New Creature Versions of Enchantments

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Posted on July 3, 2020, 6:13 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

Making a creature that is identical to an existing enchantment is one of the easiest methods in this game for making new creatures, because creatures are much easier to exploit than are enchantments, so I have created several creatures that are inspired by existing enchantments, as seen, here.

Dark Prophet Show

This creature is modeled after Dark Prophecy, which is a great card, but cannot do anything on its own. It has a higher mana cost, but one that is more lenient about its color requirements. I was contemplating making it either a zombie or a vampire, but I then decided that those types do not need to have every awesome effect that black has to offer.

Spidersilk Shaman Show

This creature is modeled after Spidersilk Armor, which, as with the previous enchantment, is useless without at least one creature on the battlefield. It has one minor yet important difference in that it also increases the power of other creatures on the battlefield, not only their toughness, since I feel that creatures in recent years have improved sufficiently that that is now acceptable. Again, I feel that a mere 1 mana more over its predecessor is acceptable.

Sylvan Librarian Show

This creature is clearly inspired by Sylvan Library, which I actually feel is out of green's domain by today's standards; black would make much more sense for this effect, but I could not miss an opportunity to use that name. Unlike the previous two creatures, this one costs 2 mana more than its predecessor, because I personally feel that a mere 2 mana is far too low of a cost for such a powerful effect. I was planning to make this creature only a 2/2, but I felt that that would be too low for a creature that costs 4 mana, but a 3/3 would have been too powerful, so I made it a 2/3.

Privileged Princess Show

This creature is inspired by Privileged Position, which, again, cannot do anything on its own. I kept the same mana cost, because I feel that that is the perfect cost for such an effect. The flavor text is to explain how this card makes sense: a princess is using her wealth and position of authority to assist others who are in need. Her low power is to show that she is not accustomed to a life of hardship, but her high toughness shows that she can afford protection (and also to prevent her from being destroyed by a single Lightning Bolt).

What does everyone else think of these cards? Did I do well with them?

DemonDragonJ says... #2

Does anyone have anything to say about these cards?

July 4, 2020 9:48 a.m.

These creatures basicalky are Magi. Always a good thing to have more of.

Dark Prophet seems obvious, but isn't something perfectly new.

Sylvan Librarian is pretty cool, but as you said would rather be black.

I like spidersilk shaman, but I feel like it should be a spider. That would be a big flavour win, as well.

I really like Privilieged Princess. That is a great concept, and i'd really like to see that card in a set.

July 4, 2020 11:26 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #4

seshiro_of_the_orochi, I agree that a creature that grants reach to other creatures should be a spider, but I could not think of an appropriate name for it, so I chose a very easy name for it, instead.

July 5, 2020 9:47 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #5

Here is a new creature that I have devised:

Bongo, Goblin War Drummer Show

This creature was inspired by Goblin War Drums, which is another enchantment that cannot do anything on its own. I made it legendary, so that it could be used as a general in an EDH deck, and I also had it provide haste in addition to menace, because I felt that it was underpowered otherwise.

What does everyone think of this new card?

July 13, 2020 7:33 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #6

Here is another creature that I designed:

Rhystic Student Show

This creature is clearly modeled after Rhystic Study, but with a stricter casting cost, because of how powerful and how heavily blue its ability is. With such a powerful ability, I kept the power and toughness of this creature low, so that it could remain relatively balanced at 4 mana.

What does everyone else think of this card?

August 2, 2020 8:01 p.m.

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