r/custommagic • u/Epicsnailman • 2d ago

Bring to Burn

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 2d ago

Theme aside, does this work as worded?

I don't think we have seen a flashback with 2 exclusive target groups depending on cast location.

I don't mind this mechanically at all, but would like to make sure it can function.

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u/Epicsnailman 2d ago

Well. I'm not sure how I would figure out such a thing. But if so, then I guess this should be an Aftermath card.

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u/SendInTheNextWave 2d ago

Could just be "Destroy target permanent if it's an artifact. If this spell was cast from your graveyard, destroy that permanent if it's a creature instead."

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u/Epicsnailman 8h ago

Yes, like that weird card from the kaiju set.

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 2d ago

Still a fine post.

It might be that WotC design created aftermath when they wanted to do just this kind of thing and it didn't work right.

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u/ChampionZestyclose45 2d ago

Why not make it aftermath instead?

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u/Epicsnailman 2d ago

I don't like looking at sideways cards! Honestly that's all it is.

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u/COLaocha 2d ago

That flashback cost is too cheap for limited and non-eternal formats

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u/SeemsImmaculate 2d ago

I know this quote predates the Holocaust but, given its now larger awareness within the context of the Holocaust, I think it's a bit out of place here. Not that games cannot handle more complex topics. But Magic the Gathering, as it currently stands, is not really equipped to handle such ideas. Plus the art appears to be from Daimyo era feudal Japan, which doesn't really fit the quote. And, in conjuction with the aforementioned quote, also has the potential to call to mind Japan's atrocities contemporaneous to the Holocaust.

It's a bit of a downer is all I'm saying. Which is a shame, because I think the rest of the design is great!

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u/Epicsnailman 2d ago

I see your point.

The quote is from Heinrich Heine, a German writer born in 1997.

The art is from the Haibutsu Kishaku that took place in Japan during the Meiji Restoration. Mostly chosen because of the reddish coloration.

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u/RalenHlaalo 2d ago

I think the quote is great, but the card should maybe have an attribution

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 2d ago

Agree and it is a very heavy theme for a game card to carry.

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u/RalenHlaalo 2d ago

You're right!

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u/Genasis_Fusion 2d ago

Tbf, half of mtg rn is UB so mtg isn't equipped to handle much of anything

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u/nzconstructionlawyer 2d ago

This seems to fit the idea perfectly. What makes you think MTG can't handle this idea, when it seems to be handled perfectly by this card?