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CardName: Turn to Stone Cost: B Type: Enchantment - Aura Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Enchant Creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Sacrifice a creature: Destroy Turn to Stone. Any player may activate this ability. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Community Set Common

Turn to Stone
{b}
 
 C 
Enchantment – Aura
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Sacrifice a creature: Destroy Turn to Stone. Any player may activate this ability.
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Created on 27 May 2012 by jmgariepy

Code: CB03

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2012-05-27 05:03:49: jmgariepy created the card Turn to Stone
on 27 May 2012 by jmgariepy:

This card is just to get the ball rolling on one of the last slots that needs to be closed in Community Set's common design file. People mentioned that we should have something that flavorfully ties to Gorgons, and I thought of this little number. There are three minor issues, though: (1) Is it okay for black to have Arrest, if the real purpose of the card is a cheaper Diabolic Edict? (2) Does the flavor disconnect in the last ability annoying? (Why would sacrificing one of my creatures stop another creature from turning to stone?), and, (3) We already got a good removal card at {1}{b}. Is this overkill?

Point (3) is probably bumping this card to uncommon, at the very least. But can we get something that feels like turning to stone in either the two drop spot, or as creature kill spell that costs {3}{b}{b} to replace Square the Circle? Or is Square the Circle fine, after removing Chain?

on 27 May 2012 by jmgariepy:

Note to self: (1.) without the period makes (1). Right.

on 27 May 2012 by Vitenka:

Yeah, that bugs me too; but some people use normal braces for mana symbols.

I'm really not sure why the sacrifice is there. Just to make this blacker and cheaper?

on 27 May 2012 by jmgariepy:

Well, if you remove it, then you have the card Arrest. I'm pretty sure we don't want to color shift Arrest to black just because it makes flavor sense on this one card. Alternatively, we could go for something more like Paralyze, though, I'm pretty sure Paralyze isn't really black anymore, either.

on 27 May 2012 by Vitenka:

What about removing "Cannot block"? Wall of Stone can block, after all :)

Though that's even whiter, probably.

The basilisk ability got turned into deathtouch... I can find a bunch of "~ gains deathtouch and..." I can't find a plain old "Enchanted creature has deathtouch" either permanent or UEOT.

on 27 May 2012 by jmgariepy:

There's been a couple of "Enchanted creature can't block", but, you're right... if it's not popping up in white, then it happens to be in red. That's probably too many steps removed. I did think of think of a different funny uncommon/rare, however:

The Wages of Slavery
­{4}{b}{b}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
You control enchanted creature. It is a 2/2 black Minion in addition to its other abilities and types.

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