Tapping is core to Magic and it’s about time we did a Design Challenge all about it! This month you sent us all your cards that tap lots of creatures, and as an extra challenge we said to do it without blue! As always lots of innovative cards and plenty of deep dives into the nooks and crannies of each submission.
Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned used in the episode
From Khord
From vtbassmatt
From Redbay
From GrandNagus (nee PlaidWeaselVT)
Sagebeez
From KennaKhaos (new submitter!)
From Xena
From Larcent
From Auxiliary Otter
From JamesDaltonBell
From Juliet
From Pat
From MonoWhiteBorder
From kuyashiiPlays
After the buzzer submission from Qirn
Another bonus submission from Spice Duchess (new submitter!)
Topics and Snippets
- tapping is synonymous with magic
- khord – survival of the biggest
- who is “you” when anyone may activate?
- a little bigger vs any amount bigger
- your opponent having a big creature is a cost
- “tap an untapped creature you control” is so clunky
- vtbassmatt – locked in here with me
- simul-hmm
- a twist on a famously unfun draft card
- instant tapping extra unusual… almost fog-like
- fun card name to hit your friends with
- redbay – big bully
- is offensive tapping worth spreading to other colors?
- good flavor for gruul or for a universes beyond henchmen
- grandnagus – flight of the great whatever
- wallace shawn tangent
- classical music flex by j
- a card that is not so bad to loan to an opponent
- anything can be a muppet if you’re good enough puppeteer
- mark hamill gets muppetified
- 6 out of 7 are turned into muppets
- why do I give the cannon away?
- sagebeez – pheres-band strategist
- solving the challenges of Inspired
- downside as upside!
- getting tapped as a flavor note for charging four legged creatures
- juliet going amulet of vigor mode
- kennakhaos – cover fire
- takes an effect that normally goes in one deck and puts it in a new deck
- xena – rakdos queue
- better with fewer creatures, so you don’t have a queue and they do
- thunder cameo
- tap everything and quad power one creature? skip the line business
- hobbes quote
- larcent – urban sprawl
- a little stax as a treat
- landless control??
- looks like a minor engine but it might not be trying to be
- hard to judge the powerlevel of cards
- auxiliaryotter – nestledown
- I would have sacced the creature, but stunning is a better deal!
- not exactly a build around, but you do need some creatures
- jamesdaltonbell – Dakmor Sedgewitch
- add in a life payment to smooth out the highs and lows
- original elves of deep shadow art brings the crush factor
- juliet – run away with the bride
- the threaten variant where the target doesn’t attack
- regretting their choices the next day…
- gotta have pairing rules in mind to play this
- pat – powerful bronco
- taking saddle even further
- evil and opposing horse sneaks in
- juliet making things about three kingdoms again
- monowhiteborder – monk of flowing water
- putting a conditional ability on a 2 mana 2/2 lets players make the choice more often
- kuyashiiplays – Apocalypse Clock
- what’s the longest you’d wait for a reanimate?
- tim’s favorites: Cover Fire & Pheres-Band Strategist
- juliet’s favorite: Powerful Bronco
- more I’ll Be Pod for Castmas!