I hope the new Gerrard card is just a functional reprint of Master of Arms except its legendary... and a static ability restoring the rule that tapped creatures don't deal combat damage. I'm not too impressed with the new cards so far. Not that they won't find a home, but they are just mechanics mix...

Reverence actually already went through a dozen different names and creature type options, so I guess I'll have to go through some more. Though I actually have loosened the "unique cardname" rule for the purely practical reason that Wizard never seems to bother checking against my cardnam...

Card of the Day 2019-07-31: >

Something like "counter [up to one] target spell if [a certain condition is met]" would work since using that wording you only check the condition during resolution.

Flash When Obalt Inspector enters the battlefield, investigate, then counter up to one target spell with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of artifacts you control. (To investigate, create a colorless Clue artifact token with "[sym=2], Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.&q...

Card of the Day 2019-07-30: >

This seems like a really solid idea to me. I take it you went with this wording over making it cost and the finale of promise wording so that you could use it on -cost spells? That was not a reason for me though it's a nice benefit. Really Finale of Promise uses X for two reasons IMO: (a) since it ...

Card of the Day 2019-07-29: >

Three color commons are usually only found in wedge or shard sets. I.e. sets with three color factions. I was rather surprised we didn't get any in Ixalan block. Well, Ixalan wasn't a multicolor block like the three other wedge/arc-themed blocks I could name off the top of my head. It was a tribal ...

Improvd wording for Evidence Processing: "1, Sacrifice a Clue: Draw a card." : )

I do three-colored commons, though I'm on the edge on this one - should it be an uncommon or common? It doesn't actually create card advantage, so it could be common. I'll try it at common, which actually was a typo. : ) Ooh, that one is literally the perfect common for an Aminatou deck. Remove a th...

Lands shouldn't be strictly better than basic lands.

If you put all your cost into being good at card advantage, you don't get to put the cost into being a fatty. And it's not like this needs a big body since it doesn't mind being just sacrificial fodder or a chump blocker.

I really don't see how "discouraging players from playing noncreature spells" is supposed to be considered mechanically red. And the pay-off of card draw eventually is not red either.

Both aspects fit green much more.

I'm happy about every comment I receive (no matter how argumentative I get) . : ) Card of the Day 2019-07-28: > Aminatou's Memento WUB Sorcery (C) Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. Put target nonland card from a different player's graveyard on top of its owner's library. Ex...

The cost seems fine, however, it should probably be a common. Even if it put the basic land onto the battlefield tapped it would be fine as a common. Double Rampant Growth and a chump blocker are quite a lot for a three mana common. I actually think the card advantage is reasonably high here to mak...

Card of the Day 2019-07-27: >

Perhaps it was the wording (and I actually hope I'm wrong), but wasn't it implied the Ancillary slot of boosters would only come in non-foil? You are not wrong - this has been consistent from all sides. But then again this is possibly something that could actually be changed by popular demand, so c...

Card of the Day 2019-07-26: >

Well, we already see Cinderella in the background working her butt off on the "Evil Stepmother" card illustration. No way any Disney princess based on a fairy tale got forgotten (though the princess from the Frog Prince actually was quite generic except for her toy ball - which is really j...

Putting new premium versions in the ancillary slot though, has all of those costs baked in for every card going in that slot, so it would have made no sense if they excluded the ancillary slot premiums for any card in the set, regardless of what product it appeared in otherwise. Care to elaborate? ...

Card of the Day 2019-07-25: >

I was talking about their appearances in collectors boosters. Oh, you meant ancillary cards in general. Yeah, they don't have foil slots. I think the extended art/borderless are already considered "premium" and hence don't get "double premium" treatment. It seems likely that eno...

Wrath and Lust totally should swap colors from a conceptual perspective. Lust would actually still be fine in those new colors.

Greed is far too good. Sacrifice outlets do exist, you know?

p. s.: I'm increasingly skeptical about that whole "Not being the devil"-thing. ; )

The Gatewatch are on a break. WotC has officially decided to embrace their diverse cast and decided to switch to story-telling employing more of their characters. That said, we have Gatewatch-member storylines to finish as well, so they'll probably show up soon enough - but more as individuals in al...