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CardName: Caged Ape Cost: 3g Type: Creature - Ape Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Rules Text: Emulate (Whenever you activate an activated ability of another creature, this gains that ability until end of turn.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Viruna, War of Eras Common |
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whats the flavour here? Seems very odd
It's a monkey, sat behind bars, amusingly mimicking the faces people pull and the gestures they make.
Vitenka got it. Every color gets at least one common emulate card, I was at a loss for what to make green's so I went with the pun "monkey see monkey do". Then later I decided that the flavor of a caged animal who mimics observers at a sort of zoo or circus would fit well with the flavor of the future, where there isn't a lot of natural wild life running around.
Apes are probably a good idea for emulate, but it's hard not to imagine a caged ape not having defender. Heck, I'd expect it to not be able to block, either, if it is Arrested. Shackles might get him to block again, but he'd still feel like an Ogre Sentry.
Shall I suggest changing the name to 'Cagey Ape'. It's got a similar feel, but lets the monkey walk around.
It was originally called "Aping Ape" to get across the copy-cat feel, but I changed it just to capture the flavor a little more. This probably would not be the final name.