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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 11:37AM #1
Lenatir
Date Joined: Feb 24, 2012
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Merfolk Songstress
(This is meant to be a creature for Mono-Blue decks, and this is largely up for discussion )
0/4
Abilities (Each ability is technically meant to be a song performed by the Songstress that has a psychological effect, hence the song names which would not be essential but are just a personal indulgence. Note that these could perhaps also be worked to affect both players each time, I can't decide. I also know there are a lot of them, I would like it to feel like these are songs she would sing and make it feel like a sort of song list. And don't know how to make it feel like that with only 2 songs... Yes I like Flavor.)
These abilities are also free to be removed and replaced, I just want the number to be 3 at the end result. I want to design what could become an official card. If anyone has any ideas then please share them on what can be changed and made better about this card.


Amnesiac's Lament
Target player moves the top 2 cards from their library to the graveyard


Peaceful Memories
Untap and remove target creature from combat

(Tap)
The Regrets of Today
Counter target spell

Flavor text "You'll forget everything else, but always remember her song."
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 11:40AM #2
SleetFox
Date Joined: Feb 18, 2010
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If you have to explain the flavor of your card it's a bad card.  Also, use [ mc] [ /mc] tags to turn "UU" into "".
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 11:47AM #3
Lenatir
Date Joined: Feb 24, 2012
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With artwork I think flavor of the card would be pretty obvious, but yes I do know I tend to be obsessive about explaining.
So, ?
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 11:57AM #4
AzureShade
Date Joined: Jan 30, 2012
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So it would look like this as a card:

Merfolk Songstress
Creature - Merfolk
: Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
:  Untap and remove target creature from combat.
,: Counter target spell.
0/4
You'll forget everything else, but always remember her song.

Seems a bit clunky to me.

EDIT:  More specifically, as it stands you can mil your opponent for twelve to fourteen cards the turn after you play her.  You can also remove up to three creature from combat whenever you want.  Her counterspell power is the least crazy thing that she does.

Dec 18, 2012 -- 7:05PM, magicpablo666 wrote:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in an thread with GM_Champion" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against AzureShade when card design is on the line!

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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:04PM #5
SleetFox
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Perhaps make it a planeswalker instead.
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:19PM #6
Lenatir
Date Joined: Feb 24, 2012
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Ah... You know? A merfolk Planeswalker WOULD be really cool. And yeah... I've been looking at the numbers and trying to figure out what would work well for her abilities and was considering a simple tweak, namely making the first two abilities affect both players. That was the original concept but then I was worried players wouldn't see much use in using her. So, what items would you put in instead?
Also, maybe the ability to remove a creature from combat could be tweaked. Currently it's three mana, so maybe it could be changed to affecting only attacking creatures?
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:25PM #7
Lenatir
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Maybe have it be like this? If not for the Planeswalker angle I mean.

Merfolk Songstress
Creature - Merfolk
: Both players put the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
:  Both players remove a creature they control from combat.
,: Counter target spell.
0/4
You'll forget everything else, but always remember her song.
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:37PM #8
Grumman
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May 1, 2012 -- 12:19PM, Lenatir wrote:

Ah... You know? A merfolk Planeswalker WOULD be really cool.



There already is one - Kiora Atua. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a card yet.

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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:44PM #9
SleetFox
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Also she's part green, isn't she?

Speaking of colors, blue this heavy is borderline nonexistant.  Black and green are really the only colors that get hardcore monocolor dedication.  Perhaps make less blue.  is more realistic than and it still discourages multicolor.
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1 year ago  ::  May 01, 2012 - 12:56PM #10
Grumman
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May 1, 2012 -- 12:44PM, SleetFox wrote:

Also she's part green, isn't she?



Her deck in DotP is. Whether her eventual card will be, who knows?

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