they're doing it now, though, seems kind of late.
I wonder if ETB effects will now be "Whenever ~ is created" or "When you create ~,"
I hope so, because "create" and "ETB" are going to hit most of the same triggers, so switching up the language for one but not others feels messy and unnecessarily confusing
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I like how they have time to shorten things like "put X token(s) into play" into "create X token(s)" and yet still haven't keyworded or made something to shorten mill yet.
Seems to be a logical step as was done with "die".
It simply is shorter and fairly understanable.
Especially a lot of players allready use the word anyway "I create 5 tokens" , way shorter than "I put 5 tokens onto the battlefield".
With the new rules you "create" tokens only for yourself , just as the rules state that you put tokens onto the battlefield for a player (either your control or the opponents, so that would say "an opponent creates token x").
Rules probably wont change, its a name thing just like "dies" on creatures, this does the trick for tokens.
I had a similar idea, except I used the word "spawn" rather than "create". Either way though, this is an improvement.
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I do like when they retemplate to streamline the wordings and make them more elegant. They've been steadily working templates around zones like this between exile, battlefield, dies, create- but what really strikes me as jarring is that its 2016 and creature combat is still a clumsy mess despite so much of the emphasis of the game having been shifted to creature combat. How would you make a new card that says "When this creature dies, put a -1/-1 counter each creature who killed it"? Theres such limited ways to refer to other creatures and combat damage is still handled weirdly. The only current templates, like baron sengir, are clumsy because you could attack, deal damage to a creature, go to the 2nd main phase, cast a few sorceries, go to the end step, lightning bolt that creature at EoT and now the baron finishes drinking his blood with spooky action at a distance?
I think they need to use some of these fancy retemplatings to clean up creature combat
I like how they have time to shorten things like "put X token(s) into play" into "create X token(s)" and yet still haven't keyworded or made something to shorten mill yet.
"Create" has inherent meaning to new players because it's more or less used in the same way as the word in English. "Mill" or any replacement for it would just become a new jargon term that new players have to learn. They don't make milling cards often enough that the space saving would matter. Token generation DOES need the space savings and they do token generation multiple times per set.
The potential loss in clarity of tokens triggering enters the battlefield triggers is definitely a negative to this, but I think having a separate term indicating that tokens are different from card-based creatures is good.
In other hand, "unblockable" was changed to "can't be blocked".
This was done to smooth out the rules. Previously, Unblockable and Indestructible were just qualities that creatures could have that weren't keyworded and they would behave different for keywords when used on certain effects.
"Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn and are unblockable this turn." only gives double strike to creatures that are in play at the time of this effect resolving, but creatures that enter the battlefield afterward would still be unblockable. This is also how indestructible used to work before it was changed to be a keyword. (Which functionally changed how Boros Charm works.) When indestructible was changed to be a keyword, the decision was made to reword unblockable to "can't be blocked" to avoid it looking like a keyword and reduce the chances of confusion in these cases.
Additionally, effects that would make a creature lose abilities wouldn't make a creature made "unblockable" or "indestructible" lose that quality, which can easily lead to confusion if you were trying to kill something with Turn to Frog.
It sounds alright for some things, but sounds a little bit weird for others.
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It sounds alright for some things, but sounds a little bit weird for others.
Create a Zombie
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Create a Human??
Maybe they waited until after Innistrad to avoid printing the last one on a card for the time being.
Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Doesn't sound weird when you include the full context.
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Kaladesh has an innovator theme behind it. Creating tokens as opposed to putting them onto the battlefield feels more flavorful. However sometimes the flavor doesn't jive in my opinion. I don't feel like I'm creating soldiers when I call for Timely Reinforcements. It's a toss up I guess.
He/She meant the template not the image. You Create Zombies now
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I hope so, because "create" and "ETB" are going to hit most of the same triggers, so switching up the language for one but not others feels messy and unnecessarily confusing
I like how they have time to shorten things like "put X token(s) into play" into "create X token(s)" and yet still haven't keyworded or made something to shorten mill yet.
It simply is shorter and fairly understanable.
Especially a lot of players allready use the word anyway "I create 5 tokens" , way shorter than "I put 5 tokens onto the battlefield".
With the new rules you "create" tokens only for yourself , just as the rules state that you put tokens onto the battlefield for a player (either your control or the opponents, so that would say "an opponent creates token x").
Rules probably wont change, its a name thing just like "dies" on creatures, this does the trick for tokens.
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What about 'create' for tokens, and 'summon' for non-tokens.
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In other hand, "unblockable" was changed to "can't be blocked".
I think they need to use some of these fancy retemplatings to clean up creature combat
The potential loss in clarity of tokens triggering enters the battlefield triggers is definitely a negative to this, but I think having a separate term indicating that tokens are different from card-based creatures is good.
This was done to smooth out the rules. Previously, Unblockable and Indestructible were just qualities that creatures could have that weren't keyworded and they would behave different for keywords when used on certain effects.
"Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn and are unblockable this turn." only gives double strike to creatures that are in play at the time of this effect resolving, but creatures that enter the battlefield afterward would still be unblockable. This is also how indestructible used to work before it was changed to be a keyword. (Which functionally changed how Boros Charm works.) When indestructible was changed to be a keyword, the decision was made to reword unblockable to "can't be blocked" to avoid it looking like a keyword and reduce the chances of confusion in these cases.
Compare these two printings:
Gatecrash Boros Charm (when indestructible was a quality)
Commander13 Boros Charm (now that indestructible is a keyword)
Additionally, effects that would make a creature lose abilities wouldn't make a creature made "unblockable" or "indestructible" lose that quality, which can easily lead to confusion if you were trying to kill something with Turn to Frog.
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Create a Zombie
Create a Golem
Create an Elemental
Create a Human??
Maybe they waited until after Innistrad to avoid printing the last one on a card for the time being.
Standard - RIP Cat
Modern - Death & Taxes
Commander - Mazirek, Trostani, Angry Omnath
Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Doesn't sound weird when you include the full context.
There's actually a fairly popular procedure for doing that.
It just takes a while.
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Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
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WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
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