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CardName: Joskun, An-Havva Constable Cost: 7G Type: Legendary Creature - Human Knight Pow/Tgh: 5/5 Rules Text: When Joskun, An-Havva Constable enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 green Human creature tokens on the battlefield for each Forest you control. Flavour Text: “There are those who accept being told what to do, what to think, and what to say. I wish them well. But they are not welcome in An-Havva.” Set/Rarity: Homelands Restored Rare

Joskun, An-Havva Constable

Legendary Creature – Human Knight

When Joskun, An-Havva Constable enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 green Human creature tokens on the battlefield for each Forest you control.

“There are those who accept being told what to do, what to think, and what to say. I wish them well. But they are not welcome in An-Havva.”

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Updated on 27 Nov 2015 by Alex

Code: RG08

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2015-11-27 11:08:50: jmgariepy created and commented on the card Joskun, An-Havva Constable

by jmgariepy:

Original card. An-Havva Hospitality and An-Havva Constable both focus on the number of green creatures you control. So I thought it would be fitting for Joskun, An-Havva Constable to put a bunch of creatures on the table to interact with both cards.

I kind of went over-board. I didn't see any reason to give Joskun a bunch of trinket text. But to make his ability feel like it belonged on a rare, I had to dump a lot of creatures on the board. So if you get to 8 Forests, Joskun drops 17 creatures (including himself.) An-Havva Hospitality seems unnecessary at this point. Oh well.

Would have liked to see more Fairy tribal. But Joskun protects Humans. And I'd like to see the fairy deck be green-blue. The need for Forests fights against that.

The artwork was tricky. When I saw this, I realized it was the best I was going to get, so I stopped. A forest sheriff that looks capable of leading the Folk of An-Havva to battle is a little too weird for a standard Google image search.

The flavor is a hybrid. I pulled the first half from Folk of An-Havva's alt. flavor. Then followed through with a more unique warning from Joskun.

2015-11-27 11:11:21: jmgariepy edited Joskun, An-Havva Constable

by jmgariepy:

Huh. The Image URL is too long, so I can't submit it. Yet, it is the Image URL:

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Which links to:

Is there any way we can increase the character limit for that field, Alex?

2015-11-27 12:22:04: Alex edited Joskun, An-Havva Constable

by Alex:

Um. TBH I think that URL is longer than it has any business being :P Especially given that things like tinyurl.com exist.

by Alex:

And yes, this does seem somewhat overboard :) I think 6 mana rather than 8 and one token per Forest rather than two would be both more sensible and more useful.

by jmgariepy:

Tiny URL! Why didn't I think of that. Silly me. Oh, and thank you for editing, Alex. I'll take care of my own messes in the future. :)

In my mind, in order for this to be a true rare, it needs to be bigger than Howl of the Night Pack, otherwise it compares oddly. But I suppose I could just go for efficiency instead. I think I can draw this card down to a 5/5 for {3} {g} {g} with the same ability (albeit, with one human per Forest.) Anybody want to throw in a deciding vote? Tournament worthy, or absurd EDH monster?

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