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Recent updates to Portal of New New World Order: (Generated at 2025-08-18 11:14:40)

• 2017-11-29 10:15:45: Tahazzar commented on Tin Soldier

  Great flavor and name. It even acts as tribal support. Brilliant.

• 2017-11-29 10:10:25: SecretInfiltrator created and commented on the card Tin Soldier

  Since 1/1 vanilla for a colored mana is not good enough...

• 2017-11-29 10:06:58: Tahazzar edited Colossal Carnivore:

  No longer a reprint.

• 2017-11-29 10:05:09: Tahazzar commented on Colossal Carnivore

  Slightly worse Enormous Baloth? Sure. Preferably not a beast since Rumbling Baloth is already in the set.

  ... Maybe this could stay as a Dinosaur?

• 2017-11-29 10:04:13: SecretInfiltrator edited the details page Skeleton
• 2017-11-29 10:03:14: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Blazing Volley

  How does one make a sorcery speed burn that doesn't target, affects only one target, and can act as a removal?

• 2017-11-29 10:02:12: SecretInfiltrator commented on Colossal Carnivore

  I was thinking a 7/7 for . It just doesn't exist yet.

• 2017-11-29 09:59:19: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Wind Drake

  REPRINT: Wind Drake.

• 2017-11-29 09:51:58: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Colossal Carnivore

  REPRINT: Ancient Brontodon.

  Not sure about this. Could be Cowl Prowler or Vorstclaw instead. Dinosaurs are cool though.

• 2017-11-29 09:41:56: SecretInfiltrator commented on the cardset Portal of New New World Order

  I think having more than 20% of the vanillas non-square is a good idea. But you should be aware that some staple effects among the spells will gather red flags by going "up to 11" e. g. ramp.

  EDIT: Always check the release date of an article.

• 2017-11-29 09:41:37: Tahazzar edited Tremble in Fear:

  from tap creatures you don't control to straight-up can't block

• 2017-11-29 09:40:59: Tahazzar commented on Tremble in Fear

  Now that I really think about, yeah, fair enough.

• 2017-11-29 09:34:07: Tahazzar commented on the cardset Portal of New New World Order

  Just out of practical issues, I don't like counters much so I would definitely not like to have them... maybe not even on higher rarities...

  I don't necessary think that the cards in this set would have to be less powerful than in an expert set, but I can't think of any way to make a 1/1 vanilla creature not 'bad'. 2/2 for 2 and 3/3 for 3 and etc are 'okay' but IMO 1/1 for 1 is just too low power. For that reason I might avoid having 1/1s vanillas in the set altogether. Though maybe one in since it's the worst creature color.

  EDIT: Having non-square statted vanilla creatures and square-statted non-vanilla creatures sounds something worth exploring. Ie. "Learning how non-square stats" work could be the role of vanilla creatures. Thought that would lessen them as something easy you don't have to be think about too much - beyond the basics of being a creature.

• 2017-11-29 09:26:50: Vitenka commented on the cardset Portal of New New World Order

  I think choosing vanillas is harder than normal creatures. Normal creatures you have mechanical text to use to flesh them out. Vanilla, you only have flavour text and name. Sure, the stats part is easier, but the rest? Not so much. (Though also echo - it would maybe be better to allow the vanillas to be non-square and simplify the non-vanillas by having those be square)

  Echo the suggestion of lords. I think counters need taking a bit of care over; but, for example, clockwork beasts seem simple enough to not be problematic - "How big is it? Count the counters" is pretty intuitive. Mind you, maybe that's still "Red flag it, but it passes" territory rather than a hard ban.

  And.. wait; this is an actual official thing? Huh. That's 50% "Make it really simple for onboarding" and 50% "Hey, we can sell a lot more cards now, because you need to flush past the vanillas"

• 2017-11-29 09:15:55: SecretInfiltrator commented on the cardset Portal of New New World Order

  DISCUSSION: The article introducing New New World Order mentions tokens are problematic, but makes no mention of counters. Loophole to be exploited or to be closed?

  Also: One way to make vanilla creatures matter more is to introduce cards that care about them. Aaron Forsythe once pointed out that the vanilla 1/1s in Alpha also had a tribal lord in the set. I suggest building upon that and choosing vanilla 1/1s (and vanillas in general) accordingly.

• 2017-11-29 09:04:52: SecretInfiltrator created and commented on the card Sizzle

  REPRINT: Sizzle

  If we force new players to read distracting flavor text it might as well be a Jaya Ballard quote.

• 2017-11-29 09:01:16: SecretInfiltrator commented on Tremble in Fear

  I don't see what's wrong with aggressive tapping in white or blue. Blue makes stuff unblockable as well. I think we can make use of the "doesn't untap" version for them though, so it can be defensive as well?

• 2017-11-29 08:57:17: SecretInfiltrator edited Tremble in Fear:

  moved from burn slot to panic slot

• 2017-11-29 08:53:57: SecretInfiltrator edited the details page Skeleton
• 2017-11-29 08:45:35: SecretInfiltrator edited Rapture
• 2017-11-29 08:45:11: SecretInfiltrator edited Rapture:

  moved from +p/+t slot

• 2017-11-29 08:44:42: SecretInfiltrator edited Nectar:

  moved to life gain slot

• 2017-11-29 08:42:47: SecretInfiltrator commented on Bonebreaker Giant

  REPRINT: Bonebreaker Giant

• 2017-11-29 08:42:22: SecretInfiltrator created the card Bonebreaker Giant
• 2017-11-29 08:38:24: SecretInfiltrator commented on the cardset Portal of New New World Order

  I have created a preliminary set skeleton and distributed all keywords allowed at common across the common creature slots in some approximation of the ratios I've found on a quick search.

  In particular I marked 20 creature slots as vanilla. I gave an additional slot to green since green has the most options and one less to red since red is a spell color and has less p/t spread than blue.

  Feel free to move these around, but that's the actual number we aim for.

  Spell slots got a quick preliminary assignment, too.

• 2017-11-29 08:33:18: SecretInfiltrator edited the details page Skeleton
• 2017-11-29 08:28:51: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Rumbling Baloth

  REPRINT: Rumbling Baloth.

• 2017-11-29 08:26:08: Tahazzar created and commented on the card Giant Octopus

  REPRINT: Giant Octopus.

• 2017-11-29 08:25:12: Tahazzar edited Glory Seeker:

  CW06 to CW02

• 2017-11-29 08:24:00: Tahazzar edited Walking Corpse:

  Added a flavor text.