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I need a hard counter in the set, so I'm moving this guy from Workbench to Alpha. Not really a 'hard counter', but it's so close, that it fills the role. I also didn't want it to be multi-colored, since this is the set's hard counter, and I want all blue decks to have access to it. And, since this card was made early in the process, when I wasn't sure what I was doing, but later started to enforce "Only multi-color when absolutely neccessary."
In the process, he lost the old clause which said:
"Creatures that share a color with that spell can't attack or block this turn."
Which was cute, but you can see my previous reservations about that ability. Now we're more on color, and more universally relevent... even if we've shifted into "inspired by" more than "Direct descendant of".
No, you're definetly right, Link. This comes from too much cutting and pasting.
Argh @that mercifully-avoided flavour text :)
Oh, also, I stayed my hand on that flavor text. My first idea ran something like:
"Back in Rath, we used to announce the arrival of assassins in the city by pounding on these large deep drums. And let me tell you, the assassin business was booming."
Yeah.
@Link: Yes. The reason would be that I'm easily distracted. Thank you for catching my gaffe.
Hole filling I chose... um... Behead I guess (Hi, Rudyard). Random generator gave me Rathi Fiend. A bit tricky, but I got there eventually. My first thought was a Smother variation, but I already have a nice -2/-1 enchant creature in the
slot, and I didn't want to overlap that territory.
Any reason this says casting cost and not converted mana cost?
It seems weird that he multiplies, but the token is certainly more elegant than trying to keep this guy around.
Shouldn't it say something like "Then it deals 3 damage to that creature's control if he or she gained life this turn." I mean, your commas definitely aren't right.
I really like the idea of a reprint too, Jack... and I'm really tempted to leave Lunge alone. But it ain't really perfect, and I don't think anyone looking at Lunge would say "Oh, that's a shock and a Zebra Unicorn! There will be other opportunities. I'm bound to get a combination which is roughly another existing card. Something like Healing Leaves + Color shift to white.
How about "Lunge deals 2 damage to target creature. If it does, it deals 2 damage to its controller."
Although lunge seems great: simple, balanced, and you get to use a reprint in your mash-up set! :)
Yup.
I think it's important to use "ablaze" or "burning" as the last word, for punchline purposes. Changed the preposition to 'them', which doesn't tell you if they set the halls, or themselves on fire... but that doesn't really matter, eh?
If a player gained life this turn.