For those who didn’t play during Born of the Gods, tribute X means “As this creature enters the battlefield, an opponent of your choice may put X +1/+1 counters on it.” Treasure tokens will be appearing in the upcoming Ixalan.
Sooo…. In a combo deck this is a condintionally big flyer. In a creatures deck this is a mostly worse great whale thats dependant on oppenets having creatures. Neither of these are very good. Cool design but there’s a reason that tribute isnt a very popular mechanic
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I admit, several of the cards I’ve been making lately are unashamed Revel in Riches enablers. I’m a sucker for alternate win conditions.
And that ambiguity in Pursuit of the Sphinx bothered me throughout the entire design process, but I wanted to keep the parallel structure with the other side of the card. I tried to use the flavor text to clarify matters.
First off, this is nasty with Revel in riches, especially given that it’s a non-legendary.
On the other cards:
Somnambula Supplicant: Well that’s disturbing on several levels.
Somnambula, Ever Hopeful: Not sure if this one is a full-blown gamebreaker or just borderline.
Pursuit of the Sphinx/Pyramid of the Sphinx: Maybe it’s just me, but the name of the front face makes it sound like the sphinx is the one doing the pursuing.
Guys, it’s mono-green. It has +1/+1 counters, P/T boosts based on creature numbers, and mass mana fixing. Flying is only thematic, like Hornet Queen. Sphinx or not, in a time when zombies and vampires can be mono-white, our girl here can be green.
Not sure I see anything particularly blue about this card, but it is a Sphinx, so you’re kind of stuck there.
And I know it’s not yours, but I like what they’re doing with the Treasure subtype. Hopefully it’s not limited to this block; there’s a fair amount of mechanical space for them to explore.
I also made a token that was a copy of the Flyder Swarm. In fact, I make a lot of images of Fan’s work that I don’t post in the end. Just compare the total number of cards in the FOME set according to the collector’s number each week and you’ll occasionally see an uptick greater than one.
Phil also made an Invocation version of the card, but the sheer amount of rules text made it even less legible than most Invocations. Sorry, Phil. It did look cool if you already knew what it said.
I admit, several of the cards I’ve been making lately are unashamed Revel in Riches enablers. I’m a sucker for alternate win conditions.
And that ambiguity in Pursuit of the Sphinx bothered me throughout the entire design process, but I wanted to keep the parallel structure with the other side of the card. I tried to use the flavor text to clarify matters.
On the other cards:
Somnambula Supplicant: Well that’s disturbing on several levels.
Somnambula, Ever Hopeful: Not sure if this one is a full-blown gamebreaker or just borderline.
Pursuit of the Sphinx/Pyramid of the Sphinx: Maybe it’s just me, but the name of the front face makes it sound like the sphinx is the one doing the pursuing.
Edited because: Formatting woes
For all the tendency towards Red pegasi have, ponies in general have a tendency towards White, which is a flying color.
To be fair, blue does love both +1/+1 counters and copious artifacts. But yeah, this one’s pretty iffy.
And flying is a ho. Especially in a setting where there are so many clearly red-aligned pegasi.
Sphinxes are blue.
Barely. Flying’s all over the color pie. Flying is a ho.
Flying is blue.
And I know it’s not yours, but I like what they’re doing with the Treasure subtype. Hopefully it’s not limited to this block; there’s a fair amount of mechanical space for them to explore.
I really wish you guys would post them. They’re always so cool.
True.
I also made a token that was a copy of the Flyder Swarm. In fact, I make a lot of images of Fan’s work that I don’t post in the end. Just compare the total number of cards in the FOME set according to the collector’s number each week and you’ll occasionally see an uptick greater than one.
Doesn’t that describe all the invocations?
oh sorry
Please read the description.