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I am so here for squirrel knights! I see the poll but again I just love all of them this week, people had good ideas!
Poll is up! Go here to choose your favorite name!
I adore that flavor, very cute.
Friendly Willow
Dryad Scout
Vigilance Counter
Yeah, I like the idea of a named counter. I think wizards avoid one-off counters nowadays, although if they have ability counters they might branch out into something like the blessing counters with a specific type that goes on creatures. But a green not-very-powerful ability word is probably about right.
I tried to capture the flavour of a secret woodland lurker who wanted to help you but was shy enough you barely saw each other. But who might be fearsome at the right moment.
I mean, if they ever do another set in Otaria, I expect the squirrels to all come rushing out...
Squire of Gaea
Creature: Squirrel Knight
Counter Name: Blessing
Could be a cycle of common one-drops that use 'blessing counters', also squirrel knights is a bit unsetlike, but that doesn't disqualify it from NTC :)
Oh, yes, Triskelion but p/t boost is a perfectly reasonable card. It's the common 2/2 for
that isn't reasonable (yet).
I had thought about +1; it's really quite functional. But more than a bit too good for the casting cost. And this way the spider can fall from its web, becoming more powerful on the way down :)
That's a reasonable choice. I forgot to mention not to use +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters, though, since that's just silly. ;)
You know; I think we ought to make this interact with the implicit-behaviour counters. So it's a "Reach" counter. Which I reckon means this is a Hammock Spider
Welcome back to Name That Card! I noticed a little while ago that Green was seriously underrepresented on Name That Card, so I've been working on filling that gap.
This card is inspired by Icatian Javelineers. As a matter of fact, it might be part of a cycle of 1cc creatures (and it's quite possible that the Javelineer ability was switched to Red where it belonged, and only targets creatures for balance reasons now. Or maybe it's just a one-off. Your choice.
But enough about the inspiration. This card needs a name, a creature type, and a counter type. Have at it.
Well, I can only delay so long. These were three good cards, but I'm going to give it to Alex for having the most original name. See everyone in (((NTC #056)))!
Yeah, admittedly, I've been holding back the results because I'm waiting for someone else to tie-break for me. But I'll do the honors of tie-breaking tomorrow if someone doesn't sweep in first.
When there's only a few entries and one of them's mine I always find it hard to decide how to vote :)
It seems only I've voted so far. Maybe I wouldn't have voted for all three had I known that, lol.
Voting is up! Go here to choose your favorite name!
Hmmm. Yeah, I agree with Jack that Insect is a good choice for the toughness pump, with the "shell" feeling. If not that, then... maybe this is a
Treefort Architect, Creature - Elf Artificer.
Treefolk creatures you control get +2/+0.
Elf creatures you control get +0/+2.
Art shows a couple of wandering Treefolk with fortified elven treehouses in their branches, with Elves aiming bows out of arrow slits in them.
You could have this either way round, really... it feels slightly more fitting that the Elves are better protected and the Treefolk are more dangerous, but I could see it either way.
Lord of the Hive Insect Noble.
Insect creatures get +0/+2. Warrior creatures get +2/+0.
I felt like the best uses for this card were two overlapping types (e.g. soldier/human in white) or two complementary types (e.g. anything/turtle in blue). But I couldn't find any that really fit in green. I could have gone with druid/elf or elf/spider, but it didn't feel quite right.
So I hypothesised a set with a big nantuko (or other insectfolk species) presence, where there's a lot of insects many of whom are warriors. Imagining the flavour as helping defend the hive: everyone gets toughness boost, people actually fighting get power boost. You could do the same thing with a reclusive elvish settlement, but I found it harder to convey the flavour.
Haven't we seen an effect like this before? Maybe I'm just remembering a card that doesn't exist.
Anyway, this being green is kind of throwing me off... Hm...
Okay, I'll just try a characteristic and an iconic, that seems sensible.
So, Elves you control get +2/+0 and Hydras you control get +0/+2?
I mean, hydras are already so large... but I figure giving your big threats a toughness boost and giving your spammy small fellers an attack boost is far more powerful than vice versa...
I have to go to an appointment, let's just go with the creature type "Dryad Shaman" and call this "Emissary of Harmony"
Actually this is pretty good, anyway gotta go right now lol
Welcome back to Name that Card! This week we have a real mess. This creature is a 'lord' for two tribes, but we don't know what tribes they are, what creature type the original creature is, or the creature's name. Fill in the blanks as you see fit.
You may have this creature give its bonus to its own creature type, by the way. If you do that, I'll alter the wording of the card to say "Other creatures" as Wizards would normally do. Have at it!
Ha! This week, it's more like I'm a lame duck candidate. I'm just pushing through executive orders before the next jerk is in charge. ;D
"I'm just going to cut to the chase, skip the poll, and give this one to you."
Yeah! Down with democracy!
Honestly, Jack, I think you hit this one so perfectly that you might have scared off other submissions. Since Froggy agreed that yours was better than his, I'm just going to cut to the chase, skip the poll, and give this one to you. I know you think there's some theoretical better version of what the spell is actually doing, but I don't. Abstraction was the only thing that was going to connect these two abilities, and this double entendre does the job perfectly.
(((NTC #055))) in a couple of days. See you then!
Thanks! I feel like there must be an even better version which explains what the spell DOES in order to "bring low", but I couldn't think of it.
Alternate approach: something like "Aether Storm". Except that's already a card doing something else :)
Ooh, that's better than mine. I was getting tunnel-vision on having to have alliteration.