
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #256752 1 year ago |
A ten-plus-one land cycle for the MLP:FiM:tG set. The Dangerous Creature only makes an appearance because it has the reminder text for the champion mechanic. The reminder text is slightly different from the official version to take account of cards that champion permanents with a different (sub)type. This was not the case in Lorwyn, but if I interpret the comprehensive rules correctly, championing a permanent with a different (sub)type should be theoretically possible.
In case you're wondering why I didn't simply make the lands Tribal and Ponies: having three lands champion each other is a very bad idea. |
| Anonymous #256881 1 year ago |
So much win...
It's All Over the Place!! |
| Anonymous #257023 1 year ago |
A three-color cycle? That's different (AFAIK). I'm impressed by all the innovative mechanics you're putting into this set.
But the reminder text for Dangerous Creature seems a bit messy to me, since "permanent ... that is a Pony" is redundant. Then again, "another Pony" would look weird too, since D.C. isn't a Pony, and "a Pony" would allow D.C. to exile itself on the off chance that it came into play as a Pony. So there's no really good solution here. |
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #257097 1 year ago |
@ #257023: Yeah, that reminder text gave me some headaches as it has to work for the lands too. If anyone can come up with better phrasing, I'd be grateful. (I can see why Wizards stuck to creatures championing permanents with the same subtype.) |
| Anonymous #257245 1 year ago |
Wizards didn't specify creature type for all champions. For example Changeling Titan just says Champion a Creature.
Lands really shouldn't have champion. |
| Anonymous #257258 1 year ago |
Why would the weather factory give you a mountain or a forest? |
| Anonymous #258155 1 year ago |
@245: But Changeling Titan shares the type "Creature" with the card it champions, so the wording problem doesn't come up.
And while it's definitely weird for a land to champion a creature, there's no reason why lands couldn't, say, champion other lands. There are already a few cards with a similar ability, sending a land back to its owner's hand in order to enter the battlefield. And the rules are written such that any permanent can champion any kind of permanent. (Even in really stupid cases, like a token artifact that champions cards with mana cost at least RR.) |
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #258364 1 year ago |
@ #257258: Some cards are a stretch, flavor-wise. That's the problem with cycles in a pre-defined setting - you can make most of it fit, but some cards will be stuck with the "leftovers".
I chose the Weather Factory for URG because Red has its share of lightning-related cards, while Green features all kinds of storms and hurricanes. Please note that a land does not have to include basic land aesthetics to produce mana of a given color; in Ravnica, cards like the Sacred Foundry or Hallowed Fountain even counted as Plains/Mountains, i.e. Plains/Islands while having nothing to do with plains, mountains or islands aesthetics-wise. This effect will be even more pronounced in the MLP set: as there are no islands visible in the show, expect to see images of bathtubs and spas for Basic Islands... |
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #258391 1 year ago |
@ all: I'm open to card change suggestions. If you think a card would work better differently, or have a better flavor alternative at the ready, comment away!
(I won't necessarily change the card, but I will always consider it.) |
| YandereShy #260272 1 year ago |
Shards of Ponyville? uh ok |
| YandereShy #260841 1 year ago |
wow damn if Dragon Mountain wasn't so parasitic to ponies i'd say thats a hella great card to get Broodmate out in jund |
| Drasvin #260864 1 year ago |
@YandereShy To fix that, just slip in some cards with Changling |
| Anonymous #276435 1 year ago |
I like your fan set. It feels very close to what an actual set would be like, haven't done anything to break the color pie that I can think of (although I am no expert) and you've come up with some pretty fun cards...
I just hope you decide to get some vector artwork in the same style for some sweet island cards. Actually, I suggest looking though the huge collection of artwork that all basic lands have and making vector artwork versions of them for some nostalgia. Okay that's all I can think of ... except that the last time we ever had a pony card printed was Dwarven Pony in a horrible, horrible, set called Homelands; and that creature type was later changed to horse. Because of that I just Feel like I should be able to champion a horse instead, and that I should dig out every horse card I own (no pun intended.) |
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #285202 1 year ago |
Thank you, 276435 (OK, we've arrived in the future - we're addressing other people with numbers). I'm always interested in hearing which cards are well received and which aren't, and I certainly don't mind the praise. ;)
Currently, there are better-quality .pngs available in my DA gallery, but I'll look into vector artwork versions for the finished set... |
| Lestat13 #321656 1 year ago |
Froggy Bottom Bog, and Everfree Forest should be champion a creature, and be the anti-tribal/non tribal shards so players who don't like tribal can gravitate towards those shards. |
| Invisible_Pink_Unicorn #388059 11 months ago |
@ Lestat13
That's a good argument. I'll mull it over (I wasn't comfortable with the Pony championing in those cases anyway). |