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RaikouRider wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Reduce to Sand WBG
Instant {R}
Destroy target permanent. If that permanent is a land, its controller creates Wastes, a basic land token with "T: Add C" .

No, why did you have to change this? I was in love with the previous version, and I was about to praise it in all possible ways! It was clean, elegant, in color ("destroy target permanent" is BG or WB, we know it), and original (an instant Vindicate for a more restrictive mana cost). I was looking forward to give you my first place. I had actually already decided that I would have given this my first place days ago, even before all submissions were in. Now that you added the Wastes part, it reads much worse to me, and it might not even make my top 3. Not because it doesn't work or anything like that, it does, but because I still have in mind the previous version, and in my opinion, the new one doesn't compare. I'm sorry.

slimytrout wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Cull the Herd BG
Instant (U)
Destroy target creature that doesn't have the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield.
"Killing the weak strengthens the herd -- more resources for the strong to become stronger, and the frail do not pass their frailty on to their descendants."
-Sinvar, Game Warden

This is good, I like it. Very good flavor (mind the em dashes!) and mechanics. What's not to like about this card? I have a feeling this will be in my top 3 for sure, we'll see at which place. I have nothing else to say, so let's just move on.

Flatline wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Angelic Light 1w
Instant (U)
Target attacking or blocking creature gets +2/+2 and gains indestructible until end of turn as long as it's Human. Otherwise, destroy it.
"How will you be seen when Our Lady shines her light upon you?"

This immediately reminded me of Bonds of Faith, the idea is very similar. This doesn't mean it's bad though. I could see this printed for real, probably in an Innistrad set. Again, it's probably going straight in my top 3 and I have nothing else to say, so let's move on.

kwanyeegor-ii wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Free All Within 3GWU
Instant (Rare)
Destroy target noncreature permanent. Draw X cards and create an X/X green, white, and blue Spirit creature token with flying, where X is that permanent's mana value.

I like how all three colors are represented: "destroy target noncreature permanent" is green, drawing cards blue, and the flying token is white. Caring about the destroyed card's mana value ties it all together. This is how I like three-colored cards. Nice design, but overall I like it slightly less than the previous two cards, but it's just my personal taste though. At least, I would have liked to see some flavor text.

Ink-Treader wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Polish Off WB
Instant (U)
Destroy target enchanted permanent or permanent with one or more counters on it.
Cleaner.

Ironically, reading "permanent or permanent" is not really "cleaner". I would have probably said "target permanent that's enchanted or that has one or more counters on it". Anyway, the card is fine: take two sets of targets, one white (enchanted permanents) and one black (permanents with counters) and put them together. That's fine. It's very relevant that this can automatically destroy planeswalkers, as they are permanents with (loyalty) counters.

netn10 wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Severed Timeline
Instant (Mythic)
Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls. You may put a permanent card with the same mana value as the destroyed permanent from your hand onto the battlefield under that opponent's control. If you don't, you lose the game.

White can destroy and give you some partial refund, and blue can do transformation, even though I've never liked it, as it's too close to real hard removal in blue in my opinion. It feels a little strage to me that you put your own cards onto the battlefield under an opponent's control, but I get why. Also, losing the game feels a bit too much to me, even if I get why that's there too.

Venedrex wrote: ↑

3 years ago

Vampiric Execution
Instant (R)
Destroy target non-Human creature.
"Make sure not to harm our food supply when you secure the grounds." — Runo Stromkirk

Ok, this is what I was looking for this round: a nice effect with just a single sentence of rules text. I really like this. I've always been a fan of good and effective two-mana removal, and we see too little of it this days in my opinion. I think I would have put this at uncommon personally, but yes, today it would probably be rare. The flavor text feels more like Sorin than Runo to me.

Nice and flavorful package. No complaints.

Very swingy. I find cards like this tricky to evaluate. Could probably make its way into Commander and some control decks in slower formats.

Cheaper than Farm, but it does miss the most common creature type. WW might be safe. The bonus for Humans seems fair.

Cute bit of trinket text. Not technically worse than Utter End, but I can't think of too many occasions where the destruction is handier.

I feel this should be costed BB like Victim of Night. And it certainly doesn't need to be rare.

No entry

Can do some cute things with this, but it's tricky to plan around. I think offering it the flexibility of destroying your own stuff as well would be fine.

Add G to Vindicate for Instant speed (and a minor drawback)? Sure. Quite frankly, I think it could be changed to only give the land token if it was a basic land.

1. slimytrout
2. RaikouRider
3. bravelion83

See, I like the change from your original design. Vindicate is just so oppressive (especially at instant speed), even if it is tough to cast, precisely because it can take out your lands if you stumble. This card at least gives your opponent the mana back if you do that. Could use flavor text though.

Fun! The second sentence feels a *little* like trinket text given that 3-color permanents aren't that common and >50% of the time it doesn't matter much if a permanent is destroyed or exiled, but it's still a cool idea.

This sort of thing has been done before on enchantments, but never on an instant. The non-human effect is a little undercosted, but not absurd.

This is quite swingy -- either it has no good targets, or it's going to be a N-for-1, where N is usually at least 3. Would also prefer it if it were a sorcery, to allow more counterplay and force you to tap out.

Not sure I fully get the flavor text, although of course sometimes the art is crucial so not a big problem. I really like the card, even if the wording is a bit clunky.

Oh, wow. That's splashy, but... pretty limiting. Unless you're giving them something bad, it's an automatic 3-for-1 in their favor, and if you're giving them something bad then it means you filled your deck with bad things on the off chance you could make this card work. Seems amazing in Donate decks but pretty bad otherwise.

Flavor seems a little off to me, as much as the flavor text tries to justify it -- Vampires kill humans all the time, so it's weird for them to now be sparing them. Definitely doesn't need to be rare -- black kill spells are only rare if there is added value and/or flexibility. Fun card, but also feels like it's just a flipping of Victim of Night.

1. Ink-Treader
2. bravelion83
3. RaikouRider

RaikouRider - I'm not sure this is worded correctly, but I like it. It's playable, and makes sense in its colors. The flavor is good, although it could certainly use some flavor text.

bravelion83 - This feels like it costs too much, but considering cards like Anguished Unmaking, it probably needs to cost what it does. Still, it seems a bit underwhelming at 1 more than the afore mentioned card. I wish the check trigger did something splashier, or maybe was just easier to trigger. The trigger restriction lends very well to the overall flavor of the card though, which is very good.

slimytrout - Really strong design all the way around. Especially if you're playing big monsters. Good stuff.

kwanyeegor-ii - Well this is certainly splashy card. It has the potential to be a major swing in your favor, but it also might not do anything at all. I'm not sure the colors really mkae sense either. G/W flying spirits are certainly different.

Ink-Treader - Seems like some solid sideboard fodder. It may even be main-deckable in the right format. I'm usually a fan of short and sweet flavor text, but this isn't my favorite. It's better than no flavor text though.

Venedrex - This should probably be an UC, or maybe even cost bb and be a common. A fine card other than the rarity though. I'm surprised it doesn't exist.

1 - slimytrout
2 - RaikouRider
3 - bravelion83

RaikouRider: I like this a lot, because Assassin's Trophy exists, and this feels like a nice way to avoid people getting land screwed by giving your opponent a Waste if you do use it on a land. Reminds me of Mythos of Nethroi, so seems good to me.

bravelion83: Hmm, a worse Vindicate for the most part, but that may be a good thing for Standard, and I appreciate tying the flavor into the exile effect due to the focus on wiping out all memory of the old clans, but I think the chance of it being relevant is quite low in most games. Although, if this was in a Tarkir set, there would be more three colored permanents.

slimytrout: I dislike the wording, but I'll accept it because I'm betting there isn't a better way to make this effect work in the rules, and that is more of an issue for Wotc to solve than a custom card designer. Reminds me of the Food vs Foods thing that had some people up in arms (Didn't really bother me much).

Additionally, I'm not sure I like this costing two colors of mana for a worse Heartless Act variant. I think this could have been mono colored, and reflavored as culling the weak in general. For me, multicolored cards in general should be usually stronger than comparable mono colored cards.

Flatline:This is pretty cool flavor wise, but I can't help but wonder why a card called Angelic Light would destroy angels. That seems like a bit of a flavor fail to me, but I think I understand where you're coming from, with angels looking out for humans on Innistrad. However, I just realized I'm a big fat hypocrite because my card is literally called Vampiric Execution and it can kill vampires. So scratch what I just said.

kwanyeegor-ii: Neat way of making tokens, but makes for a slightly odd card overall. I think the spirits could have just been white, blue, or white blue instead of needing to be green as well.

Ink-Treader: I think this is a little too situational. As I stated before with Cull the Herd, I think multicolored spells can/should be stronger on average than mono colored spells, and to me this is a worse version of similar effects, even ones with the same casting cost. I think most players would rather play removal with less restrictions.

netn10: This reminds me of Divine Gambit. I'm not sure the lose the game trigger makes for good game play. I also don't know if I like this being played in a mono blue deck, even with the massive downside.

1. RaikouRider
2. bravelion83
3. slimytrout