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2012-05-31 06:16:46: jmgariepy commented on Ionized Swarm

I'm not 100% sure myself. I think I thought that it hovered too close to Braingeyser-opponent-style for me to be comfortable with it there... but it's still pretty expensive, and would cap out.

I'm changing it over, then worrying about it later.

Edit: Oh, I just changed it over, then previewed it and saw the problem. The idea sounds easy, but the word count is way too high. "exile the top X cards of target opponent's library, where X is equal to the number of different colored mana used to cast this spell." is just too much compared to "Exile the top two cards of target opponent's library."

2012-05-31 05:13:52: Link commented on Ionized Swarm

I'm confused as to why this doesn't exile a card for each color spent to cast it.

2012-05-31 05:11:29: Link commented on Ionized Weave

Hmm... This seems frightening at first glance, but I guess it's really not that bad. Interesting design. By the way, why doesn't it say "each color of mana spent to cast it?"

2012-05-31 05:05:09: Link commented on Nantuko Alpha Hatchling

Poor GW doesn't get enough love.

2012-05-31 04:45:55: jmgariepy edited Hillcrusher Wurm

2012-05-31 04:45:42: jmgariepy edited Hillcrusher Wurm

2012-05-31 04:45:05: jmgariepy commented on Hillcrusher Wurm

I miss Scaled Wurm. That thing was huge! Nowadays, nothing special. I figure red can handle that.

2012-05-31 04:44:14: jmgariepy created the card Hillcrusher Wurm

2012-05-30 10:33:06: jmgariepy commented on Orgon, Auriok Illusionist

Very right. It's easy to forget this when plugging away, but rather important in "Super-50%-of-creatures-is-Legends" town

2012-05-30 10:31:49: jmgariepy edited Orgon, Auriok Illusionist

2012-05-30 10:29:30: jmgariepy commented on Rootwater Guardian

Lumengrid Warden is the one that jumps to my mind from Mirrodin. Was secretly really good in draft there, since it picked up equipment and tackled the opponent early...

2012-05-30 10:22:07: Alex commented on Nantuko Alpha Hatchling

Yes, this is very solid.

2012-05-30 10:21:38: Alex commented on Orgon, Auriok Illusionist

Hmm, I think the rule about "second-and-subsequent copies of a Legend's name get abbreviated" should be relaxed here. I don't actually provide a way to override that. You can just hard-code its name in the text box, or move the legend-rule-modifying ability to before the token-making ability.

2012-05-30 10:17:17: Alex commented on Liemaker

I think it's just that repeatable removal in general needs to cost a hefty amount. Pinging for 1 is okay on a 3-drop be it creature (Cunning Sparkmage, Prodigal Pyromancer etc etc) or enchantment (Honden of Infinite Rage). But doing any more than that has always been really expensive to repeat, and rightfully so. Contrast Viridian Longbow with Heavy Arbalest, Prodigal Sorcerer with Reveka, Wizard Savant, Honden of Infinite Rage with Blood Rites.

1-toughness creatures are meant to be vulnerable, but if you're dealing 2 per turn you're going to be quite reliably eliminating a rather large proportion of Magic's creatures. It makes perfect sense to me that you'd need to add some additional cost in resources (cards as in Rakdos Guildmage, creatures as in Tarflinger / Hatchet Bully / Blood Rites, etc).

2012-05-30 10:10:26: Alex commented on Rootwater Guardian

Blue has gotten 1/3s for {1} {u} for ages now. Even since Straw Soldiers (and let's not ask how that one's meant to have nonzero power flavour-wise).

2012-05-30 08:48:07: Vitenka commented on Rootwater Guardian

Are you allowed it at {1} {u} though? I thought that was 1/2. Remembering this is strictly easier to cast than either...

2012-05-30 08:24:49: jmgariepy commented on Rootwater Guardian

I liked the quote, but couldn't figure out who it would get attributed to. I guess Orgon is getting pegged as 'like an aristocrat', here. I'll have to change his name soon, I suppose.

I did a quick search for 1/3s in black common and found only 7. Rather rare, though I can't see why they couldn't put together a 1/3 for {1} {b} by now.

2012-05-30 08:21:58: jmgariepy edited Rootwater Guardian

2012-05-30 08:21:35: jmgariepy edited Rootwater Guardian

2012-05-30 08:21:15: jmgariepy created the card Rootwater Guardian

2012-05-29 09:59:59: Vitenka commented on Wretched Mob

mmm, it's better than either since you can cast it even if your mana colour has gone all screwy. But, well, it's a CMC5 5/3 vanilla. It's not going to overturn any tables, really. Nice and stompy, fairly killable fairly expensive. Seems like an averagish card to me.

2012-05-29 09:52:01: jmgariepy commented on Wretched Mob

I admit, this is a bit of a step up from Frost Ogre/Mass of Ghouls. The ability to slide the gauge between a black deck, and a red deck in draft shouldn't be taken lightly... but neither of those cards have very good ratings. In a draft, I'd pick Mass of Ghouls... but only if I was certain that I was playing black, or I was desperate for something resembling a big gun. Wretched Mob, however, looks like, what? A 5-6 pick? It can't really be breaking the game...

2012-05-29 09:49:07: jmgariepy edited Wretched Mob

2012-05-29 09:48:46: jmgariepy edited Wretched Mob

2012-05-29 09:48:29: jmgariepy edited Wretched Mob

2012-05-29 09:48:13: jmgariepy created the card Wretched Mob

2012-05-28 03:42:37: Rudyard commented on Beeble Barrage

awesome and adorable

2012-05-28 03:32:06: jmgariepy edited Nantuko Alpha Hatchling

2012-05-28 03:29:52: jmgariepy commented on Nantuko Alpha Hatchling

Elvish Warrior/Armored Warhorse done hybrid style. That's a heck of a good common, if I do say so. I like giving G/W a shot in the arm, though. It's a tough color combination to sport, even when the developers are pushing to make it good.

2012-05-28 03:28:14: jmgariepy edited Nantuko Alpha Hatchling