use a trigger on mana burn. 'Whenever you take mana burn, ~this~ deals that amount of damage to target creature of player'. The templating might be slightly off, but you get the general idea.
SCOOB [VNC] WUBRG Slivers and mono-gold control side-deck
Melee Demigod. [FNM] Draft Addict _ Trade Me!
Quote from SqueektheWeek »
i think this card is Freakin' awesome just imagine zoo with this even on the draw u flex "Nutz" any mana drawing the extra card u can pitch and turning up the gas on tempo and it still taps for mana easily a 3 of most likely a 4 of
Typically, "when" is used for actions which are only going to happen once: When this creature comes into play; when this card is put into your graveyard. (Although you could return the card to your hand and discard it again, it's considered a different object when you do so.)
"Whenever" is used for actions which might occur several times: "Whenever this creature attacks," or "Whenever you play a spell."
Mechanically, however, they're the same: both indicate triggered abilities. (Cookies for anyone who wants to re-phrase all these "When/Whenever" abilities into "At" abilities.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Playlace --
Instant
Target spell or permanent's tone becomes playful.
Whenever you lose life due to mana burn, ~ deals that much damage to target creature or player.
The only problem with mana burn triggers is that they won't work with Upwelling or "Sakiko mana", which doesn't seem to be the original intent. Making it workable with these cases would make the card much more broken, though.
Whenever you lose life due to mana burn, ~ deals that much damage to target creature or player.
The only problem with mana burn triggers is that they won't work with Upwelling or "Sakiko mana", which doesn't seem to be the original intent. Making it workable with these cases would make the card much more broken, though.
I didn't intend on it working with Upwelling or Sakiko mana since, well, that'd be broken in half. Amount of mana in your mana pool x number of phases up until your opponent dies would be ridiculous.
So your wording is actually a lot closer to what I was going for than what I had to start with.
Say I have a permanent which reads:
"At the end of each phase, CARDNAME deals damage equal to the amount of mana in your mana pool to target creature or player."
Essentially, this card wants to deal damage equal to the amount of unused mana at the end of a phase, before it 'burns out'.
Would this wording be correct? Maybe some reminder text to help?
Thanks to Aether for this banner.
Creating a fantasy epic:Come join us!
One of Maro's secret fetishes
No, but seriously, this is the actual fetish. I really mean it this time.
"John first, Spike second."
Rules Advisor-capable since 2010.
Not all phases are divided into steps that way...I think.
Like, I couldn't have it trigger at the 'end of main phase' 'end of upkeep' steps cause they don't exist.
Help? :/
Melee Demigod. [FNM] Draft Addict _ Trade Me!
It will happen in the next phase, after you burn; but it will happen.
I think this is the wording I want but just a simple question of semantics:
When is it appropriate for a card to say "When <so and so happens>" and when would it be appropriate to say "Whenever <so and so happens>"?
"Whenever" is used for actions which might occur several times: "Whenever this creature attacks," or "Whenever you play a spell."
Mechanically, however, they're the same: both indicate triggered abilities. (Cookies for anyone who wants to re-phrase all these "When/Whenever" abilities into "At" abilities.
Instant
Target spell or permanent's tone becomes playful.
I'd love input and advice!
- Whenever you lose life due to mana burn, ~ deals that much damage to target creature or player.
The only problem with mana burn triggers is that they won't work with Upwelling or "Sakiko mana", which doesn't seem to be the original intent. Making it workable with these cases would make the card much more broken, though.I didn't intend on it working with Upwelling or Sakiko mana since, well, that'd be broken in half. Amount of mana in your mana pool x number of phases up until your opponent dies would be ridiculous.
So your wording is actually a lot closer to what I was going for than what I had to start with.