@Mir-151414 I think there's too much going on with Syr Aeridan. Vigilance and first strike are fine, but then he also comes with at least four 1/1 soldier tokens? That are also lifelinkers? And he does that on death as well? And he's also got Gavony Township stapled to him? And all this for 5 mana? That's way too much. Not only that, but there's also nothing red about his design; he could simply be green-white or even mono white. Regarding the other abilities, you've got to select maybe two or three of the best ones and drop the rest, otherwise you have one card that does everything: he's good against spot removal, mass removal, aggro, control, everything! I'd start by reducing his power to maybe 2 or 3 (8 power across 5 bodies is too good for 5 mana) and either drop the death ability or drop the lifelink from the tokens. I might drop the lifelink, since the death trigger does have interesting synergy with the pump ability. Lastly, consider making this mono white, costing maybe 2WWW and the pump ability at 2WW: everything about this card screams white to me, and mono white could use some more powerful commanders!
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@KalamMekhar left a fav I think that it is a little overpower considering that it will always have flying and lifelink... maybe if you replaced flying with vigilance... but other then that awesome card
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@Mir-151414 I like the look and feel of Syr Aeridan. Lovely work there. Angel of strength's art is Serra Angel. Don't know if you knew or know that, so I thought i'd let you. I would possibly have Aeridan create Knight tokens instead of Soldiers so you can take advantage of the Knight Tribal and synergy bonuses that a lot of the cards in Eldarine provide.
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@Revan I really like the flavour, and the card overall reminds me of No Mercy, except that this one is strong in the situations where No Mercy is weak (against a wide board of small creatures) and vice versa (this doesn't do much against, say, a Gurmag Angler). It's situationally quite powerful, and the added draw is always welcome in a colour pairing that often lacks draw.
I have two changes to suggest. The first is one of wording: I think the first ability should read "pays 2 life" rather than "loses 2 life", since the opponent is required to make a choice here, so that seems more intuitive. Secondly, I feel the second ability should be restricted to your own turn: it feels unfair to yank Monarch status away from an opponent who worked hard to gain it from you on their turn, denying them a card. You won't always have fodder, yes, but in decks that want to maximize this card, you probably will. Just seems fairer to at least give the opponent a crack at one card.
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@Mir-151414 Commented on Giver of Strength and Sunlit Expanse. I've got my own white card now!
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@Fantastikill7 Both cards seem okay. I would definitely make gothmog a 4/4 instead of a 5/4. Instead of a comma before “you gain that much life” there should either be a period or “and”. Credit the artist if possible!
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@shadow123 I would agree, but Josu Vess, Lich Knight is a 4/5 menace that costs 4... comparatively I feel that adding 1 to the cost and making it a 5/4 is perfectly reasonable.
will fix the punctuation.
couldn't find artists names otherwise I would've credited them.
@shadow123 Decent cards, they look balanced enough to me, and I like the flavor. But you need to capitalize the "art" in Evala's first ability. And shouldn't Hall of Legends be gold framed? It is very similar to "Command tower" and that is gold framed... I believe that if a land could produce mana of any color it is framed in gold... correct me if I'm wrong.
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@Fantastickill7 I won’t put a gold frame on it until we have proper gold land frames. Thanks for the capitalization thing.
Also, I would make it even less than a 4/4 maybe. Your card can repeatedly destroy other creatures, and the cost is only a lot for high power creatures. Even then, you can gain back life lost with this card anyways. It’s what black does.
@shadow123 ok, you have made a valid point. how about 3/4(that would weaken it against white with all the destroy target creature with power 3 or less stuff) or 4/3(That would weaken it against red with cards like lightning strike)
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@Fantastikill7 A bit of a syntax error on the charm. it should say "When [cardname] enters the battlefield, scry 1, then draw a card if you control a Bird." Otherwise I like these cards.
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@DrakeGladis Left a fav. For starters, the additional cost should've been pay X life, not lose X life. Secondly, I most definitely would've made this mythic, also probably would've made it cost {3}{u}{b} if not {4}{u}{b}. I don't really see the point of making this an instant, probably would've made it a sorcery myself. All in all, overpower, but still I really like this card. Hopefully that was helpful
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love the way it would play, would destroy me against all my modern and pauper decks
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I think that it is a little overpower considering that it will always have flying and lifelink... maybe if you replaced flying with vigilance... but other then that awesome card
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Thoughts? @KalemMekhar I took your advice.
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I have two changes to suggest. The first is one of wording: I think the first ability should read "pays 2 life" rather than "loses 2 life", since the opponent is required to make a choice here, so that seems more intuitive. Secondly, I feel the second ability should be restricted to your own turn: it feels unfair to yank Monarch status away from an opponent who worked hard to gain it from you on their turn, denying them a card. You won't always have fodder, yes, but in decks that want to maximize this card, you probably will. Just seems fairer to at least give the opponent a crack at one card.
My take on Yato from Noragami. The explanation behind the design is in a comment on the card page. Feedback appreciated.
Awesome, I personally would've made him cost more and move the sacrifice down to 4 artifacts.
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Redid Angel of Strength. ( changed the name )
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Commented on Giver of Strength and Sunlit Expanse.
I've got my own white card now!
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I couldn't find Lammasu (or lamassu) artwork that I liked, so I quickly combined artwork from a couple of different artists in MS Paint. I think it's passable at this scale.
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Left a fav.
love the flavor... no pun intended
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I am using a mechanic that was scrapped from @ningyounk’s set: Rezatta.
I would agree, but Josu Vess, Lich Knight is a 4/5 menace that costs 4... comparatively I feel that adding 1 to the cost and making it a 5/4 is perfectly reasonable.
will fix the punctuation.
couldn't find artists names
@shadow123 Decent cards, they look balanced enough to me, and I like the flavor. But you need to capitalize the "art" in Evala's first ability. And shouldn't Hall of Legends be gold framed? It is very similar to "Command tower" and that is gold framed... I believe that if a land could produce mana of any color it is framed in gold... correct me if I'm wrong.
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Also, I would make it even less than a 4/4 maybe. Your card can repeatedly destroy other creatures, and the cost is only a lot for high power creatures. Even then, you can gain back life lost with this card anyways. It’s what black does.
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ok, you have made a valid point. how about 3/4 (that would weaken it against white with all the destroy target creature with power 3 or less stuff) or 4/3 (That would weaken it against red with cards like lightning strike)
Also, I edited Evala!
Oh man I'd hate to play against that card ( I hate mill decks. ) Awesome card though. https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/kiana-deaths-edge
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Made this for your tavern @Faiths_Guide
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I think it's a little overpower considering that you will always know what's on top of your library... but I love it still
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I will fix that
Commented and dropped a fave.
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For starters, the additional cost should've been pay X life, not lose X life. Secondly, I most definitely would've made this mythic, also probably would've made it cost {3}{u}{b} if not {4}{u}{b}. I don't really see the point of making this an instant, probably would've made it a sorcery myself. All in all, overpower, but still I really like this card.
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please comment. Why? See @DrakeGladis's point above
No prob
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Pouncing Yeti is just perfect. It's so very Temur. It could definitely see print in a real set, at uncommon, just as you have it.
Guys when can I post a card
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