Chris Taylor
Contributor
Way nicer. Though I admit it'd be even more awesome with nonrandom discard.
You think magic is ready for this spell to deal 5? I've always love shrapnel blast, despite the effect it has on games
General Fighting Disappointment: Lets fix some cards that were almost sweet
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Way nicer. Though I admit it'd be even more awesome with nonrandom discard.
You think magic is ready for this spell to deal 5? I've always love shrapnel blast, despite the effect it has on games
Umezawa is awkward because his effect, while strong has more conditions than it seems (need the mana to do cause a death+cast+something in yard+two targets optimally). He's also a grey ogre, which is never where I want to be.
Sonic burst is a card I'd actually want to see if I were enabling hellbent/flashback themes? Kind of awkward since I was just panning Rakdos in my friends dual-block rav cube this week. I think it is fine at 4 though, a 2 mana lava-axe is probably degenerate, especially at instant speed.
Sonic burst is a card I'd actually want to see if I were enabling hellbent/flashback themes? Kind of awkward since I was just panning Rakdos in my friends dual-block rav cube this week. I think it is fine at 4 though, a 2 mana lava-axe is probably degenerate, especially at instant speed.
I think it's almost there pal. It's really one of those "If I untap with it watch out!" sorta cards. Those cards used to feel pretty okay on 4-5 cc creatures but I'm not sure about it now.
Bringing it down to 4R would be a real start. That would be a really fun cube card though, think of the unique memories and boardstates
3/5 for 4R and scale down the bonus to +3/+0?
Trample also makes a big difference on cards like this.
Admittedly I don't have as much cubing experience as I'd like, but it strikes me that (to me) the recursion is the most interesting part of the card. I have to assume when I play him, he's dead though. My instinct is to be in the market for a 3/4 (doesn't die to bolt) for 3R, or even more color-hungry at 2RR, with some change to the bonus.
The 'instants-matter' Izzet flavor is pretty cool, I suppose the alternative would be to make him cheaper/lower toughness/haste, with a benefit of first strike or something. More like a ball-lightning design.
The 'instants-matter' Izzet flavor is pretty cool, I suppose the alternative would be to make him cheaper/lower toughness/haste, with a benefit of first strike or something. More like a ball-lightning design.
Give him a try as is Eric, I think he might be worth a go.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Oh god
Better Versions of Goblin Cohort
Mogg Cohort - R
Cannot attack or block alone.
2/2
Gruul Cohort - R/G
Soulbond
As long as Gruul Cohort is paired with another creature, each of those creatures gets +1/+1.
1/1
Mogg Cohort - R
Cannot attack or block alone.
2/2
Gruul Cohort - R/G
Soulbond
As long as Gruul Cohort is paired with another creature, each of those creatures gets +1/+1.
1/1
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Would it be too good if he could not block alone, but could attack unhampered?
I like how the title of this thread makes it seem like we have an emotional self-help board.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I actually think he's awesome 
The only regret I have is that 5 is a bit much for the kind of decks that want him (turning strangleroot geist and hell's thunder into dragons)
Maybe if he made 4/4s and cost 4?
The only regret I have is that 5 is a bit much for the kind of decks that want him (turning strangleroot geist and hell's thunder into dragons)
Maybe if he made 4/4s and cost 4?
Chris Taylor
Contributor
His backup mode is a draw engine (Compare dark tutelage). Very little else has you sacrificing (Not exiling!) creatures to make 5/5 flyings.
He would probably be too good at 4cc if he still made 5/5s. Maybe if the token were smaller, but for now I think he's okay.
also bonus points if you ever use his "ultimate"
[6:37:58 PM] Jason Waddell: Bushido would be so much cooler if it left behind +1/+1 counters
[6:38:15 PM] Jason Waddell: what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and all that
[6:38:38 PM] Jason Waddell: you'd be letting things swing through until you could mount an appropriate defense
[6:38:15 PM] Jason Waddell: what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and all that
[6:38:38 PM] Jason Waddell: you'd be letting things swing through until you could mount an appropriate defense
[6:37:58 PM] Jason Waddell: Bushido would be so much cooler if it left behind +1/+1 counters
[6:38:15 PM] Jason Waddell: what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and all that
[6:38:38 PM] Jason Waddell: you'd be letting things swing through until you could mount an appropriate defense
Yes! But remove the block part and make it when blocked only, or you get stupid growing walls.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I actually forgot Bushido activated on blocking (not just becoming blocked).
Onderzeeboot
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If Fencing Ace is playable, isn't this a little over the top? I do love the design though
If Fencing Ace is playable, isn't this a little over the top? I do love the design though
I think in a high removal density environment it's not so big of a deal. Unless you run a ton of Grafted Wargears or whatnot.