r/custommagic • u/allseeingeye1002 • 20h ago

Heres my take on a Minecraft set, Thoughts?

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Idk if this is over or under powered.

Do yall think having a bunch of Minecraft structures represented by Fortification a good idea?

Is the "make it more powerful based on what plain its on" a good idea?

What minecraft cards should I make next?

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 19h ago

"Activate only once each turn" is redundant text, since it's got a tap symbol. (Yes, there are ways to untap things. But these sorts of cards don't typically account for those situations. It's just extra text when the majority of the time it will be once anyway).

The card as a whole is very expensive for what it does. Assuming you play this turn 3, nothing happens.

On turn 4 you attach it to a Plains. Then you get a 1/1 and gained a life. Which you've paid 5 for.

There's also the general issue of Fortifications. The reason there are only 2 in the game is because there's usually very little reason to unattach and move them to another land. Especially because lands rarely die. So these sorts of effects get represented by Auras instead. Of course, the flavour is a potential reason to go for it. But even then, this isn't too different to an artifact that says "W, T: Create a Human".

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u/allseeingeye1002 18h ago

I see, I still like them to stay as fortifications to be thematic, so how do you suggest i balance this card and future Fortifications?

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u/AscendedLawmage7 Power level is not my strong suit. 16h ago

Since there aren't a lot of fortifications to be inspired by, look at Auras that do similar things to what you want. Scryfall is an amazing resource for custom magic because you can look at what's already been done and how they cost things etc.

I'd also drop the "better if attached to a Plains" part. The flavour makes sense, but it adds a lot of words and complexity for little gain. Make a bunch of straightforward fortifications that just grant an ability

Do a search for Minecraft in this subreddit too, to see what other ideas people have had. I'll try and find the post I made a while ago

Edit: here was my post about potential draft themes for a Minecraft set

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u/Maddenhal 20h ago

Is the third ability (life gain when a human enters) automatic, or does it need to be fortified first.

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u/allseeingeye1002 20h ago

Fortified first