Should Fumigate Be Black?
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Posted on July 8, 2019, 10:46 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
Fumigate is white, and each of its two effects (destroying all creatures and gaining life) are both very much white effects individually; however, together, they do not seem to be very white to me, because white is not a color that profits from the death of creatures; only black (and green, to a much lesser extent) profits from creatures dying, so I feel that fumigate would have been better as a black card (or even black and white). What does everyone else say about this?
Well, it is not about the profit from creatures. If you look at how the card is flavored, it is very much white - gremlons invest the fields, the consulate takes care of them and restores order. Restoring the status quo is very much white, thus getting a bonus for restoring the order is white as well.
Now can similar card with cost exist? For example, a card called "tezzeret's death whirl" and with flavor text "The metallic tentacles mangled the innocent artificiers and extracted their lifeforce for nefarious purposes"?
Yes, it can. It is entirely within pie to do so.
July 9, 2019 10:53 a.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #4
Safe Passage and other cards similar would beg to differ. White often likes to do something and gain life while doing so. It usually just makes those effects cost - more
Sarkhan420X says... #2
i say its fine, and that you sweat the small stuff too much.
July 8, 2019 11:45 p.m.