Vincent, Jarl of Fjalir
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Posted on July 18, 2020, 7:32 p.m. by SoulTrasher626
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I had the idea of having my own commander for my edh-deck Fjalirs weiße Rose and would like to know your opinion.
The card should represent my OC and support the deck. He himself is a vampire planeswalker who is specialized in hunting and raid warfare with druid skills and he fights on the front line himself. You may have balancing ideas or other more suitable skills. I would definitely look forward to your answers.
SoulTrasher626 says... #3
I tried to attribute the ability of Saskia the Unyielding "As Saskia the Unyielding enters the battlefield, choose a player. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to the chosen player." as an ability to my card.
Basically, the ability should say, "Whenever a player has been dealt combat damage by a creature, that creature will deal damage equal to the amount of combat damage that creature did."
I figured this skill already exists on a creature so similarly that it's good for a planeswalker who specializes in raiding. But if it is too confusing and written too powerful in this way, how would you write an ability in this direction?
July 19, 2020 7:21 a.m.
Coward_Token says... #4
Could just template it to "If a creature you control would deal combat damage to a player, it deals twice that combat damage instead."
July 19, 2020 8:12 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #5
Then maybe or colored mana to increase the converted manacosts?
And yes, although I used Gideon, Ally of Zendikar as a template, but i think for the +1 to be "Until end of turn, Vincent, Jarl of Fjalir becomes a 4/4 Vampire Berserker Schaman creature with lifelink/firststrike that's still a planeswalker." because I think it fits better and it makes it fairer to defeat him. And the -8 to be _"Target oppenent gets an emblem with "Whenever a creature attacks you, it gets +4/+4 and gains trample until end of turn.""
July 19, 2020 8:19 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #6
Coward_Token that sounds way better, but I'm not sure if it can be prevented with cards like Fog. As now, the additional damage should not count as combat damage.
July 19, 2020 8:22 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #7
Change Charging Tuskodon's ability so that it says "a creature you control" instead of its name. Fog will prevent both the damage doubling replacement effect like Coward_Token and I are suggesting and the trigger you have written since the combat damage is never dealt.
July 19, 2020 8:36 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #8
So best then?
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July 19, 2020 8:44 a.m.
Coward_Token says... #9
Gidgetimer: Good call, I didn't even need that second explicit usage of "combat damage".
The doubled damage Charging Tuskodon deals is still combat damage. (2018-01-19)
July 19, 2020 8:52 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #10
So can I leave it that way? Or should the +1, -8 and 4 be adjusted?
July 19, 2020 8:57 a.m.
SoulTrasher626 says... #12
I made the change to the triggered ability, the new cmc 6 and the loyalty to 5 at the top of the thread.
Gidgetimer says... #2
I am confused by the triggered ability. Specifically the last clause of it "like the player took combat damage." If you are trying to say what I interpret this as, the ability keeps triggering itself and 1 point of combat damage from any of your creatures is lethal to anyone. This would be incredibly imbalanced.
July 18, 2020 8:44 p.m.