Mancipatio
Custom Cards forum
Posted on Sept. 3, 2021, 11:06 p.m. by TypicalTimmy
Enchantment
, Tap five creatures you control, : Choose target permanent target player controls and target permanent you control. If both players agree, exchange control of those permanents.
Caerwyn, thoughts? I was going to involve treasure tokens but that'd be difficult to work with. You already need five creatures, which isn't unheard of. So I think the mana cost works well, too.
I didn't want to say "target opponent" because it could work in THG or Archenemy now with teams.
It's basically group hug + politics.
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"Oh you need a mana fixing? I'll give you my Command Tower for your Sword of Fire and Ice."
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"What do you want for your Vedalken Orrery?"
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"Wanna trade Commanders? Lol"
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"I can take out Opponent B, but I need haste. Can I borrow Fervor for a turn?"
Maybe add if opponent disagree untap all lands you control?
September 4, 2021 5 a.m.
smackjack - If you did that, the card basically becomes “tap five creatures you control: untap all lands you control.” After all, you could just say “let’s exchange my tapped 1/1 token for your [insert powerful card here]”, making the deal so untenable that they’re bound to say no and allow you to untap your lands.
Caerwyn says... #2
I have a few problems with the card.
First, from a simple mechanical stance, it should not tap. In the entire game, there are only two mono-enchantments that tap--Witch's Mist and Second Wind. Both of these, however, come from Future Sight--a set designed to do weird things and which is not really precedent for what the game's design can do.
I also think this is extremely over-costed. Not only do you have to spend five mana to cast the card, you have to spend three to activate it, tap five creatures, and your opponent has to agree.
What's more--your opponent does not agree until all costs are paid. They would be able to strike a bargain with you, get you to tap down all your creatures and a significant investment of mana, then renege on the deal after you have committed to the costs. That makes the card problematic from both a risk-reward balancing stance in deciding to activate, and from a general social contract stance, since it encourages folks to backstab their friends.
September 3, 2021 11:20 p.m.