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Create a simple, flavorful common
I recently created this card while reading a GDS article.
I liked the flacor, so I have a challenge for you create a flavorful common. The simpler the better. This is an open-ended contest, I just want to see what happens. Plus, it's good practice for those of you entering the GDS
I liked the flacor, so I have a challenge for you create a flavorful common. The simpler the better. This is an open-ended contest, I just want to see what happens. Plus, it's good practice for those of you entering the GDS
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Ironically wouldn't play this card myself. Kinda needs support to jack up it's ability, it's not terrible, but I think the mechanics befit the card and the flavor text is on point.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/dyryz-drakerider-1
Garbage flavor text, I know.
Phyrexian Mana on a Ravnican guild card? Yes, he did that!
This would be:
Enchant land you control
Enchanted land has "{t}: Tap target land."
Here is the link to the updated card:
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/port-blockade
Sorinjace has reminded me that this is an uncommon. My apologies for submitting an illegal card. I will enter a different card.
There would be no period after the Enchant keyword ability.
My bold text above is correct. Same idea is shown here.
In your particular case, however, I'd probably just switch it to an artifact with fortify.
Thank you for showing me that example. It’s a good choice. However, I want it to be a red enchantment. It does what I want it to do in the color that i think is the correct one. Maybe that’s the old grognard in me.
I don’t mean to be quarrelsome nor to cause you grief or offense. Again thank you for the example card.
No problem, it's your call! I should point out that only blue and green tap lands...
I would really like to give this tool to red. Maybe green. But it doesn’t feel green to me. It really feels red or maybe blue.
The cards I was imagining are Stone Rain/Ice Storm/Sinkhole/Thermokarst (and a couple others), and Rishadan Port.
Blue already gets so many tricks. It would feel like gilding the lily to give blue another tool for the toolbox. So I thought red.
Green would be OK too. But not black or white.
Maybe I will rebuild it green.
Skog is the Norwegian word for Forest.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/scourge-of-the-depths-2
I thought the flavor fits well with Ixalan's theme.
I picked gates since parkour all about running thru the city, and gates are tied to the plane that is all about being a giant city. I considered making it non basic land walk, but that be too common of a landwalk type.
it's not the power level, but the splashiness of the card. The hybrid mana and the hybrid mana cycling. Commons are not usually so flashy-splashy.
Also commons tend not to be so narrow.
That is why it looks like an uncommon to me.
Again - nothing wrong with the card, but it doesn't feel like a common to me.