it keeps the second ability after changing, but it would lose the first ability and the second one doesn't work without the first.
it would work if it was all one ability: "Play with the top card of your library revealed. As long as that card is a permanent card, Amorphous Mass is a copy of it, except it still has this ability."
of course, if the top card is an Aura or a planeswalker, the Mass will immediately go to graveyard. would change "permanent card" to "artifact, creature or land." this also makes sense flavorwise, since shapeshifting into an abstract concept doesn't make much sense but most enchantments are abstract concepts.
Oh yeah, I didn't think of that consequence. I'll update the card in my file to only look at artifacts, creatures or lands. It's amazing how simple concepts are always so difficult to explain in rules text.
Thanks, man. I like trying to move the color pie around in flavorful ways, and the "tap to declare blocked" is am old ability that I think could come back for spiders. I play a lot of limited, and while reach is cool, it makes spiders a too one-dimensional. They have webs, too, so they should use them!
Diabolic Bargain 3B
Sorcery (R)
Diabolic Bargain costs 1 less to cast for each card you choose to search for with it.
Search your library for up to three cards and reveal them.
An opponent chooses a card from the cards you searched for. Put that card into your hand, and exile the others.
I feel like the problem with this card is that it is basically strictly better than Demonic Tutor provided you search only for multiples of the same card. Specifically, it might be a bit too good in Tron.
I think I like it with a price increase to 4B. Aesthetically, that looks better when searching for 4 copies of a single card, and it helps distinguish it from Tutor. I just wonder if the card works how I intend it to. I think it's understandable, but I wonder if the Magic-ese is correct.
I just now noticed that what I posted is different from what I had written in my design file. How the heck did I do that, I thought I copy and pasted. My original one had the extra line, "If a charge counter is removed from ~, sacrifice it," which aimed to stop broken combos. Ah well, I need to pay more attention when I post.
I still don't think you want it at one mana. A card that said "Destroy target planeswalker" and nothing else I would expect to be heavily colored and cost at least two mana, despite Dreadbore's existence. This does that plus it kills Hydras, triggers Dark Depths, is a combat trick, etc. All that and you can cast it with two different colors!
aftermarketradio - Vampire Hexmage aside, I'm not sure I like this existing. "Destroy target planeswalker" doesn't seem like the type of cards that should cost one mana.
I agree that the card is an insanely efficient way of dealing with planeswalkers, but it's fairly costed, don't you think? When you look at where Dreadbore and Hero's Downfall fall on the mana scale, especially when compared to their analogs that only target creatures, like Terminate, Murder and other iconic black removal, I think one mana is about right. I made it hybrid because I was trying to use SecretInfiltrator's philosophy of looking at the liminal space between colors to see produce a unique effect that both colors want. When I noticed that blue likes counter manipulation and black is the defacto planeswalker killing color, the card just made sense. The name, when blue, evokes the idea of cleansing to remove impurities, and when black it makes you think of rendering infertile and making unable to grow. I thought it was a neat little package.
@ Rush: Thanks for the wording. I was looking for a version of Suppress that only works for a single card, then I started thinking of the new Banisher Priest wording, and somewhere along the way I got the weird wording I ended up with. At least it wasn't too confusing.
Another round of quick comments:
Vermillion Sniper by aftermarketradio
- That's a cute ability. Cute can be damaging, and the busywork here is a bit much, but I still like the package it produces. Very neat.
As I post more and more cards, I am discovering that I am definitely a Vorthos Johnny (if there is such a thing). I tend to ask "did I capture the idea with the card" rather than "is the card actually playable," and I am satisfied when someone "gets" what the card is trying to represent. So, I'm glad you see the little story that's being told within the card. Every now and then I get a happy accident and make something flavorful and playable.
Oh yeah, I didn't think of that consequence. I'll update the card in my file to only look at artifacts, creatures or lands. It's amazing how simple concepts are always so difficult to explain in rules text.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
I think I like it with a price increase to 4B. Aesthetically, that looks better when searching for 4 copies of a single card, and it helps distinguish it from Tutor. I just wonder if the card works how I intend it to. I think it's understandable, but I wonder if the Magic-ese is correct.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Thanks for the errata.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Thanks for the catch. I meant target opponent.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
But it's so cute!
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
I agree that the card is an insanely efficient way of dealing with planeswalkers, but it's fairly costed, don't you think? When you look at where Dreadbore and Hero's Downfall fall on the mana scale, especially when compared to their analogs that only target creatures, like Terminate, Murder and other iconic black removal, I think one mana is about right. I made it hybrid because I was trying to use SecretInfiltrator's philosophy of looking at the liminal space between colors to see produce a unique effect that both colors want. When I noticed that blue likes counter manipulation and black is the defacto planeswalker killing color, the card just made sense. The name, when blue, evokes the idea of cleansing to remove impurities, and when black it makes you think of rendering infertile and making unable to grow. I thought it was a neat little package.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
As I post more and more cards, I am discovering that I am definitely a Vorthos Johnny (if there is such a thing). I tend to ask "did I capture the idea with the card" rather than "is the card actually playable," and I am satisfied when someone "gets" what the card is trying to represent. So, I'm glad you see the little story that's being told within the card. Every now and then I get a happy accident and make something flavorful and playable.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Clearly, someone's been reading my diary.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
Poor guy looks so confused. He's all like, "Who took mah letters? They was right har."
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.
Memento Mori, if the nineth lion ate the sun.