CardName: Dangerlands Ranger
Cost: 1G
Type: Creature - Elf Scout
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Whenever Dangerlands Ranger attacks or blocks, you may
search your library for a land card, put it into your
graveyard, then shuffle your library.
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Uncommon
Dangerlands Ranger
U
Creature – Elf Scout
Whenever Dangerlands Ranger attacks or blocks, you may search your library for a land card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle your library.
See Challenge # 167. Making an uncommon green 2-cost combo creature.
OK, small green combo creature. Small green creatures aren't often the effective combo pieces, but they could be. What does combo like? Repeatable effects. Free resources. Useless effects that are broken in just the right circumstance.
OK, a straightforward land search? For a land that you want in the graveyard. It might be more combo-y if it was a one-off effect but I liked the idea that it might start early but take multiple turns to use.
The problem is repeated search is a waste of time if you don't need the effect right now. Maybe it should have a mana cost so you only use it if you need it?
Nifty. Reduces the chance of drawing lands as the game goes on. It's a pity it's a search, though, as big shuffles are bad. Maybe something like "look at the top five, you may put a land from among them into the graveyard, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order"?
Anyway, it definitely ticks the boxes: this is a fascinating combo piece that really wants to go along with something :) It'd certainly be popular with The Gitrog Monster.
See Challenge # 167. Making an uncommon green 2-cost combo creature.
OK, small green combo creature. Small green creatures aren't often the effective combo pieces, but they could be. What does combo like? Repeatable effects. Free resources. Useless effects that are broken in just the right circumstance.
OK, a straightforward land search? For a land that you want in the graveyard. It might be more combo-y if it was a one-off effect but I liked the idea that it might start early but take multiple turns to use.
The problem is repeated search is a waste of time if you don't need the effect right now. Maybe it should have a mana cost so you only use it if you need it?
Nifty. Reduces the chance of drawing lands as the game goes on. It's a pity it's a search, though, as big shuffles are bad. Maybe something like "look at the top five, you may put a land from among them into the graveyard, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order"?
Anyway, it definitely ticks the boxes: this is a fascinating combo piece that really wants to go along with something :) It'd certainly be popular with The Gitrog Monster.