Just like the "Buid a Card: Salvation Version" game, but only one word is allowed at a time. Each mana symbol counts as one word. Each number counts as one word as well. P/T works as infollow: 1/1, for example, is unallowed; instead it should be 1/ and the next person completes it 1/1. Improtant: Don't make over or underpowered cards.
Let's start.
Counter
"At the gates"? Have we moved on to flavour text already? Because I've never seen "At the gates" in any rules text before. So far as I know, in the context of the rules of the game, this makes no sense.
So what now? Do we keep going to try to make sense of it? Do we overrule the nonsense word? Do we scrap this card and start another?
EDIT: Someone else has taken the initiative and overruled the nonsense word. I will follow with the obvious article:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the begining of
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"Why should I boast? The bards will do it for me--and with music." --Ertai, wizard adept
About any "subpar" mechanics or cards: Context is king.
If I make a templating or grammar error, let me know.
The franchise MtG most resembles is Battlestar Galactica. Why? Its players exist in, at most, a dozen different models at any given point in time, with perhaps up to 3% variation, 5% if you're lucky.
"At the gates"? Have we moved on to flavour text already? Because I've never seen "At the gates" in any rules text before. So far as I know, in the context of the rules of the game, this makes no sense.
So what now? Do we keep going to try to make sense of it? Do we overrule the nonsense word? Do we scrap this card and start another?
EDIT: Someone else has taken the initiative and overruled the nonsense word. I will follow with the obvious article:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the begining of
BINGO! I was turning the card into a vanilla creature with the flavor text "At the gates..." For some reason, no one else caught on, and my idea was rejected, even though I followed the rules. That'll teach me to be creative.
BINGO! I was turning the card into a vanilla creature with the flavor text "At the gates..." For some reason, no one else caught on, and my idea was rejected, even though I followed the rules. That'll teach me to be creative.
Creative, sure. The problem is that flavour text is usually in italics, and none of the text at that point was. hawk1674 has the right idea with this italicized addition.
Also, you wanted to make it into a vanilla creature, which you couldn't have done anyway because we were already past the type line. And why would you ever want an artifact that doesn't do anything, let alone create one?
Also, I was really hoping that a card named "Counter Surge" would not be a vanilla creature. Granted, I was also hoping that it would have something to do with counters or countering. At the very least I had hoped this card might actually make sense in the end. (The ability we currently have would never see print as is; why would it not just read "Each player's maximum hand size is nine"?) In short, it seems nothing turned out the way it was meant to.
With any luck, whatever card we create next will make sense. More sense, at least.
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size becomes 9. Never again.
Private Mod Note
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Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"Why should I boast? The bards will do it for me--and with music." --Ertai, wizard adept
Let's start.
Counter
Counter Surge
Is that right? Or was I supposed to go strait to the mana cost?
About Mindslaver rulings:
Artifact
Artifact
At
About Mindslaver rulings:
Artifact
At the
Artifact
At the gates
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Wha? you can't make cards that don't follow the rules of Magic.. gates?! I'll ignore that until you come up with a damn good expalnation.
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the begining
So what now? Do we keep going to try to make sense of it? Do we overrule the nonsense word? Do we scrap this card and start another?
EDIT: Someone else has taken the initiative and overruled the nonsense word. I will follow with the obvious article:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the begining of
--Ertai, wizard adept
Artifact
At the begining of each
Artifact
At the begining of each player's
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Counter Surge
Artifact
At the gates of hell
Oh, wait...
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the begining of each player's upkeep
About Mindslaver rulings:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that
About any "subpar" mechanics or cards: Context is king.
If I make a templating or grammar error, let me know.
The franchise MtG most resembles is Battlestar Galactica. Why? Its players exist in, at most, a dozen different models at any given point in time, with perhaps up to 3% variation, 5% if you're lucky.
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's
no offense but to build one card, will take like a week to make and that included flavor text.
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No on will ever know
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay
Oh man, I didn't even notice. Especially bad for me since I'm taking two editing classes this year...
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand
--Ertai, wizard adept
For instance, I wanted to put this:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's creatures
But thats not correct wording, so could I have this instead:
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, creatures that player controls
?????????????????
Edit: Well dang, never mind.
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size
Does that make sense? Hand size really only matters @ the end phase.
About Mindslaver rulings:
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size becomes
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size becomes 9
About Mindslaver rulings:
BINGO! I was turning the card into a vanilla creature with the flavor text "At the gates..." For some reason, no one else caught on, and my idea was rejected, even though I followed the rules. That'll teach me to be creative.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size becomes 9.
Never
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No on will ever know
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay
Creative, sure. The problem is that flavour text is usually in italics, and none of the text at that point was. hawk1674 has the right idea with this italicized addition.
Also, you wanted to make it into a vanilla creature, which you couldn't have done anyway because we were already past the type line. And why would you ever want an artifact that doesn't do anything, let alone create one?
Also, I was really hoping that a card named "Counter Surge" would not be a vanilla creature. Granted, I was also hoping that it would have something to do with counters or countering. At the very least I had hoped this card might actually make sense in the end. (The ability we currently have would never see print as is; why would it not just read "Each player's maximum hand size is nine"?) In short, it seems nothing turned out the way it was meant to.
With any luck, whatever card we create next will make sense. More sense, at least.
Counter Surge
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player's hand size becomes 9.
Never again.
--Ertai, wizard adept
Ukor
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No on will ever know
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No on will ever know
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay