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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 9:18AM
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Somehow the Simic leviathans that stay improbably aloft combined in my head with Pablo's weird past tense cards to form this: Leaping Dandan   Creature--Fish  : ~~ gains flying until end of turn. At the beginning of each end step, if Leaping Dandan had flying this turn, tap all creatures without flying. 5/3 I'm not really sure how to judge the power level of this. It ironically seems like it fits best in a blue-and-something-else aggro deck rather than control, but it's also not that useful as an attacker since it will most often be used during the opponent's turn! It's probably too conservatively costed, too. That said, I like how the ability simulates a giant fish leaping out of the ocean and creating huge waves when it comes back down. And I like this particular use of the strange "had" mechanic.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 9:28AM
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on could use "lost" instead og "had" as "had" has so many general tences. as for th card : gains flying this turn and Tap all non-flying creatures at end of tuirn.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 10:09AM
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I love Dandân  !! As big a fan of past tense on Magic cards I am, I think it's possible to word this in a way that it does what you want it to do without the tense. Also power level seems ok to me.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 10:39AM
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The "beginning of the end step" occurs prior to effects that don't wear off "until end of turn." So, it could actually say, "if Leaping Dandan has flying..." There's a couple things about that -- 1) It allows for interaction with the activated ability, like for the other play to remove flying from the creature, and 2) If prevents a lot of confusion about whether Leaping Dandan could be considered to have "had" flying if it currently "has" flying (and never lost flying). Power level seems fine. Not a Common. Either Uncommon or Rare. I would have expected flavor text from you!
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 10:56AM
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I would have expected flavor text from you!
Well, it would obviously be "Sploosh, KABOOM!"
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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.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 11:03AM
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Awesome. In Saudi Rabiah, shark Dandân jump you!
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 11:08AM
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+1
How about giuve it islandhome when not flying ?
or maybe modify island home with flying
IslandHome (if this creature doesn't fly) it may not attack a defending player that controls no islands.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 11:17AM
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Awesome. In Saudi Rabiah, shark Dandân jump you!
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 11:19AM
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As a fellow fish lover, I approve. And now, we rejoice! from Kingdoms of Rabiah, my custom set
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4 months ago ::
Jan 21, 2013 - 11:28AM
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The "beginning of the end step" occurs prior to effects that don't wear off "until end of turn."
So, it could actually say, "if Leaping Dandan has flying..."
There's a couple things about that -- 1) It allows for interaction with the activated ability, like for the other play to remove flying from the creature, and 2) If prevents a lot of confusion about whether Leaping Dandan could be considered to have "had" flying if it currently "has" flying (and never lost flying).
Power level seems fine. Not a Common. Either Uncommon or Rare.
I would have expected flavor text from you!
Actually, that gives me a different idea. Can you trigger off of when things lose an ability? So:
"When Dandan loses flying, tap all creatures without flying"?
I'm leaning towards something weirder like that because I really wanted to specifically capture that idea of the Dandan splashing down, you know?
Since I'm new to this, what makes the power level ok? And what would determine its rarity? I mean, if I can take a stab at it here... I imagine you wouldn't want too many of these running around in Limited since big, flying creatures are pretty strong in that format. It wouldn't be unusual in that format to just give it flying and swing--the tap ability would be an optional bonus. Am I thinking correctly about that? (These are questions for anyone, not just FTK)
I'm going with RP Jesus's flavor text. :P
But a more serious one might be: "During the Dandan migrations, the entire city of Alexandria finds itself conscripted into carrying scrolls to the highest parts of the Library." Hm, a bit wordy...
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I remember seeing that in your set. Great callback to the original card. I had to wrestle mightily with myself over whether or not to make this a 4/1...
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