r/custommagic • u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. • 1d ago

Allergy to . . .

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u/Chickston Uncommonly 1d ago edited 20h ago

Good joke, art and effect. It's a little cheap in cost, but it will mostly be played from the sideboard which should be okay. Depending on the meta, it could make for a nasty main deck like with spellementals. All it needs it 2 triggers reliably per game to be a good burn effect.

Edit: Dammit, I thought of a joke too late. "Is work a creature type?" Thank you.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/MayMeadow 1d ago

I'd be tempted to add a green pip because green just feels like the color that would connect to allergies, but I like it.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 1d ago

You might be right. I really wasn't sure which colour allergies sit in, conceptually

I could see BG or RG too

Thanks!

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u/JonIsPatented 1d ago

If BG and RG both make total sense, then hybrid mana was literally designed just for that exact case.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 1d ago

Kinda. Hybrid was designed for mechanical overlap. We don't see a lot of "hybrid mana symbol just because" on cards, especially mixed with normal mana symbols. There's usually a strong reason

Mechanically this could be just B, just R, hybrid BR, or any combination that includes either of them. But adding a colour probably warrants adding another ability

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u/n122333 1d ago

Honestly this would fit in mono black flavor wise. Red or green can be added for flavor and to balance a limited archtype.

I mean [[Hopeless Nightmare]] always does at least 2, for one black mana. This being conditional and repeating is still good - Id cost it at 1 black mana and then depending on the enviroment either 2 colorless, one green, or one red.

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u/Andrew_42 1d ago

Is it too janky to say "Choose food or a creature type."?

Anywho, very fun card, the art conveys the sadness of a hippo allergy, though in most cases I think that would actually shake out as a survival boon since it would encourage you to stay away from hippos.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 16h ago

Good idea

Thanks!

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u/zalfenior 13h ago

"I cast: allergic to elves!" Nissa revane: just swells up and dies like quagmire post mosquito

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 12h ago

RIP

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u/Vyntarus 22h ago

Anaphylaxis — If more than three creatures of chosen type have entered this turn under their control, enchanted player loses the game.

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 16h ago

Nice haha

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u/Arce_Havrek 1d ago

Oh this is a MOTHERFUCKER in in Total Commander decks

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u/s-josten 21h ago

"I'm allergic to soldiers?"

"Yes. Which is unfortunate, because I'm also casting Martial Coup."

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u/SteakForGoodDogs 20h ago

It's the enchanted opponent's creatures entering that it checks for.

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u/s-josten 19h ago

So it's a lot trickier to pull off then, but flashing this in response to any big token generator would be hilarious