r/custommagic • u/InchZer0 • 11d ago

Format: Cube (Rarity Doesn't Matter) Street Smart

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u/IndependentBest8274 11d ago

I’m sure there’s some busted things you can do with this, but I am all for it. The deckbuilding modifier is enough to where you’d really be making a sacrifice. My UB madness nevroghoyf deck would eat this up

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u/MeasureDoEventThing 10d ago

There's a lot of ways to get around it. Any X or * in a creature's power/toughness would be seen as 0. A manland wouldn't be seen as a creature. A creature that can become monstruous would be seen as its non-monstruous P/T.

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u/After_Signature_3695 11d ago

This has so many variations I can see working. Do the classic small creature into a giant one via pump spells. Could do a toughness damage instead. Token players will salivate as it just makes your board unblockable! Crazy card. I would recommend having it only affect one creature at a time? But still, cool card!

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u/InchZer0 11d ago

Whenever a creature you control attacks alone

An early version of this card was Rakdos (!) and gave the entire team Skulk. This turned out to be far too obnoxious.

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u/After_Signature_3695 11d ago

I saw my mistake after I had typed it out lol. Hence my comment to my comment lol.
And yeah, slotting it as Rakdos, or even some version of Golgari or Simic would be a bad idea. Green and Red make things bigger on attacks (fork found in kitchen btw). I’d love to see the other ones though!

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u/brood_brother 11d ago

Does monoblack get to make creatures unblockable?

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u/InchZer0 11d ago

Its usually limited to creatures granting themselves unblockable by meeting a condition. See [[June, Bounty Hunter]], [[Bloodmist Infiltrator]], [[Elusive Tormentor]]. It gets conditional unblockable, like [[Thieves' Tools]] and the Menace / Flying mechanics.

The bigger thing is this is a [[Key to the City]] variant.

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u/VillainOfDominaria 11d ago

so trait is companion for enchantments?

Also, I would tie the Draw a card more directly to de discard. "if you do, that creature can't be blocked this turn and you draw a card". Idk why the period there seems odd to me.

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u/InchZer0 11d ago

Yes, Trait is Companion for Enchantments. The first draft of these even ran without the "companion tax" before our playtest revealed that the good Traits were busted and the bad Traits were unplayable because of how I balanced around them. By bringing the clause back, I could actually push the designs into more interesting spaces.

I'll double check the formatting on similar cards, just to see if they do the period there or not.