Intimidate is worse than Fear though right? I feel we aren't in agreement about this. When you have a multicolor creature Intimidate lets too many creatures block. Does this look better?
Confession Informer :symb::symw:
Creature- Thrull Minion
Nonbasic Landwalk
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, spells you cast cost less this turn.
2/1
Everloyal Choir
Creature- Spirit
When enters the battlefield from the graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
You may cast ~ from your graveyard if a creature died this turn.
1/1
Teysa's Offer :symb::symw:
Sorcery
Target player puts two cards from his or her hand face down. Then look at that players hand, you may exile a card there and they return the face down cards to their hand or you may exile the face down cards. Orzhov magic specializes in removing painful memories.Some guildmages take pride in removing memories painfully.
Bought Clotseeker :4mana::symb::symw:
Creature- Vampire Rogue
Flying
Whenever ~ deals damage to a creature put a slave counter on it. Then gain control of it.
Sacrifice three creatures with a slave counter on them, :symtap:: Search your library for an Eldrazi creature card with converted mana cost 13 and cast it without paying its mana cost. There are few currencies as widely accepted as blood.
3/10
Mortocal, Seas Asunder
Legendary Creature- Eldrazi
Annihilator 4
When you cast ~, return all colored permanents to their owners hands.
Eldrazi Reanimate Clause.
13/13
Twelve power? Shes totally dependent on creature tokens, sure she starts out an 8/8 but still dies to Pyroclasm Electrickery, etc. She is basically vanilla herself. Im sure you could give her wonky abilities with stuff like Seance but that adds to the card imo.
Edit: is fear that bad on a multicolor creature? Intimidate doesn't work too super on multicolor dudes. If half the kinds of creatures can block it it doesnt make much sense. Id be Ok with nonbasic landwalk if you think thats okay for b/w
Temple of Deals
Land
Enters the battlefield tapped.
:symtap:: Add to your mana pool.
:symbw:,:symtap:: Add or to your mana pool for each permanent you control greater than your opponent.
I think Extort is an awesome ability. It just needs some fleshing out. One Thousand Lashes take for example. It should be able to be placed on any permanent and you drain them for one a turn instead of just hitting them for one. It really should have been the child of Pillory of the Sleepless and Faiths Fetters two very playable auras from the first time around Ravnica. So here is my take on Orzhov and what might have given them a chance to be an actual deck instead of just a few powerhouses.
Sinful Indulgences
Sorcery R
Name a nonland card. Target opponent reveals his or her hand and discards all cards with the same name. If you extorted your opponent this turn, you may repeat this process. The difference between an indulgence and blackmail is who confesses the sin.
Morose Guardian
Enchantment R
Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Morose Guardian.
:1mana::symw::symw:: Morose Guardian becomes an artifact 2/2 Gargoyle creature with Flying. It's still an Enchantment.
Everloyal Informer :symb::symw:
Creature- Thrull Minion U
Fear
Whenever Everloyal Informer deals combat damage, white and/or black spells you cast cost :symb::symw: less this turn.
2/1
Cozen, Orzhov Assassin :1mana::symb::symw:
Legendary Creature- Human Assassin R (M? Like Geist of St.)
Permanents you control have Extort (Multiple instances of Extort stack).
Whenever Cozen deals combat damage, reveal the top card of your library. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost, then put it in your hand.
2/2
Disgusted by Death :1mana::symb::symw::symw:
Enchantment M
When Disgusted by Death enters the battlefield, your life total becomes 0.
Whenever a player loses life, draw that many cards.
You don't lose the game for having zero or less life.
Whenever a creature dies, sacrifice Disgusted by Death.
Subversion of Justice :3mana::symb::symw:
Instant R
Exile target permanent. Its controller can't cast spells this turn, and creatures they control can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. "The courts bend to our will if not our purse."
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch :2mana::symb::symb::symw::symw:
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor M
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch enters the battlefield with two black 1/1 Bat creature tokens with flying and two white 1/1 Thrull creatures tokens with Lifelink.
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch has power and toughness equal to twice the number of creature tokens you control and has all abilities tokens you control have.
*/*
It will always be 2. Why 2? Just a baseline starting point that will allow plenty of deckbuilding flexibility. At two you can get a threat or an answer, but you still need something else, it isn't a top deck.
I don't know what happened to this forum. Do you have any constructive criticism? Just because something is a mechanic doesn't mean there needs to be twenty of them. How many epics Are there? I'm thinking two or three in red and green maybe one or two in the other colors.
Fiery Visions :1mana::symr::symr:
Sorcery
~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Second Sight(you may search your library for a card that shares a color with this spell, and has a converted mana cost of 2. If you do, exile it. The next time you cast a spell, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.)
Brimstone Tendrils :symr::symr:
Instant
~ deals 2 damage to target creature. If it would die this turn, exile it. If ~ is the second spell you cast this turn, ~ deals 4 damage to that creatures controller.
Reckless Minotaur :1mana::symr:
Creature- Minotaur Warrior
If ~ is the second spell you cast this turn, ~ enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter and has Haste.
2/1
Just a rough sketch of the mechanic and how I might support it in the set. Edit: I'm trying to cost Second Sight similar to draw a card, ignore my first example. Zap would be a much fairer card.
Orzhov Charm is where it's at. Sure you still get hit, at least it isn't destroying your board. Although I'm sure it's been said. That aristocrats deck had tons of way to deal with one.
Because like anything else with popularity, there's a market for them. A bunch of girls I'm friends with on Facebook can't take one step without oogling over what Snooki or one of the Kardashians did. They are just awful role models but since so many women look up to them they keep their shows on the air. (Ambiguous pronoun alert! Not an English major here.)
I definitely don't get reality TV either. I watched like 10 minutes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians just to see what it was about and my brain was already ready to Putrefy. Then I came back to my senses and said to my self, "Screw this, I'm switching back to Big Bang Theory." At least Jersey Shore is getting cancelled because Snooki and the rest of her crew can't be paid the type of money they want.
I don't get Big Bang Theory, it's so freaking terrible. Please stop watching so it won't be on all the time.
I like the idea of buyback, but I want it to encourage a changing game state. I came up with this idea recently, help me iron it out?
Second Sight (When you cast this spell, reveal your library. Your opponent chooses a card with a different name but the same type that costs less than this spell. Put it into your hand and shuffle your library.)
Searing Display :1mana::symr::symr:
Sorcery
~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
Second Sight
Forced Insight :symu::symu:
Instant
Draw a card.
Second Sight
Wisdom Elemental :xmana::symg:
Creature - Elemental
~ enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Second Sight
I like Ponder on a three mana walker. I think this guy could work, but I'm a fan of abilities with synergy. Here would be my take.
Sam, Truth's Shield :1mana::symw::symu:
Planeswalker - Sam
{1}: Name a card. Look at the top card of your library, you may reveal it. If its the named card, you may put it into your hand and gain 3 life.
{0}: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
{-5}: Destroy all creatures, then put a white 4/4 Angel token onto the battlefield with flying.
{3}
I think this is a lot more fair, since he has no way to protect himself and your getting a free Ponderish spell.
Those who are for equality are great, and every country needs more of them. Feminists on the other hand, aren't always the same thing.
Those who are for gender equality are feminists. You can call us gender egalitarians if you prefer, but that's the basic idea of feminism.
There are some out there who call themselves feminists who are a bit out there, but they're not representative of the group.
It gets awfully tiresome having to explain that no, feminism is not female supremacist.
Maybe its time to divorce from the term then? The minority extremists have been loud enough to ruin it for everyone. Let them have it and be hated, and be egalitarians. People who identify themselves as feminist, more so on the internet, are often being disingenuous, where bat**** insanity is looked at as reasonable rhetoric. Not saying there aren't real feminists online, its just a loaded term. Feminists aren't the only people doing this, the Men's Rights movement is just as bad. When we have a word that actually promotes equality, lets stick with it.
On the topic at hand, I'll admit I'm not up to date on the process of abortion, but in the event of a broken condom can't you get Plan B the next day or is that not effective? I mean its basically the same thing, the couple choose to use protection, why not use another preventive measure. This is also far less invasive than an abortion right? Just curious if the aversion to abortion as an option is only to the doctor's visit kind.
How do you feel about something like this?
Couple has sex with protection, it fails, resulting in a chance for pregnancy.
In the time period that Plan B would be effective, a father can formally ask the mother of the child to use it, provided they can prove they tried to use contraception. If she will not, then the father can choose to terminate his parental rights before the fetus is even confirmed to exist. If a father terminates his parental rights, he can either avoid responsibility for the child or child support(Either partial or totally your choice).
I have no idea what the Plan B pills effectiveness rate is, or what side effects it can cause the mother. If you still think its unjust, what if Plan B was 100% effective and had no side effects? This hypothetical I have a tough time answering.
However, you wouldn't able to be enforce a policy that allowed fathers to abandon their children without encouraging a "Hit and Run" attitude. Even if the father did everything in his power to prevent pregnancy, how could you prove it in court? Determining what happened in the privacy of someones bedroom is impossible. Looking at the big picture, encouraging people to be more responsible about sex is only a good thing.
I'd say he is at least as strong as Buu. Buu also seemed to be a little simple minded, something I don't get from Kirby.
It doesn't really matter though, Goku is a dumb Vs opponent. Its just like Superman. They win. Regardless of the circumstances there will be a bull**** ability that they've always had but never used until now.
Confession Informer :symb::symw:
Creature- Thrull Minion
Nonbasic Landwalk
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, spells you cast cost
2/1
Everloyal Choir
Creature- Spirit
When enters the battlefield from the graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
You may cast ~ from your graveyard if a creature died this turn.
1/1
Teysa's Offer :symb::symw:
Sorcery
Target player puts two cards from his or her hand face down. Then look at that players hand, you may exile a card there and they return the face down cards to their hand or you may exile the face down cards.
Orzhov magic specializes in removing painful memories. Some guildmages take pride in removing memories painfully.
Bought Clotseeker :4mana::symb::symw:
Creature- Vampire Rogue
Flying
Whenever ~ deals damage to a creature put a slave counter on it. Then gain control of it.
Sacrifice three creatures with a slave counter on them, :symtap:: Search your library for an Eldrazi creature card with converted mana cost 13 and cast it without paying its mana cost.
There are few currencies as widely accepted as blood.
3/10
Mortocal, Seas Asunder
Legendary Creature- Eldrazi
Annihilator 4
When you cast ~, return all colored permanents to their owners hands.
Eldrazi Reanimate Clause.
13/13
Edit: is fear that bad on a multicolor creature? Intimidate doesn't work too super on multicolor dudes. If half the kinds of creatures can block it it doesnt make much sense. Id be Ok with nonbasic landwalk if you think thats okay for b/w
Temple of Deals
Land
Enters the battlefield tapped.
:symtap:: Add
:symbw:,:symtap:: Add
Sinful Indulgences
Sorcery R
Name a nonland card. Target opponent reveals his or her hand and discards all cards with the same name. If you extorted your opponent this turn, you may repeat this process.
The difference between an indulgence and blackmail is who confesses the sin.
Morose Guardian
Enchantment R
Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Morose Guardian.
:1mana::symw::symw:: Morose Guardian becomes an artifact 2/2 Gargoyle creature with Flying. It's still an Enchantment.
Everloyal Informer :symb::symw:
Creature- Thrull Minion U
Fear
Whenever Everloyal Informer deals combat damage, white and/or black spells you cast cost :symb::symw: less this turn.
2/1
Cozen, Orzhov Assassin :1mana::symb::symw:
Legendary Creature- Human Assassin R (M? Like Geist of St.)
Permanents you control have Extort (Multiple instances of Extort stack).
Whenever Cozen deals combat damage, reveal the top card of your library. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost, then put it in your hand.
2/2
Disgusted by Death :1mana::symb::symw::symw:
Enchantment M
When Disgusted by Death enters the battlefield, your life total becomes 0.
Whenever a player loses life, draw that many cards.
You don't lose the game for having zero or less life.
Whenever a creature dies, sacrifice Disgusted by Death.
Subversion of Justice :3mana::symb::symw:
Instant R
Exile target permanent. Its controller can't cast spells this turn, and creatures they control can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
"The courts bend to our will if not our purse."
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch :2mana::symb::symb::symw::symw:
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor M
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch enters the battlefield with two black 1/1 Bat creature tokens with flying and two white 1/1 Thrull creatures tokens with Lifelink.
Teysa, Orzhov Matriarch has power and toughness equal to twice the number of creature tokens you control and has all abilities tokens you control have.
*/*
I don't know what happened to this forum. Do you have any constructive criticism? Just because something is a mechanic doesn't mean there needs to be twenty of them. How many epics Are there? I'm thinking two or three in red and green maybe one or two in the other colors.
Fiery Visions :1mana::symr::symr:
Sorcery
~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
Second Sight(you may search your library for a card that shares a color with this spell, and has a converted mana cost of 2. If you do, exile it. The next time you cast a spell, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.)
Brimstone Tendrils :symr::symr:
Instant
~ deals 2 damage to target creature. If it would die this turn, exile it. If ~ is the second spell you cast this turn, ~ deals 4 damage to that creatures controller.
Reckless Minotaur :1mana::symr:
Creature- Minotaur Warrior
If ~ is the second spell you cast this turn, ~ enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter and has Haste.
2/1
Just a rough sketch of the mechanic and how I might support it in the set. Edit: I'm trying to cost Second Sight similar to draw a card, ignore my first example. Zap would be a much fairer card.
I don't get Big Bang Theory, it's so freaking terrible. Please stop watching so it won't be on all the time.
Second Sight (When you cast this spell, reveal your library. Your opponent chooses a card with a different name but the same type that costs less than this spell. Put it into your hand and shuffle your library.)
Searing Display :1mana::symr::symr:
Sorcery
~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
Second Sight
Forced Insight :symu::symu:
Instant
Draw a card.
Second Sight
Wisdom Elemental :xmana::symg:
Creature - Elemental
~ enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Second Sight
Sam, Truth's Shield :1mana::symw::symu:
Planeswalker - Sam
{1}: Name a card. Look at the top card of your library, you may reveal it. If its the named card, you may put it into your hand and gain 3 life.
{0}: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
{-5}: Destroy all creatures, then put a white 4/4 Angel token onto the battlefield with flying.
{3}
I think this is a lot more fair, since he has no way to protect himself and your getting a free Ponderish spell.
Maybe its time to divorce from the term then? The minority extremists have been loud enough to ruin it for everyone. Let them have it and be hated, and be egalitarians. People who identify themselves as feminist, more so on the internet, are often being disingenuous, where bat**** insanity is looked at as reasonable rhetoric. Not saying there aren't real feminists online, its just a loaded term. Feminists aren't the only people doing this, the Men's Rights movement is just as bad. When we have a word that actually promotes equality, lets stick with it.
On the topic at hand, I'll admit I'm not up to date on the process of abortion, but in the event of a broken condom can't you get Plan B the next day or is that not effective? I mean its basically the same thing, the couple choose to use protection, why not use another preventive measure. This is also far less invasive than an abortion right? Just curious if the aversion to abortion as an option is only to the doctor's visit kind.
How do you feel about something like this?
Couple has sex with protection, it fails, resulting in a chance for pregnancy.
In the time period that Plan B would be effective, a father can formally ask the mother of the child to use it, provided they can prove they tried to use contraception. If she will not, then the father can choose to terminate his parental rights before the fetus is even confirmed to exist.
If a father terminates his parental rights, he can either avoid responsibility for the child or child support(Either partial or totally your choice).
I have no idea what the Plan B pills effectiveness rate is, or what side effects it can cause the mother. If you still think its unjust, what if Plan B was 100% effective and had no side effects? This hypothetical I have a tough time answering.
However, you wouldn't able to be enforce a policy that allowed fathers to abandon their children without encouraging a "Hit and Run" attitude. Even if the father did everything in his power to prevent pregnancy, how could you prove it in court? Determining what happened in the privacy of someones bedroom is impossible. Looking at the big picture, encouraging people to be more responsible about sex is only a good thing.
I like this. Not only has Tool not made a bad album, but each album sounds radically different while still having that "Tool" sound. IMO.
Plus I like to follow Maynard's other projects.
I'd say he is at least as strong as Buu. Buu also seemed to be a little simple minded, something I don't get from Kirby.
It doesn't really matter though, Goku is a dumb Vs opponent. Its just like Superman. They win. Regardless of the circumstances there will be a bull**** ability that they've always had but never used until now.