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CardName: Dormant Protector Cost: Type: Land Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Dormant Protector enters the battlefield tapped {T}: Add {G} to your mana pool. {4}{G}{G}: Transform Dormant Protector Flavour Text: Back side: CardName: Awakened Guardian Cost: Type: Creature - Treefolk Pow/Tgh: 3/5 Rules Text: Vigilance Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Snap Rare

Dormant Protector
 
 R 
Land
Dormant Protector enters the battlefield tapped
{t}: Add {g} to your mana pool.
{4}{g}{g}: Transform Dormant Protector
Awakened Guardian
 
 R 
Colour indicator G Creature – Treefolk
Vigilance
3/5
Updated on 18 Mar 2013 by Camruth

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2012-02-23 10:31:02: Camruth created the card Dormant Protector

An Idea I had for transforming lands, may need balancing

Hmm. Somewhat similar to Earthform / Lurk. Which is a good thing. I probably wouldn't make this an actual Forest, though; being searchable by Wood Elves and Misty Rainforest and so on may be a bit too good.

Oh, good idea. Compared to Gargoyle Castle it seems about right. Double faced cards are an excellent way to do these one-off animations. In fact, they could do temporary animations like treetop village, but there's less reason there.

Edit: The size may be slightly too good, I'm not sure. I agree being a forest may be too good.

Hmm... is the lack of a {t} in the second ability intentional. It's a bit odd, but I get it if the vigilance connection is the point. Still, this thing is going to tranform as soon as you have land number 5 on the table and your opponent's turn is ending.

2012-02-23 12:19:25: Camruth edited Dormant Protector

I agree making it a forest was too strong.
At {3}{g}{g} it is slightly harder to cast than Ironroot Treefolk which was the card I was thinking of when I had this idea.
As to the lack of a {t} in the transform ability, both that and vigilance were meant to convey the favour of a long dormant protector being awoken by a threat to it's domain and surging into action (ie: you can activate it and block with it that turn rather than having to wait a turn for it to untap)
Having just written the above sentence though, I can see having tap in the ability cost as the effort to rouse itself from its long dormancy....hmmm
What do you guys think? tap or not tap?

I think it needs to be significantly harder to cast than Ironroot Treefolk. Not taking up a card slot in your deck is huge.

I think the design could work either way with {t}: see Stalking Stones for perhaps the most similar card to this printed so far. That doesn't need to tap.

2012-02-23 22:08:53: Camruth edited Dormant Protector
2012-04-24 05:33:10: Camruth edited Dormant Protector
2013-03-18 07:32:14: Camruth edited Dormant Protector

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