Code Geass: Recent Activity

Recent updates to Code Geass: (Generated at 2024-04-23 13:02:16)

2021-02-20 12:34:13: Alex commented on Drop from the Ceiling

Great quote from a video about this moment: "Has any one noticed that where suzaku jumps down kicking, there is no door in roof so only possibility is, he is been holding on to the roof this whole time." - "He hasn't been holding onto the roof, he's been spinning in circles in midair the entire time."
2021-02-20 12:31:44: Alex edited Drop from the Ceiling:
hard to get a good shot of this moment in ep 2.21; try this one
2021-02-20 12:21:36: Alex edited End Hostilities:
art
2021-02-20 12:16:04: Alex edited Blaze Luminous:
that just looked horrible, so costs down to W / W again
2021-02-20 12:14:49: Alex moved the card Land Mine from Code Geass into Code Geass archive
2021-02-20 12:10:53: Alex edited the details page Front Page
2021-02-20 12:04:39: Alex edited the details page Front Page
2021-02-20 12:04:01: Alex edited Winsome Mercy:
this flavour only works on creatures you don't initially control, so adding "you don't control"
2021-01-27 18:01:17: Alex commented on Underwater Mine
Land Mine didn't have any good designs mirroring the Repel Intruders-style design here, so I removed the coloured mana, making this more like Scalding Cauldron.

I considered adding back in some to this card to play up the underwater-ness. But that runs into a weird issue. Imagine the following cards:
- A 1/1 Merfolk creature, costing , with ", Sacrifice ~: ~ deals 3 damage to target attacking creature". That's a flagrant colour pie violation, on par with Psionic Blast.
- A noncreature artifact, costing , with the same ability. Like Witching Well but zapping an attacker. That's still clearly way out of pie for a blue card.
- A noncreature artifact, costing , with the same ability. That's perfectly fine in the colour pie, with plenty of precedent, from Aeolipile to Moonglove Extract to Springjaw Trap.
I was considering making this have a first line of text saying "When ~ ETBs, if was spent to cast it, draw a card." But that I think makes this feel enough like a blue-coloured card that the activated ability feels out of pie.

This isn't an exact science, but I think it's better to leave this as it is. But it's interesting!
2021-01-27 17:54:45: Alex edited Underwater Mine:
As discussed on Land Mine: this card wants to be accessible to the (Red-green archetype), so remove the colour-specificity. Was 3-to-attacker if spent, draw a card if spent.
2021-01-26 23:17:53: Alex edited Land Mine:
deactivate and remove from skeleton
2021-01-26 22:53:40: Jack V commented on a card
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2021-01-25 01:06:49: Alex created and commented on the card Land Mine
2021-01-25 00:58:33: Alex created and commented on the card Underwater Mine

Episode 13 features underwater mines, and I've been thinking I'd like to use them as one of my common artifacts. The name "Underwater Mine" really suggests damage to attackers, but also suggests it really wants a symbol somewhere on the card. I've been through quite a few potential designs before finally concluding this is a good way to do it.

The result is a version of Impeccable Timing with the significant drawback that it's telegraphed in advance, but the upside that if you can rustle up a blue mana from somewhere then it becomes a cantrip.

It also triggers revolt in decks including red or green as well as white, but Land Mine is more directly designed for that use case.
2021-01-24 20:43:45: Jack V commented on Prediction / planning mechanic

Yeah, the differences are very interesting too.

I remember discussing how it needed some upside, and flash makes a lot more sense for Code Geass (where the flavour is very much "surprise! you never guessed", and where it's not an in-world effect it makes sense for a lot of other cards to key off) and support cards make more sense for Kaldheim (where the flavour is more "inevitability" and lots of people in the world care about it). But they end up with quite a different feel despite working almost the same.
2021-01-24 16:55:22: Alex edited Vicious Raider:
art and flavour
2021-01-24 16:49:22: Alex created and commented on the card Forsake Compassion

Top-down from the name (near the end of the Events / possible sorcery names). Mechanically similar to Death Pits of Rath and Shriveling Rot.
2021-01-24 16:41:30: Alex edited Incensed Firebrand:
name change so "vicious" can go on Vicious Raider
2021-01-24 16:41:01: Alex created and commented on the card Vicious Raider

I've had a lot of difficulty working out what should be the signpost for the (Black-red archetype), based around Raid. I considered lots of complicated ways to let them keep attacking, like "if you attacked this turn, create a 1/1 soldier" or whatever, but eventually I realised it's as simple as: the Raid archetype wants a way to attack reliably without losing their attacker. So this is just a pretty effective attacker that's fairly hard to kill in combat.
2021-01-24 11:43:42: Alex edited Technophile Duke:
match wording of decadence with other cards
2021-01-24 11:42:26: Alex edited General Tohdoh
2021-01-24 00:00:36: Alex edited Fervor of the Converted:
Hmm, maybe this effect could be a mono-red uncommon. UR->1R
2021-01-23 23:54:48: Alex edited Marianne, "The Flash":
activate
2021-01-23 23:43:39: Alex edited Supply Raids:
activate
2021-01-23 23:42:58: Alex edited Inspired Bladecaptain:
May as well include this in the skeleton, at least until I find something better. Up to uncommon.
2021-01-23 23:40:16: Alex edited Geass of Recklessness:
This can take the final red common slot for now