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Magic: The Gathering
Topic Started: Dec 15 2011, 05:25 PM (567 Views)
DrStupid962
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> Sees Gush thread
> Noticed we didn't have a MTG thread
> Noticed most of everpony played magic
> Find cool related picture
> Makes thread


And that's why i made this thread!
Discuss the game i played for a grand total of a month here!
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Maraxas
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Princess Cadence is probably the best designed and my favorite out of those.

Shining armor, Chrysalis, and probably even Discord cost too much for mythics I think.

Nightmare Moon's ability on the second line is a blue one :v
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Jun 6 2012, 10:10 AM
Shining armor, Chrysalis, and probably even Discord cost too much for mythics I think.
SA and Chrysalis are too expensive. Discord seems balanced though.
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Celery Stalks
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Princess Celestia:
A deck playing six mana creatures is totally going to have a bunch of ponies to buff, and I'm totally going to want to give those ponies defensive stats! Also this card does not make sense from a flavor perspective. The examples of Celestia using magic in the show obviously hint that she'd do something controlling, probably things along the lines of cards like Oblivion Ring and Silence and stuff. She banished her sister to the moon, imprisoned Discord in stone and wrecked Twilight's obsession enchantment. Giving creatures combat abilities is something a warmage or a general would do, it just does not seem fitting of Celestia.

Nightmare Moon:
-2/-0? So much wrong with this from a design perspective. First of all I would consider this a blue ability, black should be either weakening both power and toughness or weakening toughness to grant power. Secondly, the card has first strike. I know it also has deathtouch, but it still seems weird for a first strike creature to give opponent's creatures a power decrease from a synergy perspective. Also I think it would be flavorful for Nightmare Moon to have haste, for the same reason Celestia gets vigilance.

Princess Cadence:
(Haven't seen the episode so I can't comment on story flavor.)
It is a neat ability idea. That said, her place is in an aggressive deck and she obviously isn't good enough to fit that role. Her power and toughness are too low and she is too slow. She's like Dauntless Escort gone wrong.

Shining Armor:
(Haven't seen the episode so I can't comment on story flavor.)
This really saddens me. This had the chance to be a really awesome card both flavorfully and mechanically but it just completely failed! Make the card cost 1U, give it flash, and make it's echo cost 2UU or whatever you think is fair.

Discord:
Why is this black? I could even see an argument for making it purely red (the blue isn't really necessary, but it fits unlike the black.) Anyway, this card is pretty loldorandomthings which can be fine every once in awhile, but it is best left to messing with one part of the game at a time. Also I feel like this is bad from a flavor perspective, Discord isn't just chaotic, he actively goes out of his way to hinder others. It would make much more sense if he did things like reduce creature's power, prevent counterspells and the amount of spells that can be cast per turn, etc. As his abilities stand, there are going to be decks that just don't care, and Discord would be upset if there was someone he could not bother.

Queen Chrysalis:
(Haven't seen the episode so I can't comment on story flavor.)
Weak, pricey for a clone and uninteresting. Also the black makes no sense mechanically at all!

Also they are all weak from a Spike perspective, which seems odd for a set of six mythics.
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Yanmato
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What Stalks said.
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YMtC: Scootaloo

GO!

COST: (R)(1)
TYPE: Pony
(R): Scootaloo becomes unblockable until end of turn.
1/1

A Few Example Cards I Found
Edited by Nameless, Jun 15 2012, 03:25 PM.
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Maraxas
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I like the banding one because lolwtf banding
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Scootaloo (R)
Legendary Creature- Pegasus
T: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
1/1

She hasn't got a lot going on, MtG-wise. But looking at her behavior with RD, she looks like she'd make a pretty swell squire.
...I don't know if anyone outside my local playgroup actually calls this the "squire" ability or not.

PS: Holy crap, not just banding but bands with other. That card is so atrocious it rolls back around to beautiful.
Edited by Yanmato, Jun 16 2012, 12:37 PM.
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PONY REFERENCE
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