#a neat inversion of the original ixalan block's nonlands that transform into lands

[dravidious]

You're more amazing than sickness

Lost Caverns of Ixalan is coming out on Arena tomorrow and I've avoided looking up any spoilers, aside from a few individual cards I stumbled across that didn't have any reminder text, so I have no idea what the new mechanics are. I looked up a list of the NAMES of the mechanics on the mtg fandom wiki, and I decided to make mechanics based on those names to see how close I get and also because it's fun.

Also I made this card for the descend mechanic at first but I didn't like the mechanic. How dare WotC make such a parasitic mechanic, they should really hire better designers smh. Also I realized that craft would probably be more interesting with artifacts that have tap abilities.

#asks #custom cards #i picked up little bits and pieces about the mechanics #i know that maps are tokens and that discover comes with a number #and i also know that caves exist and transforming cards were listed as a mechanic so i made something with that #a neat inversion of the original ixalan block's nonlands that transform into lands #i also know that there's a graveyard theme so i built that into discover #but craft? all original baby #and i think i heard something about descend having variations? so my “ascend but graveyard” mechanic is definitely not accurate lol #also for context a “parasitic mechanic” is a mechanic that inherently works better the more of it you put in your deck #or that's really weak unless you have multiple of it #sometimes this is okay but my depth counter version of descend is just kinda really boring #it may as well say “this card is stronger the more cards with descend you have in your deck” #stuff like energy and dungeons are kinda parasitic but they're using that to do cool stuff not just to scale effects #also also putting craft on artifacts that have tap abilities IS weaker because now you have to choose what ability to use #but that also makes it fun because you have to choose so you can't just get everything #attachable lantern was actually the original craft card i made but i made Mortician's Toolkit because tap abilities were so bad with craft #little did i realize that having that anti-synergy makes the mechanic actually cool instead of just making your artifacts cheaper #craft+tap offers a tradeoff: you can get access to the effect for cheaper but you have to put it on another artifact #of course you can just use artifacts that don't need to tap. if you have one #the main reason why i don't think my craft mechanic is accurate is because “equipment that taps” is a terrible idea #even if the tap ability is being given by another card #when you tap an equipped creature it's easiest to just turn the whole pile of cards sideways #but if you have to track whether an equipment is tapped or untapped that becomes a pain #Reconfigure creatures are on thin ice #well actually there's cards Citanul Stalwart that tap artifacts as cost so maybe it's not that bad? #i'm most confident in the accuracy of my map tokens and transforming lands ideas #though idk whether the transforming lands and the cave lands would be the same thing #if they have transforming lands then probably because it'd be weird to have 2 separate land mechanics #spelled separate correctly first try fuck yeah