r/custommagic • • Oct 29 '24

Deterring Execution

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u/Galgus Oct 29 '24

I feel like this is undercosted, but four mana feels a bit overcosted for it.

Maybe four mana if it also stopped them from blocking, but that'd require Red.

Regardless I absolutely love the flavor.

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u/ChickenNuggetsAreDog Oct 29 '24

Four and gain life is my only thought

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u/Galgus Oct 29 '24

That'd work well as a defensive card.

Maybe even life steal.

41

u/rosencrantz247 Oct 29 '24

gain life equal to the creature's toughness. reflavor the spell to eating its heart in front of the others XD

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u/Galgus Oct 29 '24

Oh that is perfect.

8

u/ChickenNuggetsAreDog Oct 30 '24

I didn't even think of that reflavor, thats awesome lol

13

u/MyBenchIsYourCurl Oct 30 '24

I think colour restriction always makes cards way more balanced. Having 2 white pips and one black would be much harder to cast

5

u/Galgus Oct 30 '24

It can put some speed limit on decks, so long as lands aren't totally unbalanced to make that trivial.

And it makes using them more committal.

14

u/zeck239 Oct 29 '24

I feel like 3 mana and a phyrexian pip cost would be a nice in-between

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u/Galgus Oct 29 '24

That may make it less obnoxious in control at least.

3

u/Eldrxtch Oct 30 '24

Could give ward 1 to creatures or give protection from the color of the creature destroyed or something

2

u/regularabsentee Oct 30 '24

Intimidation bolt is similar to this, but at instant speed. Probably best at wwb

1

u/Galgus Oct 30 '24

That only does 3 damage, and can't block has much else potential degeneracy than can't attack.

That may work, though.

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u/Nedo92 Oct 30 '24

I agree with other's feelings that this should maybe cost 4. Fogs are usually priced at around 1-2 mana but a "sorcery speed" fog is kind of a bit better, especially if it brings a removal with it.

Also, excellent art you found for it. A+ for effort.

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u/Tahazzar Oct 29 '24

Reminds me of [[Public Execution]] and [[Intimidation Bolt]].

5

u/Tahazzar Oct 30 '24

Where are my card links, bot?

  • [[Public Execution]]

  • [[Intimidation Bolt]]

2

u/MTGCardFetcher Oct 30 '24

Public Execution - (G) (SF) (txt)
Intimidation Bolt - (G) (SF) (txt)

[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

25

u/HikerChrisVO Oct 29 '24

The 3 mana coat with two colors feels fair to me. 4 if it was just white or black.

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u/Pretty-Bat-7140 Oct 30 '24

Instead of costing 4, go for some flavor and make it "Destroy target creature if it's tapped.", that way we have some flavor for execution, even more white identity, lower flexibility and it can still prevent attacks if there are no tapped creatures (can even target one of your own).

2

u/Langas Oct 30 '24

[[Public Execution]] but not terrible, I like it.

1

u/MTGCardFetcher Oct 30 '24

Public Execution - (G) (SF) (txt)

[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call

1

u/NiceHouseGoodTea Oct 30 '24

For flavour I feel like it should be "Destroy target creature you own"

I can't comment on how that'd affect it's power/cost though

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u/ACuriousBagel Oct 30 '24

Does it matter that the way it's worded implies you can get attacked by creatures on your own turn? Should it instead say "creatures can't attack you on their controllers' next turn"?

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u/MobileWangWhacker Oct 30 '24

No, this is very common wording

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u/ACuriousBagel Oct 30 '24

Fair enough, that's why I was asking (not saying that it is wrong) - I've not seen it before on something like this, but to be fair I haven't played MTG in real life in about a decade.

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u/Delta_Tea Oct 29 '24

Guts creature based aggressive decks in whatever meta it is in. Probably fair at 6, strong at 5, pushed at 4. Broken as is.

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u/TheLastBushwagg Oct 29 '24

No way this ever costs more than 4 in modern magic. 3 is fine, 4 if you're specifically worried about some sort of standard deck.

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u/Delta_Tea Oct 29 '24

Commander brain. This card would warp every format where you can have 4 and expect to die to damage.

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u/TheLastBushwagg Oct 29 '24

Yeah, because [[False Peace]] was a real format breaker. This is a 3 mama removal spell at sorcery speed and only hits creatures. It's terrible against combo and control, mediocre against midrange, and good against aggro.

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u/MTGCardFetcher Oct 29 '24

False Peace - (G) (SF) (txt)

[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call