Surprisingly designable
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Posted on March 16, 2015, 10:42 a.m. by MagicalHacker
Hidden Pulsebeam 
Instant
Choose a creature with hexproof, shroud, indestructible, or regenerate. It's owner sacrifices it.
Unseen Pulsewave 
Sorcery
Destroy all permanents with shroud or hexproof, then each player sacrifices each permanent with indestructible or regenerate he or she controls.
Before you assume I hate not being able to deal with hexproof or whatever, I just want you to know that I designed these because I wanted to see if designing cards that affect the opposite "non-destroyable" permanents.
Thoughts?
MagicalHacker says... #3
Yeah you're right! Also, I should just unify Unseen Pulsewave to it just being sacrifice.
March 16, 2015 10:47 a.m.
fadelightningmm says... #4
In hidden pulsework you are targeting hexproof and shroud which wouldn't work if you switch it so that target opponent chooses a creature they control with those keywords and sacs it
March 16, 2015 11:14 a.m.
I'm just wondering how you're targeting a creature with shroud or hexproof. Might wanna include a clause that says, for instance, "this card can target creatures with shroud or hexproof".
March 16, 2015 11:15 a.m.
Clone targets creatures with hexproof, so I believe it's worded the proper way...
March 16, 2015 11:16 a.m.
The thing is, that Hidden Pulsebeam chooses a creature. Which is not the same as target.
March 16, 2015 11:20 a.m.
Just like how Council's Judgment gets around Shroud and Hexproof.
March 16, 2015 11:23 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #10
Okay, so everyone is clear about how this gets around shroud and hexproof?
March 16, 2015 12:58 p.m.
fadelightningmm says... #11
I'm still unclear council's judgement potentially hits multiples so it is more like a mini boardwipe. Whereas this is choosing a single creature. Making that creature a target for the spell. With judgement I could pick a Dungrove Elder and everyone else could choose Grave Titan so my choice wasn't a "target"
March 16, 2015 1:03 p.m.
A spell only targets a permanent if that spell specifically reads target... If the spell doesn't have the word target on it, it doesn't target anything.
March 16, 2015 1:07 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #13
Let's say you have two Elvish Lookouts. If you cast Cached Defenses, you do get to bolster, because you don't choose a "target".
March 16, 2015 1:22 p.m.
Basically it literally comes down to a single word.
If the word "target" is present, then it can't affect something with Hexproof or Shroud (with exceptions).
If the word "target" is not present, then it can.
March 16, 2015 1:43 p.m.
brycecream says... #16
I might be mistaken, but the first one seems like it would only work if it targeted, i.e. Mercy Killing. "Choosing" seems to usually be restricted to some value, although maybe it would work?
March 16, 2015 1:55 p.m.
jandrobard says... #17
Cool idea! I'm opposed to the second one, but the first I really like!
rorofat says... #2
I think they might be plausible... Pretty cool idea...
Note: in the Hidden Pulsebeam, it should read 'it's controller sacrifices it' instead of it's owner...
March 16, 2015 10:44 a.m.