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2014-09-02 11:30:55: Vonmarcus commented on Genesis Gorge

I decided to go with the symmetrical route since this can be activated every other turn. Now I guess the question is if its costed right?

2014-09-02 07:19:18: Alex commented on Genesis Gorge

Hee. That's an interesting variation. Makes me think of Boldwyr Heavyweights, or Iwamori of the Open Fist, but those were pure-drawback mechanics on oversize creatures. This is... curiously symmetrical. I don't think I've seen anything like this before; the closest I can think of is Noble Benefactor. This is pretty awesome in the "breakable symmetry" stakes.

2014-09-02 03:37:19: Vonmarcus created the card Grassland Guard

2014-09-02 03:35:04: Vonmarcus edited Genesis Gorge

2014-09-02 03:20:09: Vonmarcus commented on Genesis Gorge

Thank you for catching the spelling error. And for letting me know of the baseline for lands. Caring for my 8 mo old doesn't leave me time to search gatherer for the baseline of cards when they come to mind I just enter them and hope to get back to them when I can.

I am going to tweak it so that it let's everyone search and switching the mana produced and the activation cost to colorless.

2014-09-02 03:17:58: Vonmarcus edited Genesis Gorge

2014-09-02 03:17:32: Vonmarcus edited Genesis Gorge

2014-09-01 21:53:41: Link commented on Genesis Gorge

It's a "the power level on this is ridiculous" cow. Look at what Stensia Bloodhall did for an equivalent amount of mana, and that didn't make colored mana. Look at Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree, and Sliver Hive. Repeatable creature searching to the battlefield is better than all of those, even though you can only do it every other turn with this.
Also, you spelled "Genesis" wrong.

2014-09-01 21:33:47: Vonmarcus commented on Genesis Gorge

Is that a good cow or a bad cow?

2014-09-01 20:13:45: Vonmarcus created and commented on the card Menergy Dragon

2014-09-01 19:56:56: Vonmarcus edited Growing Grove

2014-09-01 19:55:07: Link commented on Genesis Gorge

Holy cow.

2014-09-01 19:44:46: Vonmarcus edited Genesis Gorge

2014-09-01 19:28:48: Vonmarcus created the card Genesis Gorge

2014-09-01 13:12:50: Vonmarcus edited Impending Return

2014-09-01 13:12:28: Vonmarcus commented on Impending Return

Ok that seems good.

2014-09-01 13:05:12: Alex commented on Impending Return

Hm. It's still a lot worse than Disperse, though, because you need to leave the 2 mana up just like Disperse, except you need to also pay 3 mana at sorcery speed as setup.

{u} to cast and then {u} to sac would leave this as an interesting variant on Boomerang/Disperse.

2014-09-01 12:29:31: Vonmarcus commented on Impending Return

I changed it to bounce non-land.

2014-09-01 12:27:42: Vonmarcus edited Impending Return

2014-09-01 09:50:40: Alex commented on Impending Return

Yeah, the big problem with it before was the repeatability. If it's not repeatable then it's Unsummon which is a 1-mana common printed every year. (Admittedly most years it's 2 mana, like Journey's End.)

Perhaps an in-between could be an enchantment with "When ~ ETBs, bounce target creature" and also "[mana], Sacrifice ~: Bounce target creature"? Bouncing two creatures has been done in NWO common on occasion (Whiplash Trap, Quicksilver Geyser) so that should be okay.

2014-08-31 23:41:27: SadisticMystic commented on Impending Return

So now it's a really bad Seal of Removal.

2014-08-31 15:40:00: Vonmarcus edited Impending Return

2014-08-31 15:39:13: Vonmarcus commented on Impending Return

Ok that is a very good point I think then I'll tweak this to cost this at 3 and activate for 2 and change it so that it is sacrificed instead of returning to hand on activation.

2014-08-31 14:32:29: dude1818 commented on Impending Return

Warning just makes it worse. This card is quite complex, since you have to take into account every possible scenario of what gets bounced before you attack or block. Read MaRo's article on Lenticular Design, especially the board complexity section, for a better explanation.

2014-08-31 12:10:26: Vonmarcus edited Impending Return

2014-08-31 12:09:14: Vonmarcus commented on Impending Return

@ dude1818 - I agree with the template change for the ability. But I don't see how combat gets confusing? It's no different from any other instant bounce effect in combat, save that you get warning that it's coming.

@ Vitenka - Repeatable removal does get a warning flag at common. Given that I'm thinking of changing it to just affect creatures.

I'll also be changing the cast cost to CMC 4.

2014-08-31 08:26:34: Vitenka commented on Impending Return

This card would annoy the hell out of opponents. A lockdown deck is never much fun to play against; and making this common means that just about everyone will be doing it.

Maybe this is now costly enough? I dunno. But repeatable removal is a big warning flag in common.

2014-08-31 05:12:41: dude1818 commented on Impending Return

2 to cast and 3 to activate might be okay, I guess. Capsize does have the drawback that you can counter it by removing its target in response. A slightly weaker template could be "[mana], Return ~ to its owner's hand: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand." I prefer that template. No matter what, the card is too complex for common. Combat gets too confusing.

2014-08-31 04:36:46: Vonmarcus commented on Impending Return

So what you are saying is that 17 yrs after Tempest and Capsize. That this card; that can't be cast in response to anything, can't target lands, and is in a meta-game that where hexproof is a thing. Can't be a common with a 2 cmc activation cost? I can see it costing cmc 4 to cast and 2 to activate.

2014-08-31 03:21:42: dude1818 commented on Impending Return

Capsize at common was a mistake. Make it an uncommon at cost 3 and 3 mana and it's still very powerful.