Will Colorless Artifacts No Longer Have Powerful Effects?
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Posted on Sept. 11, 2019, 9 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
WotC has been printing a greater number of colored artifacts in recent years, which does not bother me, but I worry that colorless artifacts will become less powerful as a result of that, which I obviously dislike, since the ability to have powerful and interesting effects in any deck is a major appeal of artifacts, not only for me, but for many players, I am certain.
What does everyone else say about this? Will colorless artifacts no longer be as powerful, now that colored artifacts are more prevalent?
Suns_Champion says... #3
I, for one, would be VERY interested in a Borosfoot Boots...
September 11, 2019 9:12 p.m.
Meh, I don't know what to think there. I do like the idea of generic mana producing more neutral, generic effects. There is something to be said for the diversity drain and pooping on the color pie when more specific & desirable traits are given to generic cards. The Immortal Sun wasn't too long ago. Maybe high CMC + legendary status is a good compromise for that kind of thing... Maybe I would need more specific examples of the type of powerful generic artifacts you have in mind.
September 11, 2019 9:37 p.m.
Artifacts are like blue cards. They're shit until someone fucks up or intentionally pushes them too far.
September 12, 2019 12:03 a.m.
TypicalTimmy I don't think it's fair to say that Arvail's card analysis is "objectively wrong". Most mono-blue decks consistently run nearly identical cards in the 99, at least at the competitive level because the power level of blue cards developed much earlier than other pieces of the color pie. Time Walk was an early print while MtG was figuring out what it wanted to do, and Time Warp was the fixed version of it to give an example. Blue also has Force of Will , which, believe it or not, was originally intended to be a red card when it was being developed.
I personally don't think artifacts are getting weaker generally. We're getting Arcane Signet which is now effectively the best mana rock at 2CMC even in mono-colored decks considering it's an inline replacement to something like Coldsteel Heart in mono-color because it doesn't enter tapped. Wizards is always going to be testing things with balancing, but also throwing us a bone here and there. That's just how balancing and power creep works in card games I suppose.
DemonDragonJ says... #2
TypicalTimmy, I like that idea: as long as colorless artifacts have a higher mana cost, they should be able to do anything that colored cards can do.
September 11, 2019 9:10 p.m.