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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 6:43AM
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Ok can't think if a single name fore it. Please help!  ???  Legendary artifact (M)  ,  : Put a spark counter on target creature.  , : Remove a spark counter from target creature and sacrifice it. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a planeswlker card from your hand onto the battlefield which shares a color with the sacrificed creature. "A spark can be in anyone. The question is can they ignite it?" -Rune Inscription Cheers 
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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 6:50AM
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[noun] of Alchemic Ascension?
A character sheet is a player's love letter to the DM. If someone wants to do something and they want to do it well, let them. Encourage them. Have fun with it. -Unknown
An adventure is a DM's love letter to the players. If the DM wants something to happen in the game, let it. Encourage the DM. Have fun with it. -Centauri I'd love for input as to what it should be rather than arguments against why I shouldn't have it at all. -lialwyn Best defense that I've read in favor of having alignment systems as an option
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However, if some people are heavily benefiting from the inclusion of alignment, then it would behoove those that AREN'T to listen up and pay attention to how those benefits are being created and enjoyed, no? -YagamiFire
But equally important would be for those who do enjoy those benefits to entertain the possibility that other people do not value those benefits equally or, possibly, do not see them as benefits in the first place. -wrecan
That makes sense. However, it is not fair to continually attack those that benefit for being, somehow, deviant for deriving enjoyment from something that you cannot. Instead, alignment is continually attacked...it is demonized...and those that use it are lumped in with it.
I think there is more merit in a situation where someone says "This doesn't work! It's broken!" and the reply is "Actually it works fine for me. Have you considered your approach might be causing it?" than a situation where someone says "I use this system and the way I use it works really well!" and the back and forth is "No! It is a broken bad system!" because the former posits that improvement could be made...the latter only undermines the enjoyment of the person who is using alignment. -YagamiFire
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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 7:57AM
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Hm... Part of the problem here is that I think you're trying to show someone ascend. But it doesn't really make sense that an artifact would be able to grant someone the Spark.
What if you concepted this as a way of summoning a 'walker that has some relationship to the creature sacrificed? Like a sort of beacon or ansible? Sooo... "Aether Beacon," "Memento of Eternity," "Blind Curio," "Wanderer's Keepsake," "Eternity Beacon,"...
Although, I guess it could just be something that facilitated the recognition and ignition of sparks that are already there, in which case you might concept it as a lens of sorts maybe? "Ascention Lens," "Ascention Crucible," "Lens of the Blind," (I kinda like that one, but you would need to explain it in the flavor text since a lot of people won't get it) or something more symbolic of unlocking existent power? "Ascention Key," "Wanderer's Key," "Crown of Branching Paths" (works with the Planeswalker symbol...)
Does any of this help?
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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 8:04AM
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What was the machine Memnarch made to transfer sparks around?
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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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 8:43AM
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Another problem with this card is that because Planeswalker cards don't have creature types, there's no way to check if the creature you're sacrificing is the same species as the walker. Which is weird.
What? LIZARD  is evolving?
*dun dun dun dun dun dun DUUUN*
Your LIZARD evolved into ALBINO CAT-MAN  !
*dun dun dun DUN da da DUN da da DUN*
Feels weird, man.
What was the machine Memnarch made to transfer sparks around?
Mirrodin 
I might be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that he converted most of the plane into that particular machine.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 15, 2013 - 9:19AM
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Yeah, I think it ended up being a little vague, but if I remember correctly it's implied that the transference happened because a significant portion of Mirrodin was created to make the transference possible. At the very least, much of the core was dedicated to the transfer. And even then Memnarch needed to steal someone else's Spark to get one; he couldn't make one of his own. Neither could The Ineffable.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 18, 2013 - 10:36PM
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The Aether Beacon Legendary artifact (M) , : Put a spark counter on target creature. Whenever a creature with a spark counter dies, flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a planeswlker card from your hand onto the battlefield which shares a color with the sacrificed creature. "A spark can be in anyone. The question is can they ignite it?" -Inscription in the cave wall Tweaked the card a little. So decided to go with KeeperOfManyNames' Aether Beacon. So The Aether Beacon is like in a cave so it explains the flavor. HairlessThoctar you misread the text. It's a creature which shares a color with a planeswalker not a creature type. So wat bout it's design is it ok? Feel free to discuss Cheers
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4 months ago ::
Jan 19, 2013 - 8:29AM
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HairlessThoctar you misread the text. It's a creature which shares a color with a planeswalker not a creature type.
Well yeah, that's a given; walkers don't have creature types.
My complaint is that the flavor fails.
A goblin shouldn't be ascending to become Chandra  , that makes no sense.
The mechanics of the card are fine, and I appreciate what you're trying to do with it, but it creates a terminal case of "Ooze in Boots" syndrome.
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