Homelands Restored: Recent Activity

no sweat. i like this solution. possible that granting +2/+0 is a better option? not sure, i guess just seeing that much of a power boost makes it seem overpowered. this into flurry of horns, bam

Ug. This is supposed to say 'You Control'. Assume it says 'you control' until I fix it.

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Original Card: Aysen Crusader ­

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• Moved from Rare to Uncommon
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• Power and toughness changed from 2+/2+ to 2/2. Now grants as a tribal bonus to the creature, as opposed to p/t setting.
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­Aysen Crusader used to get a power and toughness boost via the 'Hero' creature type, of which there were two, and neither of them were in Homelands. The Great Creature Type Update switched this card from funky to fresh, by giving it two very relevant creature types to play with. It's very easy to make this a 5/5 on round four. If Wizards doesn't think that's too powerful, then neither do I.

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Original Card: Aysen Bureaucrats ­

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• Flavor text and artwork from two different cards are combined.
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• Power increased by +1/+0.
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Note: the power increase wasn't part of my original update.

Other than that, Aysen Bureaucrats gets the pass. I did think about making this card more powerful. Maybe +1 toughness. 2.167 stars isn't great, after all. But Errant Doomsayers and Kor Line-Slinger seems to infer that this card is playable as it stands (the Line-Slinger has zero power if you didn't notice. It doesn't seem like a big difference, but I'm sure it matters.)

None of these guys are that great, but I think that's the point. Most of the time, they play defense, and if they're better than other cards in the set, they muck up combat. They might get a boost, though, if a white uncommon is needed.

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Original Card: Aysen Abbey

Cycle of Uncommon lands. See An-Havva Township for changes.

Alright, how does this look? I reset the casting cost back to , but increased the bonus to other Minotaurs to +3/+0. Hopefully, that gives this cow his groove back, and separates him, mindspace-wise, from Rageblood Shaman.

Also, I edited the first entry to represent the changes that this card currently has, as if this conversation never happened. That's kind of weird. But I want the differences to be easy to spot for people looking at this card, without having to read a full conversation. Makes the conversation below it tricky to follow, though. Guess I'll add a note.

My apologies if you felt I was belittling your argument. I wasn't trying to be, but it's tough when we're arguing about something that's so petty. Incredibly important, too, somehow. And incredibly minor. I could probably argue about this single stupid word for hours on end. And I'm sure I would still be unsatisfied in the end, no matter what we agreed to.

But, yes, I can agree to disagree. And, unfortunately, the set is mine, so I get my way. I don't like resolving things that way, but I guess we don't have much of a choice.

I want to suggest Tower Defense, but astonishingly, that name's already taken...

­Rageblood Shaman was pretty strong actually, in a dedicated Minotaur deck. But yes, this wants to be a bit better.

Yep, seems solid.

i don't think writing off my criticism as aversion to the type is fair. i was casual-as-hell when masques was around and going cateran kidnappers into cateran brute felt like cheating, it was great

i just think you're wrong for the reasons i've already outlined; WotC has stopped using mercenary as a class. but at this point all we can do is agree to disagree, and this isn't my set.

To be honest, I'm kind of surprised this guy didn't become a Mercenary during the Great Creature Type Update. My best guess is that no one thought of it. I don't disagree that we're less likely to see a Mercenary now (unless they bring the mechanic back some day.) I'm just giving him the creature type that I assume Wizards would have already done, if someone thought of it.

I can appreciate the aversion to the creature type. It reminds players of the wrong block. I get that. But there's a precedent, and I'd rather the Minotaur have a class that (while arguable) makes sense, than have no class because some players feel weird when they see a tribal creature type outside of its block. Besides, we're assuming that there are no Mercenary players out there who wouldn't love to see yet another option, and I know that those guys/gals exist, too. I would guess that the people that love this change outweigh the people who would hate this change.

i looked on gatherer after posting this and felt like maybe i should eat some of my words. but the last red mercenary was now 10 years ago and was created at a time when the race/class system was in its infancy. i wouldn't expect mercenary to be appearing on many future cards unless there's a clear reason for it beyond flavor.

Ah. I was aware of Minotaur tribal in Theros, but didn't really look into it when making this card. That was foolish of me.

Yes, if Rageblood Shaman exists, then this should be better. It should have been obvious to me that this card needed a boost, as soon as this card is compared to Goblin King, nevermind a more modern card...