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CardName: Archon Cost: 3WW Type: Creature - Protoss Archon Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Shield 6 (This enters with six +1/+1 counters. It's dealt damage by first removing that many +1/+1 counters, with excess damage dealt as normal.) As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Duel Decks Starcraft: Remastered Uncommon

Archon

Creature – Protoss Archon

Shield 6 (This enters with six +1/+1 counters. It's dealt damage by first removing that many +1/+1 counters, with excess damage dealt as normal.)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

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Updated on 13 Dec 2018 by jameschanlee

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by jameschanlee:

Blue gets trample?

by Alex:

Blue gets trample is fine at uncommon. A bit dubious at common though.

2012-10-18 22:36:16: jameschanlee edited Archon

by jameschanlee:

Edit: changed to uncommon This is uncommon. Must've made a mistake in typing.

2014-08-12 21:50:08: jameschanlee edited Archon:

previously: "Trample // When ~ enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.". Wording borrowed from the new oblivion ring. Stats might be too strong. Might make it multicolor.

2014-08-17 08:12:24: jameschanlee edited Archon:

3UU -> 3WU

by jameschanlee:

Playtest results: 5/6 blue trampler very strong. Can't be beaten in combat, mostly dies from Spawn Broodling etc. Archon + Reaver very interesting combo.

2014-08-19 08:38:24: jameschanlee edited Archon:

added creature type. "Archon" duh

2014-08-20 10:56:01: jameschanlee edited Archon

by Doombringer:

Trample feels very off in these colors. What about Vigilance? Means it is weaker to chump blockers but is a crazy blocker.

by Alex:

All colours get to splash trample occasionally, at rare or occasionally uncommon. And trample in the set is meant to represent splash damage... (though Siege Tank doesn't have it.)

by jameschanlee:

Not very often, admittedly, but it does happen, even at common. Glacial Crasher is as modern as design can get so this card tells me it's good.

Skaab Goliath and Thraben Militia for other examples. (admittedly that last one was just flavor for "angry mob".)

And yeah, Siege Tank should have trample but it does enough. Haha.

2016-04-19 23:17:16: jameschanlee edited Archon

by jameschanlee:

Before:

Archon {3} {w} {w}
Creature - Protoss Archon [c]
Trample
When Archon enters the battlefield, exile another permanent you control until Archon leaves the battlefield. (That permanent returns under its owner's control.)
5/5

With the Dark Archon being mono-U, Archon should be mono-W.
Made simpler ability.
Trample still off color, but we'll handwave it as flavor.
Test if flash is too much.

2016-04-27 05:41:16: jameschanlee edited Archon:

removed flash

by jameschanlee:

Mechanically /playtest very good. Trample in white is weird, but hate it when it gets chumped by Zerg. Flavorfully, should also be a low-hp, high-shield type creature.

2017-06-13 04:02:20: jameschanlee edited Archon:

removed trample. 5/5 -> 1/1 shield 5

2017-06-25 22:29:25: jameschanlee edited Archon:

changed to work with new shield ability

2018-10-25 07:03:20: jameschanlee edited Archon

2018-11-09 02:25:58: jameschanlee edited Archon

2018-12-13 03:34:37: jameschanlee edited Archon

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