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Darkstreet Assasin
When Darkstreet Assasin enters the battlefield, scry 1.
Flash
1/1
What about this?
Might want to update the image to match the linked card
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/cruel-entertainment
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/predator-tamer
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/lightdance
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/fallen-angel-52
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/fervent-flame
Yes.
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https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/outfitted-recruit-1
Callback to Kor Outfitter (it's really hard to find non-official Kor artwork) that should work well with Zendikar Rising and it's new approach to Equipment.
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/reflexive-punch?list=set&set=56080
Here's one of mine, using a mechanic I recently made. Please tell me what you think!
- I'll start by talking for a single moment about a few little points on the card before I move on to the mechanic. First, numbers of damage should typically be number numbers, not word numbers. As such, "three damage" should be "3 damage" and "four damage" should be "4 damage". Second, all damage needs to come from somewhere. In the case of damaging spells like this, it tends to come from the spell. As such, the wording should be:
- Talking about the actual mechanic, it's like a slightly less restrained version of a real mechanic called miracle. Miracle was a mechanic with some design issues. In case you don't know, it's basically just like this except it only works if it's the first card you draw in a turn. The same issues can be applied to this, unfortunately. I don't really have time to go into it in any great detail, but for various reasons then in paper, if you were running miracle cards at a competitive event or whatever then you'd have to draw every first draw you made each turn separate to your hand, look at it to see whether it had miracle (and so you wanted to cast it), reveal and state intent if it did have miracle and want to cast it, or put it into your hand if you didn't or whatever. There were also weird psychological warfare play tactics where you'd deliberately do the weird careful draws even though you weren't running any miracles just to make your opponent scared that you were. It was just a massive pain all around.
As I said, I haven't got time for real detail, but it was one of the major problems with the mechanic. This has that same issue but bigger, since the nature of it means you've got to check every single draw you make. I suspect it also might have some potential issues with people confusing it with miracle due to their extreme similarity etc. Those problems aside, it's probably acceptable as a mechanic. It's the kind of thing where it's defined more or less entirely by how each card it's on uses it individually.
Sorry for the doomsaying. I just tend to focus on the critical side of feedback.
@Ranshi ;@The-DM ;@shadow123, @Faiths_Guide, @TenebrisNemo, @Tomigon ;@Izzybean - all awesome.
@jicklemania2 - The thing about spontaneous is it's so close to Miracle. I'm not sure the difference of it not having to be the first card that you drew is really enough to make it stand apart I'm afraid. Maybe there's something else that could trigger the mechanic?
I do like the idea though of 'spontaneous' or 'reflexive' as a keyword for a spell that's reacting to something but I'm just not sure what that would be!
@jicklemania2 - basically what @MemoryHead said.
Thanks for the feedback. I see what you're saying about the wording, my bad. I will also keep in mind what you say about the artwork.
As for miracle, I did know about the mechanic, and actually I got the idea for this from that. I thought that it might be interesting to make cards that one could play when drawn, while keeping in mind the fact that it might be too powerful— as you say, "it's the kind of thing where it's defined more or less entirely by how each card it's on uses it individually". I didn't know about the issues with it, though, as I wasn't playing competitive magic in 2012. In my mind, I don't see why it would have been such a big problem (Just make everyone draw their first card separately, then put it into their hand, and once it's in their hand it's too late to miracle it, I imagine), but I'll take your word for it.
@Animist ;
I'll think about how I could change the mechanic to make it more different from miracle. At some point I'll probably get premium so I can edit all of the mis-wordings and typos.
Anyway, I'll take this as a learning experience for future mechanics. Thanks to both of you.
This set, "The Dawn" is currently under work! What do you think so far?
https://mtgcardsmith.com/user/FireOfGolden/sets/54119
Well, I'm not sure I understand the flavour behind the set but then again that doesn't really matter.
A few comments on the cards:
Loyal Bomber: Damage always needs to have a source, so you'd need to word this as " When ~ dies, it deals 3 damage to...". This is also a bit too impactful for a common, IMO.
Fake Stickman: Most formats allow more than one card in a deck anyway. You could say "A deck can have any number of cards named ~" like Relentless Rats. Even then, it's still just a 1/1 for 1 that has to be sacrificed like an Illusion. An army of Phantasmal Bears might be a bit much but you could increase the toughness and/or give it another ability like Persistent Petitioners.
Spiky-man: The downside of losing the flip greatly outweighs the upside of a 4/4 for four that can block an additional creature. Perhaps less of a downside for losing the flip?
Hope that's useful.
How dare you!
Neat mech.
Hopefully this mechanic has some potential
Look familiar?