General Custom Cards: The Lab

[Chris Taylor]

Oh I specifically want this making additional trinkets, that's the whole draw of the token deck in my cube: that it's more than just putting 1/1s on the battlefield until you lose.

The artifact deck does involve a lot of trinket cardboard as well, and it's in Mardu so you could play this thing if your mana is right.

 

[Brad]

https://imgur.com/a/6sZOmKr

WotC could make these in MH3. Especially the fetches.

EDIT: Scryfall had better art for the new basics. My versions are improved.

 

[Humpty_Dumpty]

It's a shame that Wastes isn't a land type. "Land - Plains Wastes" would be very elegant.

 

[Brad]

It's a shame that Wastes isn't a land type. "Land - Plains Wastes" would be very elegant.

It is an it isn't. Increasing Domain to 6 is a real consideration.

I was thinking that maybe the Desolate cycle should be. "T: Add C. T, Sac: search for land type tapped." A monocolored slow fetch seems a lot better than the current design.

 

[Velrun]

It is an it isn't. Increasing Domain to 6 is a real consideration.

It isn’t. And it cannot give domain.

Can you explain how you see it differently?

 

[Chris Taylor]

I think what Brad's saying is they're a type of land (they're basic, you can grab a fistfull from the basic land box, etc) but they don't provide a 6th land type. Type of Land vs Land Type, if you will.

You could just put barry's land in. It has some knockon effects, but not a ton.

 

[Velrun]

Can’t be what he meant because he commented on this:

It's a shame that Wastes isn't a land type. "Land - Plains Wastes" would be very elegant.

 

[Mown]

If Wastes was a land type, the card Wastes, a basic land, would presumably also have the type, which would make it a sixth basic land type, resulting in there now being 6 in the game.

 

[Velrun]

Which it doesn't have. Still and since 2016 (Oath of the Gatewatch)

Would be cool if it had though. Too late now

 

[Brad]

I think what Brad's saying is they're a type of land (they're basic, you can grab a fistfull from the basic land box, etc) but they don't provide a 6th land type. Type of Land vs Land Type, if you will.

You could just put barry's land in. It has some knockon effects, but not a ton.

Can’t be what he meant because he commented on this:

Chris is correct.

 

[Watermelon]

Bestow and Backup have a child, then the child has a child with Eternal TCG's Versatile mechanic

 

[Watermelon]

Excuse the weird wording and mana costs. The framing is for my twist on the game.
I specially like this version of lantern bearer to enable ninjutsu then give flying to the ninja

 

[Velrun]

Makes me think of bestow.

https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle:Bestow+(game:paper)

In case you need inspiration for more card designs.

 

[Watermelon]

I found a fucked up way to help delirium and I want to share it with you guys

I'm trying to keep them somewhat flavorful to make sense

 

[Watermelon]

Some cards I made

Note that these are designed for the 4-land-max cube where cards cost 3 or less. Also the colorless mana symbol actually stands for 1 mana of any color.
From left to right:
1 & 2: Hatebears for W death & taxes
3: Luminarch aspirant, but you can't sit back and accumulate counters
4: 2/1 for one with potential for good beats
5: Thoughtseaize but White, and flavorful
6: Cube-friendly delver of secrets design
7: Saw it coming but they can see it coming too. Originally wanted to have the mana payment all upfront to have a free counterspell but decided to give the opposing player the chance of finding window

 

[Watermelon]

Some more cards

Again, from left to right:
1: Red dark confidant
2: I love tempo secret mage in hearthstone
3: Playable Hidetsugu's Second Rite, supported by thermo-alchemist, gutshot and needle drop
4: Cube-friendly flameblade adept design, mixed with goblin blast runner
5: Ojer Axonil, but you can read the card in one sitting. Also Ignite ( if you've played a spell this turn) is cube-friendly Magecraft
6: Simple Delirium support
7: Red snapcaster
8: A combination of every tempo card I love

 

[Chris Taylor]

Magic rules engine as written, scorch won't count itself, right? It'll be on the stack, not in the graveyard?

 

[Watermelon]

I think it wouldn't count itself. I just wanted to card to be 1 damage with an empty graveyard (without making the card ugly like artillery blast).
What I love about kitchen table is not worrying about rules and making cards as elegant as possible.

 

[Watermelon]

Some more cards

From left to right:
1. Weird hand disruption for disruptive aggro
2 and 3. more Weenie and Taxes cards
4 and 5. Draft-friendly magecraft keyword for aggro spells deck
6. Versatile beefy dude to save against aggro, then start smashing. Mono color support
7. GY disruption+Delirium support
8 and 9. More Versatile cards
10. Tiny little dude (don't include alongside Moxen and other broken rocks)

 

[Watermelon]

Encapsulate: A mishmash of Adventure and Channel

It's basically channel, but:
1.Counts as casting a spell for prowess purposes, letting you solve the age old problem of drawing a disproportionate number of As or Bs in a A+B synergy deck
2.Can be counterspelled

 

[LadyMapi]

It is an it isn't. Increasing Domain to 6 is a real consideration.

I've wondered for a while how much "Domain tops out at 6" really matters. None of the Domain effects stand out to me as broken with X=6 instead of X=5 except for maybe Tribal Flames?

 

[Brad]

I've wondered for a while how much "Domain tops out at 6" really matters. None of the Domain effects stand out to me as broken with X=6 instead of X=5 except for maybe Tribal Flames?

I don't think it would matter or get played, as Wastes don't have duals. Nor should they, thematically. It's only a relevant ability thanks to fetches, shocks, and triomes. And that stupid Leyline.

If anything, it could be interesting for cubes/limited.

 

[Maldar]

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3: Luminarch aspirant, but you can't sit back and accumulate counters
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I like this one. Anything to promote attacking is better.

 

[Maldar]

Has anyone tried a big spells archetype? To cast big spells for free? Like with card effects such as [[Mizzix's Mastery]]?
I also struggle to find or design custom expensive spells that are worth playing in a high powered cube.

 

[Zoss]

I haven't, but I know that there's a classic archetype in



Maybe decks running Magma Opus might offer a good inspiration?