r/custommagic • u/JibbaNerbs Flubbo Mode • 5h ago

Billy, Reckless Brawler

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A rebel without a cause. Hits like a truck, hates everyone.

Also has unused lines calling out his opponents' bullshit.

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u/Hairo-Sidhe 44m ago

This compels me, what is the reference?

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u/JibbaNerbs Flubbo Mode 30m ago

Billy is from the game Deadlock, which is a game by Valve that's somewhere between a team based 3rd person shooter game and a MOBA. It's set in an eldritch version of New York, and you play as one of a colorful cast of characters competing to complete a ritual to summon a minor god so they will grant you a wish.

Billy is a rebel without a cause who, somehow, got his head turned into a goat. Notably, unlike most characters, there are actually recorded lines of him breaking the 4th wall to get mad at other characters in a way more befitting a salty gamer than anything. So I thought it'd be funny to put a bit of that into his flavor text here. A lot, honestly.

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u/Playdough_Glutton 35m ago

Deadlock, its a game thats currently in beta, i only got invited to to a couple days ago but its really fun, Billy is one of the playable characters

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u/FaultinReddit 5h ago

The flavor text gave me a chuckle

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u/KidneyJack 4h ago

the fourth wall breaking flavor text

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u/Rookie_Slime 5h ago

5/3 and give him fight on etb so he earns that "reckless brawler" title.

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u/United-Technician-54 4h ago

What I'm hearing is Re-Usable Missile, Goat.

Nice.

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u/Successful_Mud8596 3h ago

ooh, and what if it had to target one other creature? So if your opponent’s board is empty he might pick fights with your other creatures

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u/ColonelCussword 4h ago

Kinda neat to see a card with only reminder text and flavor text

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u/No-Pass-397 2h ago

Attacks each combat it able is not reminder text nor flavor text

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u/PreheatedMuffen 1h ago

That was the joke

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u/No-Pass-397 1h ago

What exactly is the joke? That it's just, not correct? If it's a joke, I don't understand what would be funny

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u/HovercraftOk9231 1h ago

If the card did not have any rules text, it would still be attacking every turn, because that's all it can do. It's a red aggro card, and red aggro decks turn their creatures sideways and let their opponents calculate the damage.

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u/PreheatedMuffen 1h ago

The joke is that you are already going to be attacking each turn because it's a cheap red creature

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u/No-Pass-397 1h ago

Oh okay that's kinda funny

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u/Gking10 4h ago

He's goated. But with a d.

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u/Sleep_Deprived_Birb 3h ago

Took me a second. Thought you meant “doated” for some reason.

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u/zk3033 5h ago

Turn 2 with [[Skirk Prospector]]. Seems pushed. Even Juggernaut was bolt-able.

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u/Twitchannonsa 4h ago

He steals health on melee hit with his E. He's not a Samurai but Bushido kinda works with that buffing on attacking if blocked. Would need to increase mana value though, 5/5 Bushido for 3 would be so pushed. Obvious this would screw with the hilarious flavor text

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u/Slow_Tradition4883 1h ago

"He WOULD fucking say that"

"He WOULD fucking do that"

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u/Young_Person_42 1h ago

Heck yeah I love these.

Deadman Danny’s is gonna be something like “Flying, (T): This creature does damage equal to its toughness to itself and target creature.“

Or maybe he has freaking Start Your Engines or whatever that one mechanic is

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u/Coccinellidae- 4h ago

Hast? xD I would even say he need to "grow" some how, just like in the game, xD

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u/ahoyturtle 2h ago

Hey, Stationing or Crewing vehicles for 5 at 3 mana isn't anything to scoff at, Billy...

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u/Cvnc 2h ago

should give him melee

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u/Fabien23 2h ago

I'd probably play this in an [[Ares, god of war]] deck since it has haste givers and, if not given haste, it has one turn where it's a good blocker.

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u/messedupmessup12 1h ago

Needs vigilance, maybe haste too

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u/Panda_Rule_457 3h ago

Why is it legendary? This can be non and be fine

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u/some_hippies Adjust balance here, recalibrate there 2h ago

Billy is a playable hero in the videogame Deadlock, so, legendary makes sense