For Challenge # 060. I took a cue from Vitenka, and used a card frame that favorably squished the card art for Pride. With a split card, that meant I would either need to duplicate the original art (which... um... just wasn't working for me) or 'cheat' and add another piece of art. I went digging for another Fantasy illustration of a back tattoo, and eventually found this one, that worked for me.

Odd thing about this card... it took me a while to come up with a good name, so I could get a good mechanic. I eventually settled on "Your creatures hurt you / your creatures help you. Either way, your probably not a very good person, since you insist on attacking alone". Which kind of forced a very funny detail... the black side needs to be an isntant for the trick to work, and the white side needs to be a sorcery for so it isn't played after attackers are declared. I assume that's fine... it hasn't been done before for a reason, but I'm pretty sure it's warranted here. The casting costs are wildly different since this doubles up as creature kill, and a potential Fog for black.

If you want a closer look at the right image, you can find it at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H5QhYWwqKjrtEyLZs-fzgRs0TYQ3Toxgdm8-DzohME4?feat=directlink

It's very strange to see white and black getting the "must attack this turn" ability that is generally at home in blue and red. I'd rather this took a cue from cards like Intimidation Bolt and stopped other creatures from attacking.

Hmm. That's a valid point, but I'm not sure how to squeeze 'other creatures can't attack' into the black side of this and make it matter. I could put it on the white side with no problem... but then there wouldn't be as much parity.

For what it's worth, black used to to this all the time, starting with alpha and Nettling Imp and running to Onslaught's Walking Desecration (with a wink on Nettling Curse). It doesn't have it anymore since red took over in Mirrodin... but I don't think it's that much of a stretch to make one last call for it on a top-down flavor card.

As for white... well... it's not really the same ability. I don't think any color has been assigned a "now that you've dedicated yourself to attacking, you must attack like that" mentality... but it sounds like white's wheelhouse to me. Even if it uses the same exact wording as red, it's a very different effect at sorcery speed... this roughly says "You rallied your men, and they all gained exalted. It's too late to turn back now. Destiny is at hand" effect.

It's hard to say which of us is right in this scenario... because we both kind of are. This seems more about what feels right to the most amount of people. If I was to be realistic about the way people respond to new things, I'd probably have to switch Pride to red (and make it deal damage) to win my flavor point on white. Of course, I guess I'd have to change the name, too, and the picture at that rate, which is more work than I want to do right now, so we're just going to leave it the way it is. That doesn't mean I don't not agree.