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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 2:01AM
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Here are some mono black cards that I'm hoping are very powerful but not broken. Please review, offer alternate costs and alternate phrasing because I know some of it sounds awkward. Can't wait to hear your thoughts!Harsh Edict  Instant [u]Each player sacrifices 2 creatures.Deal With The Devil Enchantment- Aura [R]Enchanted creature deals twice its power when it deals combat damage to a player. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage it deals that much damage to its controller. Torauch's Dilemma Sorcery [R]Target opponent chooses one: Discard one card, then discard two cards at random or you lose half of your life round down.Yawgmoth's Pact  Enchantment [MR]Whenever a creature you control goes from the graveyard to the battlefield each opponent loses 2 life.
I don't bite, don't hesitate to message me if you have any questions or thoughts about deck ideas I post or anything Magic the Gathering related.
My Causal Modern Decks
Swag Flu (Mono Black Infect) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29788619/Swag_Flu_(Mono_Black_Infect)
American Super Friends (White/Blue/Red Planeswalker Control) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29772319/American_Super_Friends_(Budget_WhiteBlueRed_Planeswalker_Control)
Hong Kong (White/Red Norin Tokens)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29636557/Hong_Kong_(WhiteRed_Norin_Tokens)
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 2:27AM
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Harsh Edict: It's an instant Barter in Blood  , with 1 less CMC. I think it's alright. You cant really play it outside mono-black, and Barter in Blood is not exactly a powerhouse with things like Mutilate  around. Deal With The Devil: This is an interesting wording. The double strike part works only when damaging players, but the reverse lifelink park always works. It is a cheaper Battle Mastery  when they have no blockers, and it makes your guys suck when they do. Black is the color of removal, yes, but I feel this is still underpowered. It's only worth using on unblockables, really. Tourach's Dilemma: Why would the opponent EVER choose anything but #2? I feel you meant to say "he or she" instead of you. That card would make sense, but still be weak, since it's a punisher. Yawgmoth's Pact: This is a bad card. If you are reanimating stuff, it's almost definitely something insane and making them lose 2 life is completely irrelevant.
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now. 
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
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.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 2:50AM
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Harsh Edict:
It's an instant Barter in Blood , with 1 less CMC. I think it's alright. You cant really play it outside mono-black, and Barter in Blood is not exactly a powerhouse with things like Mutilate around.
Deal With The Devil:
This is an interesting wording. The double strike part works only when damaging players, but the reverse lifelink park always works. It is a cheaper Battle Mastery when they have no blockers, and it makes your guys suck when they do. Black is the color of removal, yes, but I feel this is still underpowered. It's only worth using on unblockables, really.
Tourach's Dilemma:
Why would the opponent EVER choose anything but #2? I feel you meant to say "he or she" instead of you. That card would make sense, but still be weak, since it's a punisher.
Yawgmoth's Pact:
This is a bad card. If you are reanimating stuff, it's almost definitely something insane and making them lose 2 life is completely irrelevant.
Apperciate the feedback.
Yeah, Tourach's Dilemma is (obviously) supposed to be he or she rather than you. Actually, I'm not sure, because the opponent is choosing one, so they would be "you" wouldn't they?
Yawgmouth's Pact is sort of like Grave Pact, same type of concept. Don't think it's a bad card. Would be used in a sacrafice deck or something.
I don't bite, don't hesitate to message me if you have any questions or thoughts about deck ideas I post or anything Magic the Gathering related.
My Causal Modern Decks
Swag Flu (Mono Black Infect) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29788619/Swag_Flu_(Mono_Black_Infect)
American Super Friends (White/Blue/Red Planeswalker Control) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29772319/American_Super_Friends_(Budget_WhiteBlueRed_Planeswalker_Control)
Hong Kong (White/Red Norin Tokens)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29636557/Hong_Kong_(WhiteRed_Norin_Tokens)
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 3:27AM
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You are casting the card, so when it says "you", it means you, doesn't matter if they get to choose (or at least that's how I think it works). Trust me when I say Yawgmoth's Pact is a weak card. It would be unplayable even if it cost  . Reanimating completely ignores casting costs, so you are going to reanimate the biggest and most expensive things, like Griselbrand  , Elesh Norn  and the like. Making them lose 2 life is almost completely irrelevant.
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now.
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
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.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 3:33AM
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Yawgmoth's Pact isn't a completely irrelevant effect. You can't look at the strength of Reanimation and put this card in that context, you have to look at this card and how other cards work within it. Not every card works in every archetype. This is much better with cards like Bloodghast  and such. It's not a good card at the current manacost, but it's not "nothing". I think a bigger problem is that in a lot of cases you expect it to work, it doesn't. Gravecrawler  for example, goes graveyard -> stack -> battlefield, something a lot of players might not think about.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 3:58AM
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Oh, I missed the Bloodghast interaction. I guess it IS something with things like that and Ichorid  , but still not enough and there are likely much better things you can do with those cards.
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Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now.
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
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.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
I wish more girls play magic cards...
Have you considered assassinating Kevin?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 12:37PM
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Date Joined:
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I don't bite, don't hesitate to message me if you have any questions or thoughts about deck ideas I post or anything Magic the Gathering related.
My Causal Modern Decks
Swag Flu (Mono Black Infect) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29788619/Swag_Flu_(Mono_Black_Infect)
American Super Friends (White/Blue/Red Planeswalker Control) http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29772319/American_Super_Friends_(Budget_WhiteBlueRed_Planeswalker_Control)
Hong Kong (White/Red Norin Tokens)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29636557/Hong_Kong_(WhiteRed_Norin_Tokens)
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8 months ago ::
Oct 07, 2012 - 5:46PM
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monoblack non-creature spell: desperate measures :2:  sorcery mr exile ~ until the end of turn you may exile a black card in your hand instead of paying the casting cost of a black spell :x: is equal to 0. pay 2 life: draw a card. when ever a permanent enters the battlefield under your control you may pay 1 life and draw a card. until end of turn you may not cast spells from libraries, graveyards, or exile. at end of turn exile your hand, all lands you control, and your life total becomes 1. if an effect or ability prevents this exile it. intention is to be crazy powerful but also leaves you naked if you cant get the kill by eot. it is one part dream halls, one part yawgmoth's bargin, and one part recycle each with added cost.
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here are the rules for MtDG:
1.at the beginning of each players turn that player takes a drink.
2.whenever a permanent you control is placed in a graveyard from play, drink.
3. whenever a spell you play is countered, drink. if the countered spells caster attempts to counter the counter, the loser of the counter battle must drink for a number of seconds for each counterspell that went on the stack.
4. whenever a player "loses life" that player must drink for a number of seconds equal to amount of life lost. (a) if a player would gain life, that player may make another player drink for a number of seconds equal to amount of life gained.
5. if a player puts a card from their library into their graveyard that player drinks for a number of seconds equal to the number of cards placed in graveyard.
6.if a player would discard a card that player drinks for a number of seconds equal to cards discarded.
7. on any coinflip the loser must drink.
8. at the end of each game all players must finish their drink.
9. loser must fetch all drinks/refills for the next game. if playing multiplayer use a**hole heirarchy(president,vp,secretary,treasurer,a**hole)
10. a player who wins 3 consecutive matches may add a "world effect" that affects all players and can not be removed without winning 3 consecutive matches and negating effect. multiple effects stack i.e if person wins 3 games then wins another 3 games both effects that player created stack.
11. ALL cards are legal, including ante cards.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 08, 2012 - 12:19PM
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Harsh Edict:
It's an instant Barter in Blood , with 1 less CMC. I think it's alright. You cant really play it outside mono-black, and Barter in Blood is not exactly a powerhouse with things like Mutilate around.
Deal With The Devil:
This is an interesting wording. The double strike part works only when damaging players, but the reverse lifelink park always works. It is a cheaper Battle Mastery when they have no blockers, and it makes your guys suck when they do. Black is the color of removal, yes, but I feel this is still underpowered. It's only worth using on unblockables, really.
Tourach's Dilemma:
Why would the opponent EVER choose anything but #2? I feel you meant to say "he or she" instead of you. That card would make sense, but still be weak, since it's a punisher.
Yawgmoth's Pact:
This is a bad card. If you are reanimating stuff, it's almost definitely something insane and making them lose 2 life is completely irrelevant.
River Kelpie  is sad. I know drawing a card is probably much better than losing 2 life. But still, effect like that gives creative room for people to play around. And I'd never call something like that a "bad card".
As mown pointed out, that's a very narrow view of the card.
( also see: burning vengeance  secrets of the dead  )
I actually quite like what's going on in there XD
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupry MLP
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Congratulations, you've found My Lie Policy:
Only when i'm prompted, i might lie. (policy still in the refinement process.)
I am both rational and instinctive. I value self-knowledge and understanding of the world; my ultimate goal is self-improvement and improvement of the world around me. At best, I am focused and methodical; at worst, I am obsessive and amoral.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 08, 2012 - 12:22PM
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Kelpie also works with Flashback though, and Retrace. Plus a variety of other random cards like Haakon and Gravecrawler. Burning Vengeance only works with those.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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