MTG Heroscape Edition- Wave 1 added

[Black_Charos]

Not sure if this belongs here so admins feel free to move it if doesn't...

A couple days ago, I got a Magic: The Gathering app for on my I-Pad and loved the play style, but didn't have the money to spend on the cards. Then, I had a brilliant idea: Why not make custom cards for Heroscape? And so, this project began-

Cards-

RotV

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Wave 1

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Any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated, as I know some of the cards need some fine tuning. In time, I will be adding the waves and other mastersets in the order they where released.

Questions? Comments?

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Updates

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7/2- Added Wave 1
7/2- Revised RotV cards

[Shockma Ranyk]

I don't play MtG, so I'm not qualified to critique them on balance, but I notice that Ne-Gok-Sa has a couple of errors. Mindshackle is missing the C, and in his ability text, you have used an underscore (_) instead of a hyphen (-).

[DrummerScaper97]

I also don't play Magic, but it looks cool from what I see!

[Kaiser Cat]

As a general rule, you don't need to make a keyword for everything. It works just fine as an individual ability.

Originally Posted by Black_Charos

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The effect and p/t strike me as more white than black. Just because Carr wears black doesn't mean he has to be a black card.


Snow mana should never be part of a mana cost. Just make it red or white.

See the note at the top of the post.

Again, snow mana shouldn't be part of a mana cost. This card should be red.

You don't attack creatures in MtG. Replace "attacks" with "blocks or becomes blocked by."

Whenever this creature blocks, it deals 1 damage to each creature it is blocking.

Shroud, maybe?

This is a white effect. It's also quite strong and I'd work on balancing the card.

When Mimring deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice an orc. If you do, Mimring deals 1 damage to that player.

I'd decrease the restriction on this effect so it can actually be useful. This is a blue or black effect.

Should be white and say "Creatures you control get -1/+2."

Red, and undercosted.


You don't attack creatures.

Should be white.

Should be white.

Should be white or blue.

[Black_Charos]

Originally Posted by Kaiser Cat

As a general rule, you don't need to make a keyword for everything. It works just fine as an individual ability.

I cannot thank you enough. I'll update them and possibly add more tomorrow .

[McHotcakes]

I have a couple of suggestions for you.

I'd suggest just giving Syvarris Double Strike because that's the closest equivalent to attacking twice in Magic.

I'd suggest nearly everyone that fights for Jandar would be white and nearly everyone that fights for Utgar would be black, with the exception of the orcs and Mimring, since the orcs and Dragons in Magic are red.

I think Agent Carr and Krav Maga Agent should be blue. Blue is all about deception and misdirection and I think secret agents would fit perfectly in that color.

And with Marro Warrior's Water Clone you should make it so that you have to pay an island to use it. That way it's similar to the ability which needs water to be effective.

And that's all the suggestions that I have. The cards look good by the way.

[Black_Charos]

Originally Posted by McHotcakes

I have a couple of suggestions for you.

I'd suggest just giving Syvarris Double Strike because that's the closest equivalent to attacking twice in Magic.

I'd suggest nearly everyone that fights for Jandar would be white and nearly everyone that fights for Utgar would be black, with the exception of the orcs and Mimring, since the orcs and Dragons in Magic are red.

I think Agent Carr and Krav Maga Agent should be blue. Blue is all about deception and misdirection and I think secret agents would fit perfectly in that color.

And with Marro Warrior's Water Clone you should make it so that you have to pay an island to use it. That way it's similar to the ability which needs water to be effective.

And that's all the suggestions that I have. The cards look good by the way.

Thanks! Could someone give me a general idea of the how the coloring works? For instance, you said blue was about deception, what are the others?

EDIT: Nevermind, found the answer myself. Anyway, how do you all feel about the general balance of the costing?

[Black_Charos]

I've updated the OP with my revisions to RotV and I've added wave one. Again, not sure about the balance/costing/wording on some of these, and they're just rough drafts as of now. I've noticed a few stupid text errors on arrow gruts, omnicron snipers, and venoc vipers, that I'll fix at a later time. If you find any cards to be unbalanced or there are other errors I've missed, I'd be grateful for any advice.

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[Kaiser Cat]

Two things that apply just about everywhere. First, the ability should not be written in italics. Second, a 0 toughness creature will die the moment it hits the board unless you have some kind of effect that boosts its toughness.

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Whenever an Orc you control blocks, you may sacrifice Arrow Grut. If you do, that creature gets +0/+1 until EOT. This is more of a white effect.

Also, I'm guessing you started playing MTG after YGO, and if you are you probably aren't aware that damage is dealt in a different way in MTG. When two creatures fight, they deal damage to each other equal to their power. A creatures that has more damage than toughness dies.


See the top of the post.

This is exactly right.

Very overcosted, but otherwise good.

Don't reference rarity in cards. Never ever.

Normally, creatures can only block one creature. Special effects are needed for something to block 3 creatures. If it did happen, this effect wouldn't do anything.

This is fine.

Creatures you control get +1/+0.

Orcs you control get +2/-2. Again, if a creature has 0 toughness it dies.

When Venoc Viper deals damage to another creature or player, sacrifice it. Should be red.

Creatures you control lose Overextend.

[Hive Lord 1233]

Heroscape and Magic?

BLASPHEMY!

[Tiranx]

Gold cards (like the ones you used for Marcus and Roman Archer) are only used for multi colored cards. Both of those cards only have plains required in their cost and as such should be white.

[Black_Charos]

Originally Posted by Tiranx

Gold cards (like the ones you used for Marcus and Roman Archer) are only used for multi colored cards. Both of those cards only have plains required in their cost and as such should be white.

Ok. I was using that color specifically because it looked somewhat like the colors for Einar.

@Kaiser Cat: Your right, I thought a creature had to be In combat to die .