/ccg/ Custom Card General /cct/

>>49894568
>2/2
>Other creatures you control get +1/+1.

>>49894574
Fine, I know but its less wordy this way.

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>>49894599
Yeah, but lords by convention don't buff themselves, they just have their lord buff baked into themselves. See Adrianna, Captain of the Guard.

>cards
I hate the green one of these, but I'm an unoriginal hack and couldn't come up with a good effect. As always, balance is all over the fucking place.

>>49894653
Until ~ leaves the battlefield.

target red instant or sorcery spell.

>>49894653
>ibuki gourd
Change destroy to sacrifice.


>Yeah, but lords by convention don't buff themselves, they just have their lord buff baked into themselves. See Adrianna, Captain of the Guard.

Gee anon, I know it and I did it on purpose.

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An attempt at wedge commanders 2

I'm curious, how would you "translate" something like Darklord Ixtab from Yu-Gi-Oh to mtg ?

>You can discard this card and 1 "Darklord" or "Fallen One" card; draw 2 cards. During either player's turn: You can pay 1000 LP, then target 1 "Darklord" Spell/Trap Card in your Graveyard; this effect becomes that target's effect when that card is activated, then shuffle that target into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Darklord Ixtab" once per turn. You can only Special Summon "Darklord Ixtab(s)" once per turn.

>>49894857
Isn't this basically scavange plus some life gain ?

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>>49895133
To the best of my ability. The fucking
>this effect becomes that target's effect when that card is activated
clause represents everything I hate about YGO's wording. It also doesn't help that "Spell/Trap Card" could be an Enchantment, Sorcery, or Instant in Magic terms, and there's no way to tell besides checking every appropriate Darklord Spell/Trap Card. Good thing there aren't any continuous spells.

>>49895146
No, not really.

>>49895267
>>49895146
Scavenge is sorcery speed, counters based on power, and only on 1 creature.

This ability is instant speed, counters based on toughness, and spread however you want. With life gain options

dot

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Rolled 5, 5, 5, 8, 9 = 32 (5d10)

OK, let's see if this helps any.

>>49894653
Well, I'm not into weebshit, but... Return any card from your graveyard to your hand? Untap all your lands? Um... this turn, creatures assign combat damage equal to their toughness? Or as though they weren't blocked?

>>49894568
>horsemanship

eeeeuuuuuuggggghhh

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Rolled 6, 1, 1, 2, 8 = 18 (5d10)

>>49897339
Green, creature, voltron/buff, CMC 5, rare

How about this? Not very familiar with Green, so this may not be good or balanced.

>>49897450
>more commander tax
That sounds like the most un-fun thing ever. And seriously, would anyone ever use this as a commander? You could at least give it an interesting ability. Or let it turn into a manland.

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>>49885720
I was just hoping making a mechanic that only worked like the Increasing cycle was grounds for a new keyword. I guess not.Yadda yadda, I'm a retard, oh well. This is news to nobody.

>>49894857
This is pretty strong, but as far as wedge commanders go, copying the cycle of Tarkir monocolor ones at once feels like cheating and a good idea, since wedge shit is actually really hard to design. This guy is pretty neat; the modal instant-speed Scavenge is not too shabby. The cost on it is very aggressive too.

>>49895230
This screams "abuse me" to me. Straight life costs are usually hard to balance, and the fact that it doesn't require a tap in any way. I realize it's a YGO card ported to MtG, but I think it's a prime example how the two games are so damn different in terms of what's considered a fair mechanic.

>>49897450
>Landmander
Oh gosh. Since you can't cast it in any way, trying to make one of its abilities scale off commander tax is an interesting way to try and make it feel more "commandery". Still not sure it's a good idea to make Lands able to be commanders though. Especially manlands, as cool as that would be. Well, I guess someone might manage to make it work.

>>49897489
If you play it on itself, you get a 4/4 flash for 5, which is underwhelming. So if you're playing it on-curve, it kinda sucks. If you play it after landing a fatty, it's pretty good, and you can get a lot of value out of it. I would almost suggest a weird casting cost like 2GGG or something.

>card
Crutching hard on something I managed to make that someone liked in a sad attempt to make something fun.

>>49897630
Counter strike discourages attacking, which is the opposite of fun. Props on making it relatively intuitive sounding though.

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>>49897630
2GGG for a 3/3 body then?

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>>49897430
Thanks senpai

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>>49897339
>Or as though they weren't blocked?
Gonna steal this one. Its more fun than Berserk-on-an-Artifact.

>>49897797
Gaining horsemanship on the block is pointless, since they won't get it in time to block an opposing Horseman.

>>49897830
Huh, about
>At the beginning of each combat
like with odric ?

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>>49897830
>card
I'm pretty sure I've made something very much like this before. Well, I like it.

>>49897840
Not him, but then you might as well make it
>Other creatures you control have horsemanship.
Maybe make him a lord for Soldiers and he hands out that ability and +1/+1?

>>49897714
Well, that's a hashmark against "blocking trample", I guess.

>>49897769
That might play a bit better, yeah. More on-curve if you have to play it alone and hard enough to cast to make it something you have to think about putting in your deck. Or I'm totally wrong, that happens too.

>>49897797
Using Horsemanship only works if you do it like Dreamanon did and remove flying and reach for the most part, since it's just flying that reach can't interact with (he's using shadow).

>>49897830
>Sengirbushi's Dragon
I can dig it.

>>49897843
Mercury is basically Mutant T1000 right? I feel like you should give her an ability like:
>[cost]: Until end of turn, treat ~ as though target equipment were attached to it.
Or something like that. Basically she copies equipment and uses them without actually making tokens or anything, though I dunno if that even works. I guess a temporary token could work too. Having her cheat artifacts though seems more like something Tony Stark would do. Maybe I don't know enough about her powers?

>>49897928
>Using Horsemanship
Already heard this before.

>>49897949
Sorry to waste your attention with redundancy then.

>>49897938
Hello, Elise. I almost commented on this based on the old Legend rule, but as it is now, it's okay. You get good value out of it assuming you manage to use the token for something before she dies.

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>>49897928
>Mercury
I might make her into a Morphling variant then, because yeah, she's basically just T-1000. Though I already have a Morphling variant with this guy. Eh, I can make them a bit different, I think.

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>>49897843
I based it off of somebody else's set, that had an evil empire as the RB faction. Does the card "Gheric Obliterator" or something like that ring any bells?

>>49897989
She'd be different enough with different abilities than Hulkling. Having cards that seem close copies of each other is going to happen; it's inevitable because many heroes share powers or have similar ones. And since cards typically don't convey personality too much aside from name and flavor text, you're going to have deja vu with some of them.

I am not good at ideaing tonight, apparently.

>>49898031
That's Timeanon's. I think.

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>>49897852
Like this ?

>>49897972
Gee, I just thought that you were the same dude that told me this before.

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>>49898363
Seems fine, though it might need "Other Soldier creatures you control" I dunno for certain though.

And actually, I'm the anon who told you about using Horsemanship before.

Rolled 10, 1, 3, 3, 6 = 23 (5d10)

>>49897339
I might as well roll on this because I have zero ideas. Rolling everything but Theme.

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>>49898445
>multicolor UB, Instant, removal, CMC2, uncommon
Here's a card everyone's guaranteed to love.

>>49898559
inb4 not blue

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>>49898559
>2016
>regenerate
Also I would've made the zombie token blue and black.

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>>49898559
>>49898605
>What I'm doing is wrong, I know it's wrong, but I'm gonna do it anyway.
Come on. At least make it a cantrip or something. Also, this is just a personal thing, but I think I'd have it check to see if the creature died. Or just force sac like with Reweave.

>>49898605
Honestly it really shouldn't be, but here we are anyway.

>>49898681
Don't blame me; blame the card it's cribbed from. Also I don't care for UB zombies; I thought it was one of the few weak points in Innistrad. But I'm certainly alone in that, like I'm alone in finding the joke card funny.

>>49898765
>>49898605 isn't me. Also I think it's funny that people are getting mad at me over something that's MaRo's fault. I can't even kid around in here anymore.

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>>49898825
>I can't even kid around in here anymore.
This is now a Silver Bordered Thread.

>>49898839
At the very least pairing it with black makes it being "destroy" removal a bit more realistic. Rapid Hybridization is such a stupid card. Blue should get zero removal post-spellcast that's not soft removal like bounce.

Rolled 6, 2, 7, 8, 1 = 24 (5d10)

Let's see how I can offend people this time.

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>>49898998
>Colorless, Instant, tax/control, CMC5, common
Ow, my head. I dunno if this can qualify as common. Probably not. I'm also not sure how to word the last part. This hurt to make because I hate hard counters.

>>49899305
Its controller loses 1 life for each of that spell's colors.

>>49899328
Thanks. Figures it was simpler than I was making it out to be.

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>>49899740
could probably stand to be a 3/3 with a different name but other than that pretty solid design. Have another hellish card.

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>>49898803
not sure if that's what you're going for, but the first and second ability are kind of anti-synergistic. I feel it should also be an enchantment, just for cycle's sake.

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>>49899848
Looking at libraries is a pain in the ass, especially when they can do it whenever they want. I'd just have it be
>Play with your hand and the top card of your library revealed.
if you want to have that same flavor.

>card
More devilish things, I guess.

>>49899922
I think the indestructible loss would work better on a creature that wasn't so aggressive.

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>>49899863
>reveal three cards

>>49900387
>Old school: the set (but not like, ABU old mind you)

>>49900407
That's good or bad ?

>>49900457
Doesn't really matter what I think.

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a guy i know was saying
>if i made up a card and it was produced to a good enough degree to be undetectable, the average pleb would not be able to tell the difference between it and a legit mtg card
i tried to tell him that unless they're a bit dim most people can spot a fake, but he didn't hear it. he then spouted out a fake card idea that could pass for real which i've now mocked up.

i'd be interested to hear what /ccg/ thinks of this idea (or this card in particular). i think the ability is too powerful as he originally had it as a 2/3

>>49900962
Nifty.

>>49900962
That's a really cool idea, very evocative of a swooping monster.

>>49901002
>Exponential P/T bonuses
>P/T bonus on top of counters
>double strike
>3-mana dragon
Yeah, all symptoms of "I don't know anything about balance".

>>49901002
Yeah that's nuts. It hits for 12 turn 4.

>>49901027
>>49901031
It probably needs a bit of a p/t tweak, but it's nice to see the concept comes across well

>>49901050
let's talk about balance. forget the +X/+X because as anon says exponential shit ain't fly.
I feel that the double strike is just way too much gravy but the guy loves that keyword.

would something like
>1RG: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
be fairer? although that is just a way stronger version of Outlast. what is a good idea for an activated ability that is balanced?

>>49900522
oh anon

>>49900962
>you may have it get
Pretty nice

>>49901002
Broken.

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>>49901002
Well three mana dragons are a little unusual in themselves. Iconics tend to be bigger, at 4+ CMC.

Flying, double strike alone is a hefty combination. 1/1 Flying, double strikers start at 1WW, if you can count Megamorph as a marginal upside.

This sort of power doubling isn't nearly so cheap. It starts at 2GG for +X/+X and 1RG for +X/+0, so uhh, no. Outlasting while also doubling power, is even more insane. Hell, this sort of counter granting is typically heavily restricted. There are exactly 6 creatures that can do it for nothing more than mana with no major caveats (Carnivorous Moss Beast, Clockwork Dragon, Feral Hydra, Jenara, Rock Hydra, and Savageborn Hydra), and none of them go as batshit as being an evasive, exponential double striker.

So yeah this thing is off the rails crazy.

>>49901108
Double strike makes everything else about a card more expensive, because they suddenly get double value from P/T boosts. The going rate for a tap-less counter is around 1C to as high as 5CC, where C is red, green, or white.

But a flier that gets counters for mana has been done. Its called Jenara, Asura of War.

>>49901124
I knew something was wrong with the text but I just couldn't see it.

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ok i think i've fixed my idea >>49901002

>>49901050
>>49901051
>>49901108
>>49901124
>>49901127

really though i'm looking for feedback on that guy's proposal
>a good enough fake can be passed for legit if properly balanced
i think that's total bullshit and even at the most casual of FNM's that would result in a ban

>>49901207
You've gone a bit far in the other direction, give it a bit of power to start with.

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>>49901207
I would change it something like this senpai.

>>49901207
>i think that's total bullshit and even at the most casual of FNM's that would result in a ban
I think most experienced players would easily recognize fake cards, especially if they're interesting fake cards. The vast majority of Magic is boring if functional draft fodder that never makes it to constructed play. But functional draft fodder is probably the most difficult thing to design, so a lot of us like to make splashy rares and mythics. But those are pretty obvious when they don't blend in with regular Wizards design.

Although I think it would be interesting to bring a proxy cube of a custom set to an LGS or something to draft.

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Thanks for another good year, anons.

>>49902977
Happy birthday, time-sama! You're one of the most talented designers we have, and the threads are always better for your presence.

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Yo /ccg/, my playgroup has decided to allow all of us to design ONE custom Commander for use in our playgroup. I wanted to make use of a Orzhov coloured Commander that made use of Black's life-loss draw with White's rampant lifegain. Also had it in mind where it was an Angel because there are no good B/W Legendary Angel. Did I do good or is this completely borked? Need Opinions and advice on how to make it more balanced, if necessary.

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>>49903499
Also, alternative art work, because I'm indecisive.

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>>49903499
>>49903546

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>>49903499
>>49903546
>>49903556

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>>49903499
>>49903546
>>49903556
>>49903563
Final one is a Demon, because there is no Legendary B/W Demon and that is tragic.

>>49903546
best art choice because i'm not an animu shitter
i get that thematically it needs all three keywords but it is a bit of a keyword soup, maybe take off some p/t to round it off
with the lifelink, you'd lose 4~6 life/turn but be gaining 7~10. imo this is the kind of card that demands support, you ought to be losing more life than gaining if it is just that creature on board.
consider also that you're getting another card per turn. that's huge. for 3BW i'd think a 3/3? still quite strong

>deathtouch and lifelink aren't capitalized, look at other existing creatures with multiple keywords such as mantis rider
>flavour text is teenager sonic fan level
who am i to judge

>>49904165
How about I make her cost one extra Mana and give her Firststrike instead?

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>>49903563

>>49904272
Goddamn it, that really sucks. Oh well, that's part of the reason why I made more than one...

>>49904265
you mean 6cmc flying/first strike 4/4?
that's probably fine, but less appropriate to the character.

>>49904357
6cmc Flying, First strike, Lifelink 4/4 still too strong or what?

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>>49904165
>>49904357
OK, how's this?

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>>49904417
the deathtouch is fine it's the lifelink that bothers me.

look at dark confidant. he draws you an extra card but the downside is that you lose 2-5 life/turn
avaricious dragon or midnight oil, you will have a handsize of zero
phyrexian arena and friends are probably the most powerful, taking only 1 life/turn
some others draw you a card without such a downside but are conditional
white doesn't do card draw and black usually taxes your life total for the benefit

the point here is that with a 4/4 flying lifelink and a bonus x life where x is cards in hand (easily abused see reliquary tower) the downside is entirely negated. entirely, unless for some reason you can't attack/block and you have dumped your hand which if your deck construction is on par won't happen often. sure you may lose 7-8 life off a big card like avacyn but you'll gain it right back with the minimum 4 lifelink plus eot gain

easiest way to balance this is to take out the lifelink keyword. if you must have it, i'd propose lowering the power. 3/3 flying deathtouch lifelink might be better here. the moral of the story is oloro is shit, you should at least lift a finger to have a powerful effect

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>>49904575
or i guess you could cut the eot ability too this version seems fine to me
i didn't refresh before posting >>49904582

>>49904582
>>49904603
So, much better now?

Rolled 5, 2, 5, 6, 8 = 26 (5d10)

>>49897339
rollan color type mechanic cmc theme

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Live, thread!

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>>49907378
I like it. Though I can't really say anything about balancing.

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This is a thoroughly predictable take on a Gideon transform-walker.

>>49905406
I love the way you've used both dragon-like and phoenix-like abilities. A very cool card, overall.

>>49907378
A neat way to fend of aggressive decks. I get that it's more flavorful the way it is, but you could probably simplify the wording if creatures ETBing added ice counters instead.

>>49907416
Great design, but I thought the whole point of the Phantom Zone was that it was inescapable?

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Weird ideas.

>>49908445
I think the effect is more Jund than Naya. Loner effects are Black's thing.

>>49909279
Seems fine in a vacuum.

>>49901525
Seems more black and white than red and blue.

>>49903577
Would raise the cost to 4 or 5WB
>At the beginning of your end step, you gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

>>49909279
Would raise the cmc to 6, make it a 4/4 and get rid of the buff it gets from how many dwarfs, also see Geist of Saint Traft.

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>>49903499
Alright/ccg/ round 2. This time it's my friend's idea for a Boros Commander that ISN'T about combat, goes with Red and White's theme of Land Destruction, while at the smell time giving the two colors much needed card draw that isn't color pie breaking, and keeping in theme. What do you think?

>>49910038
your formatting makes me want to literally die.

>>49910038
*small time
Damn auto-correct.

>>49908332
>Phantom Zone
Yeah, but I wanted to make it fair. I guess you can imagine it as the Zone becoming unstable.

>>49910053
Sorry, on a phone. Would use an actual card making program but my options are limited

Here's a question for my fellow creation friends:
How would you all rewrite Totem Armor with indestructible replacing regeneration?

>>49910421
I'm not entirely sure about what you want exactly but oh well.

>If enchanted permanent would be destroyed, destroy this Aura instead.

>>49910421
Totem armor doesn't regenerate.

>>49910501
This it dies again because it still has lethal damage marked on it.

>>49910511
It has substance as well :^)

>>49910511
Yeah, duh. For some reason, I thought it regenerated the creature instead of just removing all damage from it.
> Forget I said anything
> Shame

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~ dump city incoming ~
this is far from what the final product will probably look like.

Been playtesting common-only sealed pools and I am learning places it needs to go. I want to swap one slot from each color from spell to creature, so comments on which spell in each monocolor you think are the lamest would be kewlio.

Beyond that, enjoy the complete trash list of proto-commons that will be completely reworked into a much better list of commons at a later date.

now I can finally work on uncommons

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>>49910596
and the other ones, for a total of 101 commons.

>>49910595
The effect works similarly enough to Regeneration.

>>49910038
>No replies
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>>49910612
Death Sentence could be cheaper, or mono white. I like the concept.

Frame of Essence feels like it's too abilities were tacked on to make it multi colored.

Too much of your dream is just pseudo-rummaging. Some is good, but too much and it gets really boring. You need strong effects that are not just card advantage.

Idea Hammer - you don't need the choice. The second effect could just target. See Master the Way.

Foreign Fascinator is a cool card.

Deliverance should be sorcery or cost more.

Dual lands are alright.

>>49910038
That card drawing seems out of place (at least without discarding), would change the cost to 3WR, and make her a 3/3

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>>49894568
Me again decided to try my hand at a 4 color commander

>>49897450
>this card can be your commander
wat

>>49910974
i like it

>>49908445
i'd play it

>>49897938
>priestess of the web
>not a drow
Come on

>>49910612
Did you even get my feedback from the last time you posted these?

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Stone Rain Elemental

>>49910596
>>49910612
>>49911752
Actually, do you get any of my feedback? I don't think you've ever responded to the feedback I give you. Like, I asked why Moon's Milk makes the creature BGU, and you never answered.

>>49911752
Most likely yes. I haven't gone back to change many cards yet, if that's your concern, most of my effort has just been on completing the cards before going back to them.

Will be editing things now for a while.

>>49911772
I can't tell you how badly I want to see this turn into a Red version of Desecration Demon.

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>>49911795
>I asked why Moon's Milk makes the creature BGU, and you never answered.
Well since you asked twice I guess I could reply :0

BGU is the faction color. 2/2 BGU mutant is faction's basic creature.

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>>49911798
>>49911846
Ah, OK. Probably just going to critique your Black and Red cards then, since I'm pretty sure I've done the rest already. Though not that I look, I'm pretty sure you changed Veilshredder to fit my suggestion (though thinking about it further, I think the "you may" should be put at the beginning of each mode instead).

>>49910596
>>49910612
Biggest overall issue I can see so far is how insight, guide and dream are all competing for the same resources and then you have individual cards that also use the same resources to fuel themselves.

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>>49912035
During your turn. your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of nonland permanents.

>>49912087
This is intended for two reasons, faction mechanics compete so they don't function together (don't want factions to be synergistic for flavor reasons). Also, it is intended to be a high-skill environment, limiting resources is part of this.

Needs more playtesting though. Seems to function how I want it to, but I've only had a few runs so far.

>>49912310
Forcing "high-skill" seems like a terrible idea.

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>>49910596
>>49912035
>[unintelligible]
No idea if this is balanced or not. Trying to find precedence with Flying, but I'm having no luck.

>Haunting Presence
Huh. I guess that's kinda interesting.

>Fallen Artist
Eh, I guess it's OK.

>Remnants of... Something?
Is the name of this card TBD? Seems fine though.

>Lifelover
Not a fan of the name. And I can't even tell what's going on here in terms of flavor.

>Filthmass
You know, people shit on Wizards for making inefficient vanilla commons, but even they haven't printed anything like. Come on, 3B at least? And why is it a Plant?

>Hatesand Blasting
If that's what hatesand blasting does to someone, I'd like to know what happens after a lovesand blowing. Regardless, not a fan of the card. I didn't like it when Wizards was printing cards worse than the equivalent number for Death Wind, don't like it when I see others do it.

>Melting Memory
Should be
>Exile up to two target cards from graveyards.
At least according to Faerie Macabre. And Wizards changed the wedge order to Black, Green, Blue.

>Bleeding Theory
Punny name. But I'm not keen on how the lifeloss varies. Though I've never been a fan of colors matters either.

>Aleph's Clutch
You could at least add a little upside, or at the very least make it instant.

>Undying Passion
I think it should be
>When enchanted creature dies, return that card to its owner's hand.
Though at this cost, it should either buff the creature, or you might as well just make it Unhallowed Pact.

1/2

>>49912292
Thanks.

>card
Not sure about all those upsides.

>>49912310
I'm in agreement with >>49912356 though I don't play much Magic anyway, so I admit I could be wrong.

>>49912356
yeah
for casuals

>>49912382
Actual high skill environments came from having more options, not restricting it to what you think high skill is.

>>49912377
>Is the name of this card TBD?
Confirmed for yes.

Thx for feedback!

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>>49912423
>Actual high skill environments came from having more options

>>49912477
If all the archetypes are set in stone, there's little variation and so meta's don't develop like they should.

>>49912515
I see what you're getting at. There's a lot to consider in the environment, but I know what I'm aiming for.

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>>49912377
>>49912035
>>49910596
>Unt Trailblazers
I get what you're trying to do, but this is more Blue's thing. And why basic?

>Frith First Response
Shouldn't it be "First Responder"? Anyway, unsure of the ability, don't like seeing this at common though.

>Spectacular Slam
This sounds more like a breakfast special at Denny's than a fire spell. Seriously, "Slam"? This makes me want to post the version of Damnation with the basketball in the art.

>Burning Passion
Again, no idea how to balance this sort of mechanic. But putting it at R doesn't inspire confidence.

>Bonedust Storm
Would it be too much to ask to make it modal with an option for creatures with Shadow as well? Eh, probably asking for too much.

>Clean Burn
I'd use "up to" to make it slightly more flexible.

>Swift Response
Why is the token a Blue Wizard? What's the flavor of your set again?

>Wild Ideas
I like these cards, but I think the U could do something other than be a cantrip, like maybe giving the creature Hexproof.

>Weirdrage
Just want to point out that you aren't required to say "battlefield as 2/2 creatures." An interesting twist on rummaging though.

The Red cards I didn't mention here are strictly "Eh."

2/2

>>49912455
I'd suggest a name if I could think of one I thought was good.

>>49912477
Why are you confused by this? If you restrict options, less skill is required because you'll just choose one of a very few builds that works. Like, this is what happened with Skullclamp, the meta just devolved into two builds, pro-Clamp and anti-Clamp. How does it take skill to take the option almost guaranteed to win, especially when everyone around you is doing it too? The most skillful option in that case would be to not to use the winning strategy, which would almost guarantee defeat. Doesn't sound very fun. And we're on /tg/, shouldn't we be against railroading by default?

>>49912744
>This sounds more like a breakfast special at Denny's
The card name has been a placeholder since the set began and it kind of stuck.

>like maybe giving the creature Hexproof.
Doesn't work, can be targeted in response. I'll think about other possibilities.

>Other not-name related stuff
Thx.

>Why is the token a Blue Wizard? What's the flavor of your set again?
Five planes crash together, snafu ensues. The actual specific storyline focuses on one plane, the WUR, for the first set, as it was formerly a peaceful plane of artists that suddenly has war-torn murderdeath planes wanting to take it over.

It's a blue wizard because that's the faction's main token, and minor color shifting is a subtheme.

>>49913032
>Doesn't work, can be targeted in response.
Huh?

>>49913176
If your spell gives a creature hexproof, opponent respond to the spell by murdering the creature. Hexproof only happens after spell resolves.

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>>49902977
Happy Birthday, Timeanon. Figured I'd post something so you'd know it was me, just this once. So, how old are you? inb4peopledon'tgetthejoke

Might as well do some feedback on the poor neglected cards posted since I last shitted this place up.

>>49910373
Hm. This seems a bit good at common. Lightning Hounds says the card itself might be okay, but I'd do two things to it: make it cost 1RR, and make it uncommon. Now, I know that it's poised to be in a multicolor set given the drawback text, so maybe 3R? That's still easier to cast than Lightning Hound and honestly, that drawback really isn't since it has first strike and will likely be safe in most exchanges. At 3R it could likely be common.

>>49910692
Seems fine, but a "captain" strikes me as a beefier body; 2/2 at least. Especially at rare, I'd rather see it repackaged and recosted accordingly.

>>49911069
Hm. I kinda like this. It seems a bit cheap but I'd have to see it play to know for sure. Then again, flying hate seems to be pretty cheap in green, which makes sense, so maybe it's okay.

>>49912292
This is dangerously flirting with being over-efficient, I think. I'm always leery of anything that compares to Vampire Nighthawk, though I can't exactly condemn it for that given the card I'm throwback-posting. I think the issue is that a 2/2 with flying and another ability is already good at 1BB, and the fact that this can get a lot of value out of itself is a bit concerning. Maybe 3B? I dunno.

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>>49913281
I think it should be
>~ can't attack unless defending player controls no creatures.
And I think I'd like it more if it just had an undercosted body.

>>49913659
>>~ can't attack unless defending player controls no creatures.
That's uh... not the point, /CO/anon. The point is she can't attack someone who controls no creatures, because she wants to duel the creatures, not smash player face. What you suggest is the stark opposite. The reason for the +1/+0 on attack is that otherwise you get a 2/1 first strike wall for W, which is a bit much.

>Maul
Hand size reduction feels way more black to me, as a drawback. I'd have to look to see how wrong I am about the actualities of that.

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>>49913748
Goddamnit I've been up to long.
>~ can't attack unless defending player controls a creature.
Also, I was thinking more since right now, it's, a 2/1 FStriker for W, at least when it's attacking. Which doesn't exactly blow me away with so many 2/1 vanilla creatures for W.

>Maul
There are some cards that do it, but that are admittedly kinda old. I wanted R for the counters and reduction, U for the draw.

>>49913850
Well, she's also uncommon too. It's funny how even years after the set is done, I still need to clean up the cards. Ah well. Glad I never printed them. Maybe power creep is real after all.

>Doom
At 10 mana, literally do whatever you want. Having to hard cast it is probably forthe best though. I really am not sure how an opponent could recover from this though, so there comes a point where you just have to wonder why his ability isn't just Door or "you win" straight up.

Also, given how he schemes, I would rather he require a bunch of "stars to align" so to speak, like multiple conditions to be met, then you win somehow, to reflect that. Though maybe that would just be regular Doom? Eh.

Maul's mechanics are fine, as far as I can tell. I was just wondering about the drawback.

>>49913855
I'd have to look, but I recall another older card that does something like this. Also... maybe a more recent one? I need to just stop being lazy and open goddamn Gatherer if I'm going to review cards.

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>>49913953
Funnily enough, the first 2/1 vanilla for W was printed all the way back in Alpha. Though yeah, those cards Wizards likes to put at uncommon.

>Doom
Scheming sounds more like regular Doom. This is just one I made because I actually really enjoyed Secret War, which surprised me. And i'm actually kinda down on insta-win mechanics like that. I'd rather stack the odds heavily in your favor than just have you outright win.

>Maul
http://magiccards.info/query?q=o%3A%22your+maximum+hand+size+is+reduced%22&v=card&s=cname

>Eraho
He based it on Gaze of Justice, which is in turn based on Hand of Justice. And you should just use MagicCards instead, so much easier to use.

>>49914060
I'm more used to Gatherer. I toyed with... well I am not sure it's the one your suggesting, but something not Gatherer, and I found I'm a creature of habit in addition to being a piss-poor designer.

>CMC1 2/1 creature history lesson
Some day I might convince you I am not a child who knows nothing about MtG, but I doubt it. I can't even really claim I don't more often than not deserve to be treated like a retard.

>>49914095
You mentioned power creep, which made me think you didn't know, sorry.

>>49914060
>MagicCards
Yeah, but they still haven't updated their oracle text for kaladesh. Most cards still use the "put a token", instead of create.

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Well, with Eraho I finished all the white rares for the set.

>>49913281
Something like this?

>>49914060
>He based it on Gaze of Justice, which is in turn based on Hand of Justice.
yup

Rolled 10, 4, 8, 9, 7 = 38 (5d10)

>>49897339

Rolling for color, type, mechanic, cmc, and theme.

>>49914427
>Something like this?
More like that, yeah.

>color hate
Honestly, I don't do this myself too much anymore but as a throwback, which your stuff kinda comes off as, it's fine.

>>49914448
Well, color hate is part of the theme of the set.

>>49914529
Fair enough.

>>49914427
The halfbrid activated cost on the monk seems kinda pointless if he already costs WW.

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Rolled 1, 2, 9, 3, 8 = 23 (5d10)

>>49914430
>Multicolor UG, Sorcery, Control, fits into Maelstrom Wanderer EDH.

Lets do another one. Why not.

Rolled 10, 6, 9, 7, 5 = 37 (5d10)

>>49897339
Eh, why not. Rolling all but theme.

>>49914584
Yeah, monk was the first one I did but couldn't find good art for him. At that moment I was going for a hybrid theme but I ended up ditching it, but I forgot to change him.

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>>49914733
>UR, creature, token generation, CMC 4, Uncommon

This kinda built itself. Feels a bit pushed though.

>>49914611
Harsh. Though the randomness of the order at least leaves the chance for them to draw into something good, if they already had it on the field.

>>49914834
Pretend that reads "creature tokens". Fixed the card but don't want to waste space reposting it.

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>>49914834
Yeah that's a lot of value.

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>>49916691
>ring set symbol
That's a blast from the past. Solid card, in any case. I love the first strike + wither combo.

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>>49916915
Why are you not using the new modal format?

>>49916915
They shouldn't be bird tokens without flying, I assumed at first reading that they did.

Rolled 1, 4, 7, 6 = 18 (4d10)

>>49897339

Rolling for colour, type, CMC and theme.

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Rolled 7, 6, 7, 5 = 25 (4d10)

>>49917573

>White, sorcery, tax/control, johnny

More control than tax, but its a somewhat fair scalable council's judgement.

Rolling again for colour, mechanic, rarity and theme

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>>49917780

>black, voltron/buff, uncommon, timmy

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I posted this in the EDH thread, but I figured it's be a good idea to get your opinions.

My playgroup and I wanted to make our own custom commander cards and build decks around them. I decided to go with a Mardu Knight theme and picked this guy. We all had to choose three colors, a character from MTG that never got a card and/or a character with a different card altogether.

Wanted some opinions on how this guy turned out. We don't plan on using the actual images or card styles here (one of the guys in my playgroup is making them, and he makes professional proxies).

I just wanted opinions on whether or not this guy is effectively costed, if the P/T is good, and if the abilities are correct for the colors.

Again, we're not using the actual card in the image. Just a placeholder.

>>49918041
those abilities are pretty fucking white.

>>49918145
Well, it's in white but Flanking is a White and Red ability.

First Strike is mostly in white, but it's in black a fair bit too. Was thinking about adding a new keyword (like skulk) to go more with black, but I wasn't sure.

>>49918041
Yeah, what >>49918145 said.

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bump

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Alright guys, I know this is good, and I just want to know how broken it could possibly be in a constructed environments and in a limited environments for a color combination with pretty much no ramp

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>>49919986
This isn't even that good. Seven mana - especially this color intensive - is way too much, and the only thing you can do once you play it is cast loads of creature spells, which is too slow.

Your wording is kind of borked, too. It should be:
>Lifelink
>You may pay X life rather than pay the mana cost for Creature spells you cast, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.
>If you would draw a card, instead put the top card of your library into your graveyard, then return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

>>49919986
>>49922361
Replacement effects aren't allowed to target. You return a creature card, not target creature card.

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Art challenge, halloween edition: artist Nicole Cardiff

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>>49922630

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I don't even know

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>>49922630

>>49922782
This needs to be "if there are no OTHER creature cards in your graveyard", for obvious reasons.

>>49922835
That's a lot of triggers to keep track of. Lower the cost and simplify it a bit, perhaps?

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>>49903230
>>49913281
Thanks for the well-wishes, anons. I really appreciate them. Designing cards helps keep me sane, so it's nice to feel welcome.

On that note, here are some cards I designed! Blue common ones!

>>49923102
Why are you mixing 2/U and 3/U?

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>>49923102

Here, have a mess of critique.

>number hybrid mana
What a perfect fit for your block. I hadn't considered it before.
>numbrid mana with a value other than [2]
This is confusing and usually worthless. Even in a block with as heavy a mana focus as this, it's just a fancy way of saying "This thing's converted mana cost is N."

>Winds of Passivity [1U]
>Enchantment - Aura
>Flash
>Enchant creature
>When ~ enters the battlefield, target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.
>Enchanted creature gets -5/-0.
Inspirit is bad and you should feel bad. It's just an enchantment with an ETB effect. Also, "inspirited" sounds awful.

Pinnacle is boring but fine. Great name.

Touch of the Duat is doing too much at common. Too flexible and confusing, is what I mean.

A lot of your cards are too complex for a NWO common, blah blah, I know you don't care.

Your flavor text continues to be on point. "Riverscale tribals patrol" sounds awkward.

Your cards exude quality. The wording is perfect, the art is well-chosen, and there's actually a story being told in the flavor. You're one professional motherfucker.

Talirfags go home, Aneket is mai waifu

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>>49922630

>>49923641
>>49922630

>>49923756
Does this really need to cost [2BR] and be rare? It doesn't do that much.

>>49923806
True true. I'm terrible at costing and rarities.

>>49923160
It gives me more flexibility with costs.
>>49923335
>Even in a block with as heavy a mana focus as this, it's just a fancy way of saying "This thing's converted mana cost is N."
It gives me tons of flexibility in costing, though. It allows me to hit that 5 mana mark, and to create high cmc cards without necessarily relegating them to the late game or inundating the set with ramp.
>Inspirit
The idea was spell haunt where the spells do the same thing when you cast them or when you exile them, but I'm not too happy with it either. I might just use Flashback as my UR mechanic.
>art and flavor
Thanks a lot, man. I put a lot of time and effort into working on flavor and choosing appropriate art. I'm happy to know that it's appreciated.

>>49924018
You could use an evoke variant for enchantments.

>>49924018
Normal mana costs are already flexible enough. 2/C adds another layer. 3/C on top of that is unnecessary and confusing. The cost difference is also far too great with 3/C and would lead to either really pushed cards are overcosted jank.

>>49923806
>>49923905
It needs to be rare due to how niche & strange the effect is. I agree that it can be costed lower, though.

>>49925094
Nice

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>>49922982
Removed the draw trigger and changed to noncreature spell. Ja?

>>49926267
"Attacks with a creature" isn't an action.
>Whenever enchanted player casts a noncreature spell or a creature they control attacks, put a focus counter on ~.
>At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, where X is the number of focus counters on ~.

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>>49926439
you tried

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I know wubrg gods are an exercise in futility, but I found some art and couldn't resist.

>>49923102
>CU01
Seems fine. Pinnacle might play a little strangely, since early on it's hard to "get ahead" and enable it, and if you go first, it's extra hard if your opponent plays a one drop and hits his curve. The other possibly unhealthy thing I see is that it basically coerces you into drafting things like CU03 so you can inflate your CMCs and activate all your Pinnacle stuff. Ability words, in my opinion, function better when they are something you can reliably do by naturally playing the game, and tying them to things that control how you draft can make for a poor experience. It isn't a sure thing that it won't work, but just be wary of that fact. You can create an archetype that people might dislike since it tells them what to draft, and if those things aren't fun/interesting/good on their own, they might resent it. Card seems balanced otherwise.m A bit weak but that's because of the Pinnacle ability.

>CU02
Now this is something you'd want to draft if Pinnacle feels good to play. And if it doesn't, it would make trying to draft it feel terrible because the card is so good. Blue rarely sees this kind of efficiency, and even a CMC4 3/3 is pretty odd for it. Being able to make it into a 4/4 by drafting CU03, for example, might skew the format. Take care of creating another Delver-type issue with Pinnacle. It's the other end of the spectrum of problems that can arise, especially with commons. Weldfast Wingsmith says it might be okay though.

>CU03
In a better place now than it was at 2/5. I still worry about cards like this with Pinnacle though, since if your opponent didn't draft it, you can outrace him with a monodeck AND exploit that fact with Pinnacle.

>CU04
I love AEther Adept, so 10/10 common. Could be 2/3 though I think. If you wanted to. It's fine at 2/2 though as well, given the utility.

>CU05
It works. Draft workhorse for GU.

>CU06
Favorite card in this bunch. Love this.

(cont)

>>49926816
I like the second ability. Last one doesn't seem that useful since there aren't many good high cmc enchantments that you can cheat out.

>>49926829
>>49923102
(cont)

>CU07
Pinnacle punisher, which is good, but might hit the board too late to make a difference.

>CU08
Seems fine to me.

>CU09
I do worry about all these color-heavy monocards in a multicolor set. I guess we'll find out how well it plays in a few months.

>CU10
Seems fine, but since you can't interact with Inspiriting cards, you have to be careful what effects you give them, just like they had to do with Haunt. Conservative is good. This isn't too bad, but remember, in Limited, people will actually draft Enchantment and Artifact removal, and it's not just sideboard stuff. So you have to make those cards feel necessary and useful. Or I guess not include them if you're going to have cards that ignore them. Either way.

>CU11
See CU10 thoughts. I think I agree that Inspirit might need a replacement. Flashback... eh. It doesn't seem a good fit since it doesn't play into your themes. Spell mastery might be a thought though.

>CU12
Solid 8/10 draft common.

>CU13
I can't decide if this card name should be on a rarer card, or if it's hilarious that it's common because it implies the nobility throw it around willy-nilly and everyone just rolls their eyes at the frequency, or ignores it because it happens all the time. Card seems fine, though I wouldn't draft it myself I don't think.

>CU14
Turning any creature you control into an Archaeomancer seems fine to me.

>>49922361
Well, then, it's good enough to me. I think the effect is still pretty good for Commander and worth playing in limited. it's a huge beater that allows you to cast creature spells without mana.
>>49922546
Dully noted, will change that.

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>>49922630
Might as well get in on this.

>>49923335
I have to say I love these "slang-skinned" cards using street language and stuff. Don't see them very often.

>>49923641
Hm. I dunno what to think of this comparing it to Exhume. It's more expensive for a temporary effect, and favors each player pretty much the same way, since any creature your opponent grabs can be used against whatever you grab, which is also less of an issue since it's not going to stick around. I guess in a deck built around "dies" triggers it's way better? I feel like I'm missing something.

>>49924503
I like this. I would almost always use it offensively though.

>>49926572
Ha. It's like some really obtuse Delve hate. Plays well with Bojuka Bog too.

>>49926816
>Abrax, God of Fencing
Enchantment love on a five color card feels odd, but then again, five color can do whatever the fuck it wants. Funky card.

>>49927209
>Artifact Zombie
I remember you. I do like the idea of these things. Darksteel Mutation says the wording is probably right even if it reads a bit strangely. Just don't see those words together too often.

>>49922782
>>49923641
>>49923756
>>49927914
>not crediting the artist even when it's given to you

>>49922982
You win all the points.

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>>49928246
Does this look like /r/custommagic?

>>49928246
Sorry, not used to doing it with one-offs; I didn't even think about it. I am curious why you're so anal about it though. Artist? Friend of an artist? My gf is an illustrator and she tells me she could care less if someone used her art in a card (not for profit of course), but would like her name on it if it were ever printed up, so that's usually my take on it too. Though, it might be a nice gesture to credit anyway, if I know who it is. Just old habits (or lack thereof) die hard, you know.

>points
It's internets, anon. Internets. I mean come on.

>>49928273
That place is going to turn /CO/anon into an artist creditfag, just you wait. You card made me chuckle, by the way.

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Was in doubt over how much life could the opponents gain and be fair. Also, I couldn't find a good art for it.

>tfw you're looking for art and find art that other anons used in their cards.

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>>49928332
Well it's pretty dang lazy to not do it when the artist is given to you.

Personally, I won't use a piece of art if I can't find the artist's real name (no screennames allowed). Maybe I'm a crazy person. But I feel like if they spent the time to make it, the least I can do is give them credit. Also, it helps us custom card folk find artists that may be good sources of art.

>>49928383
>it helps us custom card folk find artists that may be good sources of art
This is actually the most compelling reason to do so I've seen. Well, I'll try to remember when I can. Like I said, it's a hard habit to get into when you haven't done it for... six years plus?

This new version suffers from the familiarity flaw of doing the lord thing and including itself.

>>49928377
>playing this in a deck with a wincon that doesn't involve your opponent's life total, or the total doesn't matter because infinite
I'm not so sure how good an idea this is.

>>49928438
>This new version suffers from the familiarity flaw of doing the lord thing and including itself.
Um, what? It doesn't reduce its own cost.

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>>49928383
>(no screennames allowed)
I source a lot of my art from the weeby corners of the internet (Pixiv, Danbooru, etc.), but I'm surprised to see this. There's a lot of art that's published solely under screen names.

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>>49928477
Whoops. That's an Uncommon, not a Common. Old export.

>>49928474
I mean an anthem effect that includes said lord. Usually, you'd give it Indestructible, then anthem it to other enchantments you control.

>>49928477
Well, different strokes for different folks. I'm with you on this one, but... uh... (I don't think he's gotten a <something>anon name yet)anon can do as he pleaseth, I think.

>bushi
Bushido doesn't really have a home in blue, I don't think.

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>>49928477
I've abandoned plenty of pieces because I couldn't find the artist's name. It's kind of frustrating, but eh. Also I'm not a filthy weeb

>>49928507
Oh, well the original version did that too, I just got confused because you said "this new version". I'm fine with it, it saves a line and it's a mythic. Also I have zero sympathy for people who don't RTFC

>>49928538
Good design, reasonably costed, though could probably go 3BB to be safer. Surprised this isn't a card desu. I like it :)

>>49928538
Sorry, I was too fixated on the art when I looked at the first version to notice. We ain't WotC; convention is as useful as you make it. Just as long as you don't go full Kazy and start thinking you can alter syntax because reasons.

Agree with >>49928558, by the by.

>>49928482
>workhorse draft card/10
Would have been even more workhorsey if it were GWW.

I should make some cards, I guess. I have no ideas but I also don't feel like doing anything randomly rolled either. This is why I was married to sets for so long; they give me direction. Sigh-worthy.

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>>49928619
Adapt something then. This is why I do this, because I'm terrible at coming up with designs from nothing.

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>>49928619
Be like me and just design legendary creatures for fun. Might as well post mine, some have been posted on /ccg/ and some haven't (including some in this thread currently) but here's the whole batch.

>>49928690
Somehow I added an E to vigilance in Loril's card between posting it here and making this image. My bad lol.

>>49928656
We talked about this; I don't like making cards about other IPs. I don't mind other people doing it though because who am I to stop them?

>Stormy Knight
Okay seriously, that's a porn name. Tell me it isn't. Also have you ever considered making hexproof cost something to activate on the cards you make? Having it become a decision can change the dynamic of the card quite a bit. Maybe you have done it and I just haven't seen it. Like, I liked when you did the conditional hexproof on Selina, for example, even though it makes her wordy as hell.

>>49928690
I actually like making commons and uncommons. I'm weird.

Zik seems really all over the place. He needs to be tightened up thematically, I think. Making him a spellshaper when he really wants to be an artificer I think holds the card back a bit from a flavor perspective. Samoara feels like she wants to be Naya or something. Or hell, even five color. Runebark is weird, but I kinda dig it.

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Dumb little common noncombat poison vector.

>>49928608
I like this a lot, but I have no idea how they cost "free" spells like this.

>>49928558
thanksss

>>49928656
I wanted to make an Egypt set with gods, curses, and traps, but ohhhhh welllllll

>>49928775
Cute card.

>>49928760
>Zik
I wanted to try my hand at UR Artifact commander, and I feel like a lot of other variations on it have been done to death. I like spellshapers a LOT and that made me pretty biased to make one myself since it's been what, like 10 years since we've seen one?

>Samoara
Obviously it's hard to tell where this effect goes in color pie- the only thing like it is Panglacial Wurm in green. So I knew it had to have green. Then I considered what colors would have a good bit of creatures and a good bit of tutors, and it was gonna be Black for the second color, leaving either White or Red. Ultimately i went with Black and White because I feel like it's a good defensive color with few options in EDH (Ghave and Karador, both of which are very different playstyles than her, whereas she's actually somewhat similar to Mayael in Naya).

>Runebark
I think he's weird too, but I'm glad you dig him!

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I guess I could work on keyword ideas or something. Here's an ability word I cooked up but I'm not sure "being equipped" is narrow yet broad enough to build one around.

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>>49928850
Ah, I tossed around ideas for this a while back.

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>>49928760
>We talked about this
Sorry.

>Okay seriously, that's a porn name. Tell me it isn't.
Well, she is basically a superhero pin-up girl, or at least originally. Really, nearly all of her costumes are basically bikinis with capes. What's kinda interesting about the Knight name though is that it's a name used by another line of heroes with a similar origin (powers through tech). Specifically the Starmen... which I still have to make cards for. Closest I've gotten is Stargirl (yes, she's part of the Starmen legacy, it's kinda complicated), but I've been stuck for a while on what the hell the mentioned cards do, or if tutoring like this is a good idea. Might just do what I normally do and make the card to reflect the character always having their standard equipment, like with Phantom Lady.

>Hexproof
I'll try thinking of something.

>>49928850
If you're looking for things to do, how about a keyword/ability/anything in UB that isn't mill? I'd like to see other people's takes on the color pair since it seems that's all we'll ever get from Wizards with it.

>>49928863
Yeah yours is broader than mine. Maybe too broad though. I think the main issue with yours is it ends up feeling perhaps too much like Metalcraft even though it's a different circumstance. It's not bad, just... samey.

>>49928864
>Sorry.
Eh, not like I trip or use a set symbol. It's why I reminded you instead of getting all offended-like, which would be silly.

>Stormy Knight
I shall have to research her then. I love pinups. If she's a cool character to boot then all the better.

>Stargirl
This is parasitic as fuck but since you're not making a set and are basically just trying to make balanced cards in a vacuum that might interact with each other a bit in some cases, it's fine. Just treat the tutors like you're making a Rebel card; should be a good stepping-off point to balanced effects. Since she has haste though, she basically just ETBs tapped with a piece of her gear attached... which gives me an interesting idea... hang on.

>>49928879
Okay, seriously, you must know who I am because the UB evergreen is my Moby fucking Dick. I must slay the beast.

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>>49928937
>Stargirl
Hmm, just expand to Equipment? Sounds like a good idea.

>Stormy Knight
Actually, just looked her up again. Apparently, the different versions had different names, and Stormy wasn't the original, that was a more modern name. Apparently someone must've loved the pun. Though that version of the character is more of a Paris Hilton type, so that was likely the point.

>pinups
Here's one. Famous for being used in Seduction of the Innocent. Oh yeah, the Phantom Lady character is very old, dating back to the 40's.

>>49928937
>U/B Moby Dick
no, I had no idea. I tried my hand at "fixing" cipher once but that's about all I've done with it. Besides Voice of the Deep, which if you had infinite mana and a lot of life could still kinda be mill so ehhh

>>49928864
>>49928995
Tutoring equipment isn't red.

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>>49929020
This. And I could always use White later anyway. Though I personally don't think it's needed since Red has Equipment matters just as White does.

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>>49928993
Hm, comparing this to Gigantiform... I dunno. Its pretty damn good though.

>>49928995
Holy hell, that's cool. Old art like this is neat because it's got that nostalgic, classic feel to it, and it makes me wonder about the character more. I like old things.

>Stargirl
>>49929020 somewhat has a point, but I think you can figure something out if you tinker with some of red's new artifact love.

>>49929011
>Cipher
Meh, didn't care for it. But wait... that gives me an idea too... hmm. Hang on, again.

>card
But first, my idea from earlier seeing /CO/anon's card. This is probably a bad idea.

>>49929102
>Card
I think "Arm" would work better as a "When this creature enters the battlefield, you may pay (Arm cost). If you do, you may attach target equipment you control to it." This effect seems like it should be called something else. The actual card also seems preeeetttyyyy strong. 2/2 vigilance for 2 is relatively pushed, but then there's the chance its a 2/2 vigilance with a batterskull, sword of X&Y, jitte equipped for 4. I'd be careful, you're playing with fire

>Cipher
I liked it because it was a combat centric keyword in a not combat-y color pair, and the effect is pretty cool. its just that almost all of them are AWFUL, and the ones that aren't are subpar to par at best.

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>>49929102
>Arm
Don't really know about this, but the idea seems cool. Reminds me of a cycle I was doing for my zombie set. Basically, these creatures would enter the battlefield and get an equipment token attached to them.

>Phantom Lady
Bored rich girl takes to crimefighting/spy-smashing (ooh, I need to make a card for Spy Smasher), uses "black light ray projector" to do it. Basically, the black light was her gimmick. I'm not super familiar with the original character because I'm not into older comics though.

I'm more familiar with Stormy, who was, as I said, a bit of a Paris Hilton type. Her powers were complete gamebreakers though. Upgraded from blinding people in projected darkness to teleportation and intangibility.

Oh, though she is associated with the Freedom Fighters, which I should probably make cards for. And here's one now, the Human Bomb. Probably horribly balanced, sorry, I'll be sure to look over it again in the morning.

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>>49929161
Yeah I couldn't call it "Equipped" because, well...

>dangerous
Yes, it is. And the card is pushed to hell, and I keep not learning my lesson about making reasonable cards as showpieces for ideas. But I think the idea has merit, even if there are equipments that are really strong out there.

>Cipher
Hold on to your ass; the bad idea train has no brakes. Honestly this should probably use wording that requires you to tap the creature and pay a cost to cast a copy of the card from exile, but... I feel the warp overtaking me. It's a good pain.

>>49929205
>Arm
Thanks. It needs balancing work, but I like the keyword and the potential. The funny thing about it is it makes even commons dangerous because you can drop one with a rare or MR Equipment strapped to it in draft. It's like a "build your own" Living Weapon.

>black light
Like... don't use this in teenagers' bedrooms black light? The idea of a bored rich girl fighting crime because bored makes for an instantly more interesting Batman to me, even if her parents are alive and well.

>Human Bomb
This is hilarious. I love it.

>>49929269
Damn that is interesting design space. I think the wording needs slight tweaks but I'm too sleepy to explain further right now lol. I think tomorrow while I'm at work I'll play around with that mechanic and show you what I can come up with.

Anyway I'm headed to sleep. See you cool kids later

Rolled 7, 10, 3, 3 = 23 (4d10)

>>49897339
Rolling for Color, Type, Mechanic and CMC.

>>49929161
Oh, and real quick since I forgot to address your concerns over Legendblade Knight's base power level... in Dragons of Tarkir you can get a 2/2 for 1W that has vigilance and anthems it to all your Warriors at common. So... I think WW is safe in that regard. It's just the Arm costs that need to be tweaked, I think.

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>>49929664
>artifact hatefinity
I like it. Cost seems fair too.

>card
Derping around with this "Arm" idea some more. Does this read well? Remember: reminder text isn't rule text. It just needs to be clear about what it does. The intent is that you get to attach an equipment that costs less than the Armed cost, so if that doesn't read well in the reminder text, I'll need to re-jigger it.

>>49929713
My first read (without your explanation) was "costs less than what?" Because I could see it being CMC or armed cost.

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>>49929781
Hm. I contemplated doing away with the Armed cost and just doing the "etb tapped, attach weapon that costs less" thing which could simplify things, but it also removes the utility of having a creature with a high Armed cost that lets you drop it with expensive Equipment attached. I dunno what's more valuable though; the flexibility of the separate cost or the simplicity of the non-costed version. That version for reference.

>>49929814
I think the other guy had it right where it would be much better if it just attached an equipment you already had on the field to it. It's not often that you'll even get to use the ability if you're relying on said equipment being in your hand as you cast the creature.

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>>49929984
So I assume you'd want that as basically a creature keyworded version of the instant-attach Mirrodin artifact cycle? Something like this?

I dunno how much I like giving up on my original concept, but... this happens more often than I'd like, so it wears on a guy. Guess I'm stubborn.

>>49930026
I meant:
>When this creature enters the battlefield, you may attach target equipment you control to it.

Alternatively, add in an activation cost (only when it enters) or a CMC check for the equipment, which would probably be necessary for balance reasons.

The only problem with the ability you have "cheating in" equipment from your hand is that it really won't work out often enough to trigger or matter.

>>49930114
>not!Living Weapon sucks and you should feel bad
Well, alright then. I'll sleep on it.

>>49898803
This should probably exile "another" target permanent. As of now it's a one card infinite.

>>49901127
Fantastic. I want it to have Lifelink but that'd be fucked up.

>>49928438
I think that I'll change it to something
>Creatures can't attack
>Pay 4 life: Exile ~. Any player may activate this ability.

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>>49928619
I tend to hoard art, so when I'm feeling uninspired I try to do something top-down. Maybe you should try that?

>>49929269
>black light
No, it's completely different, it's negative light, projected darkness. Imagine a flashlight, but instead of a beam of light, it creates a beam of pitch black darkness that is impossible to see through. Basically every fight with her has the bad guy going "Get her! Oh no, I can't see a thing!"

>Human Bomb
I guess I am becoming better at balancing, thanks.

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first try at making a card, what do you guys think about it? did i go wrong somewhere? too overpowered maybe, it should probably cost more

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>>49934007
made a couple changes

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Which way should I go with this?

>>49934643
Left

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>>49934117
Second card i made. this is a lot of fun, just have no idea if these are balanced

Please read the OP.

>>49934117
I have no Idea what that first ability is supposed to do. That second ability is clearly blue/black. Don't mix hybrids with the multicolor.

>>49934753
It really weak, also vigilance is mostly white and a little green.

>>49934117
Should be "defending player"

>>49934007
>>49934117
What the fuck am I reading?

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>>49935172

>>49935471
>Instant
>P/T
>UBG: Get your combo

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>>49935518
Oops, I knew something was amiss.

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>>49935540

>>49935471
I don't get Ode. Why Ludevic? Why Red mana?

>>49935663
/edhg/ memes, someone posted an obviously fake leak, a card exactly like that and everyone fell for it.

>>49935630
It feels so good to be right. >>49931978

>>49935731
But that thread has Lim-Dul's Vault in it, how did you not see it?

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>Takanakuy (Quechua for "to hit each other")[1] is an annual established practice of fighting fellow community members held on 25 December, by the inhabitants of Chumbivilcas Province

>The festival consists of dancing and of individuals fighting each other to settle old conflicts or simply to display their manhood.[3][4]

>>49934920
You're right, i'm taking out the second ability. and i thought the first ability on moving mountain could be used to change your manas colors, so you could use your originally green mana for red instead. in my head this seems really useful but i guess not?

and on the fabled undergod you think he could be worth less and not take 2 life each upkeep? or add red ability? because looking at the god cards i have they are only 4 mana

>>49935172
do you have any advice, also rereading op

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>>49934007
>>49934753

i think this one is more realistic maybe

>>49935803
Okay I'll try to explain what I meant.

Someone posted Lim-Dul's Vault in /edhg/ and said that the wording was too complicated. People were explaining the card to the guy and I came with that scry 5 wording

Some dude got really butt blasted over it saying mine wording was different wizards doesn't do erratas anymore, it came out in ice age way before scry was even a thing, and I said that while it was different it was also close enough.

I'm not sure, but I think that he thought that I wanted wizards to change Lim-Dul's Vault to that and anyone who knows wizards know that they go extreme lengths to make sure that old cards keep doing the same as they did when they where printed and refuse to change them, refuse to do functional erratas.

But (you) by reading my card and linking it to Lim-Dul's Vault you just confirmed to me that it was indeed close enough to Lim-Dul's Vault and thus satisfying my autism.