@pjbear2005 That card is good! It is a solid win condition and its abilities are balanced by its specific mana cost. There is not that much that is bad about it.
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@Faiths_Guide I feel like he doesn't synergize well enough with one thing. He has superfriends synergy on his passive, but creature synergy on his -7, and artifact destruction on his passive. I would try and narrow him down to focusing around a theme more. Maybe his passive could be something like "Whenever you activate a loyalty ability of Thepsis, Highstrung actor or a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, put a loyalty counter on Thepsis" if you wanted to theme him around creatures. Of course, I'm not much good at planeswalkers either. Thoughts on Verallor? (I mean, besides the fact that I forgot to write mays...)
@notmyprimespeaker I like it. First take on it was "oh, it's a walker that can't get counters" followed by "whoa, that's weird". In relation to the effects, the "may" clause thing you're talking about probably doesn't matter. The two effects that tick down are each effects and wording them so that the effect is optional is a pain (or impossible, not totally sure) while the first ability is always able to target him in theory, and in theory will never be unable to. It's like how there are cards that say "deal X damage to target player" for example. If your opponent can give themselves hexproof it has to target you and it backfires, but it's so obscure a chance that it doesn't matter.
The typically annoying threat of making a 2 CMC planeswalker is offset by the fact that Verallor doesn't do anything at all if you use the first ability to give him another counter and the only other thing you could do immediately, the -2 effect, probably won't do much in the early-game. In fact, the biggest gripe I have about the card is that the set symbol is Zendikar. I just can't think of any Zendikar factions or tribes in both the original and second block that would have anything to do with this.
Bowler218: Great cards! Maybe you should change the (3) to {3} so it looks like how it does in Magic. I like the transformation aspect, it works well.
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@flamedragon12 I've commented on both card pages. @DomriKade did most of the work and left you some incredible feedback!
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Each other permanent it could target? @Temurzoa As it stands there is no qualification for dealing the 5 damage, so null 5 damage...and just a sacrificed creature.
I get the implication just I think there might be some words missing not sure how to word it though
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Why is there a CMC for the R/G flip? And making a ton of 3/3 tokens opens up a lot of possibilities, you should drop the 5/5 to 4/4 or 4/5, and put a limit to how many boars you can have. G/W is ok, but I think 8 mana for a token, which doesn't allow for things that say non-token creatures, is to much. Just make it it's own card, and preferably legendary. If you stick with the token, make it a legendary token as it's a "named" token. Those are just my thoughts on them. https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/iliad-ice-keeper?list=user
You have to pay {4} for each boar though, making it harder to do all the time, which is its only real ability. About the CMC, I intended it as flip at first but it did not follow through.
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The typically annoying threat of making a 2 CMC planeswalker is offset by the fact that Verallor doesn't do anything at all if you use the first ability to give him another counter and the only other thing you could do immediately, the -2 effect, probably won't do much in the early-game. In fact, the biggest gripe I have about the card is that the set symbol is Zendikar. I just can't think of any Zendikar factions or tribes in both the original and second block that would have anything to do with this.
Sorry that was so rambling.
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I've commented on both card pages. @DomriKade did most of the work and left you some incredible feedback!
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How do I get it into my graveyard maybe the mechanic should include the graveyard part
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As it stands there is no qualification for dealing the 5 damage, so null 5 damage...and just a sacrificed creature.
I get the implication just I think there might be some words missing not sure how to word it though
At the end maybe "possible targets"?
"Your life."
Edit: Reduced cost by {1} so it would be even more balanced...?
I've been working on this design for a while and I want to format it better. Any Ideas?
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G/W is ok, but I think 8 mana for a token, which doesn't allow for things that say non-token creatures, is to much. Just make it it's own card, and preferably legendary. If you stick with the token, make it a legendary token as it's a "named" token.
Those are just my thoughts on them.
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You have to pay {4} for each boar though, making it harder to do all the time, which is its only real ability. About the CMC, I intended it as flip at first but it did not follow through.
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