Villain needed
Custom Cards forum
Posted on Jan. 17, 2022, 9:57 p.m. by Stardragon
So Im make a custom set with the premise of a three way war with shards and wedges teaming up to fight other shards and wedges. The world id populated by Anthro Animals (Bears, Bats, Owls, Elk and Tigers) and griffins. so my question is so the secret threat be manticores which fits the theme of this world or more like eldritch spirit horrors which doesn't fit the theme at all but does present a Otherworldy threat that can on will kill all.
If Manticores are chosen the mechanic for them would be Consume. Reads Consume (As this creature enters the battlefield, you sacrifice any number of permanents (this can't be 0).) Most of the time +X/+X counters are added but some spicy things may also happen if enough things are sacrificed to higher rarity cards
While the Eldritch Horrors Mechanic is Mana Stealer which is whenever a permanent is destroyed something happens (card draw, life loss, milling ect)
Pls let me know your thoughts on which you feel should be the big bad threat i don't want to do both. You either just tell which one you think is best or describe why you think so either way the on the mist votes will be the one it go with
I also like manticores, I guess just because it's a space that could be fleshed out. We haven't really seen manticores that weren't just some flavor of vanilla manticore, but spirits have been done in a variety of ways. So, it might be fun to expand them into a true creature type.
And, I'm just throwing out ideas here, but what if Ajani was somehow corrupted into a BW manticore? Maybe with some kind of Sanguine Bond type ability that makes life gain into damage. I don't know, I'm just thinking that he could be the leader of the "pride" of manticores, or something like that : )
Anyways, making a custom set sounds really fun. Best of luck with it!
January 18, 2022 6:05 p.m.
Stardragon says... #5
TypicalTimmy That was the inspiration yes but the difference is that Devour only deals with creatures and gives Times x +1/+1 example Devour 3 you sacrifice three creature it gives 9 +1/+1 counters and only counters as far as ik. Consume only gives one +1/+1 counter per Permanet not just creature if you sacrifice three permanents you get 3 +1/+1 counters and maybe something else with the better cards
legendofa says... #2
I vote Manticores. Self-indulgent, semi-rant explanation below.
Personally, I think the "Monsters from Another World" storyline needs a break in Magic after Mirrodin, Zendikar, Innistrad, Amonkhet, and Ravnica all got basically the same thing in pretty quick succession, and there are hints and rumors of this in Kaldheim and Kamigawa, too. And I know this is a custom set, but I think a plane can be mostly self-contained and still have significant conflicts. So my vote's for Manticores.
I know that the whole game is about people traveling from one plane to another, and I don't have a problem with The Beasts from Dimension X stories by themselves, I just think it's an overused story at this point. Not every plane needs an external source of conflict to be in danger. Between Bolas, the Eldrazi, and the Phyrexians, it seems like any plane can be an invasion setting now, so the plane itself gets less focus.
January 17, 2022 10:25 p.m.