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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 1:41PM
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I'm toying with the idea of an information based set. Any of these ideas could be bad for any number of reasons and I'd like to hear why if that's the case. Forbidden Archives -  SorcerySearch your library for a card and put it into your hand, then inform. (Reveal a card at random from your hand. Any opponent may discard a card and draw a card. If a player does, you discard the revealed card, then draw a card.)Searing Inquisition -   SorceryChoose a card type, then each player informs. ~ deals 5 damage to each player who revealed a card of the chosen type this way. Memory Manipulation -  SorceryTarget opponent puts the cards in his or her hand on top of his or her library. Search that player's library for that many cards. The player puts those cards into his or her hand then shuffles his or her library. Inform(Yes it's just head games  with inform) Also here are two other weird things while I'm at it: Mana Inverter -  ArtifactColored costs can be paid by colorless mana or mana of any color. Colorless costs of cards can only be paid by mana of one of that card's colors. Utgarde StormscapeLandYou may play ~ any time you could play an instant. When ~ enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a card.  : Add  to your mana pool.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 2:19PM
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Shouldn't the land tap for mana too?
Also, inform seems like quite the drawback as it does both a negativ thing to you and a possitive thing for the opponent.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 2:30PM
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Shouldn't the land tap for mana too?
Also, inform seems like quite the drawback as it does both a negativ thing to you and a possitive thing for the opponent.
This. I'm not quite sure what you are trying to accomplish here. Also, this feels extremely blue to me, based on the name and the interaction of drawing and revealing cards. I'd definetely put blue into pretty much all three of the colored spells. (That's not to say that I don't like the idea, but again, I'm not sure what the goal of the mechanic is.)
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 2:39PM
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Forbidden Archives is essentially just a tutor for , which is probably fine. Searing Inquisition is interesting, but it's barely a card. Memory Manipulation uses Inform the best, it feels much fairer than completely ruining your opponent's hand.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 3:07PM
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I'm sure that the land one was just a typo, you guys.
Anyway, I think this is some interesting design space, flavorwise. It's a little complicated, but it could be interesting on the right cards.
What a shame, I thought your previous one was fantastic.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 4:13PM
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Yeah the land was supposed to tap for 1, I realized Id made a typo right after I posted and spent the next few hours annoyed about it.
@theis999: Inform isn't necessarily supposed to be a good thing for you, I imagined it as a cost or something you do to the other person most of the time. For some reason the first cards I came up with to give an idea of the keyword didn't represent that very well.
@PureCascade: Normally this kind of thing would probably be blue unless it's colorshifted or something, but I want to give every color information-related effects for this set. Scry is a blue effect that was given to all colors in the sets it's been in, maybe that's somewhat comparable?
So yeah. I feel like the potential for a keyword is in there somewhere.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 4:31PM
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Wizards never makes drawback keywords any more, because having one drawback that's prevalent enough to deserve its own keyword isn't going to make anybody interested in your set. Nobody's ever said "Oh boy, I get to play with all these new cumulative upkeep cards!"
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10 months ago ::
Aug 29, 2012 - 4:58PM
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Inform seems kind of cool as an effect on one or two cards, but yeah not a great keyword.
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Might I just interject that making this a meme is the worst idea in magic in my opinion. It is too overpowered. It encourages cheating it in play. Essentially 99/100 times it is cheated in play instead of hardcast. Not only that, but you essentially win when it comes into play.
Make five-color hybrid tribal instant with buyback, kicker, cycling, card draw, token production, a steal effect, alternate casting cost and landfall that embodies the love that your mom and I share.
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You may have target opponent gain control of 3 permanents you control rather than pay ~'s mana cost.
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Landfall - If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, instead choose 4 creatures.
Kicker  
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When you cycle ~, put two 2/2 Soldier creatures onto the battlefield.
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Aside from a few wording mishaps (should say "each chosen creature" because it's not necessarily two) this is nice. Very simple and elegant. I like the alternate cost a lot, and the kicker goes nicely with the sacrifice. However, the cycling seems a bit powerful (4 power and a card for 3? Cycling is supposed be ba  d  . 8/10
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