Before It's Turned Face Up
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:16 am
Disguise and cloak are cool mechanics, and make interesting successors to morph and manifest. I'm trying to generate a mechanic that takes their guessing games one step further:
Capricious Assassin --
Creature - Spirit Assassin {U}
Deathtouch
Disguise
As you turn Capricious Assassin face-up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Capricious Assassin is turned face up, destroy target creature with an even mana value if "even" was chosen. Otherwise, destroy a creature with an odd mana value.
2/1
The theory would be that there would be a number of cards in the set, all which require a player to choose "even" or "odd" to determine an effect -- without necessarily knowing what that effect might be. It could be gaining life, drawing some number of cards, adding mana, putting counters on creatures -- or in this case, killing a creature that meets the criterion.
Whimsical Muse --
Creature - Spirit Scholar {R}
Disguise
As you turn Whimsical Muse face up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Whimsical Muse is turned face up, if "even" was chosen, each player returns each permanent they control to its owner's hand. If "odd" was chosen, each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.
2/2
Note that "even" and "odds" just represent a binary choice; I suppose more choices would be possible, but would start to cramp the text box. Whatever the words used, the choices have to be identical across the entire gamut of cards.
Impulsive Creation --
Creature - Spirit Dryad {R}
Disguise
As you turn Whimsical Muse face up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Whimsical Muse is turned face up, if "even" was chosen, each player chooses a color, then adds an amount of that color equal to the number of cards in their hand. If "odds" was chosen, each player adds that much colorless mana instead. This mana doesn't empty as steps and phases end until end of turn.
1/4
Is it possible (or wise) to manipulate the morph/disguise ability this way? Would it have to be written into the rules for an as-yet-to-be-named future ability instead?
Capricious Assassin --
Creature - Spirit Assassin {U}
Deathtouch
Disguise
As you turn Capricious Assassin face-up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Capricious Assassin is turned face up, destroy target creature with an even mana value if "even" was chosen. Otherwise, destroy a creature with an odd mana value.
2/1
The theory would be that there would be a number of cards in the set, all which require a player to choose "even" or "odd" to determine an effect -- without necessarily knowing what that effect might be. It could be gaining life, drawing some number of cards, adding mana, putting counters on creatures -- or in this case, killing a creature that meets the criterion.
Whimsical Muse --
Creature - Spirit Scholar {R}
Disguise
As you turn Whimsical Muse face up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Whimsical Muse is turned face up, if "even" was chosen, each player returns each permanent they control to its owner's hand. If "odd" was chosen, each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.
2/2
Note that "even" and "odds" just represent a binary choice; I suppose more choices would be possible, but would start to cramp the text box. Whatever the words used, the choices have to be identical across the entire gamut of cards.
Impulsive Creation --
Creature - Spirit Dryad {R}
Disguise
As you turn Whimsical Muse face up, before it's revealed, you may select an opponent. That player chooses even or odd.
When Whimsical Muse is turned face up, if "even" was chosen, each player chooses a color, then adds an amount of that color equal to the number of cards in their hand. If "odds" was chosen, each player adds that much colorless mana instead. This mana doesn't empty as steps and phases end until end of turn.
1/4
Is it possible (or wise) to manipulate the morph/disguise ability this way? Would it have to be written into the rules for an as-yet-to-be-named future ability instead?