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« on: July 13, 2005, 10:23:51 pm » |
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Double Agency  {B} Enchant Creature Enchanted creature can't block. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature’s controller, Double Agency deals 2 damage to that player. *** Wanderlust-like cards have always fascinated me. Most of them aren't good enough to be real win conditions (except Festering Wound) so they never see much play. I figured that one way of making such a card more playable would be to add functionality to it. In this case, the functionality is that the creature can't block. It fits well with the colours as well as with the theme of the spell. |
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Ephraim
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 10:24:10 pm » |
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Current Wording:
Double Agency
{R}{B}
Enchant Creature
Enchanted creature can't block.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature’s controller, that creature deals 2 damage to its controller.
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« Last Edit: July 17, 2005, 01:26:18 pm by Ephraim »
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2005, 12:03:13 am » |
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Looks familiar, from the name on down... Parasitic Bond, Mind Whip, Insolence, Insubordination... |
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Ephraim
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2005, 12:12:30 am » |
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The most recent of those was printed in Planeshift. Of course, you could also point out Contaminated Bond, which has a similar effect. Nonetheless, I think that this card is sufficiently different from all of those that it is justifiably printable. |
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2005, 07:17:58 pm » |
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Shouldn't this card read 'Enchanted creature has'At the beginning of your upkeep, ~this~ deals 2 damage to you.' ?
(ala relic bane)
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Ephraim
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2005, 10:05:11 pm » |
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It depends on whether I want the creature or the enchantment to be dealing the damage. Both are viable options. In this case, I opted for the enchantment to deal the damage.
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Ephraim
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2005, 10:09:54 am » |
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2005, 01:05:01 pm » |
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I think I would like it better for the creature to do the damage, for two reasons, both of which stem from the question, "What color is the damage?"
1. Flavor: when you have a double agent, it's the creature itself which is hurting you. It is still the hand of the soldier which does the harm, not his evil overlord.
2. Mechanically: If you have a Sphere of Law out and a Serra Angel, it matters greatly to me that the Serra is doing you damage instead of the enchantment. I would like some way for a black/red deck to evade such color-based damage prevention. We wouldn't want to do this too often but once would be nice.
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2005, 01:22:31 pm » |
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Good arguments. The creature will do the damage. I used a hybrid of the old wording and the proposed wording, just so that this doesn't have the old "Sleeper Agent" problem -- "Why would I give my opponent a 3/3 creature that deals 2 damage to me?" I think it's even less clear when a creature enchantment is involved.
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« Last Edit: July 17, 2005, 01:27:58 pm by Ephraim »
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2005, 08:12:13 am » |
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Closed and added.
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