DubMC on Bite of the Bloodstained

31 minutes ago

I like Castle Locthwain better and I probably wouldn't run them both. Might be worth at least one though!

Tsukimi on Card creation challenge

6 hours ago

Perchance to Dream

Enchantment

At the beginning of each upkeep each player chooses Slumber or Sustenance.

Sleep - You cannot cast spells this turn. At the beginning of your next upkeep, draw two cards. Create a Moonlit Path enchantment token with "Sacrifice: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool."

Sustenance - Create your choice of a tapped treasure or food token. The first spell you cast this turn costs less to cast.

"Many mages think they can create some ultimate spell to craft everything to their whim. The truth in power lies in choice, and the more choice you allow an opponent the more deadly a spell can be."

Create a card like the one above which forces players to play the game a bit differently. Bonus points if choice is involved

RiotRunner789 on Avacyn, Angel of Reanimation

8 hours ago

34 lands has seen like enough. Especially considering 15 mana rocks, 9 creature ramp, 2 enchantment ramp, and 3 rituals (or 63 slots of the deck). Goldfishing, there has been some mana-screw but mana flood, especially post commander cast, is common. Nyx Lotus is probably the weak link that could be swapped with Expedition Map or another rock, it's just a power house once Avacyn is out. Sadly there's no mana sink in the deck to make use of the mana post Avacyn but there shouldn't be too much of a game post Avacyn.

Based on goldfishing, I probably need more card draw to fuel the deck post-commander. Though, in most cases, I should win/have control within a turn or two after untapping with Avacyn.

On Grave Pact, it was a win-more card. I think in any other aristocrats deck it is an auto-include. But there are 5 Fleshbag Marauder effects in the deck, and each one acts as a Grave Pact on their own. It was cut because it cost 4 and wasn't a creature.

Ajalira_Zomalin on Let Us Fat the Sacrificial …

15 hours ago

Itachi I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean?

Brinckenberger on Rith Tokens

18 hours ago

Dropped Ragavan to add him to mono red, added Nest Invader.

Brinckenberger on Golgari Elves

18 hours ago

Dropped Nykthos (adding to mono red Dragons), added a forest.

Brinckenberger on Teval - Sultai Casual

18 hours ago

Dropped Mox Jasper to put in Dragons deck, added Something Worth Saving.

Stardragon on Empower Walkers

19 hours ago

So I like the empower Jace mechanic so it got me thinking on what the other empower tokens could look like. Here are my takes on what some of the other token walkers could look like

Chandra: -2 deal 2 to target creature or planeswalker -3 Discard a card draw a card

Liliana: -2 target player did cards a card -4 destroy target creature or planeswalker

Garruk: -2 Target creature fights another creature -4 create a 2/2 green beast with trample

Ajani: -1 gain 2 life, -4 create a 2/2 white cat creature token with lifeline

Elespeth: -2 create a 1/1 white soldier token -3: Target creature or planeswalker gain protection from a color until the end of the turn

Ugin: -3: Add -5: manifest the top card of your library

Sorin: -3 each opponent loses 2 life you gain 2 life -4 create a 1/1 black or white vampire token with lifeline or deathtouch (not such which yet)

What are your guys thoughts on my ideas and what would you change or which walker would you add? (I honestly forget which walkers are still walkers and which are sparkless now)

wallisface on Why Has WotC Not Reprinted …

20 hours ago

There can be multiple reasons for not making a reprint:

1. The cards rules are outdated/complicated. Many old cards have confusing or off-putting card text, even when using the oracle text. In almost all pre-constructed products like commander decks, wotc is trying to cater for the more casual player, so adding this text-mess complicates the product for no gain

2. The card might be too expensive. With pre-constructed product, Wotc try to avoid selling a product that has its contents too overvalued compared to its price-point, as this just ends up causing all kinds of scalping issues.

3. The card might be too cheap/worthless. For special guest cards within sealed product, wotc wants these to at least feel special/sort-after. Even the cheap cards in these slots are cards that are usually played regularly in different formats. A cheap card that nobody plays isn’t helpful

4. The card might have no cohesion. With pre-constructed product, the deck needs to make sense and function. Adding in random nonsense for the sake of it undermines the product.

5. There’s no demand. Wotc can only reprint so much in a year, so they have to prioritise what they think needs to be reprinted.

6. The card exhibits old design philosophies the company no longer wants to encourage. Martyr's Cause is not going to be a fun card for 99% of players and is against the companies current design approach.

7. The card is a trap for new players. Claws of Gix is going to ruin many new players experiences that think lifegain is good (for the record, I do think they’ll reprint this card one day, as some older formats can abuse it, but more likely as a special guest card where newer players are less-likely to get their hands on it and do stupid things).

8. As you’ve already eluded to, the card could be unbalanced - either by being too weak for 2026, or too strong (or, just creating toxic gameplay that wotc doesn’t want happening).

Wotc has no requirement to reprint specific cards. They’ll reprint what they want to, and the community with either be happy or sad as-appropriate.

Lame_Duck on Finding a home for Emrakul, …

21 hours ago

OK, I can see it; cast Emrakul, untap your lands, equip Emrakul with Fishing Pole and make a Fish token every turn until your opponent surrenders and then you go and watch Shrek together.