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Recent updates to Mashup: the Gathering Alpha: (Generated at 2025-10-25 19:27:33)

• 2012-04-29 10:03:56: jmgariepy edited Mistwing Scarecrow
• 2012-04-29 10:03:47: jmgariepy generated part of a set skeleton in Skeleton
• 2012-04-29 10:03:00: jmgariepy edited Gladhanding Genie
• 2012-04-29 10:02:43: jmgariepy edited Mistwing Scarecrow
• 2012-04-29 10:02:26: jmgariepy changed the cardset options for Mashup: the Gathering Alpha
• 2012-04-29 09:58:04: jmgariepy edited Mistwing Scarecrow
• 2012-04-29 09:57:57: jmgariepy edited Gladhanding Genie
• 2012-04-29 09:57:50: jmgariepy edited Gladhanding Genie
• 2012-04-29 09:55:44: jmgariepy edited Dance of Sword and Shield
• 2012-04-29 09:55:23: jmgariepy edited Clouded Plexis
• 2012-04-29 09:55:03: jmgariepy edited Celestial Glider
• 2012-04-29 09:54:47: jmgariepy edited Blind
• 2012-04-29 09:53:43: jmgariepy edited Ajudithopter
• 2012-04-29 09:53:21: jmgariepy edited Azerin, Sanity's End
• 2012-04-29 09:53:12: jmgariepy edited Azerin, Sanity's End
• 2012-04-29 09:53:02: jmgariepy edited An-Zerrin Archmage
• 2012-04-29 09:52:17: jmgariepy generated part of a set skeleton in Skeleton
• 2012-01-04 11:27:58: jmgariepy commented on Diabolical Battlestone

  It's probably true. I hate doubling back away from a challenge I gave myself, but I bit off more than I can chew. Maybe I can find a way to make a few super-ingots in rare, and shuffle some cards into that one. I'll get back to this shortly.

• 2012-01-04 11:16:30: Alex commented on Diabolical Battlestone

  Chopping one off each of these, and making them have mirrored green/black effects both inspired by the same random card (Diabolic Tutor or whatever), seems the way to go.

• 2012-01-04 05:04:05: jmgariepy commented on Smokebraider Battlestone

  Originally, the ultimate gave you a Red Dark Ritual. Not terribly interesting. Smokebraider, however, does allow you to play Elementals quicker and cheaper, though, so I gave it the ability to plop a giant Elemental on the table.

  Also, for more on the recent Battlestone switchout, see Diabolical Battlestone.

• 2012-01-04 05:00:32: jmgariepy commented on Diabolical Battlestone

  Still trying to work out some kinks on these Battlestones. I tried to streamline these by turning the ability you didn't want to use into a comes into play ability. On some cards, it looks a little better. on (((Niven's Battlestone))) the card looks just as weird as before. On this card... originally, this card exiled to permanently change a land, which seemed strange and mostly inconsequential. I changed it up with Harrowing a land into a Swamp, which is a better effect, but makes the card too wordy. It's a shame that searching your library takes up numerous sentences for a relatively simple action... by now, you'd almost think they'd come up with a keyword action to explain the process.

  Anyhow, in general this feels like an improvement, but not enough to overcome the awkwardness of these cards. I figured I'd try this before starting over from scratch, but I guess I might be starting from scratch. Or lopping off one card from each of these, and shipping the lopped off cards to some other thing...

• 2012-01-04 04:55:35: jmgariepy edited Niven's Battlestone
• 2012-01-04 04:55:31: jmgariepy edited Builder's Battlestone
• 2012-01-04 04:55:28: jmgariepy edited Smokebraider Battlestone
• 2012-01-04 04:55:25: jmgariepy edited Stormscape Battlestone
• 2012-01-04 04:55:22: jmgariepy edited Diabolical Battlestone
• 2012-01-01 06:56:13: jmgariepy commented on Deadfall Dig

  Really, it's meant to take up the Terrarion slot for now. I don't think it's bad, but I don't think it's awesome either. I moved it over because it allows me to build around it, and unless I get another mashup that works, I don't see why this can't stick.

  Though, this does encourage me to get some more landwalk in the set. Shadowmoor cared about colors not blooking, so Elsewhere Flask never really got a chance to crazy surprise anyone...

• 2012-01-01 06:51:50: jmgariepy commented on Gladhanding Genie

  The association with Shade of Trokair is interesting. Planar Chaos is a gigantic problem for all design. It's a precedence for a lot of things, but it's hard to tell if the precedence is legitimate or not. As it is, I have no idea why, according to the classic color pie, the shade ability is in and only in black... it's very weird. I probably would have gone with it anyway, if it wasn't too close to Derelict Ghost Ship. I think it's even more weird to have a cycle, and have two cards that look very similar to each other, and 3 that are not.

  But, yes, flying could have easily been : ~ gets +0/+1 until end of turn. That seems fine, and I might switch over to that (dropping a bit of toughness while we're at it). I kind of like this creature being a djinn, though. Oh well, I suppose flying isn't needed on every djinn.

• 2012-01-01 06:51:33: jmgariepy edited Gladhanding Genie
• 2012-01-01 06:43:42: jmgariepy commented on Sacred Birch

  I admit, I may be attempting to pull a "overcosted equals common" trick here. Still, I don't think there's anything wrong with "Protection from Creatures" being common, any more than indestructibility. It's just very useful... that doesn't mean that it's less usable in a draft... especially when you've got to play W/G to pull it off.