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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 9:16AM
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If you can come up with your own MTG card mechanic, what would it be called and what effect does it bring? Does it align to only a few of the colors? Does it align with only a few creatures? Is it similar to a pr-existing mechanic? You decide  As for me, my mechanic is... Frost (creatures dealt damage by this creature get an Ice counter. A permanent does not untap during their controller's untap step unless their controller pays  for each Ice counter on that permanent) It will align strongly with  but also  and  and is for a new creature of Ice Elementals. This ability is solely used to slow down the opponent and will even have non-creature spells that will either move or place down Ice Counters.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 9:30AM
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Date Joined:
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I think almost any ability that triggers off of combat damage and merely slows down the opposing creature is going to get compared to Deathtouch and look bad because of the comparison. Of course in this case I think it fills a different role, because you're almost always going to want to use it on defense rather than offense. If your Frosty attacker gets blocked, the blocker isn't going to care much because it can just sit there untapped and keep blocking. If you block an attacker with it though, that probably has more impact. I'd consider changing it to trigger off of blocking/being blocked rather than off of damage, so it can get used on cheap Defender creatures and distance itself from Deathtouch even more.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 9:43AM
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Thanks
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 9:43AM
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Date Joined:
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Challenge accepted. Chakra Infusion
 Instant Put a vitality counter on target creature. (Whenever a creature you control becomes untapped, add to your mana pool for each vitality counter on it. This mana doesn't empty from your mana pool as steps and phases end.)
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My Standard deck: Setting SunThink of how Neo couldn't beat the robots, but they kept him around anyways to defeat Agent Smith. Sure, the robots might not like having a Neo running rampant because instead of playing their favorite 4 drop fatty robot, they have to play a bunch of one mana Matrixs to contain him, but at least Neo keeps Agent Smith from reanimating an Iona on turn two.
Are you saying I'm trying to blame my loss on something? I don't care that I lost, I care that he's a sore loser, and a cheater, and a liar.
CKY, are you bad at anything?
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
I mean, In KevinWorld, Mark is reading the very words I'm typing as well. Heck, in KevinWorld maybe I am Mark.
I'm beginning to think CKY may be anime in real life...
Don't go anywhere CKY, I need to crash dramatically through your window and propose marriage and I don't want you throwing off my paradrop.
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Upon reading this, I've found myself completely unable to operate in the world. I tried to decide what to eat for breakfast, and pondered the vast consequences of my choice. How do I balance my dietary needs against my desire to eat good-tasting food? Should I factor in how long it takes to prepare? Cereal is ready in moments, but bacon takes longer to cook.
Then there is the impact on other industries. Do people in the cereal industry deserve to be employed more than people in the bacon industry? Which industry should I support? I don't even have the data regarding HOW MUCH the cereal industry benefits from me eating a bowl of cereal, or how much the bacon industry benefits from me eating a side of bacon. How can I compare two qualities I can't even quantify?
And let's not forget the milk on the cereal. In addition to determining whether or not milk is healthy for me, how much that benefits the milk industry, and how much the people in the milk industry deserve my support, we have to factor in the fact that cows are put under brutal conditions in order to collect thier milk. Of course, the same goes for the pigs, and then they get killed. Of course, I really like bacon. So I need to come up with a scale that compares the value of cow happiness to pig happiness to my happiness. What trade-offs am I willing to make here? Does the fact that the pig gets put out of its misery count as a plus or a minus? Isn't bacon bad for me anyway?
Deciding what to eat for breakfast (or any meal) is impossible. Help me!
I must admit chinkeeyong, you have the most interesting character ideas; and you play them well.
Anyway, you'd be surprised about Time Stop. When I first saw that card as a relatively new player I didn't see its full potential until I read the reminder text. Is it that unintuitive, though? Mine I mean. What is possibility? Is it possible for me to type these words with my tusks? No, because I don't have tusks. Although I am now tempted to go buy some - obviously not from poachers or whatever - and use them as typing apparatus. I could be the best secretary ever. "What's your words per minute sir?" "Well, only six, but I use these tusks to type them." "You're hired!" That was the interview. And is anyone else disappointed that "apparati" is not the plural form of apparatus? I just could strangle a dictionary, because "apparatuses" is a real word. I guess it sounds pretty cool. I'll call them my Apparatusks.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 10:39AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2010
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I'm own mechanic what?
Clever deduction Watson! Maybe you can explain why Supergirl is trying to kill me.
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[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] = Lightning Bolt
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 12:08PM
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Date Joined:
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I dunno, I think my current pet mechanic is Relapse Eternal Eruption   Instant CARDNAME deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Relapse (Whenever you activate a nonmana ability, you may cast this card from your graveyard.)
Though it's probably a bit to easy to break in half, and thus will never see print, but whatevs, I like it.
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Everything is better when you read it in Bane's voice.
Your human antics and desire to continue living have moved me. Just kidding. You cannot move me physically or emotionally. Wall humor.
Copy effects work like a photocopy machine: you get a copy of the 'naked' card, NOT of what's on it.
Funny story: InQuest Magazine (I think it was InQuest) had an oversized Chaos Orb which I totally rooked someone into allowing into a (non-sanctioned) game. I had a proxy card that was a Mountain with "Chaos Orb" written on it. When I played it, my opponent cried foul:
Him: "WTF? a Proxy? no-one said anything about Proxies. Do you even own an actual Chaos Orb?" Me: "Yes, but I thought it would be better to use a Proxy." Him: "No way. If you're going to put a Chaos Orb in your deck you have to use your actual Chaos Orb." Me: "*Sigh*. Okay."
I pulled out this huge Chaos Orb and placed it on the table. He tried to cry foul again but everyone else said he insisted I use my actual Chaos Orb and that was my actual Chaos Orb. I used it, flipped it and wiped most of his board.
Unsurprisingly, that only worked once and only because everyone present thought it was hilarious. 
My DM on Battleminds:
no, see i can kill defenders, but 8 consecutive crits on a battlemind, eh walk it off.
Hi guys! So, I'm a sort of returning player to Magic. I say sort of because as a child I had two main TCG's I liked. Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon. Some of my friends branched off in to Magic, and I bought two pre-made decks just to kind of fit in. Like I said, Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon were what I really knew how to play. I have a extensive knowledge of deck building in those two TCG's. However, as far as Magic is concerned, I only ever used those two pre made decks. I know how the game is played, and I know general things, but now I want to get in the game for real. I want to begin playing it as a regular. My question is, are all cards ever released from the time of the inception of this game until present day fair game in a deck? Or are there special rules? Are some cards forbidden or restricted? Thanks guys, and I will gladly accept ANY help lol. 
I have the same problem with women.
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And that's why you should never, ever call RP Jesus on being a troll, because then everyone else playing along gets outed, too, and the thread goes back to being boring.
See, this is why RPJesus should be in charge of the storyline. The novel line would never have been cancelled if he had been running the show. Specifically the Slobad and Geth's Head talkshow he just described.
Not only was that an obligatory joke, it was an on-topic post that still managed to be off-topic due to thread derailment. RP Jesus does it again folks.
I think I'm gonna' start praying to Jesus... That's right, RPJesus, I'm gonna' be praying to you, right now.
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Please continue to make my time here on the forums fun and cause me to chuckle.
Amen.
It was wonderful. Us Johnnies had a field day. That Timmy with the Grizzly bears would actually have to think about swinging into your Mogg Fanatic , giving you time to set up your silly combo . Nowadays it's all DERPSWING! with thier blue jeans and their MP3 players and their EM EM OH AR PEE JEES and their "Dewmocracy" and their children's card games and their Jersey Shores and their Tattooed Tenaged Vampire Hunters from Beverly Hills 
Seriously, that was amazing. I laughed my *ss off. Made my day, and I just woke up.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 12:36PM
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Mine is remembrance. It's a flashback derivative where the flashback effect is different from the regular effect. Entropy   Instant Destroy target creature. Remembrance--  , exile ~ from a graveyard: Destroy target artifact. It can also be used for synergy: Driven to Madness    Sorcery Target player puts the top 13 cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Remembrance--    , exile ~ from a graveyard: Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creature cards in his or her graveyard. Remembrance effects can even relate to the creature itself. Memorial Angel    Creature--Angel Flying, vigilance 3/4 Remembrance--   , exile ~ from a graveyard: Target creature gains flying and vigilance until EOT.
Clever deduction Watson! Maybe you can explain why Supergirl is trying to kill me.
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[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] = Lightning Bolt
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 1:02PM
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Date Joined:
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I've been wanting to do an Aura mechanic inspired by Living Weapon, but haven't really found a home for it. Drake Aspect   Enchantment - AuraEnchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying Spirit Guide (When enchanted creature dies, if it's not a token, create a 0/0 Spirit creature token and return this Aura from the graveyard to the battlefield attached to it.)Scorpion Aspect  Enchantment - AuraEnchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch Spirit Guide (When enchanted creature dies, if it's not a token, create a 0/0 Spirit creature token and return this Aura from the graveyard to the battlefield attached to it.)Ox Aspect  Enchantment - AuraEnchant creature Enchanted creature gets +0/+3 and has defender Spirit Guide (When enchanted creature dies, if it's not a token, create a 0/0 Spirit creature token and return this Aura from the graveyard to the battlefield attached to it.)
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 1:43PM
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GUARDIAN (This creature may block multiple attackers. ?It only deals combat damage to one of them?)
The idea for this mechanic would be to showcase a big tough warrior or dragon which fits in the "meatshield" slot for design. The text flanked by question marks is optional, to be kept or removed as necessary to deal with power. This would be primarily a white-green ability, since those are the colors that have to do with teamwork and creatures.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 06, 2012 - 3:55PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 20, 2011
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Vengeful [X] (When this creature dies, it deals [X] damage to target creature or player.)
It was used in my first set as a Red/White mechanic.
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