Of course, this no longer mirrors perfectly, and the text has got small; but it's probably a better home for Augury than Engulfing Sludge(Engulfing Sludge).
Seriously though; it feels like about the right bonus. Big enough to matter, but it's usually only once and not so big as to be unstoppable. Does get a bit odd, thematically, if you repeatedly bounce him though. ("Oh good, our guard is ther, we can charge recklessly. Oh, he's gone, well, mid-charge, too late - wait, he's back! Charge even harder boys!") But fixing that is almost certainly not worth the words it'd cost.
The thought occurs that this is a bad idea for a scrycling card, in the same way that Swat was. This is an effect that will pretty much always be useful. Augury/scrycling is probably best saved for a more situational card.
> Multiple instances of Parrying are partially redundant. A creature with "Parrying, Parrying" and no other relevant text can block three creatures; it will deal combat damage equal to its power to each of them.
> If a creature has Parrying and can also block multiple creatures due to another ability, then it will deal combat damage equal to its power to all of them (regardless of the number of instances of Parrying the creature has).
Good points, Alex. Maybe I should reprint Furious Resistance. It's rather a lot of reprints, though... and that and Searing Spear are both quite recent. But maybe I can get away with one of them if I change the other.
That's, uh, because this card is absurdly efficient.
(I do mean actually absurd, as in probably unprintable.)
You're right. Made it a cantrip instead, moving Augury to Gorge on Scintillae(Gorge on Scintillae).
Astonishingly, this has never been printed.
Augury->Cantrip
Of course, this no longer mirrors perfectly, and the text has got small; but it's probably a better home for Augury than Engulfing Sludge(Engulfing Sludge).
I think the cost may still be right, too.
Move Augury to the more conditional card
Ok.
I like this Alot. And this Dwarf, too.
Seriously though; it feels like about the right bonus. Big enough to matter, but it's usually only once and not so big as to be unstoppable. Does get a bit odd, thematically, if you repeatedly bounce him though. ("Oh good, our guard is ther, we can charge recklessly. Oh, he's gone, well, mid-charge, too late - wait, he's back! Charge even harder boys!") But fixing that is almost certainly not worth the words it'd cost.
Glare at P/T until it appears
I guess this is 1/1 or 1/2 itself?
Also, yay for the hindmost.
The thought occurs that this is a bad idea for a scrycling card, in the same way that Swat was. This is an effect that will pretty much always be useful. Augury/scrycling is probably best saved for a more situational card.
"would give an excellent height advantage to raiders – if the dwarves tolerated any."
Any raiders? Or any height advantage? :P
Chris already answered that on the mechanic descriptions page:
> Multiple instances of Parrying are partially redundant. A creature with "Parrying, Parrying" and no other relevant text can block three creatures; it will deal combat damage equal to its power to each of them. > If a creature has Parrying and can also block multiple creatures due to another ability, then it will deal combat damage equal to its power to all of them (regardless of the number of instances of Parrying the creature has).
How about twiddling instead? Untap+effect is green these days (Burst of Strength)
What happens when a creature with parrying is made to block more than 2 creatures?
I thought monowhite didn't get bonuses more than +2/+2, to keep it separate from green?
If it dealt damage only to creatures (or 2 damage), it could probably add
. Or maybe as a sorcery? compare Deconstruct and Turn to Dust.
Made reprint of Furious Resistance as suggested, now that Lightning Pulse is not a reprint.
Credit to Jack V who submitted this for Multiverse Challenge 71: Ogre Spirit Spear
Increase pump
...or Trumpet Blast. Sacrifice Instant speed, gain Haste. Sounds good to me.
That feels better by comparison with Rally the Peasants, too.
Good points, Alex. Maybe I should reprint Furious Resistance. It's rather a lot of reprints, though... and that and Searing Spear are both quite recent. But maybe I can get away with one of them if I change the other.