Sigarda, Archangel
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Posted on Aug. 9, 2016, 12:23 a.m. by pizzagod13
Sigarda, Archangel 3GGWW
8/8
Flying, Banding
Humans and Angels you control have banding.
You and Humans you control have hexproof.
Oh I really went and did it, I brought banding back
EDIT: Ya you're probably right heres a new edition
Sigarda, Archangel 3GGWW
5/6
Flying, Banding
Humans and Angels you control have banding.
You and Humans you control have hexproof.
pizzagod13 says... #3
What's so wrong about banding isn't it just giving everything exalted except with only one creature type? Or is it way worse than that?
August 9, 2016 12:32 a.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
It's just an overly complicated mechanic. Essentially it lets stuff attack as one entity. So if Sigarda, Archangel attacked with 2 1/1 Human tokens, basically they'd be a 7/8 flier with hexproof. They'd all be blocked as one entity as well.
August 9, 2016 12:50 a.m.
pizzagod13 says... #5
Alright I Am stupid that is no where near what it does. But still being able to decide how to have your opponent deal damage doesn't seem bad at all...
August 9, 2016 12:52 a.m.
pizzagod13 says... #6
I always thought banding was something really terrible but is it actually just talked about like that because it's confusing? Or is there some bad side that I just can't see?
August 9, 2016 12:53 a.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #7
The design behind it is very flavorful and interesting, but it's kind of absurdly complicated. I have a decent grasp of how the game works, but banding baffles me quite a bit. So imagine how confusing it may be for newcomers, especially once you reach the especially intricate parts of banding.
August 9, 2016 1:32 a.m.
Matt_The_OGRE says... #8
Banding is great. You can block as a band and you get to choose how damage is split among those creatures. So block a Blightsteel Colossus with a band and put all of the damage on one of you're creatures, so there is no trample damage.
August 9, 2016 1:33 a.m.
iBleedPunk says... #9
Banding - (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking)
Good thing Banding is on the Storm Scale at a 10, I dislike it as a mechanic but it's a "neat"ish concept
August 9, 2016 12:16 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #10
banding is a concept that you understand the base of but when you go deeper into the interactions it becomes a clusterfuck of rulings that isn't worth the small amount of work it does.
GoldGhost012 says... #2
In all seriousness though, it's rare for a flier to have a higher power and toughness (that are equal) than its converted mana cost. It's probably more balanced if it was bumped it down to a 5/5, maybe a 6/6.
August 9, 2016 12:29 a.m.