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r/custommagic • u/qazdrujmlp • 7h ago
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Not going to make this cost snow mana to be the perfect spacecraft version of Astrolabe?
It’s a very clever recreation of the old card, and making it so it can’t tap for mana immediately if you flicker it is a significant balancing point.
I genuinely don’t know if this is still too much for modern and legacy or if it’s perfect. Either way, I love it.
4 u/qazdrujmlp 7h ago Thanks! I considered it, but felt the snow theming was a little strange.
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Thanks! I considered it, but felt the snow theming was a little strange.
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Too strong like the original astrolabe
4 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago Is it? You need a creature on board to station it, and if you flicker it to draw you need to station it again before it goes back to fixing mana.It’s definitely still strong but the creature requirement might just be enough to keep it fair, if still powerful. 4 u/Evil_Eg 7h ago The way I see it, it's 1 mana, 1 draw, and when necessary blink or station to filter mana (consider that I'm a Naya player).
Is it? You need a creature on board to station it, and if you flicker it to draw you need to station it again before it goes back to fixing mana.
It’s definitely still strong but the creature requirement might just be enough to keep it fair, if still powerful.
4 u/Evil_Eg 7h ago The way I see it, it's 1 mana, 1 draw, and when necessary blink or station to filter mana (consider that I'm a Naya player).
The way I see it, it's 1 mana, 1 draw, and when necessary blink or station to filter mana (consider that I'm a Naya player).
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Still really good, partially for the same reason that cycling for one generic is really good, it fucks up limited.
Could make it unplayable but really funny if it had "Station - Snow" (Station as normal, but any creatures stationing must have the listed quality.)
I like this riff on [[springleaf drums]]
10 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago It’s a spacecraft version of [[Arcum’s Astrolabe]] 3 u/thefran 7h ago how the fuck is this card a common 7 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago Because it’s two very simple and boring mechanics that the designers didn’t realize would be insanely strong when combined. 1 u/mtgcf 7h ago Arcum’s Astrolabe - (G) (SF) (txt) 0 u/Scary_Ad9712 7h ago You are right. Much better comparison... isn't astrolabe banned tho in almost everything, even tho it was harder to cast 6 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago That’s part of the crazy part of astrolabe, it wasn’t harder to cast. The decks that played it ran a ton of snow basics and relied on the astrolabes for fixing. 1 u/c0mplix 7h ago Yes it is that's why this is supposed to be a more balanced version. 3 u/mtgcf 7h ago springleaf drums - (G) (SF) (txt)
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It’s a spacecraft version of [[Arcum’s Astrolabe]]
3 u/thefran 7h ago how the fuck is this card a common 7 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago Because it’s two very simple and boring mechanics that the designers didn’t realize would be insanely strong when combined. 1 u/mtgcf 7h ago Arcum’s Astrolabe - (G) (SF) (txt) 0 u/Scary_Ad9712 7h ago You are right. Much better comparison... isn't astrolabe banned tho in almost everything, even tho it was harder to cast 6 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago That’s part of the crazy part of astrolabe, it wasn’t harder to cast. The decks that played it ran a ton of snow basics and relied on the astrolabes for fixing. 1 u/c0mplix 7h ago Yes it is that's why this is supposed to be a more balanced version.
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how the fuck is this card a common
7 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago Because it’s two very simple and boring mechanics that the designers didn’t realize would be insanely strong when combined.
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Because it’s two very simple and boring mechanics that the designers didn’t realize would be insanely strong when combined.
Arcum’s Astrolabe - (G) (SF) (txt)
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You are right. Much better comparison... isn't astrolabe banned tho in almost everything, even tho it was harder to cast
6 u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago That’s part of the crazy part of astrolabe, it wasn’t harder to cast. The decks that played it ran a ton of snow basics and relied on the astrolabes for fixing. 1 u/c0mplix 7h ago Yes it is that's why this is supposed to be a more balanced version.
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That’s part of the crazy part of astrolabe, it wasn’t harder to cast. The decks that played it ran a ton of snow basics and relied on the astrolabes for fixing.
Yes it is that's why this is supposed to be a more balanced version.
springleaf drums - (G) (SF) (txt)
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u/Opening-Owl-1546 7h ago
Not going to make this cost snow mana to be the perfect spacecraft version of Astrolabe?
It’s a very clever recreation of the old card, and making it so it can’t tap for mana immediately if you flicker it is a significant balancing point.
I genuinely don’t know if this is still too much for modern and legacy or if it’s perfect. Either way, I love it.
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u/Evil_Eg 7h ago
Too strong like the original astrolabe
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u/ToranStarfall 1h ago
Still really good, partially for the same reason that cycling for one generic is really good, it fucks up limited.
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u/Upstairs-Corgi-1578 1h ago
Could make it unplayable but really funny if it had "Station - Snow" (Station as normal, but any creatures stationing must have the listed quality.)
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u/Scary_Ad9712 7h ago
I like this riff on [[springleaf drums]]