CardName: Balten Herald
Cost: {3}{W}
Type: Creature - Angel Warrior
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Rules Text: Flying
Whenever Balten Herald becomes enchanted, carve a white
rune. (Create a white Rune enchantment token with "{W},
Sacrifice this enchantment: Target creature gets +1/+1 and
gains lifelink until end of turn.")
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: temporary storage Uncommon
Balten Herald
U
Creature – Angel Warrior
Flying
Whenever Balten Herald becomes enchanted, carve a white rune. (Create a white Rune enchantment token with ", Sacrifice this enchantment: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn.")
(Proposing)The white rune. I opted for wording based off of investigate, because I liked the aesthetic/flavor of saying "carve a rune." At first I considered having the white rune gain the player either 3 or 4 life. That just didn't sound too great. If I use tap or untap for rune, I would rather place that in blue. White is a pretty creature friendly color, so I figured +1/+1 and a keyword (I liked lifelink the most in this role, over vigilance and flying) would be okay. I hope the "+1/+1 and lifelink" of the white rune is not over or undershadowed by the green rune's straight "+2/+2." This is the first rune card I'm applying an activation cost to, based off of SecretInfiltrator's suggestion.
Wouldn't want the white Rune to be too much like Food, eh? With creature pump out it will be interesting to see the green Rune. That's usually the issue with this color-cycled version of investigate.
(Proposing)The white rune. I opted for wording based off of investigate, because I liked the aesthetic/flavor of saying "carve a rune." At first I considered having the white rune gain the player either 3 or 4 life. That just didn't sound too great. If I use tap or untap for rune, I would rather place that in blue. White is a pretty creature friendly color, so I figured +1/+1 and a keyword (I liked lifelink the most in this role, over vigilance and flying) would be okay. I hope the "+1/+1 and lifelink" of the white rune is not over or undershadowed by the green rune's straight "+2/+2." This is the first rune card I'm applying an activation cost to, based off of SecretInfiltrator's suggestion.
Wouldn't want the white Rune to be too much like Food, eh? With creature pump out it will be interesting to see the green Rune. That's usually the issue with this color-cycled version of investigate.