sábado, 24 de setembro de 2022

Twist Manadork - Flameshadow Lands

 Note: Flameshadow is how I refer to the red ability to make token copies ("shadows") that only last until the end of the turn (fickle like "flame").

Type: Creature
Temporary Subtype: Lizard Shaman
Card Text:
"Menace.

Whenever CARDNAME attacks, you may create a token that's a copy of target land you control. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step."

Expected Rarity: Uncommon (U) or Rare (R).
Rarity Reasonning:
- Makes land tokens, possibly multiple times;
- Copies lands with ETB or LTB effects;
- Triggers Landfall on attack.

Innovation: This card is a twist on mana dorks by by creating a temporary copy of a land you control as the way to generate mana.
Choice of effects:
- Tying the mana making to a land token instead of generating it meant it could be used latter in the turn without specifying it didn't leave it between phases until the end of the turn.
- Not tying it to treasures allowed to avoid it being to good for mana fixing.
- Having the land token be exiled at the end of turn solves some major issue of land tokens.
- Having it be able to copy lands with ETB effects provides extra value.
- Making land tokens gives it Ladfall synergy.
- Menace allows it to attack more safely.

Temporary P/T: 3/3
Temporary cost: {2}{R}{G}
Cost Reasonning:
- While it is a step cost for a mana dork, the ability to copy lands you control multiple times provides too much value for it to cost less.
- A larger cost also allowed for a larger body for the evasive creature.

Possible Alterations:
- The trigger could be changed to "Whenever CARDNAME taps," and restricted to once each turn.
- P/T, cost and color pips, as well as the evergreen ability used to incentivise attacking.
- Creature could be made legendary if multiples become a concern or it serves good flavor.
- Limiting which lands can be targeted by it (for example, requiring them to have basic land types, or not being legendary).
- Untapping the lands in case they ETB tapped.
- Sacrificing the lands instead of exiling them, for extra synergy with sacrifice matters.
- Adding a third color for evasion.
Unrecommend Alterations:
- Stopping the card from making land tokens.
- Making the card not RG (although monored and monogreen are arguably fine, the design shines better with both colors, even if as a hybrid one.).

Temporary Flavor Text: "The land thrums at the beat of their war drums."
Temporary Name: "Landslide Wardrummers"

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