nomtgcardsmithno

[nomtgcardsmithno]

An untargetable, free 6/6 that can run in any deck definitely needs some upside.

"Swamp, paying twelve life for Burzartox, the Vile. Tapping my swamp to cast Torment of Scarabs targeting you, and duplicating it, also targeting you. Then I pass. At the beginning of your turn, you lose twelve life or discard four cards."

#mtgcardsmith #creature #white #blue #black #red #green

[nomtgcardsmithno]

So... when after? During the cleanup step? Next turn? A few days later? Also charming is that he can "override" effects in nonspecific ways. It just somehow happens!

#mtgcardsmith #creature #blue #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

I think we all know I'm not a fan of this trend of tacking useless names onto abilities. It turns out that the more useless the names are, the less fond of it I am -- and these are some impressively useless names.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #black #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

What if the AIs really are going to kill us all, and the first step of their plan is making Magic cards where absolutely everything is wrong?

#mtgcardsmith #enchantment #creature #white #black #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

This one is more confusing than it appears. It has no power or toughness, but enters play with a +1/+1 counter, which means it can stay on the battlefield. If we assume that "persistence" is actually "persist," though, it becomes weird; it reenters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter and a +1/+1 counter. The official rulings for persist read:

Persist triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard and relies on the last known information about that permanent when it left the battlefield. If a permanent with a +1/+1 counter on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to reduce its toughness to 0 or less or have lethal damage marked on it, it won't return to the battlefield despite the state-based action of +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters "canceling each other out". As the permanent last existed on the battlefield, it had a -1/-1 counter on it, so persist won't trigger.

This suggests that persist won't retrigger when it dies again -- thereby saving the game from an infinite-loop crash -- though this situation isn't quite the same. Still very messy, though.

And the less said about the wording of that last ability, the better.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #black #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

I'm picturing this giant bizarre space monster leaning in real close and whispering all that babble.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #black

[nomtgcardsmithno]

That emblem can appear two turns after this guy enters play. On the other hand, bears are awesome.

#mtgcardsmith #planeswalker #green

[nomtgcardsmithno]

Unusually unpronounceable name, even for a weeaboo card. Also phenomenally overpowered, of course.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #white #red #green

[nomtgcardsmithno]

That's a massive wall of fiddle-dee-dee foolishness that never does get around to defining this guy's power and toughness.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #black

[nomtgcardsmithno]

... So is "band" somehow different from "banding?" If not, you've managed to fail to understand banding in an entirely novel way, which, after thirty years, is an achievement of some sort.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #green

[nomtgcardsmithno]

It's an even-fiddlier, less powerful Etrata the Silencer, only without the very careful wording that makes Etrata's abilities actually work.

#mtgcardsmith #creature #white #blue #black

[nomtgcardsmithno]

My dude. For eight mana? And it's legendary? Probably can have a lot less convoluted downside.

#mtgcardsmith #artifact #black

[nomtgcardsmithno]

A reusable damage sweeper that instead can pay one entire loyalty to make all of my opponents unable to block? At least it can't be my commander, since, no, the artist credit doesn't count as rules text, you weirdo.

#mtgcardsmith #planeswalker #white #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

Here in the grim darkness of the far future, with a zillion free AI art generators available, there is absolutely no excuse for this level of laziness.

Of course, there's never been an excuse for this level of foolishness. Are "power tokens" and "Power Counters" the same thing? What does "(Hunter Art)" mean? What is wrong with your ability to capitalise words?

#mtgcardsmith #creature #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

Not that I'm saying this mess needs to be more powerful to justify its extreme cost of three entire mana, but doesn't it seem like there's an ability missing here?

#mtgcardsmith #creature #black

[nomtgcardsmithno]

The formatting's a mess, sure, but special kudos for creating two intertwined abilities with names that differ by one letter.

#mtgcardsmith #enchantment #red

[nomtgcardsmithno]

Mind the colour pie, guy; hazing and sexual harassment are both red.

#mtgcardsmith #sorcery #black