Hello, Hello... this must be what, my third post? Heh, I should've registered before BoK sweeps instead of after... ANYWAYS! This deck was inspired by a MaRo article I read last June or so, that I crafted for a while... Here you go.
STRATEGY
Hm... something about 15 plains doesn't seem right... Anyways, the strategy is simple: Gain hella life each, and then slap down a Zur's Lock. Since it relies on a combo, half of the challenge is setting up before my clock runs out. Typically, after their hand is dried up, dealing with whatever threats are left is easy... most of the time. As the title says, that's what I aim to make the opponent do: give up and walk away.
But it needs help, I think. Green and Red Swarms own me... okay, any swarm... Okay, OKAY, any creature with power higher than three. I know there are a lot of Singles... help please?
Aye, it makes since in the setting for the expansion. I realize now that it probably wasn't the best idea for a preview card... But the background for the expansion is this at the moment.
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In some random corner of the Multiverse, a religous movement is gaining steam among a nameless Plane, known as the Holy Nootrac Church. Led by a man named Florence, he's slowly gained the trust and adoration of the humans, and 'converted' the rest to his cause through Assimilation, a process that turns living flesh to metal, and leaves the victim a mere puppet.
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Assimilated Kitsune (5)
Artifact Creature -- Fox
If you control a White Creature, you may remove target Fox from the game, if you do, put Assimilated Kitsune into play without paying it's mana cost. "She used to be a stupid woodland beast. Now she's so much more." ~ Florence, Church Praetor
3/3
I don't understand the flavor of it at all... Why is it an artifact? Why would a Church have a Praetor? Why would the Kitsune have a Church? If this card is supposed to 'convert' a 'stupid woodland beast', why is it able to remove cards like Eight-and-a-Half Tails? I don't think foxes classify under "beast" Remove target fox from the game... An offensive ability as a cost... 'Florence' doesn't sound very Kitsuneish... "She used to be..." doesn't sound very Churchy... How does an "assimilated fox" become an artifact? And why is it still an ordinary fox?
As of late, Florence has had a 'Devine Mandate', and that Mandate is to convert the Kitsune, the fox-folk that live in the forest of the plane. These Kitsune are more Elf-like than the Kitsune of Kamigawa. So, Florence begins his missionary work, and naturally the Kitsune resist. A holy war breaks out between the Church and the Kitsune, but things look bleak for the Fox-Folk. While they're accustomed to using the blue magics of deception and illusion, they have an almost crippling weakness to Holy Magic. The Set begins just at the War hits its climax, and its not looking pretty for the Kitsune
Of course, I'll probably come down off my caffiene high and hammer out something better, but until then...
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As for the other inconsistancies... uhh... I wanted a fancy word, so I used Praetor, and I meant for the alternate cost to be Offensive. Since it needs two conditions to be fufilled, and comes into play at creature-speed, I can't see it causing that much trouble.
So, I figure now that I've got MSE, and several pages of made up cards, it might be cool to make an expansion of them. Even if only I see them... so, here's the first card...
Assimilated Kitsune (5)
Artifact Creature -- Fox
If you control a White Creature, you may remove target Fox from the game, if you do, put Assimilated Kitsune into play without paying it's mana cost. "She used to be a stupid woodland beast. Now she's so much more." ~ Florence, Church Praetor
3/3
Yes, you can 'Swords' another player's Fox and get a 3/3 in exchange.
In this expansion, there's a race war going on. I shifted the pie around, and there's a few slight changes. For one, Green's token Race is the Fox, as is blue's... because they're now an allied color, which is how I thought the Kitsune should've been anyways. The 'villian' of the block is White, and along artifacts and I haven't filled Black and Red's role in it all yet...
Individualist :2mana::symr:
Creature-Human (?)
~ is not affected by global effects. (Spells and abilities that don't specifically target it have no effect.)
2/2
Just needs a little reminder text... other than that, its okay. But it doesn't feel red to me...
I posted a few times at 'News, but never during any important time... but I've lurked mtgnews and a few forums since Legions... I started playing Magic in 9th grade, around Torment, and I've been casual on and off, depending on what deck I'm trying to build and play, or not, given my last dry spell...
If I fall under any stereotype, I'm a lazy Johhny. I like combos and wierd win conditions, but I'm not wasting anytime to figure them out. The intarweb can do it for me.
Lately I'm getting into Draft tournies, I've done two, and come in with 1:6 records... Hopefully, I'll linger around long enough to contribute and learn something useful...
Aura Barbs, I could see... it fills a niche, and gives burn another way to punish someone... In Casual, Local Enchantments can run wild, and my current tournament deck would be screwed over by this card if its going at optimum... then again, my deck would gain the life right back, but that's moot...
Kumano's Blessing though, it fills another niche: It gives players that anti-soulshift craft ability... it sucks, but now there's a way to give a creature that ability, if for some reason you want to.
Shinka Gatekeeper reminds me of a larger Jackal Pup, so I forgive it.
My vote goes to Revert to Dreams... for the love of god, WotC, just neuter Raffinity already... Its a crappy hoser. Worse than packing material.
2 voice of All
2 eight-and-a-half-tails
2 Serra Angel
4 Pious Kitsune
4 Myr Servitor
2 Silent Arbiter
1 Blinding Angel
1 Pristine Angel
Enchantments/Artifacts
2 Words of Worship
2 Circle of Protection: White
2 Limited Resources
2 Shifting Sky
3 Zur's Wierding
2 Isochron Scepter
3 Skullclamp
2 Conjurer's Bauble
1 Clearwater Goblet
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Honden of Cleansing Fire
1 Honden of Seeing Winds
1 Ghostly Prison
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Holy Day
1 Counterspell
1 Etheral Haze
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Pulse of the Grid
1 Vengeful Dreams
Lands
1 Eiganjo Castle
2 Rhystic Cave
2 Seat of the Synod
6 Island
15 Plains
STRATEGY
Hm... something about 15 plains doesn't seem right... Anyways, the strategy is simple: Gain hella life each, and then slap down a Zur's Lock. Since it relies on a combo, half of the challenge is setting up before my clock runs out. Typically, after their hand is dried up, dealing with whatever threats are left is easy... most of the time. As the title says, that's what I aim to make the opponent do: give up and walk away.
But it needs help, I think. Green and Red Swarms own me... okay, any swarm... Okay, OKAY, any creature with power higher than three. I know there are a lot of Singles... help please?
That was an exciting feature.
Just kidding... Its not a completely random search engine. It and Urza's Hot Tub are savage tech.
Is college really a scam?
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In some random corner of the Multiverse, a religous movement is gaining steam among a nameless Plane, known as the Holy Nootrac Church. Led by a man named Florence, he's slowly gained the trust and adoration of the humans, and 'converted' the rest to his cause through Assimilation, a process that turns living flesh to metal, and leaves the victim a mere puppet.
As of late, Florence has had a 'Devine Mandate', and that Mandate is to convert the Kitsune, the fox-folk that live in the forest of the plane. These Kitsune are more Elf-like than the Kitsune of Kamigawa. So, Florence begins his missionary work, and naturally the Kitsune resist. A holy war breaks out between the Church and the Kitsune, but things look bleak for the Fox-Folk. While they're accustomed to using the blue magics of deception and illusion, they have an almost crippling weakness to Holy Magic. The Set begins just at the War hits its climax, and its not looking pretty for the Kitsune
Of course, I'll probably come down off my caffiene high and hammer out something better, but until then...
_
As for the other inconsistancies... uhh... I wanted a fancy word, so I used Praetor, and I meant for the alternate cost to be Offensive. Since it needs two conditions to be fufilled, and comes into play at creature-speed, I can't see it causing that much trouble.
Magic Set Editor
So I can store all the cards I created... for whatever reason... I don't know.
Assimilated Kitsune (5)
Artifact Creature -- Fox
If you control a White Creature, you may remove target Fox from the game, if you do, put Assimilated Kitsune into play without paying it's mana cost.
"She used to be a stupid woodland beast. Now she's so much more." ~ Florence, Church Praetor
3/3
Yes, you can 'Swords' another player's Fox and get a 3/3 in exchange.
In this expansion, there's a race war going on. I shifted the pie around, and there's a few slight changes. For one, Green's token Race is the Fox, as is blue's... because they're now an allied color, which is how I thought the Kitsune should've been anyways. The 'villian' of the block is White, and along artifacts and I haven't filled Black and Red's role in it all yet...
Criticism accepted!
Nickname: H.B.
H.B is short for Half-Black, or on other days, Horny Bastard, thanks to the girls at school...
Creature-Human (?)
~ is not affected by global effects. (Spells and abilities that don't specifically target it have no effect.)
2/2
Just needs a little reminder text... other than that, its okay. But it doesn't feel red to me...
*goes back to work*
If I fall under any stereotype, I'm a lazy Johhny. I like combos and wierd win conditions, but I'm not wasting anytime to figure them out. The intarweb can do it for me.
Lately I'm getting into Draft tournies, I've done two, and come in with 1:6 records... Hopefully, I'll linger around long enough to contribute and learn something useful...
Kumano's Blessing though, it fills another niche: It gives players that anti-soulshift craft ability... it sucks, but now there's a way to give a creature that ability, if for some reason you want to.
Shinka Gatekeeper reminds me of a larger Jackal Pup, so I forgive it.
My vote goes to Revert to Dreams... for the love of god, WotC, just neuter Raffinity already... Its a crappy hoser. Worse than packing material.