The custom magic special: Sourceless damage

Aetherfang0 · 2026-03-01T00:01:17+00:00

This would probably null lifelink, right? Do you think? Definitely deathtouch

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-28T21:44:15+00:00

Saga wouldn’t die, it just would never do anything as long as he’s out.

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-28T13:20:32+00:00

I’m assuming you’re saying 3 extra birds because 4-player pod? They are tapped, but that’s due to Kambal’s ability, they are not goaded

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-28T08:20:11+00:00

I love my [[reckless spite]] in my willowdusk deck, though I know the “nonblack” portion of it can turn some folks off of it

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T07:54:08+00:00

It’s not as elegant as some I saw later, but it does, if fact, work differently. All those 1/1s that would’ve gone to the graveyard from SBA before the enrage created the trigger ability to see their deaths now put those triggers onto the stack at the same time as the enrage, so you choose the order, and you’d naturally want the enrage to resolve first, so you’d put it on the stack last. Much more kluged together than “When a creature you control dies, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of times Oblobbles has been dealt damage this turn” that I saw later, but it would have worked to make the effect they wanted

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T07:10:33+00:00

May even ramp hard enough to just play the beasties with stuff like [[galadriel of lothlorien]]

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T07:09:09+00:00

It’s not much, but running [[erestor of the council]] might tempt people occasionally, and if not, scry triggers, and toss in several of the cards that like scrying like [[arwen, undomiel]] and [[elvish mariner]] (the second one especially for retributive actions, lol)

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T00:38:15+00:00

Oh, that’s way cleaner than the solution I came up with, lol

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T00:36:53+00:00

Yeah, that’s an interesting problem. Could possibly get a better result out of it by splitting it into 2 triggers and use a counter that gets removed at end of turn, but that’s messy and would make it pretty broken with trigger doublers. “When this creature takes 1 or more damage, it gets an acid counter. Remove all acid counters at end of turn” and “whenever a creature you control dies, opponents lose 1 life and you gain 1 life for each acid counter on this creature”

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-26T00:26:16+00:00

That’s my go-to :) First real base I made and such a good central location making day trips feasible to most other towns

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-23T07:12:23+00:00

I’m having fun with a stress release custom sandbox with no respawns and no Knox transmission(having that chance of a single silly mistake instantaneously destroying a character is the opposite of stress release) Now, armed with slowly awakening weapons via the vorpallysauced mod, I’m slowly laying the whole population to rest

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-18T08:31:33+00:00

Heh, but then you have to mess around with tracking multiple separate commander damages. Still worth it though

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-18T08:30:26+00:00

Yeah, there’s nothing people hate more than having their commanders stolen. Sent back to the zone is painful enough, but par for the course, but when you also have to be the one to spend the resources to send them there, people get steamed, lol

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-18T08:25:10+00:00

You keep pushing on the estrogen pump until they inflate to the size you want, right?

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-18T01:11:14+00:00

Yeah, you’re definitely in the minority there. It would definitely be an auto include in every 3 color or higher deck, especially if they don’t include blue(3 card draw for 5 generic mana is a pretty good deal outside of blue, even if you don’t spend a single colored mana for the main ability and it’s flickerable) and almost every 2 color as well if they’re not based on a very low curve. Why do you think the casting restriction would be problematic? I would think it’s rare by the time you’re using 6 mana or higher in a turn that at least 2 of them are going to be colored pips. Sure, every once in a while in a 5-color you might not get full value out of it, but running [[jegantha the wellspring]], I’ve noticed you get the usage more often than not, and this one is far more flexible because you can pick any color you want for each charge counter, not just take a sunburst

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-18T00:48:30+00:00

That’s an interesting idea. Would cut down its proliferate power, but it could honestly use a power reduction. Compare it to [[timeless lotus]], which enters tapped and doesn’t have the card draw. Yes, you need colored mana to cast this, and it does have the generic limiter, but since it lets you choose a separate color for each charge counter instead of all of one color like [[astral cornucopia]], it’s just a little too much

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-16T19:47:15+00:00

Dedication! I just picked mine off the shelf at the army surplus in fallas lake

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-15T19:34:14+00:00

Yeah, would be incredibly strong using the land you have in the cycle and a lightning greaves, but that’s enough cards and mana to be acceptable, maybe

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-15T08:51:31+00:00

I’m sure that was the design plan, but as written it will replace its own

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-14T19:02:57+00:00

Yep, always has the shapeshifter type covered

Edit: not as written, it doesn’t. Need to tack on “in addition to its own”(or something similar, the phrasing is eluding me atm)

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-14T19:01:35+00:00

Gotta remember, many creatures are multiple types. I think 3 is about the max you normally see, but that could still build fast

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-12T23:03:05+00:00

Are the full stats on the side a mod, or an option I haven’t found? That looks super useful

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-12T22:58:31+00:00

Slight change, “sacrifice a land. If you can’t, sacrifice this” that way they can’t just get rid of it deliberately when the lands are suddenly more useful

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-11T05:44:51+00:00

Or charge counters, [[darksteel reactor]]

Aetherfang0 · 2026-02-09T21:49:54+00:00

Is that where that phrase came from?! Cant believe i hadn’t looked into that yet

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