Hybrid Cards that Render Mono-Colored Cards Obsolete
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Posted on Feb. 10, 2020, 10:36 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Now that Nature's Chant has rendered both Naturalize and Disenchant obsolete, I feel that it may start a trend, so I have been looking for other cards that have colorshifted versions, to make hybrid cards that render them obsolete, as well, and here is another idea that I have had.
As I have previously noted, Harmless Offering is nearly a colorshifted version of Donate, so here is a card that combines those two cards into one.
Harmless Donation Show
I made this card able to target only opponents so that a player could not permanently gain control of a permanent that they had temporarily stolen from another player.
What does everyone else say about this card? How good is it?
I am attempting to create a black/white hybrid card that renders both Zombify and Resurrection obsolete, but I cannot conceive of an interesting name for such a card, so does anyone have any suggestions for such a card?
Here is another such card:
Hellfire Demon Show
This card references Pestilence Demon (which itself is a creature version of Pestilence) and also Pyrohemia, a colorshifted version of Pestilence. Direct damage has moved primarily from red to black, hence to red in this creature’s cost, but black can still have it, on occasion, as well, which is why this creature is mutlicolored. I reduced both the casting cost and power of the creature, because I believe that 8 mana is simply too much for such an effect, in my mind.
What does everyone else think of this card? Do you like it?
As I conceive of further cards on this subject, I shall post them, here.
Well, this is a possible design space for hybrid cards. I will try to do one per color pair:
Azorious flyer
Creature - Bird Drake
Flying
When this enters the battlefield, scry 2.
Include in every standard set for limited purposes.
3/4
Tymaret's Night Soil
Enchantment
:Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 token. Gain 1 life.
February 11, 2020 3:43 a.m. Edited.
MagicalHacker says... #4
Gift Within
Instant
Destroy target permanent. It's controller creates a green and white Elephant Beast creature token.
Prison Propaganda
Enchantment
Creatures can’t attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that’s attacking you.
Wind of Fortune
Sorcery
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. Any player with fewer than seven cards draws cards equal to the difference.
February 11, 2020 10:57 a.m.
Hybrid cards will never truly replace monocolored cards. For one there's the simple use of hybrid costs. Hybrid costs don't appear in just about any set. So far it's been limited to Lorwyn, Ravnica and Eldraine and non Standard products where the rules are pretty flimsy.
Another point is Commander, a growing market that WotC are very aware of. Not like discontinuing the printing of Naturalize will have an impact on prices, but more to say they'll unlikely go about completely replacing old classics for hybrid cost variants.
February 11, 2020 11:34 a.m.
I’d also point out that in some of these cases the person playing one of the mono colored cards might not replace them when they include the new hybrid version and instead keep all in as redundancy. For example I played a prison style modern deck for a while and I might be interested in having access to the UW prison mentioned above. I wouldn’t stop playing the original prisons. Just add more, though probably not a full set of both. So I wouldn’t suggest wizards just prints the hybrid versions of cards very often.
February 11, 2020 2:13 p.m.
MagicalHacker The Wind of Fortune is a bit strangely worded. Mainly because it instructs each player to discard their hand and draw cards equal to greatest amount discarded this way. Then if a player had fewer than 7 cards they draw cards equal to the difference. I'm quite certain I know what you mean by it, but it reads a bit strange.
Perhaps it should be: "Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the highest amount between seven and the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way."
Although you do realize that both Windfall and Wheel of Fortune are restricted in vintage and banned everywhere else but Commander? As such I would never expect such a card to be printed, taking the best of both and mix them together.
DemonDragonJ The BW resurrection could be named; Life Renewed, Walk Again, or anything that mentions a second chance - without being Second Chance.
You could also go for a non-generic name like Obzedat's Aid.
It could be interesting to toy with supplementary effects that makes the card have different effects based on mana spent or perhaps make it stronger/cheaper if combined between two sources of mana that are adept at the same thing.
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February 12, 2020 7:20 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #8
Tzefick, I am a commander player primarily, you got me there! xD
February 12, 2020 11:33 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #9
MagicalHacker, WotC admitted that Beast Within breaks the color pie, since green is not supposed to be able to destroy creatures unconditionally, so I would not be in favor of a green/white hybrid version of it.
Tzefick, Obzedat's Aid does not have a generic name, since it references a specific group of people from a specific plane.
February 12, 2020 5:53 p.m.
DemonDragonJ I know, that's why I said you could go with a non-generic name. ;)
February 12, 2020 9:12 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #11
Tzefick, I am very sorry; I misread your previous post.
PhyrexianWombat says... #2
I think a name like "Twilight Return" might be good for your W/B zombify!
I have an idea or two myself, maybe I'll give a try.
Phyrexian Bloodpriest
Creature - Human Cleric
When Phyrexian Bloodpriest enters the battlefield, choose one --
.Add .
.Add .
2/1
Combination of Priest of Gix and Priest of Urabrask. Probably off-color to do this now that I think about it haha, green's the only one that's supposed to add other colors. Ah well, would be an interesting card regardless.
February 11, 2020 2:14 a.m.