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• 2012-07-02 03:32:27: Link commented on Paladin of Āiro

  Ha. So we are. They do work, right? Putting it on top of the library isn't a cost.

• 2012-07-02 03:30:18: dude1818 commented on Paladin of Āiro

  We're posting at the same time and it's getting very confusing. -_-

• 2012-07-02 03:29:04: Link commented on Paladin of Āiro

  What? Why?

• 2012-07-02 03:28:37: Link commented on Paladin of Āiro

  Actually, I just can't decide on what would be fair costs. I think they don't need to be as high as I think they do. I guess it actually winds up being like Deathtouch, but with more hoops to jump through.

• 2012-07-02 03:27:38: dude1818 commented on Paladin of Āiro

  The two abilities don't work together, even though they look like they should.

  Edit: Oh, now I get it. First you use the blue ability, then in response you use the green ability.

• 2012-07-02 03:22:57: Link edited Paladin of Āiro
• 2012-07-01 19:33:33: Link commented on Paladin of Āiro

  The costs and size should all be larger. Still trying to design a multicolor card for Melvin with a new keyword or ability word. Hopefully having a multicolor color identity counts.

• 2012-07-01 19:32:04: Link created the card Paladin of Āiro
• 2012-07-01 18:40:56: Link edited Moonlight Kindred
• 2012-07-01 18:40:24: Link commented on Moonlight Kindred

  Thanks for the suggestions. For whatever reason, I just don't get Melvin/Melva. He/she is very hard to design for, even if I get the appeal of cards that he/she likes.

  Siphon is supposed to be a fusion of trample and double strike, though I can see that people would get confused.

• 2012-07-01 18:36:18: Link edited Think Again
• 2012-07-01 18:36:06: Link edited Think Again
• 2012-07-01 18:30:33: Link created the card Uninspired Name
• 2012-07-01 18:29:07: Link edited Empower the Meek
• 2012-07-01 18:28:57: Link created the card Empower the Meek
• 2012-07-01 18:25:57: Link commented on Howling Kami

  Brainstorming for a multicolor card for Melvin with a new keyword or ability word. I've realized that the Time Spiral block is laden with Melvin cards, and that many Melvin cards are mashups, so I'm going to try a few mashups and see what I come up with.

  Unfortunately, this fails the multicolor requirement, but I do like it.

• 2012-07-01 18:23:40: Link created the card Howling Kami
• 2012-07-01 15:00:10: Alex commented on Moonlight Kindred

  Mystic Speculation and Firemaw Kavu are MaRo's examples of Melvin cards. I think I'd prefer some others... though I'm not sure quite what I'd suggest either.

  I would agree that cards in cycles are a very Melvin thing; that's why it's hard to find an individual hard that's particularly Melvin. I pretty much agree with jmg, e.g. on Ancient Den: it just works precisely the way it ought to, as a land with all the traits of an artifact as well.

  Perhaps Huntmaster of the Fells with all its 2s? Or Sprout Swarm, because the two keywords mesh so spectacularly well, despite their years-separated initial releases.? (Similarly Ichor Slick or Blast from the Past.) Dreamstone Hedron as a precisely tripled Mind Stone? Maybe Unyaro Bees, as an almost precise reprint of Killer Bees that casts Unyaro Bee Sting.

  Perhaps Priest of Urabrask, actually. All the pieces fit together nicely: it's a precise colourshift of Priest of Gix, but fast mana has shifted out of black into red; and where old Phyrexia was monoblack, New Phyrexia is five-colour.

  Oh, I know: Obelisk of Alara. The 1C activations, the numbers 1-5, clockwise around the colour wheel; ideally it'd be white 1 up to green 5 rather than blue 1 up to white 5, but nonetheless it's pretty pleasing.

• 2012-07-01 07:16:45: jmgariepy commented on Moonlight Kindred

  Hmm. I think Ancient Den is one. And so isn't Pestilent Kathari. I'm not sure, but I think the idea behind Melvin is that he's that little voice in your head that pops up and says "Oh. That makes sense." That's why Melvin likes numbers that match... he likes patterns.

  That being the case, I'd also say that Melvin is the main instigator for card cycles. I can understand why Vorthos would be big into White Knight vs. Black Knight... but a cycle of cantrips across 5 colors that have no other link between them all? That has Melvin written all over it.

  That being said, is this card supposed to be double striking against opponents, or just making players lose life as a form of damage dealt... I could see you intending either one.

• 2012-07-01 05:15:50: Link commented on Moonlight Kindred

  I'm supposed to be designing a gold card for Melvin with a new keyword. This is not it, but it did come from my brainstorming.

  I'm having real trouble for this because I don't really understand Melvin, or have good examples in my mind of cards that Melvins like. I know that Firemaw Kavu is one, and I think that Mystic Speculation is. Does anyone else have good examples?

• 2012-07-01 05:14:01: Link created the card Moonlight Kindred
• 2012-06-29 02:36:26: Link edited Cemetery Delver:

  Changed cost.

• 2012-06-27 23:36:54: Link edited Seer Aloft
• 2012-06-27 23:24:41: Link edited Waking Weald
• 2012-06-27 16:08:42: Link commented on Dream Maker

  Thanks. :-)

• 2012-06-27 10:02:09: Alex commented on Dream Maker

  Ah, that's a lot more interesting :)

• 2012-06-26 23:37:57: Link edited Dream Maker:

  Changed to opponents only and any permanent type. Also changed duration.

• 2012-06-26 23:32:04: Link edited Destiny Blade
• 2012-06-26 00:54:52: Link edited Seer Aloft:

  Added "Three or more."

• 2012-06-26 00:32:24: Link created the card Seer Aloft