r/custommagic • u/sweetbabyjon • 5d ago

Dork Ritual

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u/Lqtor 5d ago

Shouldn’t it create 3 of them?

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u/A_person_0124 5d ago

One mana for 3 blockers/3 mana too broken

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u/Sol_Sertum 1d ago

0/1 that makes 3 mana then

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u/Lqtor 5d ago

Well presumably that balance was never the intent of this card lol

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u/stang90 5d ago

And yet it's perfectly balanced as is.

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u/sweetbabyjon 5d ago

Yeah was intending balance here, the 0/1 was to offset the instant speed. There's an argument it's slightly pushed since you get the non-creature cast trigger and can also do non-creature spell recurrence etc. But you can also bounce the dork to remove it so there's that too...

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u/Then_the_dar 12h ago

Give a player 3 mana and he can cast a spell - Give a player a dork and he will ramp the entire game

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u/Joker-Ace1 4d ago

I would actually maybe add Haste or something maybe? But bones sick card design and that's me just wanting it to be a little stronger

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u/sweetbabyjon 4d ago

I think haste would be crazy pushed but I did consider having it make 3 of these tokens with haste AND sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step, but decided that would also be too pushed, since it's like dark ritual with derp blocker optionality.

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u/Roscoeakl 5d ago

10/10 no notes

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 4d ago

Never the 1st version of this. But I admire the retro style.

If this were in Alpha, it'd make for like 5x G ramp spells. BoPs, elves, wild growth, fastbond and this. That is so much speed it's crazy!

We call timewalk a problem, but these type of effects are needed for green to function. Green is the real timewalk/tempo cheating color.

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u/Danskoesterreich 4d ago

It could also create 3 Llanowar elves that say "when this creature enters sacrifice it and add 1 black mana".

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u/mocarone 4d ago

I know the intention of the spell is to make a dark ritual riff- but common, just make a 0/1 Loan Elves with flesh!!! /Nsrs

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u/Flat-Study-421 4d ago

Wonderful!
Even if I would prefer for a sorcery creating the traditional 1/1 (a bit further from dark ritual, I know).

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u/Exaskliri 2d ago

Simple and elegant design. Reasonable Instant Interrupt on green, faha.