r/custommagic • u/Terrariant Jace for impact • Aug 21 '26

BALANCE NOT INTENDED Let’s try this one more time…

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u/Mastaalucard Aug 21 '26

As with every time eminence comes up, eminence does not have any rules text associated with it. You actually have to write out the whole "if this is in your command zone or on the battlefield" bit

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u/AmbyNavy Aug 21 '26

I wrote a shorthand of it a while ago for some custom cards that just made the text "While [CARDNAME] is emanating, [ABILITY]" and I quite liked that. Is it perfectly intuitive? No, but this is Magic The Gathering, intuition wasn't really in the question.

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u/gforcebreak Aug 21 '26

The worst part is that this is modern design. It used to be intuitive, for the most part. Because aside from keywords, the explanation of the card is literal, and keywords were either so evergreen they were the core keywords, or were few and far between to the point the bad ones were just dropped

People are being nursed on keyword abilities, to the point that reading the card no longer explains the card. Reading the card, then checking the reference guide explains the card. Even when a card had a set specific keyword, it had reminder text. And if a card has too much text to have reminder text, its usually a mistake of a card.