I would like to point out that I've noticed nobodies pointed out sign in blood a huge win fall for mbc. all thou to be sure he's not alone over all vary excited about the new set.
Korlash, Usurper of the dark blade 2BB
Legendary creature- Zombie 1Bregenerate
Grandeur- you may discard another card named Korlash, usurper of the dark blade if you do you may search you library 2 cards that are either swamps or named Korlash, usurper of the dark blade, put any swamps search for this way into play tapped and all other cards put into your hand.
Korlash, usurper of the dark blade's power and toughness are equal to the number of swamps you have in play.
*/*
this would be a split card
damned if you do BB
instant
target player loses 1 life for every creature he has in play.
damned if you don't 3WW
instant
exile all creatures that did not attack during their controlers last attack phase.
Blind Eternis 7WW
sorcery
exile all permanents than take all cards that where not exile this turn and return them to play under their owners control.
alright so today is just random thoughts what ever comes to me, be working on it on and off threw out the day. sorry in advance theirs no organization.
Grab life 3B
sorcery
prefered 1 (as you play this spell you may discard any number of cards from your hand make copies of this spell for each of the cards discarded this way you may choose new targets for the copies.)
target player looses 2 life you gain 2 life.
Traveler 1
artifact creature-construct
Traveler gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among land types you control
0/1
predatory thopter 0
artifact creature-thopter
flying 3 put a +1/+1 counter on predatory Thopter: Draw a card.
0/2
Into the blind eternis WW
instant
exile target creature
Nope UU
instant
counter target spell unless it's controler pays x where x is the number of lands you control.
when you cast nope you may discard a card from your hand if you do search your deck for a card called nope and put it in your hand.
Forest fire 4R
sorcery
if an opponent controls a forest and you control a mountain you may cast Forest fire for R instead.
destroy target land if it was a forest put forest fire back in your hand when it resolves.
Portal to the blind eternis WWW
sorcery
exile target permanent
the infected GB
enchantment GBput an infectious counter on each creature you control.
all creatures with infectious counters have infect(deals damage to creatures as -1/-1 counters and damage to players as poison counters) even if this card leaves play.
stone of destruction 4
artifact
discard your hand sacrifice stone of destruction: choose one destroy all non-land permanents or destroy all lands. then you may draw up to one card for every permanent sent to the graveyard this turn.
This one isn't formatted because I don't know how to do the hybrid symbols
destructive force of the mind x r/b r/b
sorcery
if red was spent to play destructive force of the mind then do x damage to target creature or player.
if blue was spent to play destructive force of the mind then draw x cards.
give and take x w/b w/b
instant
if white was spent to play give and take gain x life.
if black was spent target opponent looses x life.
From the blind eternis W
instant
you may cast target exiled card as thou it where in your hand until end of turn.
given this some thought and I think this set is going to have to be vary fluid up and threw testing so wording, flavor text and names for new mechanic's are at the bottom of my list right now. However comments about these aspects would be helpful I will avoid commenting at length on them for now instead well hold on to them and use them for the testing phase and when we have a better sense of what the sets going to look like. I was thinking about what I truly wanted to accomplish with this set and at first I realized I'm not sure. So the first big thing I open to the forum is if you where to play non tournament legal magic cards what is the most likely setting for such play. Sealed or draft, structured social, or something like elves vs. goblins.
I'm hoping you guys will give big hand with this as this will be the base for the set.
Mean while card ideas will continue to pile on.
White
fair is fair WWW
sorcery
if you have fewer creatures than a opponent put 2 1/1 white spirit tokens into play.
if you have fewer land than a opponent search your library for a plains card and put it into play tapped.
if you have fewer cards in hand than a opponent draw a card.
if you have more cards exiled than a opponent return an exiled card you own to your hand.
if you have fewer enchantments than a opponent destroy target enchantment.
Spectral confinement 3W
enchantment
creatures can not attack you. You can not play creatures.
Dragon with the Ivory Horn4WW
Legendary Creature-Dragon
Flash,Flying
When Dragon with the Ivory Horn comes into play exile all attacking creatures.
3/4
I also want to do a set of avatar to show respect to the pre-mending walkers. If the set follows threw to the limited run I want this would be done mainly by box top cards. 1-3 random avatar's per box. Vanguard cards basically. They'll be colorless obviously but still want them to have a color feel.
Urza hoarder of knowledge
hand size +3
starting life -4
you may sacrifice a permanent draw cards equal to it converted mana cost if it was a land card draw 2 cards instead.
like that. I think the story line I want to use here is going to surround the damage to Dominaria and the first planeswalker, or at least he thinks he's the first he's going to create copies of the most powerful planeswalkers threw out history many will know some we will not to aide in a war when creation still swirls into the multiverse and creatures plot to stop history from ever forming. This is where I'm at right now.
One last note on the front of the opening hand cycle when it comes time to play test them I plan on play testing them with different limits on them to see how broken they are in comparison to the rest of the set. full spectrum including relentless rat.
I've given lot thought to manifesting rarities originally I thought sense they we're all broken they'd be Mythic and Rare cards, but then I realized some cards didn't feel that rare. Set size I know I want do be big enough to do pre-cons but small enough that it didn't require filler slots. I'm thinking 115-145 neighborhood. Keep in mind this set will not be designed for drafting so I don't think it needs to be to much larger than that. I do realize the play testing will be intense, but given the nature of this project I figure the whole process will take quite awhile. I would love for idea's on the rarities and the story concept sounds like a good angle as we know the ability of the old planeswalkers where almost limitless. It makes sense that we could see some references to this. Perhaps also an alternate time stream where the rift never happened seems possible. We'll see which one feels more right. Saturday I'm hoping to post 20-30 cards but for tonight I wanted to get this posted:
Also thanks for help on wording I'll give it some thought.
Image in the Minds EyeUUBB
creature-image
when Image in the minds eye comes into play search target players library for a creature card and exile it: Image of Minds Eye is a copy of that creature and gains "3 return image of Minds Eye to it's owners hand."
0/0
and I'll check out those other posts thanks for the help.
Fog elemental GG
creature-elemental
Flash
when fog elemental comes into play prevent the damage all other creatures would deal this turn.
GravebornG(you may play this card from your graveyard although it where in your hand)
1/3
both fog and a head nod to the golgari coming back. Yes I know unearth wasn't originally golgari but it seems like dredge and unearth have great synergy for a great golgari feel.
Alright so the howling woods cycle is something like this:
White:
Life unlived W
instant{R}
if live unlived is in your opening hand you may discard it. If you do double your starting life.
If your life would be reduced to less than 1 at any point this turn gain life equal to damage instead of taken that damage.
Blue:
Mindful Mage 1UU
Instant Creature-wizard{R}
If Mindful Mage is in your opening hand you may discard it if you do counter the first spell an opponent casts and draw cards equal to it's converted mana cost.
When Mindful Mage comes into play chose one:Draw a card or Counter target spell.
1/3
Black:
Endless NightBBB
enchantment{R}
if Endless Night is in your opening hand you may discard it if you do target opponent discards all creature cards in his hand.
all creatures get -1/-1
Red:
Super Nova R
Instant{R}
If Super Nova is in your opening hand you may discard it. If you do your opponent chooses to take 5 damage or you place 5 1/1 red goblin tokens into play under your control.
deal 2 damage to target creature or player. If a creature is killed this way draw a card.
those are the additional 4 cards for that cycle. I'm thinking of giving artifact one as well, a pseudo Solemn.
So the idea behind this set is actually a limited set it's going to be similar to the un sets in that it's design is not meant to function with other sets. The cards are met to be balanced onto each other so the set will still be playable. All cards will be inspired by real cards, or game asspects but will be elevated to broken levels. Example:
Avacyn, the indestructible 5WWW
Legendary creature-Angel {M}
Flying
Avacyn, the indestructible and all permanents you control are indestructible, can't be sacrificed, can not have their toughness reduced, can not be removed from the game and can not have counters placed on them and are not effect by spells that do not target.
6/6
This one would be part of a cycle:
Howling Woods GGG
creature-treefolk{R}
if howling woods is in your opening hand you may discard it, if you do search your library for 3 basic land cards and put them into play tapped.
Howling Woods power and toughness are equal to the number of forests you control plus the number of tree folks you control.
*/*
This would be inspired not by a card but by a problem inherit in magic that I know has been discussed in great length around here, mana flood/screw:
Hibernating Bear 1G
creature-Bear{c}
if you control only one basic land type you may play Hibernating Bear face down as a land that produces that color mana. If at any point you control another basic land type you must sacrifice this permanent.
Awake 1G(you may flip him face up at any time for his awake cost)
2/2
So know their is a brief fell for the idea of this set and I would really love some feedback on this one I may post it some other places as well, I should point out I'm looking at pursuing a limited run gold bordered printing of this set I don't know of wizards will go for it but that's my goal.
The other story is the desperate ravings of those foolish enough to wonder into our hunting ground. We've gotten varied reports from delirious travelers trying to save their own life. Reports change from victim to victim, but the common theme is life. We are allegedly far from alone. So is the story, some go as far as to say that Kerth was not as strong as he thought and the field has holes, and at those holes oasis form. Other's still tell of a disfigured race that searches tirelessly for a way to restore life to this world. When I was young I ate a druid who insisted he could lead us to a place where animals had slipped into hibernation awaiting their world to return. Of course we dismissed all this as stall tactics. Perhaps you would care to search them out as well, they may have more answers for you," The dwarf said walking back into the shadows. Standing in the bonfires light she could sense the tribe retreating into the night. She walked the opposite direction into the night.
Her journey for answers would be aided in no way by continuing to force the dwarfs to interact with her. She scanned the horizon and thought how nice it would be to know where she was going, "An'shon, I require your aide."
A silhouette appeared in the darkness,"Mistress, the master grows weary of your interest in this plane and wishes for you to explain why you wish to tamper with his playground."
"In our deal you answer to me, do try to remember I once subjected him and your where the condition of his release, do you wish to test my powers now that they have grown. Search this plane every where the shadows creep, every where the night touches. find life for me, and tell your master if he dares to challenge me again let him come out of his precious spirit realm and come before me himself." She scolds the silhouette, than turns her back to it and then it is gone.
Magic seemed sketchy at best on the subject of a planeswalker for each guild and while the basic plot flowed give or take rather well I think the idea of multiple planeswalkers for so many guilds is just not going to happen. My hope is they'll blow people away and go a different way completely. I mean gold sets a given, but does that mean ten guilds. I hope not. Magic is about experiencing new things hearing new tales. I fear if they do ten guilds then they'll be tempted to fill that set in with been there done that reprints, filler, and themes. I mean your story has a great fell to it, but if you reprint simic cards for example how many simic players will be pissed they're missing creatures with graft. Just a thought, but I'm all for it if they can redo the ten guilds with flavor of something new this would be a great starting point.
"So you simple beasts think you special, with you simple tricks, come now surely you know their are other beings on this plane and like you they must feed," K'aha smugly baits the voice in the shadows.
"Their numbers must be small to send a singular mutant like you." The raspy voice shouts back at her, and in his mind, in that moment the thought of feeding slipped away, replaced with that of torture. Perhaps equally as painful, but much longer lasting. So she aloud him to demand answers for awhile and fling small fire balls at her as she dove deeper into his mind. As she was about to break from the probe, to make the discomfort stop, she found her self in the core of the dwarfs essence the mana center, and their she could see herself floating in space. She was surrounded by countless stars and she would see them come closer till she was inside their gas bodies and she could see all the explosions of the gases happening around her and then she was in space again and all the stars where arcing giant explosions and she could feel the red mana swell in her.
"Amazing," she gasped and as she did the mana raged inside her and she inadvertently released it threw her arms burning her binding away. As she feel to the ground she was snapped from her probe and for the first time one of the dwarfs stepped into the light of the bonfire.
"What's amazing, what have you done?" the raspy voice questions from the small scared Dwarf in the fires glow.
"Stolen your mana," K'aha states. The shocked look at the word mana is worth all the hardships endured K'aha thinks to herself, "Let me explain. I'm a vary powerful being from another plane. I've come here because my shadow guard tells me of an interesting phenomenon on your plane. To put it simple the mana is gone. Now I know thou that some how you adapted mana drawing abilities to the cosmos them self's. Now that I have taken this knowledge I feel a surge of power the likes of which I've never known. Now my goal here is research, if you tell me everything you know about your world and why their's no mana, we can go our separate ways."
"Well I know two stories I can tell you, but then you must give us something in return."
"If it is in me to give I will."
"How did you learn our secret."
"Ah, that would be my secret." At this point K'aha has managed to get back to her feet and put her silk white and gold robes back on.
"Vary well, the story is as old as the tribe, passed down from archmage to archmage. The time before the tribe when the great oasis spread from pole to pole. Their came a Minotaur of great power. Even with such power he craved more. So in a single violent and selfish act he formed a barrier over the plane. It funnels all the mana from the planet to Kerth where ever he travels. After he cast it the tribes of the plane rose up and he slaughtered the men women and children of Minctufeur by the thousands. So those who survived his onslaught crypt away into the shadows and prayed he would never return.
So hopefully someone is reading this and I would love to know what anyone is thinking.
so this is something I'm kicking around don't know if it plays.
Core of the deck is:
Decedents path
Liar Delve
Human creatures mostly soulbounds from AVR. I think it plays. of the top of my head I would say
could be wrong but I seen no mention of homicidal seclusion which in control heavy black decks seems to be money to me. I could be wrong, I also think brains is solid side board option their are more than a couple non-planeswalker, non-creature cards out their that can totaly wreak your game. I'm going to start play testing MBC again as I was a huge fan with Korlash, and I think it's coming back into it's own.
you should be taking more advantage of soulbound you got lifelink guy, haste guy, and first strike guy their all money here. Of course than there is that angel of glorys rise I think, return all your humans from grave. Bonfire is a must I would say. That should help.
Legendary creature- Zombie
1Bregenerate
Grandeur- you may discard another card named Korlash, usurper of the dark blade if you do you may search you library 2 cards that are either swamps or named Korlash, usurper of the dark blade, put any swamps search for this way into play tapped and all other cards put into your hand.
Korlash, usurper of the dark blade's power and toughness are equal to the number of swamps you have in play.
*/*
this would be a split card
damned if you do BB
instant
target player loses 1 life for every creature he has in play.
damned if you don't 3WW
instant
exile all creatures that did not attack during their controlers last attack phase.
Blind Eternis 7WW
sorcery
exile all permanents than take all cards that where not exile this turn and return them to play under their owners control.
Grab life 3B
sorcery
prefered 1 (as you play this spell you may discard any number of cards from your hand make copies of this spell for each of the cards discarded this way you may choose new targets for the copies.)
target player looses 2 life you gain 2 life.
Traveler 1
artifact creature-construct
Traveler gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among land types you control
0/1
predatory thopter 0
artifact creature-thopter
flying
3 put a +1/+1 counter on predatory Thopter: Draw a card.
0/2
Into the blind eternis WW
instant
exile target creature
Nope UU
instant
counter target spell unless it's controler pays x where x is the number of lands you control.
when you cast nope you may discard a card from your hand if you do search your deck for a card called nope and put it in your hand.
Forest fire 4R
sorcery
if an opponent controls a forest and you control a mountain you may cast Forest fire for R instead.
destroy target land if it was a forest put forest fire back in your hand when it resolves.
Portal to the blind eternis WWW
sorcery
exile target permanent
the infected GB
enchantment
GBput an infectious counter on each creature you control.
all creatures with infectious counters have infect(deals damage to creatures as -1/-1 counters and damage to players as poison counters) even if this card leaves play.
stone of destruction 4
artifact
discard your hand sacrifice stone of destruction: choose one destroy all non-land permanents or destroy all lands. then you may draw up to one card for every permanent sent to the graveyard this turn.
This one isn't formatted because I don't know how to do the hybrid symbols
destructive force of the mind x r/b r/b
sorcery
if red was spent to play destructive force of the mind then do x damage to target creature or player.
if blue was spent to play destructive force of the mind then draw x cards.
give and take x w/b w/b
instant
if white was spent to play give and take gain x life.
if black was spent target opponent looses x life.
From the blind eternis W
instant
you may cast target exiled card as thou it where in your hand until end of turn.
I'm hoping you guys will give big hand with this as this will be the base for the set.
Mean while card ideas will continue to pile on.
White
fair is fair WWW
sorcery
if you have fewer creatures than a opponent put 2 1/1 white spirit tokens into play.
if you have fewer land than a opponent search your library for a plains card and put it into play tapped.
if you have fewer cards in hand than a opponent draw a card.
if you have more cards exiled than a opponent return an exiled card you own to your hand.
if you have fewer enchantments than a opponent destroy target enchantment.
Spectral confinement 3W
enchantment
creatures can not attack you. You can not play creatures.
Dragon with the Ivory Horn4WW
Legendary Creature-Dragon
Flash,Flying
When Dragon with the Ivory Horn comes into play exile all attacking creatures.
3/4
I also want to do a set of avatar to show respect to the pre-mending walkers. If the set follows threw to the limited run I want this would be done mainly by box top cards. 1-3 random avatar's per box. Vanguard cards basically. They'll be colorless obviously but still want them to have a color feel.
Urza hoarder of knowledge
hand size +3
starting life -4
you may sacrifice a permanent draw cards equal to it converted mana cost if it was a land card draw 2 cards instead.
like that. I think the story line I want to use here is going to surround the damage to Dominaria and the first planeswalker, or at least he thinks he's the first he's going to create copies of the most powerful planeswalkers threw out history many will know some we will not to aide in a war when creation still swirls into the multiverse and creatures plot to stop history from ever forming. This is where I'm at right now.
One last note on the front of the opening hand cycle when it comes time to play test them I plan on play testing them with different limits on them to see how broken they are in comparison to the rest of the set. full spectrum including relentless rat.
Also thanks for help on wording I'll give it some thought.
Image in the Minds EyeUUBB
creature-image
when Image in the minds eye comes into play search target players library for a creature card and exile it: Image of Minds Eye is a copy of that creature and gains "3 return image of Minds Eye to it's owners hand."
0/0
and I'll check out those other posts thanks for the help.
Fog elemental GG
creature-elemental
Flash
when fog elemental comes into play prevent the damage all other creatures would deal this turn.
GravebornG(you may play this card from your graveyard although it where in your hand)
1/3
both fog and a head nod to the golgari coming back. Yes I know unearth wasn't originally golgari but it seems like dredge and unearth have great synergy for a great golgari feel.
White:
Life unlived W
instant{R}
if live unlived is in your opening hand you may discard it. If you do double your starting life.
If your life would be reduced to less than 1 at any point this turn gain life equal to damage instead of taken that damage.
Blue:
Mindful Mage 1UU
Instant Creature-wizard{R}
If Mindful Mage is in your opening hand you may discard it if you do counter the first spell an opponent casts and draw cards equal to it's converted mana cost.
When Mindful Mage comes into play chose one:Draw a card or Counter target spell.
1/3
Black:
Endless NightBBB
enchantment{R}
if Endless Night is in your opening hand you may discard it if you do target opponent discards all creature cards in his hand.
all creatures get -1/-1
Red:
Super Nova R
Instant{R}
If Super Nova is in your opening hand you may discard it. If you do your opponent chooses to take 5 damage or you place 5 1/1 red goblin tokens into play under your control.
deal 2 damage to target creature or player. If a creature is killed this way draw a card.
those are the additional 4 cards for that cycle. I'm thinking of giving artifact one as well, a pseudo Solemn.
Avacyn, the indestructible 5WWW
Legendary creature-Angel {M}
Flying
Avacyn, the indestructible and all permanents you control are indestructible, can't be sacrificed, can not have their toughness reduced, can not be removed from the game and can not have counters placed on them and are not effect by spells that do not target.
6/6
This one would be part of a cycle:
Howling Woods GGG
creature-treefolk{R}
if howling woods is in your opening hand you may discard it, if you do search your library for 3 basic land cards and put them into play tapped.
Howling Woods power and toughness are equal to the number of forests you control plus the number of tree folks you control.
*/*
This would be inspired not by a card but by a problem inherit in magic that I know has been discussed in great length around here, mana flood/screw:
Hibernating Bear 1G
creature-Bear{c}
if you control only one basic land type you may play Hibernating Bear face down as a land that produces that color mana. If at any point you control another basic land type you must sacrifice this permanent.
Awake 1G(you may flip him face up at any time for his awake cost)
2/2
So know their is a brief fell for the idea of this set and I would really love some feedback on this one I may post it some other places as well, I should point out I'm looking at pursuing a limited run gold bordered printing of this set I don't know of wizards will go for it but that's my goal.
Her journey for answers would be aided in no way by continuing to force the dwarfs to interact with her. She scanned the horizon and thought how nice it would be to know where she was going, "An'shon, I require your aide."
A silhouette appeared in the darkness,"Mistress, the master grows weary of your interest in this plane and wishes for you to explain why you wish to tamper with his playground."
"In our deal you answer to me, do try to remember I once subjected him and your where the condition of his release, do you wish to test my powers now that they have grown. Search this plane every where the shadows creep, every where the night touches. find life for me, and tell your master if he dares to challenge me again let him come out of his precious spirit realm and come before me himself." She scolds the silhouette, than turns her back to it and then it is gone.
"Their numbers must be small to send a singular mutant like you." The raspy voice shouts back at her, and in his mind, in that moment the thought of feeding slipped away, replaced with that of torture. Perhaps equally as painful, but much longer lasting. So she aloud him to demand answers for awhile and fling small fire balls at her as she dove deeper into his mind. As she was about to break from the probe, to make the discomfort stop, she found her self in the core of the dwarfs essence the mana center, and their she could see herself floating in space. She was surrounded by countless stars and she would see them come closer till she was inside their gas bodies and she could see all the explosions of the gases happening around her and then she was in space again and all the stars where arcing giant explosions and she could feel the red mana swell in her.
"Amazing," she gasped and as she did the mana raged inside her and she inadvertently released it threw her arms burning her binding away. As she feel to the ground she was snapped from her probe and for the first time one of the dwarfs stepped into the light of the bonfire.
"What's amazing, what have you done?" the raspy voice questions from the small scared Dwarf in the fires glow.
"Stolen your mana," K'aha states. The shocked look at the word mana is worth all the hardships endured K'aha thinks to herself, "Let me explain. I'm a vary powerful being from another plane. I've come here because my shadow guard tells me of an interesting phenomenon on your plane. To put it simple the mana is gone. Now I know thou that some how you adapted mana drawing abilities to the cosmos them self's. Now that I have taken this knowledge I feel a surge of power the likes of which I've never known. Now my goal here is research, if you tell me everything you know about your world and why their's no mana, we can go our separate ways."
"Well I know two stories I can tell you, but then you must give us something in return."
"If it is in me to give I will."
"How did you learn our secret."
"Ah, that would be my secret." At this point K'aha has managed to get back to her feet and put her silk white and gold robes back on.
"Vary well, the story is as old as the tribe, passed down from archmage to archmage. The time before the tribe when the great oasis spread from pole to pole. Their came a Minotaur of great power. Even with such power he craved more. So in a single violent and selfish act he formed a barrier over the plane. It funnels all the mana from the planet to Kerth where ever he travels. After he cast it the tribes of the plane rose up and he slaughtered the men women and children of Minctufeur by the thousands. So those who survived his onslaught crypt away into the shadows and prayed he would never return.
So hopefully someone is reading this and I would love to know what anyone is thinking.
Core of the deck is:
Decedents path
Liar Delve
Human creatures mostly soulbounds from AVR. I think it plays. of the top of my head I would say
Decedants path x3
Liar Delve x4
Elgaud shieldmate x2
Hanweir Lancer x4
Lighting Mauler x2
Nearheath Pilgrim x3
Nightshade Peddler x4
Chapion of the Parish x3
Silverblade Paladin x4
Spectral gateguards x1
Tandem Lookout x3
wingcrafter x2
Kessing Malcontents x3
Cavern of Souls x4
rest of the mana still needs figured out.