Few Things About the Card Submission Form that Bugs Me
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Posted on Nov. 7, 2015, 3:56 p.m. by Femme_Fatale
The first one is the order of artist and number, they are the opposite of the order that appears on cards.
The second is the "Flashback Cost" category. Like, why is this here? What about flashback is so special that it needs to be noted in the submission form that makes it more important than any other activated ability, like say, kicker?
I honestly think that it should just go entirely. Trying to morph it to include all activation costs is pointless as many activation costs don't require mana, just things like tapping or sacrificing something. That and if its purpose was to track the frequent habit of flashback having a different coloured cost than the card, that is satisfied in the "additional colours" category.
Femme_Fatale says... #3
The problem is is that I have yet to find a single feature on this site that uses the flashback statistic, and most flashback cards don't even have that info in the system.
Gidgetimer says... #2
I would assume that the "flashback cost" is because it is the most common alternate casting cost. It isn't an activated ability so there is no need to change the form to include activated abilities for consistency. It also isn't an additional cost like kicker so that isn't exactly analogous either. There may not need to be a space for it, but what makes it special is that it is an alternate casting cost not an activated ability.
November 7, 2015 8:33 p.m.