Your Time has come
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Posted on Oct. 3, 2022, 3:38 p.m. by Stardragon
Im really proud of my Grim Reaper thoughts? Nothing can protect creatures from dying for death is inevitable and can be quick (deathtouch) or slowly creep up you (-1/-1 counters or you personally losing 3 life). But Death holds no favorites so if you summon this avatar know that will also be waiting to reap you. But the veil beyond death holds knowledge that many convent (scry and draw) though it is never without risk or a price (the life loss) and allows none to return to the world where they no longer belong to (sorry reanimate decks)
The Faithful Steed that no life can outrun
The Harold of death itself nothing can hide from it
It tells how long till the end-TBH I think this could be reworked or tweaked
Flavor text that couldn't be fit: "Each grain that falls is another life that has ended."
The tool to reap life and bring to it's reasting place-Probably need some kinda graveyard hate to keep with the theme and maybe more powerful to make worthy of a mythic rarity?
Stardragon says... #3
Icbrgr just up dated this post now has the whole death crew let know your thoughts
Death could also deck you since you since your drawing all those cards... may instead of scrying it should surveil instead?
October 3, 2022 5:07 p.m.
TheOfficialCreator says... #4
Nevermore seems insanely powerful and not for the reason you may think lol
It's a 2/3 flying for 2 mana that cantrips upon ETB and that Valentin, Dean of the Vein Flips with a little bit of extra effect.
And wouldn't Fate just have shroud?
In any case, I love the flavor of these cards. The art and the abilities work together very well. The syntax is a bit all over the place, but it's pretty easy to understand what the card is supposed to do so like always it's really not that big a deal. I love your designs, keep 'em coming! ^^
October 4, 2022 8:47 a.m.
Stardragon says... #5
TheOfficialCreator yes fate has the hexproof wording but since it doesn't have the keyword Death can't take it away
October 5, 2022 2:32 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
I have to get to bed so I'll read more later, but I have an initial thought for Soul Reap.
Generally speaking, with abilities like this you'll have the denoted keyword and a multiplier. For example,
- Mill 3
- Devour 2
- Scry X
By that logic, and how the scry and loss of life are both set at 2, you may want to have it as "Soul Reap 2". Or in other words,
- Soul Reap n (Whenever a nontoken creature dies, scry n and you lose n life. Draw a card.)
"n" was the common value holder way back in the day, whereas X is the variable holder. So "scry n" informed you that you would scry and there would be a value associated with it, be that value of 1, 2, 5, 100 or a variable amount of X. All of these are contained within "n".
Also, fantastic use of both the Elder and Avatar subtypes for your reaper! That's so perfect!
October 6, 2022 12:39 a.m. Edited.
Stardragon says... #8
TypicalTimmy, TheOfficialCreator and Icbrgr finally got around to updating these cards will list the changes down below as mtg.design doest up date immediatly
Death-Nothing major just took Timmy's advice and made Soul Reap, Soul Reap 2 instead
Fate- Increased the mana cost and added Vigilance and Fear to the card, as most people fear their fate and fate never stops and is Always Watching and cannot be stopped
Nevermore- made it a three drop and took out the Valentin, Dean of the Vein Flip esk effect and added it the Harvest instead
End- Just added a graveyard nuke to the final ability to have keep with the theme
Harvest- Made it a enchantment artifact, changed it's equip cost to also need to to exile two cards from your grave, added the Valentin, Dean of the Vein Flip effect from Nevermore on to this card and made it the three Death creatures (Death Fate and Nevermore) aren't hit by it bad effects. and made it an enchantment artifact so the final ability will always go off
Let me know what you think of the changes (the pictures will probably be update the day after this post has benn posted)
Icbrgr says... #2
I really like this through and through!
In a weird way a heavily populated board state followed by a wipe/sweeper could be this cards biggest weakness because it doesn't say "may"... you would be forced to scry draw and lose all that life...
I love it actually neat idea!
October 3, 2022 4 p.m.