Summer challenge time continues! We’ve got a whole new set of challenges and cards to review. Text changing effects can be quite tricky and unusual, so it takes a lot of unpacking to get to the root of each of them. Stay tuned for some cool Planechase draft technology!
Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned
Submissions
Qirn
Kenna Sparrow
CryptRat
PlumtreeChloe
Inte
vtbassmatt
YABO
Provocative
Topics and Tidbits
- challenge reviews will continue until morale improves
- what color is the most overload-y?
- eating powerstones
- target other vs another each
- obviousness of cards affecting themselves
- giving mana rocks to green… rich gets richer
- just a board reset, no big deal
- comboing two card submissions
- the frustration of the planar die
- giving a little control to players on planar travel
- traveling to a group of plane cards
- lady’s arms
- “target opponent” vs “target player” on villainous choices
- punisher effects on ramp
- juliet peeping those hooves
- sneaking “target player” into a card to help it be modal
- cookout vibes for two-headed ogres
- creature size and quantity matrix
- ooze math
- “two creatures in graveyard”… how long does it take to happen?
- “creature cards in graveyard” vs “cards in graveyard”
- lots of drudge skeletons
- juliet takes over the card read
- maybe our most advanced read ever
- finding chunks of cards in a solo rpg
- executing the vision rather than the card
- the overload-like mechanic juliet hoped for
- kicker costs vs exhaust costs
- xerex mentioned
- what’s the hardest magic text to translate?
- tim passes the grammar terminology test
- hitting the same toll booth twice
- aiming for simple words for counters
- copying instants and sorceries vs copying creatures
- versatile and conditional at the same time
- sitting in the shadow of a more powerful card
- when the point of a card is not obvious
- tim’s pick: krumar cookout
- juliet’s pick: the lost song of serra
- food themes in draft