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See also: Banding. I know it's been out of the game since 1996 or so, but that doesn't mean the cards don't exist, wondering whether or not you can declare that the creature is attacking in a band, and can you drag another creature into combat in the process.
But, yes, assuming these issues can be solved, I like it. The restrictions aren't that common... I don't really mind if someone gets hosed in an ideal situation. After all, Mindslaver hoses a player with Wall of Blood in play (which I found out at a local draft in 2003). That doesn't mean Mindslaver shouldn't have been printed. Actually, the fact that I had a Wall of Blood in play and couldn't do anything about it is a funny story, and something I smile over even today.
As long as it's a rare, it basically will have the same kind of rulings as Boros Battleshaper does (the only difference is that this card also lets you decide who the creature attacks or blocks).
Yeah, I've often wanted to make something like this, and this is a good example of where the ability would be used.
Of course, you could make the rules unambiguous by specifying an order for the players, eg. "active player chooses first" or "active player chooses last", with the same rules that if there's no legal attack/block, they have to do it over. But unlike master warcraft, you'd just have to know that specific rule.
And even without special restrictions on blocking, it still matters who chooses first, eg. if I attack with a 5/5, and you have two 3/3s, and I activate prodigy targetting one of them, I want to make the 3/3 block only if you DON'T block with the other one, and you want to block with the other one only if I DO choose to block with the other one.
Alternatively, it could work how Circeus describes, where you choose that it has to attack, or not attack, or block X if able, and its controller chooses under that restriction. That would at least be self-consistent, even though it may be confusing it works differently to master warcraft.
It's to do with attacking and blocking restrictions and requirements. Say I choose that your Ember Beast has to attack this turn...
That said, I do like this quite a lot, and it'd be great if the rules can be made to work.
I'm don't see the problem with a one-creature version of Master Warcraft and similar effects. All choices related to the creature's forced attack or block are clearly made by a single player. The alternative option goes "choose one: -- Target creature attacks target player or planeswalker; or target creature blocks target attacking creature; or target creature can't attack or block this turn." and I'm pretty that doesn't even cover all the possibilities.
I like the idea, but I think there may be some rules problem or confusion with choosing how one creature attacks/blocks. I'm not sure, but I think other "choose how" cards have avoided having one player specify some creatures and an opponent specify other creatures -- at least, it might be unclear who has to choose first.
I made Jhoira's Masterpiece, Rian, Safehold Magistrate, and Terozan, Thundersong Prodigy.
Added art.
Improved Oculus
For Challenge # 080
Based on Oculus.
I was tempted to take a cue from Frilled Oculus and make this
. After all, X 1/1 creatures is fairly green (or white). But I decided it fit better to be blue.
I'm not sure if it's too good? It's quite fragile, but if it works you can get a bunch of chump blockers and a bunch of cards, and are well-placed for a wrath.
I considered limiting it to one card at a time, but couldn't think of a good template.
Created Tello, Steadfast Guard. May do another one later.
Created for Challenge # 080, based on Steadfast Guard, which I always thought had art far too awesome to be a French vanilla common. Also drawing inspiration from Reveille Squad (another Rebel), Crossbow Infantry, and the way many Mercadian goblins are 1/1 or X/1.
The first ability would have been much shorter pre-planeswalkers: it could have simply said "Whenever you're attacked". Ah well.
Nice. Wither does go very well with fight.
Doesn't seem to have much to do with Stalking Tiger except the concept, but that's fine under the terms of the challenge.
Tsong-Ngc, "Piercing Teeth"
(((Rotmane, Filthy Cur)))
Added Second Skin.
For Challenge # 079. I thought about this card as I went to bed, and thought it was pretty cool. But now that it's written out, I can see it's too long. How unfortunate.
If it isn't clear, this card is supposed to represent how some animals in fairy tales dress up as other animals, and, no matter how silly the costume, it seems to work. I'm not even close to having the space for the flavor text, but it was supposed to be:
"M. Fox is nearby," Bravo Beaver said to Cluckin' Duck. "Let's hide in my lodge."
Presumably with the artwork of a fox wearing a beaver skin, talking to a duck.