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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 12:57PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 27, 2009
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Hey hey Planeswalkers and Planeswalkettes, its time for round 2! If you're just joining us, here's the skinny. Mark Rosewater did a mailbag column where he listed which mechanics the guilds would have gotten if they had returning mechanics in RTR block. We're designing those mechanics. Part 1 had us testing the waters giving Selesnya "Affinity for Creatures" Part 2, we will give the Izzet "Splice onto Instant" For those not familiar with how splice works, it's an ability that shows up on Instants and Sorceries, and whenever you cast an instant or sorcery of a particular quality (originally the subtype Arcane, this time Instants as a whole) you could reveal an instant or sorcery from your hand with Splice, pay a cost, and add that card's effects to the spell you just cast. RULES 1. You have two days to design a card that makes use of Splice onto Instant. 2. The card itself does not have to have splice, but it must at least care about it (such as a card that triggers when you splice). 3. The card cannot be black, white, or green. Red, blue and colorless only. 4. It does not have to be multicolored. 5. The card should feel sufficiently Izzet. 6. You may change your design any time before the submission deadline is up. Good luck and may the best mad scientist win!!!
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 1:46PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 21, 2012
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All cards I make have artists credited in the appropriate places. Artist names in "quotes" are DeviantArt usernames unless otherwise mentioned. Click here --->  <--- Click here I'm now going to quote you out of context in my sig because that's what adorable monkey-pigs like me do.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 1:52PM
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Errant of Niv |    Instant Creature -- Faerie Soldier Flash Flying ~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If ~ is a permanent type, it resolves to the battlefield, and as it enters the battlefield, it isn't an instant. Splice onto Instant 2/1 Ridiculously Pedantic Sidenote...you've been warned
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(Sidenote: Should the ability be "Splice onto instant" rather than "Splice onto Instant?") A note about how this card functions
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These abilities are gained by the instant to which it gets spliced:
Flash
Flying
~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
If ~ is a permanent type, it resolves to the battlefield, and as it enters the battlefield, it isn't an instant.
Splice onto Instant
(Interesting Aside: Splice itself gets spliced onto a spell, so you could technically make a card that cares about whether spells on the stack have Splice, and any spell that's had something spliced onto it has Splice. OK, done.)
It has those abilities for as long as the instant is on the stack, and no longer (spliced abilities only exist on the stack).
So, generally speaking, the only actual ability that's relevent is:
~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
That's intended. It won't turn your other instant into a creature.
(Also an Interesting Aside: Splice in the rules today is allowed to occur only paired with a subtype, not a type.)
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 3:02PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 30, 2012
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Huh...one of the few guilds I HADN'T formulated an entry for. I decided to make the Splice cost a little more than the CMC, but have additional effects (includinng Overload) kick in. Here goes... Experimental Hydroburn  {Picture is water setting fire to a lab, the product of an experiment gone horribly awry} Instant Tap two target creatures that share a controller Splice onto instant  (As you cast another Instant spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell)
If Experimental Hydroburn was spliced onto an instant, that spell deals 3 damage to those creatures’ controller ( in addition to its other effects), and you may treat the instant as if its Overload cost was paid.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 3:10PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2010
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Inspiration Instant Draw a card Splice onto instant  Among the Izzet, anything can trip their minds toward something else.
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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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 5:09PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2012
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WorldstormInstant(Nonexistent mana costs can't be paid.)Storm Splice onto Instant "Who says lightning never strikes the same place twice? And why limit yourself to just twice?" - Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
Color Indicator: Blue, Red
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 5:18PM
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Date Joined:
Jul 28, 2011
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Brilliance | InstantBrilliance can't be countered. Brilliance does 1 damage to each player. Splice onto Instant Spoiler:
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nevermind; thanks, FirstTurnKill!
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 5:46PM
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Achievist's Records - Sorcery Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. If ~ is spliced onto an instant, its effect becomes "Draw a card" instead. Splice onto instant -  Work on this later.
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 5:54PM
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Somnia, the Evanescent Plane -- A 3-set Block
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Theora, A World of Modern Science
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6 months ago ::
Dec 06, 2012 - 6:32PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 14, 2010
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It is surprisingly hard to come up with cool, flashy things to do with Splice onto Instant. This is the craziest I could think of:Feedback Loop Instant When you cast ~, you may flip a coin. If you win the flip, copy this card and cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you lose the flip, counter all spells with the same name as ~. ~ deals 1 damage to each player. Splice onto Instant  no room for flavor text. if there were it would be: Sometimes, it does nothing. Sometimes, it makes spells multiply in a chaos of infinite possibilities. Every time, it explodes.[edit] now does something different but more reasonable. 'copy' is used one fewer times, 'target' two. alas.
"Go, then. There are other worlds than these." -- Stephen King, The Gunslinger Some things to make the forums nicer -- Last updated 28 Apr
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Share and enjoy. Suggestions for new things to fix always welcome!
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