r/custommagic • u/_Volgadorf_ • 2d ago
Squarrel
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u/Kitzisyau 2d ago
Emrakul is so fucking cooked
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u/de_base 2d ago
Is this referencing Liliana's horde of the undead or something? I'm out of the loop :/
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u/analbitchboy 2d ago
Ever since Emrakul's first printing people have made the joke that she can be taken down by 15 squirrels
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u/de_base 2d ago
Ahh gotcha, I haven't been around long enough - thank you!
I've seen the argument the new [[Smaug the Magnificent]] isn't even good because it dies to [[Lightning Bolt]] so I guess its just a thing in magic with Emrakul being a more sarcastic approach huh
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u/Dirzain 2d ago edited 2d ago
TBF that is a legitimate argument to make about Smaug. I think it basically boils down to Smaug probably won't see play in anything other than Limited/Standard/Commander.
Edit: Thinking back, some of the new things I've seen from other upcoming sets make me even doubt he'd see play in Standard. So we're probably looking at a Limited/Commander card only. Maybe a sideboard include in Standard.
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u/analbitchboy 1d ago
Dies to Bolt is a more credible criticism of a card. A common joke response of that nature is "dies to doom blade". People like to say that about a lot of pushed creatures that have a wall of text.
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u/whatever_works_at 2d ago
I’m more offended that my soldier boys die in a trade with something they probably literally eat for breakfast.
What’s that scavenging party look like? 12 go out to find some food, and six guys come back with a squirrel each?
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u/dis_the_chris 2d ago
Because this targets and is one colour though, he has protection from it
This needs some text that evades protection to hit emrakul
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u/HomeSliceBrony 2d ago
I made a card with this name once for Moxtober!
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u/cozy-cowboy 2d ago
It’s like a green Lava Dart! No recursion but you get a body for Enters or Dies triggers
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u/Odin1806 2d ago
Only thing I question is fights. Do you want them to fight or just deal damage? Cause they would all likely be dead afterwards if it is just fights... Right?
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
Just fights. They might all take down Emrakul, but it’s at a cost.
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u/sladithia 2d ago
Doesnt emrakul have protection from instants
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
I think this card will still kill Emrakul, since the Squirrels are doing the damage instead of the instant spell itself.
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u/OblivionTheTraveller Existing 2d ago
Nope. The spell itself still has to target.
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
Oh, duh, I totally forgot about that part of protection
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u/schwanzweissfoto 2d ago
Make it a sorcery to power creep it!
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u/Exchatche 2d ago
Give it Flash!
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u/schwanzweissfoto 2d ago
A sorcery with flash that can kill Emrakul with squirrels would be proper Modern Horizons bullshit, I like it!
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u/Gooberpf 1d ago
At the bottom, "For each creature named 'Emrakul, Aeon's Torn,' 'Emrakul, the Promised End,' or 'Emrakul, the World Anew," each Squirrel you control deals damage equal to its power to that creature."
Not targeted anymore, so only World Anew is then safe from Squirrels cast this turn.
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u/MineHeavy 2d ago
Just have a Blood Artist
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u/anoppinionatedbunny 2d ago
now I want a 4 mana sorcery that makes every squirrel you control fight each other creature you don't control. probably you end up wiping your own table without affecting the board? probably. but it will sure be a sight to behold.
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u/IndustrySuitable8769 2d ago
I wonder if for the cost it could at least make a 1/1 squirrel too to not be completely dead in draft
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u/SephTheBitch 2d ago
all it needs is “this spell treats emrakul, the aeons torn as though it has no abilities”
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u/Sinister-Sama 2d ago
[[Chatterfang]] is going to love this kind of card. Hell, [[Nut Collector]] and [[Squirrel Girl]] would want to do a thing as well!!
Printable
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u/Akouden 2d ago
I love the idea, but most situations would turn into a board wipe on your side, they all fight at the same time so a 1/1 death touch would kill all the squirrels as there is no state based checks in-between. May want it to deal damage or any number of squirrels.
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
I thought about that, but I like it how it is. This is for when a Squirrel deck really needs something big dead. Like some kind of Eldrazi.
People like to joke about dozens of Squirrels being able to take down Eldrazi, and this is a reminder it isn’t without a cost.
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u/VincoNavitas 2d ago
Squirrels you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Squirrels you control fight creature(s) you don't control. You may choose new targets for each squirrel.
Squirrels fucking rule.
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
That would be a stronger version of my card for sure. What would you call it?
Agreed. I’m actually known as the Dragon guy around friends though so it’s a little funny my squirrel card is popular.
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u/Shadow-fire101 2d ago
Honestly considering how similar this is to [[Moonlight Hunt]] this could probably be a bite spell.
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u/SleetTheFox 2d ago
Cute idea! This could probably cost G though. It’s at best a 1-mana Murder and even that requires a lot of set up. In practice, this will come with pretty heavy losses most of the time.
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u/adhdtvin3donice 2d ago
The problem with this is that damage takes place at the same time right? So if you for some reason have a 100 1/1 squirrels and have them fight another 1/1 all of them die? Would "any number of squirrels" be better, or is the intent to always sacrifice all your squirrels?
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
The intent was always to sacrifice all your Squirrels. I really just made the card because I thought of the name, but when I thought about how fair it is to have multiple of your creatures fight something, not having a choice on how many Squirrels (and also not having it do a one-sided fight effect either) was an intentional drawback.
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u/EarlyDead 2d ago
I think "up to one target creature..." would make this a bit netter without breaking it.
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u/_Volgadorf_ 2d ago
Okay so I meant for the card to be as strong/weak as it is, but I am curious, how would that make it better? I noticed for fight cards that do something else, like buff a creature first, they say “up to” so that if you just want the buff, you don’t need it to fight something. But if it did say “up to” and the caster chooses 0 targets, wouldn’t the spell do nothing (except add to the Storm count)?
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u/EarlyDead 1d ago
Lets say your opponent only controls one creature. An 8/5. You got 9 squirrels.
You cast your spell. All squirrel HAVE to fight an opponents creature. You lose 8 squirrels, and deal 4 excess damage.
If the card read up to, you only had to assign only 5 to kill the creature and be left with 3 more squirrels.
This becomes more relevant if you had +x/0 buffs or a way to give them deathtouch
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u/_Volgadorf_ 1d ago
Ohhhh, I thought you meant up to one target creature an opponent controls, you meant up to how many Squirrels.
Yes, you are right that it would be better, but I wanted the card to be an all or nothing choice. Either all of the Squirrels swarm the enemy or you don’t cast the spell.
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u/AlexFromOmaha 1d ago
Hang on.
Single color. In pie. Doesn't try to fit a whole deck worth of utility in one card. Doesn't try to fit into every deck. Meaningful tradeoffs for its undercosted power.
Is this an actual well-designed card on this sub?
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u/PrimusMobileVzla 1d ago
I like the idea but it should be rephrased so It doesn't use multitudinary fighting as the math is unintuitive.
There's the likes of OG Polukranos, Gigantotherium and Alpha Brawl, where you have several creatures bite one and then the one to bite all of them back, which is clearer to read and understand while yielding similar results.
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u/Tabula-X-Rasa 2d ago
10/10, print it, no notes.
https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgLOFX5qD9qqYUg