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Recent updates to Duel Decks Starcraft: Remastered: (Generated at 2025-06-23 08:18:05)

• 2016-04-22 23:52:08: jameschanlee commented on Aggressive Mutation

  Change reverted. Elegance > power

• 2016-04-22 23:51:56: jameschanlee edited Aggressive Mutation
• 2016-04-22 23:28:04: jameschanlee commented on Aggressive Mutation

  Before:

  Adrenal Overload
  Sorcery [u]
  Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

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  • A little more complex, but let's add some permanence and stronger Zerg presence. For testing, not final at all.
• 2016-04-22 23:27:16: jameschanlee edited Aggressive Mutation
• 2016-04-22 23:27:09: jameschanlee edited Aggressive Mutation
• 2016-04-22 23:20:31: jameschanlee commented on Sarah Kerrigan

  Previously:

  Kerrigan, Queen of Blades
  Planeswalker - Kerrigan [M]
  +1: Target permanent becomes a Zerg creature with base power and toughness 3/3 in addition to its other types.
  -3: Destroy target creature.
  -7: Gain control of all Zerg, then each opponent sacrifices a permanent for each Zerg you control.
  4

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  • The first ability is a bit complex. stacking multiple permanent types isn't exactly newbie-friendly, and the "base power and toughness" is rare enough that I'd rather remove it.
  • Shifted the first ability to the -2, and changed it to a sorcery Beast Within (Zerg within?)
  • Observe first ability carefully to see whether it's a runaway win with an unblocked flyer.
• 2016-04-22 23:16:47: jameschanlee edited Sarah Kerrigan
• 2016-04-22 23:13:06: jameschanlee edited Calldown:

  Untap two target permanents. -> Untap all creatures you control

• 2016-04-22 23:11:53: jameschanlee edited Hierarch Artanis
• 2016-04-22 23:07:23: jameschanlee edited Hierarch Artanis
• 2016-04-22 23:06:43: jameschanlee edited Hierarch Artanis
• 2016-04-22 23:05:47: jameschanlee commented on Hierarch Artanis

  Previously:

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  • Reduction of complexity. This is a placeholder third ability, but final ability should be more or less this complex.
  • It was originally "you may cast cards you own from exile" but that treads on bad design space.
  • this latest one is confusing because you have to keep track of which cards were exiled with Z versus other means.
• 2016-04-22 23:03:33: jameschanlee edited Hierarch Artanis
• 2016-04-22 20:21:07: zorglemeister commented on Pylon

  Per our comments earlier, changing this (and the other equivalents: Supply Depot and Creep Colony) to colour fixers would be neat.

• 2016-04-22 00:23:38: jameschanlee edited *Disruptor:

  added rarity

• 2016-04-22 00:23:15: jameschanlee created and commented on the card *Disruptor
• 2016-04-22 00:20:32: jameschanlee edited a card:

  1 -> c

• 2016-04-22 00:18:15: jameschanlee created and commented on a card
• 2016-04-22 00:13:06: jameschanlee created the card *Scout
• 2016-04-21 23:12:28: jameschanlee commented on the cardset Duel Decks Starcraft: Remastered

  What's new?

  Since the last stable release, we've received a lot of feedback (some playtest, mostly design). From these, the next version will focus on three main thrusts:

  • Simplification of complex abilities. Complexity is relative, but the theme of the set drew out a lot of beginners. We will try to avoid, as much as possible, non-intuitive rules or interactions, while maintaining the core "function" of that card.

    • Minimization of evergreen keywords, or if they're there to put reminder text.
    • Kind of dug ourselves into a corner with Morph, but if possible to minimize interactions
    • Reduce relatively obscure terms (converted mana cost, stack...)
    • Reduce cards written in "Magic legal-ese"
    • Reduction in actual number of words per card, if able

  • Examples are:

    • Viking ability. "Does that even work? Card doesnt have a name!" "Second ability is not that clear." -> Viking
    • Nexus ability. "Should the card count itself?" -> Nexus
    • Psionic Storm "Huh?" -> Psionic Storm

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  • Standardization of a single keyword per race. The current keywords don't necessarily have to be something that currently exists in MTG. The learning curve will increase little at first, but it's much clearer when the cards all work the same way instead of variants of the same thing. Currently testing:

    • Terran: Switch keyword, a variant of morph. Wraith, Siege Tank, Hellbat, etc.
    • Protoss: Shield keyword, a temporary boost in power. Zealot, Dragoon, Reaver, etc.
    • Zerg: Ravage pseudo keyword, a variant on the "attacking matters" keywords such as Raid, Bloodthirst, and Prowl. Found on Hydralisk, Mutalisk, (((Contaminate))), etc.

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  • Stronger flavor matching. Many questions pointed out that card so and so does not match the unit's flavor specifically. The answer is always "it was a development decision for better gameplay", but it's not a satisfactory answer for casual onlookers. This is the hardest category to fill, and requires significantly more design headaches. Examples:

    • "Why doesn't Bunker protect creatures?" -> Bunker
    • "Why does Carrier have such a small butt? Where are the interceptors?" -> Carrier
    • "Where's the Glaive Wurm ability of Mutalisk?" -> Mutalisk
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• 2016-04-21 21:14:31: jameschanlee edited Bunker:

  2w -> 1W

• 2016-04-21 11:26:18: jameschanlee edited Explosive Payload
• 2016-04-21 11:26:05: jameschanlee edited Explosive Payload:

  corrected typo. each to -> each of