inventors-fair:Mashy Examples~>> @3smuth combined the names of Return to the [Ear
inventors-fair:Mashy Examples~>> @3smuth combined the names of Return to the [Earth/Ranks] and presumably Tribute to the Wild. Now, the colors are the same here, but the name fits with the convention, and in a mechanically neat way. It’ll take care of a nonland permanent (including a creature!) for a few turns, UNLESS its controller wants to get a land. The fantasy feel of the art, the weird removal, man. I’m a big fan of this card. There is some general removal overlap, but they took a new twist on what the name might mean. I don’t think I’ve seen a removal card quite like this before.>> For me, firstly: I found two Innistradian cards, Bump in the Night and Fork in the Road, and took ‘em both out for a spin on the old Ravnican route. Featuring original MS Paint art! The intent was to take horror tropes and turn it into something both funny and mechanically unique/powerful. Maybe it’s a little narrow, but hey, trinket text happens. I just like the visual of what a bump in the road could entail, and compared with the original cards, it’s different enough I feel. The 3 is shared, but it felt wrong to bump it to 4. Hm, maybe coulda done 4 to the thing and 2 to the crew. Eh, live and learn.>> Secondly, I wanted to get weird. Allure of the Unknown caught my eye, but only after I had made sure that there were a few Curse of the —- cards that I could snag the name from. What’s a curse? Plenty of things. Curses can have a whole bunch of baggage attached to them. And this curse is unlike any other curse, picked because I liked the name “Curse of the Unknown.” That’s it! That’s where you should be coming from: what does this name mean by itself?So, there are always going to be a couple weird issues. For example, if you make a “Curse of [the]” card, naturally it’ll be a curse, and that’s just going to be how it is, and some curses have the overlap that comes with enchanting a player. Or, if you’re using a character’s name (Chandra’s Phoenix, Teferi’s Tutelage) in a two-part name, the fact remains that they Chandra’s Tutelage is probably gonna have something to do with damage or burning or exile, and Teferi’s Phoenix… Well, truth be told, I wouldn’t know what that looks like. But. It’s okay to have mechanical overlap; intentional homages, though, are best to be avoided.Do your best. Make fun. Enjoy.— @abelzumi -- source link