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• 2012-03-16 01:08:06: Link commented on Arzan, Who Paints In Gray

  Even though I'm a fan of it, I'm considering dropping the first ability since, as Alex said, it is exactly Kentaro, the Smiling Cat's ability in favor of him "painting everything gray" by making all your permanents and spells colorless.

• 2012-03-16 01:07:00: Link edited Arzan, Who Paints In Gray
• 2012-03-16 01:05:12: Link edited Arzan, Who Paints In Gray
• 2012-03-16 01:03:57: Link edited Arzan, Who Paints In Gray
• 2012-03-16 01:03:42: Link commented on Arzan, Who Paints In Gray

  Yeah, it really does. I'm going to cut it to three colors and drop it to rare.
  Are these abilities too much together?

• 2012-03-15 14:04:01: Alex commented on Breath of Aer

  You also need to draw two cards, this and Hypergenesis, rather than just the cascade card. (Admittedly SM's suggestion of Wheel of Fate does rather help you get to that point.)

• 2012-03-15 13:30:32: Alex commented on Arzan, Who Paints In Gray

  Reminds me of Kentaro, the Smiling Cat. Also seems way too small for a 4-colour mythic.

• 2012-03-15 01:58:39: Link commented on Arzan, Who Paints In Gray

  Apparently I'm a fan of this effect, since I did something very similar on Breath of Aer. Oops. I like this card better, anyway.

• 2012-03-15 01:55:13: Link edited Arzan, Who Paints In Gray:

  Made ability an upkeep trigger.

• 2012-03-15 01:06:33: Link edited Arzan, Who Paints In Gray
• 2012-03-15 00:57:39: Link created the card Arzan, Who Paints In Gray
• 2012-03-14 13:22:24: Link edited Barjian, Grasper at the Sands:

  Made tuck effect globale and avoidable.

• 2012-03-14 13:20:51: Link commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Jmgariepy, I still used the word target, but, as Alex points out, I used it incorrectly.
  I'm going to changed that second effect, because it won't work right. Let's try something slightly different.

• 2012-03-14 09:14:35: Alex commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  All targets have to be around before the ability can even be activated. That's what the word target means. You can choose targets based on another target ("target player and target creature that player controls", or "target creature and another target creature with the same CMC controlled by a different player"), but never based on anything that's determined on resolution ("reveal the top card of target player's library, and ~ deals damage to target creature that shares a colour with that card").

• 2012-03-14 05:46:15: jmgariepy commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  I got to be honest. If I didn't know you designed the card, and it popped up in a new set, I'd call BS. Almost every card that can adversely affect your opponent targets something, unless it hits everything. If Wizards did that, it would create a precedent, and, in 10 years, half the game wouldn't target anymore. That's the way developers work, unfortunately. They cite a card like Unyaro Bee Sting and say "Hey! Green gets direct damage! How about if card X does direct damage! How about we flavor it as a bee sting?"

  Though, now that I think about it, you can target a player without ruffling any feathers. If you let that player choose, even if it's a very restrictive choice, like a creature with the same CMC, then you should be fine. It won't always hit the right thing... but that probably gives the card charm.

• 2012-03-14 04:20:12: Link commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  What if it said "Put target creature card in a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control, then choose target creature with CMC = to that creature's CMC. Put that creature on the bottom of its owner's library?"

• 2012-03-14 03:27:08: jmgariepy commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Well, it does because you are targeting it, and targets are chosen before the ability before the ability is even on the stack. You could remove the targeting restriction in the second part to get around it, but being able to do things to your opponent's creatures without targeting them is a big no-no. You could restrict the ability to not target, but only creatures you control, which does the trick, but may not be the droid you're looking for.

• 2012-03-14 02:52:56: Link commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Someone told me that the target of the second part of the ability has to already be on the battlefield. Is that right? If so, this doesn't work the way I want it to, which makes me sad.

• 2012-03-14 02:51:36: Link commented on Spellshaper's Library

  I know this is broken, but I wish it wasn't.

• 2012-03-14 00:58:18: SadisticMystic commented on Spellshaper's Library

  ­Psychatog kill math just got a whole lot easier. (As did Wild Mongrel.)

• 2012-03-13 23:32:24: Link commented on Spellshaper's Library

  Usually I think I'm pretty good with wording, but I don't know how to word this.

• 2012-03-13 23:32:06: Link created the card Spellshaper's Library
• 2012-03-13 13:47:39: Link commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Yeah, this is meant to be a commander. It sprung from me contemplating a cycle with Harsel, Dawn Harbinger, with enemy-colored creatures that have wedge abilities. Both of these need more thought put into them: although I like their abilities, I'm not sure if it feel like the "right" fusion of the colors. I think this one comes closer than Harsel, perhaps, though the protection from creatures is subject to change. As Alex has shown, it's mostly a white ability.

• 2012-03-13 12:14:10: Alex commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Funky! And prot-creatures isn't excessive on a legend. Beloved Chaplain was useful but didn't break anything; even Commander Eesha didn't make many waves.

  Amusing that this is a 5-colour commander (presumably deliberately).

• 2012-03-13 07:52:53: Vitenka commented on Barjian, Grasper at the Sands

  Interesting "Graveyard to bottom of deck, or maybe I can swap it form one of my creatures" abiity; that is going to be massively overshadowed by being a "And I equip it and smash your face in, or heck, don't bother and have a perfect defence" unblockable 2 drop.

• 2012-03-13 06:01:50: Link created the card Barjian, Grasper at the Sands
• 2012-03-13 05:13:24: Link edited Harsel, Dawn Harbinger:

  Changed size and creature type.

• 2012-03-13 02:41:12: Link commented on Enan, Voiceless Mirror

  I wanted a Painter's Servant I could use in Commander, though obviously not FOR a commander. There's no reason for this to be legendary, I suppose.

• 2012-03-13 02:35:40: Link created the card Enan, Voiceless Mirror
• 2012-03-13 00:21:08: Link commented on Harsel, Dawn Harbinger

  I thought about making a cycle of cards like this (with a creature that has a ability, etc.), but I'm not sure this fits as nicely into the colors as I would like.