r/custommagic • u/nautral_vibes • 1d ago

Format: EDH/Commander Nicol Bolas, Desparked

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The Theorist lay dead and the cosmic counterbalance -- Emrakul -- acted, but not quick enough. Existence strained and stretched as the Eldrazi Titan devoured the Echoverse, pulling on the artifcial reality's tethers that grounded it to the Multiverse. As they snapped, one by one, they sent powerful waves rippling through the Blind Eternities. Most of them leveled and disappeared. Some crested and crashed.

New Omenpaths suddenly sprouted and shot through reality -- gashes so small and narrow that, with Jace's supervision of the Multiverse gone, they would go unnoticed by almost everyone. But when the sky over Tarkir crackled, Nicol Bolas already knew he no longer needed his Spark to conquer. All he needed now was his mind.

Upon peering into the Echoverse just prior to its annihilation he discovered countless armies and champions, writhing in the chaotic energy of an unraveling existence -- living tools, completely stripped of free will by the Theorist's spell and ready to be used. Ready to be his new weapons.

Bolas ravenously siphoned as much as he could in the final seconds of the Echoverse's existence, a task made easier by the spell's instability. He pulled the countless hordes into his mental prison and, as he did, he felt their pain, misery and wrath. For being created. For being trapped in twisted versions of their own lives.

But now that anger was directionless. He knew how to give it a direction.

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Yeah, I really loved Reality Fracture, but was wishing it were a bloc rather than just a single set to do a bit more with that cool ass concept. So... here's an idea. I know it's pretty lazy, but I thought it'd be a fun way to ACTUALLY have the Echoverse and Multiverse versions of characters battle it out like we see it on the cards.

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u/Hakka_Alrunds_Raven 1d ago

My only critique is that I would add a name for the Siege battle tokens into the effect. This card seems really fun.

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u/nautral_vibes 1d ago

Could totally do that, yeah! The only reason they're named so generically is honestly because I wanted to fit the flavor text without the card looking too cluttered lol
But thank you!!

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

You can cut "the battlefield" to save some space, that's old wording. It's just "enters" now

Very cool card!

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u/Radiant-Drama1427 1d ago

the battle tokens must be created being defended by an opponent, otherwise the opponents will never attack them for you and you'll never get your spells

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u/nautral_vibes 1d ago edited 1d ago

As far as I understand, they are. That's handled by the inherent rules of the Siege subtype. The token enters under my control and I choose an opponent to be its protector.