Brood Dragon2RRR Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
Brood Dragon deals damage to players in the form of putting Dragon Egg creature tokens onto the battlefield under your control. They're 0/2 red Dragon creatures with defender and "When this creature dies, put a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and exalted onto the battlefield."
4/3
I thought this might be the type of loop-de-loop that all the girls go crazy for. Opted for exalted instead of the classic Firebreathing effect. I think it makes the design look and feel more modern, unique, and interactive.
First blush reaction: Interesting idea, hard to evaluate power level, definitely pushes to non-traditional deck strategies.
Lets first fix the templating on this ability so that its written like a Magic card not from 1995
Brood Dragon 2RRR
Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
If Brood Dragon would damage one or more players, instead create that many 0/2 red Dragon Egg creatures with defender and "When this creature dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and exalted."
4/3
This is kind of a more complicated version of Squirrellink, except the tokens are instead of the damage rather than in addition to it. I do think the replacement effect should really be limited to combat damage though.
This has some high variance, as the tokens are pretty useless on their own but very strong if you have a sac outlet or some other way to reliable kill them. This kinda feels like it should have some green in it, in the vein of Dragon Broodmother.
The cost doesn't feel too low if its a mythic, but at rare it should probably be 1-2 more and maybe a 4/4.
It is definitely simpler wording it as a triggered ability instead of a pure replacement effect, but it lacks flavor that way, and that's one of the reasons I didn't even think to word it as a triggered ability like that.
This is great that this instantly becomes an example of something I was stating regarding another recent topic (keywording ETB).
The application of an action (as it's worded) changes the player's perception, and thus decides how much fantasy emulates from that action.
Bland monotone names/terms/actions, will always lack this, and thus take players out of the game and the fantasy emulation.
This is great that this instantly becomes an example of something I was stating regarding another recent topic (keywording ETB).
The application of an action (as it's worded) changes the player's perception, and thus decides how much fantasy emulates from that action.
Bland monotone names/terms/actions, will always lack this, and thus take players out of the game and the fantasy emulation.
1. Rowanalpha was insinuating a replacement effect, not a triggered ability.
2. Mtg provides no flexibility in wording for the sake of impact. If two possible wordings of the same effect are mechanically identical, one is correct and one is incorrect. This is how mtg works.
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Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
Brood Dragon deals damage to players in the form of putting Dragon Egg creature tokens onto the battlefield under your control. They're 0/2 red Dragon creatures with defender and "When this creature dies, put a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and exalted onto the battlefield."
4/3
I thought this might be the type of loop-de-loop that all the girls go crazy for. Opted for exalted instead of the classic Firebreathing effect. I think it makes the design look and feel more modern, unique, and interactive.
Lets first fix the templating on this ability so that its written like a Magic card not from 1995
Brood Dragon 2RRR
Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
If Brood Dragon would damage one or more players, instead create that many 0/2 red Dragon Egg creatures with defender and "When this creature dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and exalted."
4/3
This is kind of a more complicated version of Squirrellink, except the tokens are instead of the damage rather than in addition to it. I do think the replacement effect should really be limited to combat damage though.
This has some high variance, as the tokens are pretty useless on their own but very strong if you have a sac outlet or some other way to reliable kill them. This kinda feels like it should have some green in it, in the vein of Dragon Broodmother.
The cost doesn't feel too low if its a mythic, but at rare it should probably be 1-2 more and maybe a 4/4.
On the whole, good job.
This is great that this instantly becomes an example of something I was stating regarding another recent topic (keywording ETB).
The application of an action (as it's worded) changes the player's perception, and thus decides how much fantasy emulates from that action.
Bland monotone names/terms/actions, will always lack this, and thus take players out of the game and the fantasy emulation.
1. Rowanalpha was insinuating a replacement effect, not a triggered ability.
2. Mtg provides no flexibility in wording for the sake of impact. If two possible wordings of the same effect are mechanically identical, one is correct and one is incorrect. This is how mtg works.