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Phyrexian Spoiler {2}{G}{G}
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Beast (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a land.

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Silas Renn {1}{U}{B}
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard (R)
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{1}{U}{U}, Sacrifice an artifact: Counter target permanent spell.
{1}{B}{B}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie artifact creature token.

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Phyrexian Spoiler {2}{G}{G}
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Beast (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a land.

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Phyrexian War Beast reference?
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Silas Renn {1}{U}{B}
Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard (R)
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{1}{U}{U}, Sacrifice an artifact: Counter target permanent spell.
{1}{B}{B}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 black Zombie artifact creature token.

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Great, but I'm not positive it feels like Silas. I guess these abilities' costs sort of feel like salvaging, though.
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Artifact — Clue (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, look at the top card of target opponent's library, then exile it face down.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice ~: Draw a card.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice ~: You may reveal and play a card exiled with ~.

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Shardform Mentor {R/W}{R/W}
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Patronage {1}{R} and/or {1}{W} (You may pay the additional patronage costs. For each you pay, this enters the battlefield paired with a 1/1 Spawn token.)
As long as ~ is paired with a creature, both creatures get +1/+1 and have double strike.

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Post by user_938036 » 2 years ago

Your wording here is confusing. You've created a card that can be paired with two creatures but left the wording of its ability assuming it can only be paired to a single creature. Did you mean to only pair with one creature and just create an extra spawn? Or did you just copy over pairing ability wording without considering that it's a pair of three which is very strange to say? Reading this card as is my confusion gives way to the assumption that only the paired creatures and not the mentor gain +1/+1 and double strike.

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Your wording here is confusing.
You make some good points. I should have changed the rules text and adapted it in a way parallel to the adaptations I made to the reminder text.

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Shadebane Aggressor {W}
Enchantment Creature — Soltari (U)
~ can't block and can't be blocked by creatures except enchanted creatures and enchantment creatures.
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Patronage {1}{R} and/or {1}{W} (You may pay the additional patronage costs. For each you pay, this enters the battlefield paired with a 1/1 Spawn token.)
As long as ~ is paired with a creature, both creatures get +1/+1 and have double strike.

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I like this mechanic but user is right, it needs rewording - considering there are two separate pairs. It's not a polyamorous throuple.
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Enchantment Creature — Soltari (U)
~ can't block and can't be blocked by creatures except enchanted creatures and enchantment creatures.
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Woof, you said it, Aggressor! I know you know that is a strong blocking restriction and this would need serious testing for Limited.
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Post by Neige » 2 years ago

Shadebane Aggressor seems more blue than white...

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Shadebane Aggressor seems more blue than white...
It's a mechanic I'd put into white, blue and black. Not playing favorites.

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Thassa's Favored {3}{U}
Enchantment Creature — Octopus (U)
~ enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it, if your devotion to blue was eight or greater as you cast it.
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Post by void_nothing » 2 years ago

Thassa's Favored is a clever Mel design for the Giant Octopus reference and the requisite use of the number eight on a custom Octopus card. Eight devotion is REALLY high, though - I feel like this could be an ETB trigger rather than a replacement effect and let it count itself.
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Woof, you said it, Aggressor! I know you know that is a strong blocking restriction and this would need serious testing for Limited.
My first thought was it would be fine in Limited where you're lucky to have 1 and it's probably facing enough enchantments to mitigate its effectiveness, but possibly problematic in constructed if not format warping in Standard.
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Post by Neige » 2 years ago

I don't think the comma is necessary, but the flavor is on point. I also agree it could pass as an ETB trigger since 8 is so high and thats how all the other gods work

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Post by SecretInfiltrator » 2 years ago

I believe, you are right. The comma is not necessary. Alternatively I could re-order the condition and effect. Whi knows why I put the condition second on this card?

You all put emphasis on this getting a single additional mana symbol to maybe reach the devotion, while my focus was on avoiding removal in response to casting this (putting you below eight devotion) or in response to it entering the battlefield (sniping it at 3 toughness). Both can be valid perspectives.

That is an Octopus, not a God. ; )

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Vulturous Harpy {B}
Enchantment Creature — Harpy (R)
Flying
As long as no player has three or more creature cards in their graveyard, ~ isn't a creature.

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Post by Neige » 2 years ago

Here you have a confusing double negative, but more to the point: if it's not a creature, what is it? An enchantment? What does it enchant? Give it an activated ability to remove cards from the GY?

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Here you have a confusing double negative, but more to the point: if it's not a creature, what is it? An enchantment? What does it enchant?
It's just a spinoff of the Theros Gods. Erebos, God of the Dead and the rest use the same exact wording, only counting devotion. No enchant ability because of course it's not an Aura.

"Isn't a creature unless one or more players have" would probably look clearer in this instance.

This looks like cycle material for the Theros setting...
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Post by Neige » 2 years ago

Yeah, but as an Enchantment, Erebos at least prevents life gain. What does the Harpy do as an enchantment,?

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Yeah, but as an Enchantment, Erebos at least prevents life gain. What does the Harpy do as an enchantment,?
Well, nothing - that's the point. It's undercosted but only can attack or block (or crew Vehicles or fight or do other creature stuff) while the condition is fulfilled.
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Post by Neige » 2 years ago

You shouldn't have a do-nothing enchantment. Personally, I use tap triggers to represent an inactive state,
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Post by SecretInfiltrator » 2 years ago

I originally wanted to use the unless-wording, but the God-wording compelled me.
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You shouldn't have a do-nothing enchantment. Personally, I use tap triggers to represent an inactive state
It's not a do-nothing enchantment any more or less than Efficient Construction. If you don't have the artifact spell, it does nothing. If you have the artifact spell, it does something. The thing you need here though is a filled graveyard.

But maybe let's talk directly about Lurking Skirge.

As an aside I intentionally avoid tap-down as a drawback on enchantments.

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Jolly Cyclops {4}{R}
Enchantment Creature — Cyclops (C)
Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Her single eye rolled wildly and the valley filled with the echo of her bronze laughter. Jamed realized there was no reason to fear this giant.

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Post by void_nothing » 2 years ago

I have to confess I'm not sure how non-italicized text in flavor texts in the card creator is actually formatted.

As for the design... nonkeyworded constellation as a one-off for a non-Theros set with enchantment creatures, yeah? I like the flavor text and the concept of a hospitable cyclops who... well, I guess in this case the looting is concepted as getting drunk? This sounds like a Persian mythology setting from the name Jamed.
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I have to confess I'm not sure how non-italicized text in flavor texts in the card creator is actually formatted.
The way I did it is actually how it's supposed to work according to the creature itself. I reported the bug.

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God-Favored Hydra {3}{G}
Enchantment Creature — Hydra Beast (U)
Bestow {5}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Whenever ~ or enchanted creature is bestowed an Aura, put a +1/+1 counter on both.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

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Post by void_nothing » 2 years ago

Oh, that's clever. Why the Beast typing?
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void_nothing wrote:
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Oh, that's clever. Why the Beast typing?
I actually don't recall. It seems to be a Theros-themed card, but Hydra Beast is usually something I use with Naya. Maybe it's a reference to Godsire. I considered removing the type before posting it, but decided to post the exact version from my repository.

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Storm of the Century {4}{U}{U}
Enchantment – Saga (R)
<I><II><III> Each player returns a nonland permanent they control to their owners' hands for each lore counter on ~.
<IV> Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

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{U/B} Enchantment Creature – Atog (R)
Discard a card: ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Exile two cards from your graveyard: ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
But the calm after the storm was uneasy with their soundless feast.

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