pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
I would play the second one for funsies, but the 1st one for competitive play. Just have your opponent play some ridiculous ramp deck and counter everything under the sun.
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Magic: the Gathering |OT4| Izzet Me; Izzet You? A Love Story
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95% of the time I have Momir Vig out on turn 3, then I grab Prophet of Krupix (which lets me tutor for any creature because he's UG), cast Prophet on my turn 4, cast Gilt-Leaf Archdruid during their turn 4 because I have mana and can flash creatures with Prophet, then turn 5 I play about 10 druids thanks to the Gilt-Leaf/ Momir interaction, and then all their lands are gone from Gilt-Leaf's effect.
It seems good, but I have yet to playtest. I may have beaten commander as a format though.
It seems good, but I have yet to playtest. I may have beaten commander as a format though.
Lol fucked that up. Posted anyways.
An aggressive red 2 drop that doesn't want to be played turn 2.
No evasion or haste mean this will never connect anyway. It's a cute card but every creature being huge and burn being essentially capped at 3 damage means it'll hardly connect.
Also, this is way worse than Snapcaster, and Snapcaster should've totally been red #thxWotC #redstillworstcolor #bluebestcreaturesandbestspells
Scab-Clan Berserker
Creature - Human Berserker
Haste
Renown 1
Whenever an opponent casts a non-creature spell, if Scab-Clan Berserker is renowned, Scab-Clan Berserker deals 2 damage to that player.
2/2
This is the best spoiler of this page, and that's not saying much because I think the rest are pretty terrible. These creatures starts off too weak before being Renowned.
Let's make Snapcaster Mage red and give him a more conditional ability.
Yes it's worse but it's a cleaner design because it's not always cast with an upside, or I should say the advantages change from T2-T8. Cast on T3 to hit a land drop you may be missing or T8 to hit something cool, hopefully. Scry is running around more so there's always that.
It's no Bolt-Snap-Bolt but I think that was the point. The lines of play to take with Abbot aren't that obvious.
Also, I'm not certain that this will happen in any competitive environment but I'd love to put a Splinter Twin on this guy. Reminds me of Twin on Wall of Omens back when U/W/R was a thing.
I'm glad they're exploring Red's 'card draw through exile' space, but it still just feels like a worse blue ability. Maybe if it was like "exile the top card, you may cast any instant or sorcery revealed this way for free if the CMC is 3 or less until end of turn". They're just so cautious with Red for some reason. Abbot is a clean design, it's a fine card mid-to-late game, I just wish they'd take the kid gloves off more often.
I still say Scab-Clan Berserker should have had Menace and not Haste. Honestly they could have pushed it a little and gave it both (and made it a goblin haha) but again, Red is treated with great caution.
I still say Scab-Clan Berserker should have had Menace and not Haste. Honestly they could have pushed it a little and gave it both (and made it a goblin haha) but again, Red is treated with great caution.
divisionbyzorro
Member
He'd be cool with Flash, actually. If you flash him in, you could cast another spell and maybe eat a blocker, but you'd be gambling on whiffing on the comes-into-play ability. At least he'd be an entertaining card that way.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I don't blame them for being cautious with Red but that's only because so far the best expansion of Red they've had is card advantage and 20 years into the game they still keep screwing up card advantage in Blue. If red becomes too good at it burn just becomes even more combo.
I'd like to see them push the color in other areas. Here's hoping they actually have some up their sleeve
Solid points about the card advantage stuff.
As for the bolded, I think they're making a massive mistake in ignoring Red's "artistic" or "emotional" side. Spitballing here, but how about "actors" that take on the "role" of other creatures? So you could represent that maybe through activated cloning effects. Enthralling Victor is an interesting idea as it "inspires" other creatures. Why not explore that space more? You could have a rumor monger style guy in a bar who "inspires" two creatures you don't control to fight each other. There are so many cool, creative ways to go about this, and they're so slow to move on expanding what the color can do. It's frustrating. I feel like they're working toward expansion for Red, but it's so hard to see at this point.
acheron_xl
Member
Red has temporary stealing, maybe they should get conditional/temporary cloning?
They already have that- see every Splinter Twin variant ever.
acheron_xl
Member
Yeah, but make it bigger. Bleed it down into uncommon. More "this becomes", less "put a token copy".
SigmasonicX
Member
Abbot of Keral Keep is fine if you view it as an Elvish Visionary with a weaker ETB that is a bit stronger afterward--even when not taking prowess into consideration.
divisionbyzorro
Member
How about this as a red creature? Trying to play in the space of love and emotion:
I'm sure there are all sorts of things wrong with that card, but it seems like a sweet way to make a card that tells a story. I wanted a creature that would "jump in front of the bullet" for someone they loved.
I'm sure there are all sorts of things wrong with that card, but it seems like a sweet way to make a card that tells a story. I wanted a creature that would "jump in front of the bullet" for someone they loved.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Weird mana ramp card if you ask me.
Blue Mythic probably is just just Exemplars Part 2.
Blue Mythic probably is just just Exemplars Part 2.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Lol fucked that up. Posted anyways.
An aggressive red 2 drop that doesn't want to be played turn 2.
Kind of amazing how underrated this card seems to be. Its fine as a turn 2 drop in an aggressive red deck and even better when its not. Definitely going to be a staple in standard at least.
acheron_xl
Member
Blinded By Rage
1RR
Sorcery
Exile target player's hand until end of turn.
That's justifiable. I think.
1RR
Sorcery
Exile target player's hand until end of turn.
That's justifiable. I think.
So sick of limited dictating cards like that.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Nobody will ever kill your Blood Rite priest.
I've finally found the card to make Alesha work well:
And as for my other idea, I don't think it works best on a creature, but instead should be a spell.
The problem is that the card functionally plays as "Destroy 2 Target Creatures"
This really isn't just a limited issue.
Even in constructed it's pretty nuts. It's basically a Reckless Spite with no drawback.
Also, limited is the best.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
You know what WotC? You clearly can't design red, so just give up and give us back the good red spells and we'll call it a day. Lightning Bolt, Char, Starstorm, Fireball, Disintegrate...let's go. Stop messing around with horsecrap versions of other cards and give us the good versions of the only design space you know how to use. Lightning Strike and Magma Jet ain't it.
These weren't posted here yet:
'Fixed' survival of the fittest.
Evolutionary Leap 1G
Enchantment
G, Sacrifice a creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Red Guy saw some play. Seeker of the Way saw play at similar stats. Yes, he's not nearly as good on Turn 2, but he's also not a bad Turn 2 play by any real means.
Green card is a riff on Survival, but way worse.
Green card is a riff on Survival, but way worse.
acheron_xl
Member
Talent of the Telepath should've been red.
Could be good with Eldrazi Spawn to feed to it.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Animist's Awakening is sort of....okay? A lucksack Cultivate in function. Too bad it doesn't feed the graveyard.
LOL. And blue now gets red's temporary card advantage, but better. What the fuck.
LOL. And blue now gets red's temporary card advantage, but better. What the fuck.
It really shouldn't.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
No way. Talent is like one of the most exciting mill cards I've seen in a long time.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Dude, no. It's one of the more exciting mill cards they have printed in a long time.
acheron_xl
Member
If it was red, it probably wouldn't mill.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Great in the mill mirror =V
What is Red about "pull a spell from your memory and use it"?
It's not even from your memory, it's from someone else's memory (it can only target opponents).
Digging into someones mind and beating them with their own magic is about the most blue thing you can do.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
But other than the mill portion, it's red's "new" effect, but strictly better. Red still has to pay mana for its revealed spells. Blue just gets to cast them for free. Two of them.
Right. I meant "your" as in "the caster's opponent" but I can see how that isn't clear now.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Are you new? Red is burn + bad versions of other color effects.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Survival its not but its a cool engine to cycle through creatures with ETB/dying effects (especially ones that generate tokens). Seems pretty neat.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I know. I keep hoping they're going to take fixing red's gaps seriously. Telepath is definitely a blue ability, but being able to cast 2 spells for free is absurd.
acheron_xl
Member
I don't care about the flavor, I was talking purely mechanically. It seems like a Reversal of Fortune-type spell to me, only it's blue - the most lazily obvious color for the effect.
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