So, I'm removing landwalk from my old designs unless it is something interesting and integral to the card. This is borderline since the idea of having a french vanilla with plainswalk is a lot of the original appeal to the card to me. On the other hand it's just landwalk for a basic land type which I actually despise.
When thinking about replacements I took the flavor cue that this was to me something that has evasion because it is so small and considered putting "~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or more." on it as part of the 'protection from big' theme white has (compare Mistmeadow Skulk).
I realized how close this is to skulk, and that the keyword ability actually has quite a white feel to it. And the term already appeared in white cardnames, so why not?
Yep, all the cards from the source are actually inspired by Alpha and can trace their roots back towards to individual cards. So this is pretty much a direct update.
Mana Leak is strong enough in blue. If white were to become tertiary in counters, it should be getting weaker ones than blue. I'm a fan of tax counters in white, but I think this would need either to cost 3 or tax only for .
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So, I'm removing landwalk from my old designs unless it is something interesting and integral to the card. This is borderline since the idea of having a french vanilla with plainswalk is a lot of the original appeal to the card to me. On the other hand it's just landwalk for a basic land type which I actually despise.
When thinking about replacements I took the flavor cue that this was to me something that has evasion because it is so small and considered putting "~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or more." on it as part of the 'protection from big' theme white has (compare Mistmeadow Skulk).
I realized how close this is to skulk, and that the keyword ability actually has quite a white feel to it. And the term already appeared in white cardnames, so why not?
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Yep, all the cards from the source are actually inspired by Alpha and can trace their roots back towards to individual cards. So this is pretty much a direct update.
This and Lapse of Certainty are the other kind of white counters I appreciate.
This is fun, but I don't think white needs this in it's pie.
Mana Leak is strong enough in blue. If white were to become tertiary in counters, it should be getting weaker ones than blue. I'm a fan of tax counters in white, but I think this would need either to cost 3 or tax only for
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It's like Scavenging Ghoul but not super awkward :D
"You may 'bar'. If you don't 'foo'." >> "'foo' unless you 'bar'."