CardName: Woeful Woods Troll
Cost: {4}{G}
Type: Creature - Troll
Pow/Tgh: 3/5
Rules Text: Ward {3}
Despairing 9- Woeful Woods Troll has hexproof and trample
(If your life total is 9 or less, Woeful Woods Troll is
despairing).
Flavour Text: A Series of Unfortunate Events-inspired plane
Set/Rarity: temporary storage Uncommon
Woeful Woods Troll
U
Creature – Troll
Ward Despairing 9- Woeful Woods Troll has hexproof and trample (If your life total is 9 or less, Woeful Woods Troll is despairing).
See Scheming Mander.
Mechanic test idea. Despairing checks life total, then if the creature (potentially other permanents, though only envisioned as creatures at the current moment) is despairing, it gets some bonuses. For this example, I kept it simple with keywords, but I would probably make other boons for despairing creatures.
I originally wanted to just use Despair but worried about the technicalities for Magic wording with then verbing Despair in the reminder text. Alternatively now, I do think the ability could go like
Despair 9 (If your life...., ~ is in despair)
See Scheming Mander.
Mechanic test idea. Despairing checks life total, then if the creature (potentially other permanents, though only envisioned as creatures at the current moment) is despairing, it gets some bonuses. For this example, I kept it simple with keywords, but I would probably make other boons for despairing creatures.
I originally wanted to just use Despair but worried about the technicalities for Magic wording with then verbing Despair in the reminder text. Alternatively now, I do think the ability could go like
Despair 9 (If your life...., ~ is in despair)