A little bit of romance, a dash of action, some new mechanics, and even a speedy bunch of card crafting. This episode has it all! Fusing Capenna’s angels and demons world with families, weddings, and duels of honor seems like it will make for a super fun set!
Be sure to check Juliet and co’s production of Hamlet but with Sonic characters this Saturday at https://twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork
Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned
Topics and Snippets:
- adding a twist to a return set (unless you’re returning to ravnica)
- angel demon romance
- gang movie italy vs shakespeare italy
- emphasizing counters vs tokens… what does a die mean?
- gWU – Brokers – Soulbond
- marriages, pledging allegiance, etc
- the storm scale
- big gulf between weak and strong soulbond cards
- good soulbond cards encourage you to fight and trade a lot
- uBR Maestros – Waltz [cost] (If you would draw a card, you may pay [cost] and mill three instead to cast a copy of this from your graveyard, then exile this card.)
- exciting to chain, but not as reliable or fast as dredge
- wUB – Obscura – Gossip (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 2/1 black and white artifact Inkling creature token with flying and decayed.)
- ironing the newspaper
- decayed fliers vs on the ground
- rotating soulbound decayed creatures, like swapping +3/+0 equipment around
- tying neighbor mechanics together
- cipher mentioned
- bRG – Riveteers – Provoke
- biting, thumbs, things of that nature
- rGW – Cabaretti – Big Foods / Feast (Behold for Food?)
- manacotti manacles
- unlimited breadsticks
- food as a currency vs food for its use
- “if you control the food with the greatest mana value”
- using kicker for more multicolor
- how to do food in a partially red faction
- crossing over colors as a theme
- making a card for each family!
- cabaretti – make a green uncommon that gives card advantage
- rampant growth and get some free lands?
- pause the timer… mechanic brainstorm!
- feast… artifact type that is food themed but doesn’t gain life
- riveteers – provoke removal spell
- throwing a brick to start a fight
- or… just sneak up and stab them as they sleep
- allegations of pre-production
- maestros – waltz card with both blue and red
- tim is CONFIDENT juliet can teach him something about the word waltz
- …and he’s wasn’t wrong
- young adult book titles
- different effect on cast and on flashback
- obscura – gossip on a common creature
- snooping for the love of the game
- gossip girl
- blink already good in the set because of soulbond, so it’s nice with enter/leaves too
- brokers – soulbond creature
- soulbond land chapel??
- angel twink boyfriend
- tweaking soulbond be more like bestow “I have an ability always, and I give it to my partner”
- how important to completely differentiate from avacyn restored?
- the full name of hamlet
- doctor robotnik as polonius
Card sketches from the episode
brokers - soulbond creature
Angel Twink 2W
White creature - Angel
Flying
Soulbond
As long as this creature is paired with another creature, its soulmate has flying.
2/2
obscura - gossip on a common creature
Gossip Girl
2U Octopus Citizen/Rogue
Enters or leaves gossip
3/2
maestros - waltz card with both blue and red
Heat Shimmer Dance Partner
2U
Make a Clone copy of your creature
Waltz 2R + haste & sac eot
riveteers - provoke removal spell
Midnight Duel 1B
Sorcery
Target creature gains first strike, deathtouch, and provoke until end of turn.
cabaretti - make a green uncommon that gives card advantage
Grandeur Ceremony 3G
Artifact - Feast
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
2, T, sac: Look at the top four cards of your library, mill noncreatures.