Board 8 > Magic: the Gathering Topic: Beware the Chupacabra

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I heard that argument before and thought it was pretty sensible. The question shouldn't require you to be evaluating the most balanced choice based on the wording. I did think adding a new ability made sense as a specifically design oriented change. That's why I need to hear the real explanation.
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There is usually one dev person on the design team for each set but generally yeah theyre different teams that serve different purposes. They dont really work in tandem, as least as far as I understand how the lifecycle of a set works.
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The Mana Sword posted...

Oh it definitely would be, but broken-ness isnt really designs concern.

I dont know what the actual answer to the question, but like I said, that option is a change design would make, the others are ones development would probably make.

"change the number of cards revealed to a fixed number" seems to be the answer.
I think that makes sense as a design decision because it makes the difference between synergizing with stuff like treasure tokens and Fabricate or... not synergizing with them.
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Well good thing I didnt take the test then!

But yeah I agree that question seems not great.
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Well both of the options have synergy with the base design

One has synergy with the sacrifice effect being usable on more things you'd want to use it on in a useful way
One allows the sacrifice effect to more frequently be used on more desirable targets by being able to cheat them into play

But the latter is broken ergo you should favor the non-broken design. If nothing else you could say to make development's job easier
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also it may not be about design vs development at all, but about the general principle that repeatable sacrifice outlets should work with tokens. It's the most likely change because a card like that not working with tokens would be a bummer.
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yeah that makes sense
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Ulti, since you like to bring up the Borborygmos/Pithing Needle thing up, are you aware they actually changed that policy with Amonkhet? Under the new system, cards chosen have to be unambiguous and you don't have to actually know the name of the card as long as everyone agrees on the card that was picked.
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Up
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Masters 25 stuff shown at the PT.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVC3aFtXkAA3xmY.jpg
https://media.wizards.com/2018/images/daily/4fYMCHjjPg.png

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/masters-25-packaging-2018-02-02

most of the cards in the set are going to have a watermark with the set symbol of the original printing. that's neat.
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Okay, yeah, that's pretty cool.
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I like the set symbol watermark. It's a nice touch.

Might consider doing a draft of this.
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I dunno if anyone else has been watching the Modern Pro Tour, but this Hollow One deck is hilarious. It's basically a Hearthstone deck. It uses Burning Inquiry and Goblin Lore to randomly discard cards and hopes to play 0 mana 4/4s. 5/6 of the people playing it made Day 2 and there's one in the Top 8 right now.
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Oh dear lord, that deck made it?!
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Lantern wins the PT. Followed swiftly by people calling for it to be bad, lol
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Im not sure what youd even ban from Lantern. The lantern itself? That would be so silly.
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People were saying Mox Opal but then you end up blasting Affinity.

I dunno, it's probably fine and I doubt WotC will ban anything. But they might unban stuff and ruin everything on accident!
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unban Jace

nevermind the fact that makes lantern control better
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

People were saying Mox Opal but then you end up blasting Affinity.

Not seeing the downside here !
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I love that Lantern Control exists as a deck. It's one of the most creative and devilishly brilliant decks to be made for quite a while.
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I mean does anyone here actually believe that it's overpowered?
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As long as you know how to concede, Lantern is fine. If you don't it's your own fault.
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It's not overpowered whatsoever. It just has a massive skill ceiling. It's also soft to other controlling decks.
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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/essay-what-you-will-2018-02-05

two of my answers (Prowess and Meld) match Maro's. Hopefully that works in my favor.
I'm a little worried that a couple of the essay questions I rushed at the end might sink me though.
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Well, I assume/hope that matching Maro's answers is not the main criteria for success. It's very easy to predict how he answered these but that shouldn't necessarily make for a standout response.
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Sure, he says it's more about properly defending your answers. I feel good about those two because my explanation for my answers is similar to his too. It makes me feel optimistic that I had an effective argument style in the test overall.

I think the most frustrating thing if I don't make the top 8 will be not knowing which part screwed me up since they're judging the design and essays now. It could be that my designs weren't good enough, or they were good enough but my essays weren't. I'll never know.
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Oh hey, congrats Moogle!

I haven't played in forever, but I remember following the last designer search. I'll probably follow it again if you make it to the top 8!
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Maro posted the design test on his Tumblr.

https://t.co/CzdrUDBvSL

Moogle still isnt allowed to talk about his submission, but everyone else can!

Ended up being a lot more open ended than I would have expected.
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Heeeeeeey FNM promos are back for Dominaria.

Good on WotC for at least not being stubborn as well as 100% wrong about this!
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The Mana Sword posted...

Maro posted the design test on his Tumblr.

https://t.co/CzdrUDBvSL

Moogle still isnt allowed to talk about his submission, but everyone else can!

Ended up being a lot more open ended than I would have expected.

This is pretty much what I thought it would be based on GDS2. I'm surprised it's all multicolored though. I might try it out for fun, who knows.
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I'd be really curious to know how many people tried certain obvious ideas... like what percentage of UR creatures submitted were attempts at making an artifact commander or how many WU Planeswalkers were Azor (which is something I considered doing but ultimately did not go with)
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Hopefully a lot of people designed a UR commander, because the instructions specifically say not to design for Commander!
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I think that meant don't directly reference the concept of commanders or the command zone in your cards. If someone wanted to make a UR legendary creature that cares about artifacts and just happens to be good as a commander that would probably be ok.
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Wizards never puts legendary creatures in Standard though!
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not on my watch they wouldnt
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They should make a set like Legions again, but every creature is Legendary.
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TomNook posted...

They should make a set like Legions again, but every creature is Legendary.

It'd be

Legiondary *shades*
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they did that it was called kamigawa
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article about sexism in magic on tcgplayer in which the author notes discussion rarely goes anywhere because of twitter brigades and locked threads on reddit

check reddit comments, thread is locked

really makes you think
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:thinking emoji:
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God damn it.
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That design contest is harder than I first though. I have 8 designs I like, but I just noticed that I'm trying to make an enchantment but I already have a WB enchantment and have WU, UB, and BG open, which is forcing me to go back and look for weaker designs I have to eliminate or ones I can move into other colors.
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I was bored and made some cards for the design challenge. Didn't spend a ton of time on these and both the planeswalkers could likely be mono-colored (and Jarad is probably too wordy), but I'm also not trying to win any contests here so...!

Venser, Who Should Not Have Died (Mythic)
2WU
Legendary Planeswalker - Venser
+2: Exile target nonland permanent you control
-2: Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
-8: Return all cards exiled with CARDNAME to the battlefield under your control.
Loyalty: 3

Definitely Not Recoil (Uncommon)
1UB
Sorcery
Return target nonland permenant to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.

Scary Fast Dude (Common)
2RB
Creature - Zombie Goblin
Haste, menace
3/2

Punch Him in the Face (Uncommon)
1RG
Instant
Choose one or both:
- Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and first strike until the end of turn.
- Target creature you control fights another target creature you don't control.

Pikmin Farm (Rare)
2GW
Enchantment
Pikmin Farm enters the battlefield with three spore counters.
Whenever a creature token you control dies, put a spore counter on CARDNAME.
1W, Remove X spore counters from CARDNAME: Create X 1/1 green and white Pikmin tokens.
1G, Remove X spore counters from CARDNAME: Create one X/X green and white Pikmin token.

Utterish End (Uncommon)
1WB
Instant
Exile target nonland permenant with converted mana cost 3 or less.

Jarad, Important Enough to have Four Abilities (Mythic)
3BG
Legendary Planeswalker - Jarad
+1: CARDAME gains loyalty counters equal to the number of creatures in your graveyard.
0: Sacrifice a creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
-3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
-12: Each player exiles all creature cards from his or her graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures he or she controls, then puts all cards he or she exiled this way onto the battlefield.
Loyalty: 4

Fractioned Frog (Rare)
5UG
Creature - Frog Mutant
Trample
Tap: Create a 4/4 blue and green frog mutant token with trample and "Tap: Create a 2/2 blue and green frog mutant token with trample and "Tap: Create a 1/1 blue and green frog mutant token with trample.""
8/8

Flying Spellsuit (Common)
1UR
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
Enchanted creature gets flying and prowess.

Fireball Helix (Rare)
XWR
Sorcery
CARDNAME deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. You gain X life.
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Apparently they have Chinese New Year themed treasure tokens for Chinese regions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/7w2ahk/chinese_new_year_foil_treasure_tokens_and_red/

Pretty sweet. Wonder if they have any other regional holiday cards.
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I just finished the tenth while bored at work. I like a lot of them so might mock them up first but will post them later too.

It's a little awkward that your RG spell gives first strike and then fights. Not sure if there's a better way to do it though. Maybe a 'fight' that isn't simultaneous?
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My thought was that you could fight and then still attack with the creature, because the first strike makes the damage marked from the fight less important.
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That's true, I hadn't noticed that.
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Here's mine. I like some of these a lot so might also put on r/custommagic since I see a few similar posts there.

https://imgur.com/a/vmQDm
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I like Necrosis and Mad Biologist.
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