Norn, Mother of Machines
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Posted on Oct. 9, 2019, 5:13 a.m. by Falcoshin
It looks more overpowered than it actually is and I wouldn't say she's as powerful as the original Elesh Norn. That said, I wanted her to be a figurative one woman army who, in a manner of speaking, can win the game by herself.
No it's not. The original Norn is instantaneous and shuts down entire decks with her mere existence. This one, by contrast, takes a while to get to the point where she's unstoppable.
October 9, 2019 7:43 a.m.
Eh, this is not particularly good. I would say this is a mashup between Eldrazi Monument and 6 mana elspeth. I do not get the blue in her color identity though. None of the abilities are outside the realm of GW. Additionally, with Ghired raising the bar for token commanders.
I would make her 4GW and make the "copy token" ability on another condition - "when Norn attacks, create a token copy of that creature" or "when a +1/+1 counter is put on a creature token you control, create a copy of that token".
October 9, 2019 7:51 a.m.
Falcoshin when this comes out you get three 2/2s with hexproof and industrctable. That's worth like six mana in of itself. And that's low balling it. And you can Second Harvest every turn without worry. And that card is four mana so unless it gets removed immediately your still getting your manas worth and more.
October 9, 2019 8:25 a.m.
Boza Blue's in her color identity mostly for flavor reasons. Currently the only praetors still in action coincidentally happen to be the ones in Norn's allied colors. As such, if she were to become the undisputed ruler of New Phyrexia, this is probably what she'd look like.
shadow63 And she's most likely going to be immediately removed. I'll admit that 3 tokens might be a little much, though, so I'll bring it down to two. Otherwise I see nothing wrong with the card.
TypicalTimmy Intimidate stopped being used in card design after M15. As such your opinion is completely and wholly irrelevant on those grounds alone.
October 9, 2019 5 p.m.
If your designing this for edh what commander isnt an automatic target for removal? If your designing this for casual what creature above 5 cmc isnt an automatic target for removal?
October 9, 2019 6:19 p.m.
TypicalTimmy It was retired for a reason. It's a poorly designed mechanic that makes a creature useless against some decks and overpowered against others. That's why it was replaced with Menace.
October 9, 2019 7:05 p.m.
It's also worth noting that some feedback is inherently more valuable than others. I'm not obligated to entertain the musings of someone who doesn't understand modern card design and the reasons for them.
October 9, 2019 7:07 p.m.
Falcoshin Okay... take this down a few notches. You're being arrogant and are insulting TypicalTimmy while his feedback is non-hostile.
Like he said; be better than that.
shadow63 says... #2
Yeah that's way stronger then the regular elesh norn
October 9, 2019 7:29 a.m.