Thraben OrphanB
Creature - Human Rouge {U}
First strike At a young age he realized that poverty and hunger is just as threatening as demons and werewolves.
2/1
Her Dark Whispers2
Instant {C}
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Regenerate it. The boy lay dying, alone and overcome with fear. As the light fades away, he heard a warm whisper in his ear.
Titan Strike4
Sorcery - {R}
Titan Strike deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If you control two or more cards named Darksteel Colossus, Titan Strike deals 22 damage to that creature or player instead. Cower in the shadows of the titans.
Haunting Wanderer1B
Creature - Spirit {R}
Flying
Soulbond
Haunting Wanderer may stay paired with creatures you don't control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Haunting Wanderer is paired with another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Haunting Wanderer and a -1/-1 counter on the paired creature.
"You don't have to feel alone now."
0/1
Unicycle1
Artifact - Equipment {U}
Equipped creature can’t attack or block, and its activated abilities can’t be activated. 2: Attach Unicycle to target creature. The owner of that creature gains control of Unicycle. Now try that while riding a unicycle.
Heart of Yawgmoth2
Legendary Artifact {R}
Infect (This artifact deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) T: Heart of Yawgmoth deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to you. “Embrace the power. Taint your soul. Harvest the darkness.”
-Whispers from the Heart of Yawgmoth
Captain Harlock1U
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate [R]
Captain Harlock’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Treasure artifact tokens you control. “Ooh, shiny!”
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The commander sets are rather looser with the color pie, and Maro has not missed an opportunity to yell about Chaos Warp or Song of the Dyrads. I'd say we're about Maro strictness on color pie, which is in fact more conservative than actual print.
Which, for example, enables them to freely make cards that intentionally Appeal to only one psychographic.
I do feel the Appeal category captures this poorly. A card that really really appeals to only one psychographic is better than a card that two-three psychographics like but aren't wild about, imo. Maybe we should award two points for "This psychographic just loves this card"?
I agree with this 100% At GDC 2016 Mark Rosewater had a panel Magic: the Gathering: Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons Learned and there he has a section on the psychographic, the jest is that if you try to appeal to all, most of the time you satisfy none.
The talk on the psychographic is at about 44 mins in if anyone wants to watch it.
Razormouth Raptor3RR
Creature - Dinosaur {R} Enrage — Whenever Razormouth Raptor is dealt damage, create a token that’s a copy of it. There is always another one right around the corner.
2/2
Nourish the Land1BG
Instant {C}
As an additional cost to cast Nourish the Land, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. A fresh sprout from within the rot.
Konda’s SeieibushiWW
Creature - Human Samurai {R}
Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
Whenever a legendary samurai creature you control dies, sacrifice Konda’s Seieibushi and return that creature to the battlefield under its owners control. "There is no greater honor then dying for you my lord."
2/2
Blightflame Exarch2RR
Creature - Jackal Cleric {U}
Afflict 6 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 6 life.) Rejoice under the flames of the God-Pharaoh in the hour of devastation.
2/2
God-Pharaoh's Gift1
Legendary Artifact {M} 1U: If there are no fate counters on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, put a fate counter on it and draw a card. 2R: If there is only one fate counter on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, put a fate counter on it and deal 3 damage to each creature. 5B: If there are two or more fate counters on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Goblin Chemist3R
Creature - Goblin Shaman {R}
Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token that’s a copy of this creature that’s tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker he or she controls. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Other attacking Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample. "Lets add some..."
3/3
God King Aburak4BB
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior {M}
God King Aburak has indestructible as long as it’s a token.
Whenever God King Aburak becomes blocked by a creature with indestructible, that creature loses indestructible until end of turn.
Embalm 2WW (2WW, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of it, except it’s a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.) I will slaughter these false gods you all worship so dearly and prove to you who the real God King is!
6/4
I was really hoping we could get Necarg's scores as well, but it has been forever now, so lets go with the three judges scores. That makes bravelion83 the winner of the April round!!
Sorry for the long wait, as mentioned in the above posts, I should have just closed it and called it on the scores we had available, my apologizes for that. But now the round is officially closed and we have a winner!
Creature - Human Rouge {U}
First strike
At a young age he realized that poverty and hunger is just as threatening as demons and werewolves.
2/1
Her Dark Whispers 2
Instant {C}
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Regenerate it.
The boy lay dying, alone and overcome with fear. As the light fades away, he heard a warm whisper in his ear.
Sorcery - {R}
Titan Strike deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If you control two or more cards named Darksteel Colossus, Titan Strike deals 22 damage to that creature or player instead.
Cower in the shadows of the titans.
Creature - Spirit {R}
Flying
Soulbond
Haunting Wanderer may stay paired with creatures you don't control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Haunting Wanderer is paired with another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Haunting Wanderer and a -1/-1 counter on the paired creature.
"You don't have to feel alone now."
0/1
Artifact - Equipment {U}
Equipped creature can’t attack or block, and its activated abilities can’t be activated.
2: Attach Unicycle to target creature. The owner of that creature gains control of Unicycle.
Now try that while riding a unicycle.
Legendary Artifact {R}
Infect (This artifact deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
T: Heart of Yawgmoth deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to you.
“Embrace the power. Taint your soul. Harvest the darkness.”
-Whispers from the Heart of Yawgmoth
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate [R]
Captain Harlock’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Treasure artifact tokens you control.
“Ooh, shiny!”
*/*
I agree with this 100% At GDC 2016 Mark Rosewater had a panel Magic: the Gathering: Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons Learned and there he has a section on the psychographic, the jest is that if you try to appeal to all, most of the time you satisfy none.
The talk on the psychographic is at about 44 mins in if anyone wants to watch it.
Creature - Dinosaur {R}
Enrage — Whenever Razormouth Raptor is dealt damage, create a token that’s a copy of it.
There is always another one right around the corner.
2/2
Nourish the Land 1BG
Instant {C}
As an additional cost to cast Nourish the Land, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
A fresh sprout from within the rot.
Konda’s Seieibushi WW
Creature - Human Samurai {R}
Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
Whenever a legendary samurai creature you control dies, sacrifice Konda’s Seieibushi and return that creature to the battlefield under its owners control.
"There is no greater honor then dying for you my lord."
2/2
Creature - Jackal Cleric {U}
Afflict 6 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 6 life.)
Rejoice under the flames of the God-Pharaoh in the hour of devastation.
2/2
Legendary Artifact {M}
1U: If there are no fate counters on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, put a fate counter on it and draw a card.
2R: If there is only one fate counter on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, put a fate counter on it and deal 3 damage to each creature.
5B: If there are two or more fate counters on God-Pharaoh’s Gift, exile it and return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Goblin Chemist 3R
Creature - Goblin Shaman {R}
Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token that’s a copy of this creature that’s tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker he or she controls. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Other attacking Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.
"Lets add some..."
3/3
God King Aburak 4BB
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior {M}
God King Aburak has indestructible as long as it’s a token.
Whenever God King Aburak becomes blocked by a creature with indestructible, that creature loses indestructible until end of turn.
Embalm 2WW (2WW, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of it, except it’s a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
I will slaughter these false gods you all worship so dearly and prove to you who the real God King is!
6/4
Sorry for the long wait, as mentioned in the above posts, I should have just closed it and called it on the scores we had available, my apologizes for that. But now the round is officially closed and we have a winner!