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CardName: Shield Cost: w Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: The top card of your library becomes a barrier. (Put it in your command zone face down. One source that would damage you breaks it instead. Put it into its owner's hand when it breaks.) Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Cards With No Home Common |
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Duel Masters-style shields take lots of reminder text. I always loved the idea, though.
I always appreciated the 'comes back from behind' nature of shields. Seems like a good idea for an alternate Magic format.
Does the reminder text also need a sentence like "Damage that would be dealt to a shielded player breaks a shield instead"?
Yeah. I feel like the reminder text will need to get a bit less accurate and more general in order to convey the concept in few enough words.
This is also a potentially interesting take on white card draw.
"Exile it" is shorted than "Put it into your command zone" and also more accurate since IIRC there is only one command zone.
The hardest thing to convey is who chooses the source that breaks the barrier for e. g. combat damage from several attacking creatures.
you need a keyword action. not just "becomes a barrier." because that is merely a change of state or characteristic. it should not be used for moving between zones.
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