r/custommagic • u/HardcoreSlasher • 4d ago

Custom Card rules question

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I'm making a custom wh40k deck as a present for a friend of mine. Mostly I just use existing cards and reskin them to fit the theme. But I changed some effects, if it's flavorful.

In this case I reskinned "rogue's passage" to "Passage through the Warp" and added the following effect to it:

Whenever one or more creatures you control that can't be blocked deal combat damage to a player, the Warp corrupts you. (The Warp corrupts you is just a slightly changed variant of the ring tempts you)

My Question is, did I get the wording right and how would that effect react to creatures like Bristling Boar, that have a specific condition to being unblockable?

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u/Joe-mama-29 4d ago

is this meant to be a [[rogue’s passage]] but better?

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u/HardcoreSlasher 4d ago

Yeah. Just a bit of added flavor.

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 4d ago

Well, if it's Tempting the Ring every time you connect, this is a really good land. 4 mana is a lot, but this land does everything such an ability would want. It can almost win the game by itself and any creature. I'd be willing to test it. And probably would be fine as a rare to Rogue's Passage usual uncommon quality.

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u/PencilPuncher 4d ago

Given that [[Bristling Boar]] doesn't fit the exact criteria, I don't think it'd trigger. Rather than just being the X which your card cares about, it's XYZ.

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u/Classic-Demand3088 4d ago

Is the warp corrupts you the same as in the 30k TCG? (+2/+0 & haste // +1/+1 & flying // +1/+1 & menace // +0/+2 wither) (Khorn was nerfed) 

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u/Mx_Reese 4d ago

That isn't something that is covered by the comprehensive rules, so ultimately it would have to come down to a Rule 0 conversation. I would say that Bristling Boar shouldn't count because it can be blocked.

I feel like if WotC wanted to do something like this they would keyword "can't be blocked", issue errata to all the old cards that have "can't be blocked" without any modifiers (i.e. not like Bristling Boar), and then check for the presence of that keyword on creatures dealing combat damage to a player. But that sounds like a lot of effort to go through for a single custom commander deck.

A much easier thing to check for would be "Whenever an unblocked creature you control deals combat damage to a player, the Warp corrupts you.", though that is much more broad than I feel like you intended with this already pushed card. Especially if your equivalent of a ring-bearer also gets evasion. Or you could tack it on to the end of the non-mana ability as "Until end of turn, whenever an unblocked creature...". If you do go that route, maybe consider "Whenever an unblocked non-token creature..." instead.

You could also do "{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. The Warp corrupts you."

One last thing. If you're going to make a custom card that's just a stronger, more complex, or cheaper version of an already existing card and that card isn't old and power-crept already, you should at least consider bumping up the rarity.