Wish Mechanic - Disney set

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Post by Icarii » 4 years ago

My set in four cards mentioned wishes, but didn't include them. So here are some examples!

To Rule on High 1R
Sorcery (U)
You become the Monarch.
Wish 3 - 3R (3R, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with a converted mana cost 3 and exile it. Then shuffle your library. You may play that card this turn. Wish only as a sorcery.)

To Walk on Dry Land U
Sorcery (C)
Return target creature an opponent controls to it's owners hand.
Wish 6 - 1U (1U, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with a converted mana cost 6 and exile it. Then shuffle your library. You may play that card this turn. Wish only as a sorcery.)

To Be Free 1W
Instant (U)
Return up to one face-up card in exile to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.
Wish 1 - 2W (2w, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with a converted mana cost 1 and exile it. Then shuffle your library. You may play that card this turn. Wish only as a sorcery.)

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Post by Krishnath » 4 years ago

My biggest issue with Wish, although it is an interesting mechanic, is that it's a tutor mechanic, which means a heck of a lot of shuffling.
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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

So fixed transmute! This ability does kind of have the same problems as transmute - too much shuffling and too much consistency - but the flavor of the card names is aces.
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Post by Icarii » 4 years ago

Yeah this was my first idea for the wish mechanic. The problem being that transmute is a 9 on the storm scale simply from a development standpoint, and I don't think this version fixes all of those issues.

That said, it's challenging to design a mechanic around wishes when the term "wish" already has a defined design space in magic: Tutoring from outside the game or (more recently) your library.

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Post by Krishnath » 4 years ago

Well.... If you limited the search to the top N cards of your library, picked and exiled one to cast, and then put the rest on the bottom of your library in random order, it would fix the shuffle issue.
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Post by Icarii » 4 years ago

So what you're saying is something like...

To Rule on High 1R
Sorcery (U)
You become the Monarch.
Wish 3 - 2R (2R, Discard this card: Look at the top 3 cards of your library and exile one. You may play that card this turn. Wish only as a sorcery.)

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Post by void_nothing » 4 years ago

Oh that's nice.
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Post by Krishnath » 4 years ago

Icarii wrote:
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So what you're saying is something like...

To Rule on High 1R
Sorcery (U)
You become the Monarch.
Wish 3 - 2R (2R, Discard this card: Look at the top 3 cards of your library and exile one. You may play that card this turn. Wish only as a sorcery.)
Yes, but the remaining cards should be put on the bottom of the library in random order, to really nail the flavor. "You can pick one, but the rest go bye, bye".
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Post by Icarii » 4 years ago

Polling on other sites made this mechanic look unpopular. What about a version like:

To Walk on Dry Land U
Sorcery (C)
Return target creature an opponent controls to it's owners hand.
Wish 4 - 2U (2U, Discard this card: Exile the top 4 cards of your library and put on wish counter on each. Then choose a card with a wish counter and add it to your hand. Wish only as a sorcery.)

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Post by user_938036 » 4 years ago

A mechanic built out of Karn, Scion of Urza? That looks great but will nessecitate that you watch the cost of low wish values.

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