The Book of Swamp Thing (II)

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Just a thought but shouldn't

"When Swamp Thing defends against an attack, the most wounds he can take from this attack is two. "

Shouldn't it say 'that attack' instead of 'this attack' ?

[MrNobody]

I'm cool either way, but it is a reuse.

[Arkham]

It's using the same setup as Magical Defense:

MAGICAL DEFENSE
When Doctor Strange is attacked by an opponent's figure that does not have the Magical Defense special power, the most wounds Doctor Strange can take for this attack is one.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Huh, alrighty. That definitely sounds wrong, but not worth changing on a bunch of cards so eh.

[Arkham]

Tell me about it. When I was updating cards, I tried to shore up some wording where possible, and without realizing it was Magical Defense at first, I changed "for this attack" to "from this attack". Some weird wording choices out there.

[Ronin]

Yeah, the 'for this' in MD has always rankled.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Yeah, the 'for this' in MD has always rankled.

And now I'm both rankled about weird wording choices and reminded of an annoying MTG card.





Swamp Thing causes only sorrow.

[Arkham]

Cards up

[MrNobody]

All 3 cards look awesome. Great work, as always! I’ll leave this up for comment for a bit, but very happy with the finished product here.

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by MrNobody

as long as they fit normally.

Not really a problem, but since we've been trying to clean up extraneous wording lately: do we need that clause?

[MrNobody]

Originally Posted by Ronin

Not really a problem, but since we've been trying to clean up extraneous wording lately: do we need that clause?

To me, that essentially just says "don't place these like a weirdo." Like you can't attach it to the side of the map (doesn't matter here, since they can only be placed on grass spaces), or underneath an overhang where it doesn't even fit. Not sure it's totally needed, but the card looks decent text-wise either way, IMO.

[Ronin]

Yeah, text-space wise we're fine. Just wasn't sure if we wanted to keep saying "you can't put this somewhere you can't actually put it", as a general rule.