New Posts For Thread: Contest - Witheralhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_WitheralWitherals are creatures that can't recover their strength like other creatures when they are out of combat.Therefore they all have "Damage is delt to ~ in the form of -1/-1 counters." or similar.This means they must compensate in other ways, the mainNice find.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_Witheral?post_id=527395347#527395347Nice find.Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:26:46 -0600phantom nishobahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_Witheral?post_id=527355773#527355773phantom nishobaWed, 19 Dec 2012 18:27:08 -0600I've updated the example Witheral in the first post to use only -1/-1 counters, it does make it slightly more complicated, see the post for why, but I feel it's worth it, mixing counters probably isn't great, this seems neeter all round.I've also inchttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_Witheral?post_id=527344463#527344463I've updated the example Witheral in the first post to use only -1/-1 counters, it does make it slightly more complicated, see the post for why, but I feel it's worth it, mixing counters probably isn't great, this seems neeter all round.I've also incWed, 19 Dec 2012 12:18:12 -0600Remove a +1/+1 counter from ~: Prevent 1 damage to ~.Alternately, we can change the +1/+1 side of things.At the beginning of your upkeep, remove N -1/-1 counters from ~.(The tilde essentially means "this card". N means how the mechanic works.)You couhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_Witheral?post_id=527325799#527325799Remove a +1/+1 counter from ~: Prevent 1 damage to ~.Alternately, we can change the +1/+1 side of things.At the beginning of your upkeep, remove N -1/-1 counters from ~.(The tilde essentially means "this card". N means how the mechanic works.)You couTue, 18 Dec 2012 17:52:45 -0600The problem with using the Phyrexian Hydra template (or some other replacement/prevention effect) is that it has too many hidden options, I think. It's also inelegant, and I'm not sure why they didn't just reversehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29539885/Contest_-_Witheral?post_id=526960837#526960837The problem with using the Phyrexian Hydra template (or some other replacement/prevention effect) is that it has too many hidden options, I think. It's also inelegant, and I'm not sure why they didn't just reverseMon, 17 Dec 2012 20:06:38 -0600