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CardName: Big Bro Cost: 2WW Type: Creature - Elephant Ally Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Rules Text: Substitute {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Return a blocking creature you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand blocking all creatures the returned creature was blocking.) Lifelink Flavour Text: I heard you were talking trash about my little brother? Set/Rarity: Name That Card Common

Big Bro
{2}{w}{w}
 
 C 
Creature – Elephant Ally
Substitute {2}{w} ({2}{w}, Return a blocking creature you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand blocking all creatures the returned creature was blocking.)
Lifelink
I heard you were talking trash about my little brother?
3/3
Updated on 11 Apr 2022 by jmgariepy

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2022-04-03 06:32:25: jmgariepy created and commented on the card Big Bro

Welcome back to Name That Card! Here's a reasonably simple concept. It's pretty much Ninjutsu, but for blocking. But what is this card's name? And what is its creature type and what's the name of its ability?

2022-04-03 06:32:52: jmgariepy edited Big Bro

Quick note before the question is asked: If the creatures that were blocked are no longer on the battlefield between the time of cost and the resolution, that doesn't mean NTC #096 doesn't enter the battlefield. It does so, and blocks what it can.

If a creature was blocked by two creatures, and one was returned with this ability, and then the opponent did something to remove that creature from combat (for example, Labyrinth of Skophos) then I suppose that creature gets blocked again by NTC #096. Weird.

Name: Big Bro

Type: Elephant Ally

Flavor text: I heard you were talking shit about my little bro???

Ooh, Elephant Ally is really strong too.

I'm struggling to think of anything good. I thought of "loxodon bodyguard" but I think Big Bro is better :) Maybe something like "guardian angel", but I can't think of a good name other than that.

ETA: MTG is overloaded with words. Ambush? Substitute? Champion a creature to hand? Guard?

Hey Froggy! The mechanic still needs a name. ;)

@Jack V

Thank goodness you pictured a Loxodon, 'cause I didn't think to include an art synopsis explaining it wasn't just a normal old six thousand kilogram African elephant coming to the rescue LOL

@jm

Sorry, I totally missed the part about the mechanic...

Honestly, I'd go with Substitute... though that already refers to something in the game community, it's not a mechanic of it's own...

Another idea could be Switch which I think is unused since the term they use for Switcharoo-effects is 'exchange'

Honestly though I'm not great at naming mechanics, and in particular a serious-sounding name clashes just a little with my un-design :-P

> Thank goodness you pictured a Loxodon, 'cause I didn't think to include an art synopsis explaining it wasn't just a normal old six thousand kilogram African elephant coming to the rescue LOL

­:D

Medical Corps Ninja

Fox Ninja

Kawajutsu (short for Kawarimi no Jutsu, from Naruto's Substitution Jutsu)

Ooh, right before the wire. Voting is up! Click here to vote on your favorite card name!

2022-04-11 04:12:16: jmgariepy edited Big Bro

Froggy wins this week. I chose substitute over switch because switch sounds like it could belong to a lot of mechanics, while substitute reminds me of subbing in athletes in a sporting event, and that's not such a bad parallel. Also changed the flavor text to keep it G rated. :D

See you all in ((NTC #097))!

The perfect magic card doesn't exi-

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